Archive for November 10th, 2008
RUPED: The Bruce Guthrie experiment is over
Rupe came to Melbourne a couple of weeks ago. He didn’t like what he saw at the Melbourne Herald Sun and today the axe of righteousness has fallen on its editor (and former Age man) Bruce Guthrie.
OWN GOAL: Mirabella off the mark
Time flies when you’re having fun. Sophie Mirabella, the Liberal shadow minister for kids, declared that Julia Gillard really should have been doing something about childcare provider ABC Learning twelve months ago. Of course, Gillard wasn’t yet Minister then. Mirabella’s …
FRIED: Fake colonel besmirched by fake king in council fight
KFC has become a campaign issue in the City of Melbourne elections as a candidate attacks the presence of US owned franchise businesses in Melbourne.
MANNERS: Turnbull in a pickle over courtesy complaint
If wily former DFAT mandarin Kevin Rudd was playing mental games with Malcolm Turnbull by not greeting him effusively at cocktail parties in order to cause him to complain and look the fool, he appears to have succeeded.
MORGANIC: In my humble opinion
The ABC’s Barrie Cassidy joined with VEXNEWS in questioning the dodgy City of Melbourne opinion poll conducted by one of its candidates, Gary Morgan which funnily enough promoted himself.…
THE CHIEF: The President-Elect candidly discusses his most senior staffer
Rahm Emanuel is jokingly and lovingly described by his new boss at a charity ‘roast’. Hilarity ensues.
HATERS: Israel’s democracy denounced by rogue’s gallery of dictators
Kevin Rudd’s government has joined with Cuba, North Korea, communist Laos, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Zimbabwe to condemn Israel at the UN and demand that it forcibly relocate Israeli citizens from certain areas on ethnic grounds.
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