Qana

The latest news from Lebanon is that a terrible tragedy has happened in the southern Lebanese village of Qana, with the Israelis bombing a building sheltering refugees, killing 54 people, including 37 children.

There have now been something like 523 Lebanese killed, and 51 Israelis killed, in the fighting that erupted almost 3 weeks ago when […]

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Big Brother - just about done

Can’t say I’ve been too enthusiastic about Big Brother this year. None of the housemates have really struck me as particularly interesting or all that likeable. They’re down to the last 2 now, and I don’t think too much of either of them. However, go Camilla, please win, anybody but that dickhead […]

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Ouch!!!

In all the shock and horror about the news that Tour de France cycling race winner Floyd Landis tested positive to testosterone and faces disqualification and having his win stripped off him, the thing I cringed at was this little gem.
Testosterone doping anecdotes expose the technique of transdermal testosterone patches applied to the testicles for […]

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Warnie - sex god?

As well as being the leading wicket taker in Test cricket, Shane Warne has clocked up big numbers in the shagging department, allegedly having had sex with at least 1 000 women.

Maybe some female readers can tell me what Warnie’s got going for him - it escapes me.  He just strikes me as an oafish […]

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Bananaflation

The latest consumer price index figures show prices up 4 percent over the last year and 1.6 percent in the last quarter. PM, John Howard, acknowledges this is not good:
“I have to acknowledge that the inflation figure a couple of days a go was bad, it was bigger than I expected,”
Fair enough. But […]

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The Three Geniuses (Genii?)

How bright are these guys? Not to mention extremely handsome.

Their names - Dane Frederick Simms, William David Feeney, Timothy James Powell.
Criminal masterminds, all of them.  They escaped from jail in western NSW, only to be caught attempting to hitch a ride in what turned out to be an undercover police car.  The fact that […]

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Accountants - dangerous people

Don’t dare laugh at the boringness of accountants again.  Certainly not this one!  Mark Edward Norman, a 48 year old Sydney accountant, hired a hitman to kill a solicitor.  He has been charged with being an accessory before and after the fact of the murder of lawyer Tom Williams in 2004.
His motive was that he […]

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Sydney and back in an afternoon

Had to drive up to Sydney yesterday to collect my son who’d been staying with friends visiting from overseas during the holidays.  3 and a bit hours up, a couple there, 3 and a bit hours back … excitement plus.  Actually I was a little surprised how quiet the Hume Highway was on the way […]

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Police Academy

The NSW Police Academy at Goulburn has had some problems with staff sexually harassing students. Seven staff have been transferred out of teaching positions for misbehaviour including sexual misconduct. Commissioner Ken Moroney has called this behaviour “totally unacceptable”. He went on to say:
“Let there be no doubt, there are codes […]

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McSpagBol

McDonalds is trialling “up market” dinner dishes around Newcastle soon, with a view to rolling them out around Australia next year.  The meals to be available are:

lemongrass chicken
beef rendang
orange, lime and ginger chicken
beef bolognese.

All come with penne pasta, which strikes me as an interesting choice - I would have thought rice for all bar the […]

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