Somebody hacked the Family First website and wrote mean things. A stupid thing to do, imho. The Age describes these people as bloggers. Um, how does that work?
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Well there you go. New blogger, Jock Wheeldon, has scooped the press with a recent interview with everyone’s favourite Mufti, Sheikh Taj El-Din Al-Hilali.
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This sort of nonsense has got to stop. Andrew Sullivan once again let’s us know how angry he is about how the war in Iraq has turned out:
I believed George W. Bush. And I trusted him. And as the evidence has poured in that my faith and trust were betrayed, my surprise has turned […]

Of course, we probably won’t know what to think of the Stern Report into global warming until Tim Blair has posted on the topic, but just in case you wanted to cast your amateur eye over it in the meantime, it is available in full here.
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Today’s editorial in The Australian addresses once again the issue of withdrawing from Iraq and it gets off to a flying start with this headline: Any exit must be made with care.
Ya think?
One thing, though, that I think is welcome in an otherwise disappointing piece is that at least there is a shift away from […]

Funny, isn’t it? While the Iraqi prime minister is issuing statements letting the world know that he’s not in the pocket of the Bush Administration, the Australian prime minister is issuing statements letting the world know that he is.
Mr Howard:
Australian troops must stay in Iraq to maintain the country’s friendship with the United States, […]

Glenn Milne explains why Australians secretly wish for job insecurity and unfairness in the workplace and how this coincides with Mr Howard’s overall policy agenda. Brilliant.
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Can someone explain to me how this fits the role of government in a secular society:
THOUSANDS of religious counsellors will be appointed to schools that join a new $90 million federal program to fill a significant “spiritual and pastoral” gap in services to Australian students.
SAINT JOHN UPDATE:
John Howard
Teachers baulk at Howard’s chaplains
Jill Rowbotham, Religious affairs […]

Have you noticed how infrequently the name of Flight Lieutenant Paul Pardoel gets mentioned in the Australian media, let alone by the Australian Government?
Paul Pardoel “a former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) navigator, was serving with a British aircrew when his Hercules was shot down by insurgents 19 months ago….Ten servicemen, including Flt Lt Pardoel, […]

Andrew Sullivan has up a brief exchange he did with former Good News From Iraq blogger, Arthur Chrenkoff. Money quote, as Andrew would say:
I think that one way or another Iraq will muddle through. It really sickens me to see people who seem to cheer the problems over there just so they can score […]