from Crikey …..

Howard: cut off, not cutting through

Christian Kerr writes:

‘Although Saddam Hussein was hanged months ago, Vice President Cheney insisted today that the ex-Iraqi dictator was still actively plotting with Al Qaeda - more specifically, with the “equally dead” Mohammed Atta and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

US-Aust to work on climate change initiative

from the SMH …..

A report and the spin - now read on

Ross Gittins

April 4, 2007

from a bit of the ABC …..

Ageing population the biggest threat to economy: Costello

So, federal water burglar & recovering lawyer, malcolm moneybags, has questioned why David Hicks did not try to negotiate a plea bargain earlier?

from the ABC …..

Garrett backflips on forest policy

‘Methinks we don’t – think, I mean, about anything outside our immediate visual horizon. Thinking is a poor way of understanding the world, which is too complex to be thought about effectively. That leaves hormones and unfortunate limbic wiring.