Possibly *the* most unpopular minister in John Howards government, Amanda Vanstone (Minister for locking Australians up and deporting them), has finally been dumped. The reason?? Suggesting it’s top give the cabinet a ‘fresh look’ is pure crap. Little Johnnie has realised that Kevin Rudd is making serious inroads into his popularity and for the first … More Goodbye Mandy

Ex-First Lady, Senator Hillary Clinton, has thrown her hat into the presidential election ring to make her attempt at making history in so many ways. She has a damn good chance! She’d be the fist female president, the first spouse of a president to take on the job etc etc etc. Thing is with a … More Bush – Clinton – Bush – Clinton?

Bombs explode daily in Iraq killing and maiming scores if not hundreds. Soldiers also die regularly. Yesterday was one of the worst days for the USA army in some time with 32 of their forces killed. How long the US public will allow this to continue is a clear concern. Having jumped into the quagmire … More Death in Iraq

So the temperature was in the region of 44 degrees C today… so what did we do from 8:30 a.m. onwards?? Cooked sausages on a huge barbie of course. What else? The wife decided she wanted to cook… God knows why… but she spent the best part of 6 hours poking sausages and interfering with … More Mad dogs and Englishmen…

If reports coming from venezuala are to be believed, Fidel Castro is fighting his last battle. Reports say he is suffering from an intestinal infection and is close to death. We’ve heard reports of his imminent demise for a while now, but this one seems real. No doubt the USA administration will be glad when … More Castro fighting his last battle?

Well… not so much her job, just her first week from *my* perspective… and my opinion is that 5:30 a.m. is not a healthy time for *anyone* to get up. Time was when I used to roll *into* bed at that time. Times change. 🙂 Actually, she’s not done too badly so far. Out of … More The wife's first week.

Nothing pleasurable sadly… it’s almost 6 years since David Hicks was illegally detained by the US forces in Afghanistan. Australia’s shame continues.

One of the chief Australian mufti’s, Sheik Feiz Mohammed, has had children distributing DVD’s in mosque car parks. On the DVD’s he can be heard calling people, especially children, to die for Allah. he can also be heard calling Jews pigs. Charming person eh? For media coverage try here. Maybe it’s me, but it seems … More Peace? Love? Who needs it?

The McNaught comet has been visible in the night sky for the last few days and a damn good view it was too. It looked like a little orange ball in the sky but was enhanced into a slightly *less* little orange ball by using binoculars. We’ll be out looking again tonight… it shows up … More The McNaught Comet.

Spare a thought for Victoria. Already over a million hectares of bush burned out with no sign of rain to douse the flames. The heat is appalling, the damage to property escalating, the wildlife killed and/or maimed is beyond calculation and the efects on the environment catastrophic. To add to the misery, the fires burned … More Victorian bushfires