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Listen closely, not for very much longer...
Senator Mary Jo Fisher in the Australian Parliament with a speech which will appeal to Rocky Horror fans:
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Subtle put-down of the day
In his judgment on Julian Assange's extradition, Senior District Judge Howard Riddle says of the defence's expert witness on Swedish law:
"There is no doubt in my mind that Brita Sundberg-Weitman has had a very distinguished career as a judge and as a jurist. In her time she was no doubt a highly respected expert on many aspects of Swedish ( Read more... ) -
Good point!
An excellent comment on this blog about the Arab uprisings:
"If and when democracy spreads further through the region, I dare say there'd be voting along tribal/sectarian lines, but that happens here. Name a democracy where it doesn't ( Read more... ) -
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Yesterday afternoon I ordered a couple of books from the Adam Smith Institute.
They arrived in the post this morning.
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Hard-hitting investigative journalism
Listen here to patronising idiot Kay Burley interviewing Harry Beckhough, the Conservative Party's longest-serving member, who was mentioned by David Cameron in his conference speech. Sample question: "You didn’t used to have 24 hour news when you first started in politics, did you?"
Here's the blurb for Beckhough's autobiography: Student, soldier ( Read more... )
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