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ACT no longer reaching for that rainbow, as parental Federal government doesn’t approve of their lifestyle choice.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23644429-12339,00.html
Irish PM, Bertie Ahern spends last day in office at the pub. And the day before that. And the day before that. And the day before that.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23656471-26040,00.html
Clinton loses NC, Guam and sanity but scores a small win in Indiana
http://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/tight-race-in-us-vote/2008/05/07/1209839692518.html
Speaking of losing it, Westralian Liberal Leader Troy ‘the chairman’ Buswell survives leadership challenge by a nose.
Israel, 60 years of being the worst neighbour in perhaps the universe
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23661414-15084,00.html
US starts the death industry up again – with the first execution since the Supreme Court ordered a stay.
http://news.smh.com.au/us-executes-murderer-after-moratorium/20080507-2bte.html
The Tories sweep the British local council elections, not with a broom but with the ballot box. As Marlon says, if you want to make a bad joke, you might as well go all the way.
http://news.smh.com.au/british-pm-left-reeling-by-election-massacre/20080503-2ama.html
Red Ken the newt fancier loses London to Boris the Clown.
Boris Johnson: Half as drunk as Yeltsin, twice as crazy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson
Grand Theft Auto IV hits the shelves, gamers hit prostitutes and pedestrians.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/reviews/grand-theft-auto-iv/2008/05/07/1209839660025.html
The Burmese junta send a silent thank you to the world as they look at 100 000 less potential protestors to deal with.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/million-burmese-fight-for-life/2008/05/07/1210131068181.html
NSW Labor in crisis as state Treasurer Costa refuses to disentangle himself from the cold corpse of privatisation he has been making sweet love to for most of the year
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/costas-obscene-outburst-at-unions/2008/05/04/1209839457247.html
Fletcher got ejected from South Australian Parliament Thursday for standing up for workers’ rights.
(I interjected just as Mark Parnell said what he’s quoted as saying in this article:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/09/2239692.htm)
South Australia rejects the suggestion it might need an Intervention, saying that its nowhere near as bad as notorious trouble child, the NT.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23659551-5006787,00.html
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