Canberra spy 1975

Fraser letter released in 1975, BP, 2/59

Ford, Nixon and Carter

Dems gave us Carter who gave us Iran today and the Taliban 9/11. So why the questions about Ford pardon of Nixon?

Scrooge knew how to keep Christmas well

As we read in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

"Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"

But in the end:

He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!

obesity possible causes

As Christopher Pearson: says Eat, drink and be merry,
S. W. Keith, D. T. Redden et al say in IJO suggest possible causes for obesity.

Well Warne path to greatness

Warne confirms it's all over
By Toby Forage

Ashes haze RetUrn

As AAP reports:
Instead of blue skies, at the MCG today, there was an eerie white haze caused by the lingering smoke of the Victorian bushfires.

MOMEA crime again

At police.nsw.gov.au we read:

Joint strike force with Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad established to investigate shootings - Auburn 16 December 2006

While at police.nsw.gov.au we read:

Serious assault of 58-year-old man - Prestons 17 December 2006 attacked by approximately eight to ten males of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern appearance.

revolutionary autocracies create social inequities, brutality, and poverty

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick 1926-2006

"Generally speaking, traditional autocrats tolerate social inequities, brutality, and poverty while revolutionary autocracies create them."

Dictatorships and Double Standards By Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
Commentary magazine (November 1979)
Publication Date: November 1, 1979

Lawyer helps child sex Lawyer

AAP via theaustralian.news.com.au December 07, 2006
Lawyer jailed for seeking child sex, but will be eligible for parole next year.

KRudd rises to the top

news.com.au reports:

Kevin Rudd is Labor's new leader, after winning a caucus vote by 10 votes, beating Kim Beazley by 49 votes to 39.

Inner and Western Sydney robberies increase

NSW Recorded Crime Statistics - third quarter 2006
Release Date: Tuesday, 28 November 2006
The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research released its September quarterly crime statistics report today. The report covers trends in crimes recorded by NSW Police over the two-year period from October 2004 to September 2006.

Carmel Tebbutt, ignorant of our history

Students ignorant of our history
Justine Ferrari, November 27, 2006

More than three-quarters of Australian teenagers do not know that Australia Day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet and the beginning of British settlement.

This includes NSW Education Minister Carmel Tebbutt, she said Australia Day commemorates Federation, in a radio interview Monday.

"Human beings can deal with ambiguity, but computers can't."

At Icon smh.com.au we read Domain name games

Domain names now can use combinations from a possible 37 characters; if non-English letters are allowed, this would rise to 50,000 or more, Paul Twomey, who lives in the United States but also has a home in Sydney, is the chief executive of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit organisation whose tasks include managing the domain name system (DNS) says. This could create problems where, for example, a character in Urdu looks identical to one in Arabic, confusing the system and making it difficult to direct users to the correct website. "We live in multicultural Sydney ... and we all want a multicultural internet," Twomey says. "And yet, there's one big difference between human beings and computers. Human beings can deal with ambiguity, but computers can't."

US World War II - Iraq

Iraq above

US reaches Iraq milestone
From correspondents in Washington
November 24, 2006 04:45am
Article from: Agence France-Presse via news.com.au
The US involvement in Iraq will pass another sad milestone on Monday, when it overtakes the length of America's engagement in World War II.
Germany above

Baggy green replaces the slouch hat?

I note Life lessons on the playing field by
Miranda Devine November 25, 2006

As wars have become less popular, sport "has become the new combat zone", and Australians have come to see their sports champions as the new heroes, "espousing those digger values". The powerful symbolism of Australian sport, and its connection with a sometimes idealised past, emerges in Eales's interview with the former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh, in which he talks about the baggy green cap.
"I used to turn around as captain and see 10 guys walking in behind me in the baggy green … it just gave us that symbol of unity and strength. It was like you would have to take us all on … We would protect each other. It gave us a link to the past, to the 380 other players."

So this begs the question, has the baggy green replaced the slouch hat?

Kylie's Iemma blackout

Kylie's Friday night concert suffered a Iemma blackout.

Patrick Dodson wants apartheid

Let Aborigines be nomads: Dodson
Patrick Dodson says taxpayers must accept the right of indigenous people to be nomads and live in remote areas if they choose.

This is separateness that is apartheid.

"Pearl Harbor, a secondary and supporting operation."

Pearl Harbor attack, although held essential by dominant Navy opinion to assure Japanese supremacy at sea for the execution of the Southern Operations, was, in fact, a secondary and supporting operation.

"..same-sex companionship households."

Love may bloom late for the baby boomers - Bernard Salt November 23, 2006
This leads to the notion of same-sex companionship households. Here is a lifestyle solution that gained traction in the 1920s in the wake of the near decimation of Australia's young manhood in the Great War: women lived together in a non-sexual companion relationships.

NSW Parliament adjourns, serious incidents reported

Source: AAP via news.com.au
Hospital staff sacked over assault claims
November 23, 2006

"teachers unions have hurt public education"

The teachers unions have hurt public education, but conservatives can save it, writes Janet Albrechtsen

Muslim women religious obligation

In the face of hostility
Muslim veils have caused ructions in various parts of the world. Elisabeth Wynhausen goes under cover to gain a different perspective
November 22, 2006
Finishing touch: Elisabeth Wynhausen's headgear is adjusted by a shop assistant in Sydney's Lakemba. Picture: Alan Pryke - theaustralian.news.com.au
Although the burka is associated with Afghanistan, where it is still seen everywhere despite the fall of the Taliban, the garment that has come to symbolise the more extreme versions of the Islamic dress code originated in Pakistan.
For many Muslim women, though, covering their faces is considered a religious obligation. Whether the chasm will ever be bridged remains open to question.

Michael Richards niggardly critics

Critics of Ex-Seinfeld star Michael Richards are niggardly with their understanding.

Iemma energy speech blacked out

Power surges hit Sydney
November 22, 2006
AAP via smh.com.au
The NSW parliament was twice plunged into darkness today as power surges hit Sydney.
Parliament House experienced two blackouts this afternoon, the second one at 5.15pm lasting several minutes.
MPs waited in darkness before resuming debate.

Ian Thorpe: "I haven't balanced out my life.."

Thorpe quits swimming
November 21, 2006
Article from: news.com.au
Ian Thorpe has announced he has retired from international swimming.

Mr Debnam asked Mr Iemma

NSW Legislative Assembly Hansard (Proof)
Extract from Transcript of Hansard 15/11/2006 (Article No.21) MINISTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY INVESTIGATIONS Page: 46
Mr PETER DEBNAM: My question is to the Premier. Given that there are just four months until the State election, will he tell the people of New South Wales whether, besides Minister Tripodi and former Minister Orkopoulos, any other Minister is the subject of investigation by any law enforcement authority?
MINISTERIAL CONDUCT COMPLAINT
Page: 34
Mr PETER DEBNAM: My question is directed to the Premier. Given that it is four months before the election and ministerial accountability is a critical issue in this State, is the Premier today in a position to tell the people of New South Wales if, in a series of meetings in January this year, a complaint was lodged with the Police Integrity Commission by a Wood royal commission informant about the misuse of ministerial power by one of his Ministers?
MINISTERIAL CONDUCT COMPLAINT
Proof, NSW Legislative Assembly Hansard, 16 November 2006, article 18. Page: 38
Mr PETER DEBNAM: My question is to the Premier. Given that the collection of evidence and information by the Police Integrity Commission is oversighted by the Attorney General's Department, and the Attorney General is the subject of a complaint, is it not appropriate that the Attorney General stand down from his position pending the outcome of the Police Integrity Commission's assessment or a public hearing be conducted, or is it more appropriate that the assessment be completed by an independent, arm's-length law enforcement agency?

armed robbers, girls, 15, 16 and 17.

Police nab armed robbers - Western Sydney
Saturday 18 November 2006

hoodwinked - this is news?

The Los Angeles Times via smh.com.au
November 17, 2006
Borat the actor has hoodwinked a frenzy of journalists into uncritically promoting his film, writes Joel Stein.

Burqa Ban Koranic or Moronic?

The Associated Press via iht.com reports: Dutch government proposes a ban on wearing burqas in public.

NSW ALP feeds NSW people fertiliser

The family of Milton Orkopoulos has blamed the media for a suspected suicide attempt by the sacked NSW Labor minister.

The word convenient comes to mind.
How convenient. Now we cannot mention his name between now and his hearing in January next year. He eats fertiliser and NSW ALP feeds NSW people fertiliser. He gets to go to hospital while the NSW people have to swallow it. Again how convenient.

Ah-mad-inejad: Israel doomed "to destruction"

Iran warns on Israel destruction
From correspondents in Tehran
November 13, 2006
Article from: Agence France-Presse via www.news.com.au

Well he would say that.
Hitler tried.
PLO tried.
Now Ah-mad-inejad.

Akropolis Orkopoulos ruins

Labor Akropolis ruins which Gough was visiting then he met his doom first in Darwin after Tracy then Canberra, 11 Nov 1975. History repeating?

Iemma fiddles as NSW burns

According to a November 11, 2006 article from: AAP
New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma, flanked by security guards, refused to talk to the media about the Orkopoulos scandal.

Meanwhile the Lake Burragorang Fire according to the Friday 10/11/06 4pm Update has been burning for fifteen days and has burnt out over 8900 hectares of bush land.

Communist Party seek charge Rumsfeld

Why am I not surprised? This report: A US constitutional rights group will seek charges against outgoing Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over detainee treatment at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. In the 1950s, the National Lawyers Guild refused to purge its members who were also members of the Communist Party.

"Curly Washburn" dead at 87

Jack Palance dead at 87
From correspondents in Los Angeles
November 11, 2006 11:11am
Article from: Reuters via news.com.au

USA: the gullible have voted

In the USA the gullible have voted. Both Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi remind me of Madame Defarge, Madame Therese Defarge is the wife of Ernest Defarge and a tireless worker for the French Revolution in the book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. In France there was The Reign of Terror and Madame Guillotine. Will USA now face a Reign of Terror as the two madams seek to overthrow the President?

Marr and Masters did not know about Orkopoulos?

How come the well-informed Marr and Masters did not know about Orkopoulos? They seem to have constructed a good story about Alan Jones.
Or is Orkopoulos a good gay?

Japan takes Melbourne line

Delta Blues wins Melbourne Cup
Tuesday, 7 November 2006

Japanese horse Delta Blues has won the 2006 Melbourne Cup. Delta Blues has won in a photo finish from the other more fancied Japanese runner Pop Rock.Maybe Better has finished third, Zipping fourth, while Zabeat finished last. The two Japanese horses stormed home in a thrilling finish to the 3200 metre race, which carries a first prize of $3 million and a second prize of $750,000. Damien Oliver, riding second place-getter Pop Rock, says the Japanese camp deserved to win."I have so much admiration for the Japanese horses. I've spent a couple of seasons there and know how hard they go," he said.

MOMEA again? Four plead guilty over Cronulla attack.

Article from: AAP via news.com.au

Four plead guilty over Cronulla attack
Police said the men drove to Cronulla seeking revenge after people of Middle Eastern appearance were targeted in race-fuelled violence last December 11. Judge Peter Berman suppressed their names at the request of the defence.

MOMEA again? Must not name them.

NSW Minister speeds so chauffeur driven

Daily Telegraph reports NSW Minister suspended three months for speeding, which means to been chauffeur driven for three months.

"Jonestown not a biography, it is a lynching."

Paul Sheehan writes

Bullies like to operate in packs and this pack has been running for a long time.
The key question raised by Jonestown is this: what if it was happening to you? Because this is not a biography, it is a lynching.

Saddam to hang. Will Allah give him his virgins?

Saddam Hussein sentenced to death
November 05, 2006 08:00pm
Article from: Agence France-Presse via news.com.au
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by hanging after being found guilty of crimes against humanity at his trial in Baghdad.

Koperberg takes sides as ALP backburns

Backflips and backburning as Koperberg takes sides

Greens support imported paper pulp?

Michael Duffy reports that:

"Robert Eastment points out that Australians use lots of paper, much of it imported, and the pulp to make it has to be produced somewhere."

So I have two questions:
The Greens support imported paper pulp?
Which overseas paper pulp company funds the Greens?

Well Sheik my mouth

Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly says he would quit and place masking tape over his mouth for six months if an impartial panel found him guilty of inciting rape.

Sydney dam levels spun dry to below 40 per cent

Sydney's dam levels have officially slipped below 40 per cent, but the water catchment authority says there is no cause for alarm.

Koperburg smoke screen?

Koperburg nominates for Blue Mountains seat
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner, Phil Koperburg, is expected to gain preselection for the Labor Party in the state seat of the Blue Mountains.
The fire which has been burning for the past eight days fire burning in the vicinity of Lake Burragorang in the Blue Mountains National Park, 10km west of Nattai. Smoke from this operation has impacted most of the Sydney basin area and the Southern Tablelands.

Voice of Islam Sheik not stir

Sheik asks for rally to be called off
November 02, 2006
Article from: AAP

Sheik - not stir

2GB Macquarie National News reports:
Mufti cancels planned show of support
Thursday, 02 November 2006
The Mufti of Australia, Sheik Taj al-Hilali, has called off this weekend's rally at Lakemba mosque.
Supporters of the Sheik were planning a rally this weekend, while 34 Islamic groups have expressed their support for the embattled Mufti.
But speaking on community radio, the Mufti says due to safety it can not go ahead.

Sheik up - deputy recalled to fill void

Sheik's deputy recalled to fill void
Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly's deputy has been called back from holiday in Lebanon to fill the leadership vacuum left by the beleaguered mufti's absence from Australia's biggest mosque.

Sheikh and stir

ABC reports

Melbourne Sheikh Omran demands equal sentences for rapists. Death.

One way to cut down the occurrence of rape.
Kill the rapists.
No repeat offenders.

While: ABC also reports:

WA Muslim Abdul Jalil Ahmad backs ‘message’ in Al Hilaly’s speech, says while rape is the man’s fault, women should take preventive measures to avoid being targeted. He says those measures include covering up and being accompanied when outdoors.

So the police keep them covered and shoot to kill any attempt at rape?

And now: 2GB reports SMS alerts to rally Sheik's supporters.

While it's not clear who's organising this – or if it's organised at all – two Muslim community websites carry alerts that the rally is on, and it's reported that text messages are circulating spreading the word.

Alhilaly, Alhilaly, Oxen Free

Sheik discovers cherished pearls

9/11 lesson - deal with that threat before

One of the lessons of September the 11th is that when this country sees a threat, we must deal with that threat before it fully materializes. If we see a threat, we must take care of that threat. Otherwise, that threat could come to haunt us, to destroy innocent life. I saw a threat in Saddam Hussein. The world saw a threat in Saddam Hussein. Getting rid of Saddam Hussein was the right decision, and the world is better for it.

Alhilaly, Alhilaly, Oxen Free

How a vile sermon of ignorance has done Australia a big favour

Sheik, rattle and roll

How Alhilaly calls Australia home
Meeting to decide mufti's future
English not required says a defiant mufti

Mufti then and now

Then:
Mohammad Amin al-Husayni
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mohammad Amin al-HusayniMohammad Amin al-Husayni (ca. 1895 - July 4, 1974, alternatively spelt al-Husseini), the Mufti of Jerusalem, was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and a Muslim religious leader. Known for his anti-Zionism, al-Husayni fought against the establishment of a Jewish state in the territory of the British Mandate of Palestine. To this end, Husayni collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II and helped recruit Muslims for the Waffen-SS.

Now:
Thick Sheik October 28, 2006 Article from: news.com.au daily telegraph

Global warming panic merchants wrong. Again.

Dryness as usual
Article from: news.com.au

Kofi pot cover-up

Kofi Annan's Cover-Up By Cliff Kincaid

hydroponic richer areas continue to guzzle water

An article from: AAP
A complex hydroponic system was located in the top floor unit during an examination of the building.
While read we smh.com.au that Richer areas continue to guzzle water.

Scully concerned residents 'reported drug lab'

Residents 'reported drug lab' October 22, 2006
Article from: AAP A complex hydroponic system was located in the top floor unit during an examination of the building.
Earlier October 21, 2006 we read: Snobs squander liquid gold Sydney Water figures, show Woollahra residents used an average 328,000 litres in 2005/2006.

Cronulla dilemma Alan Jones smear tactics

The demons that drive Alan Jones

Biography reveals broadcaster who thrives on power

Cronulla Moron-ey Confusion reigned

Young cops were betrayed By Simon Benson

dilemma solution Hazzard reduction Scully Canberra

Put the Scully show on the national stage
Imre Salusinszky
October 21, 2006

Clueless in Cronulla MOMEA Lumby together

Police misjudged Cronulla race tension: report
AAP October 20, 2006
Cronulla riot changed Australia: report
The report included an analysis of a key sample of media coverage prepared by Associate Professor Catharine Lumby, which found that radio talkback hosts had reinforced the perception that Anglo-Australians were under attack from Middle Eastern men.
Earlier: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Cronulla 2006 - MOMEA
Community is paying for inaction
Winter came early to Cronulla and its chill is spreading, writes
Paul Sheehan.

PBL now half its old self

PBL sells off half media interests
October 18, 2006
Article from: news.com.au

Singer Freddy Fender dies at 69

BBC reports Singer Freddy Fender dies at 69

Air Australia to follow Air America?

Rudi Michelson: Privatise the ABC

"With its poor performance, entrenched ideological bias and 'Vietcong-style' industrial strife, surely it's time we sold the public broadcaster."

Anna Politkovskaya Put In Grave

Russians fear truth targeted in journalist's murder
Moscow (Reuters) - Russians and Chechens alike on Sunday mourned the death of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, saying her murder was an attempt to stifle the free press.

Man dies in 300kph raceway jet car crash

October 08, 2006 Article from: AAP news.com.au
A man died when his jet-powered car slammed into a wall and "disintegrated" at a Victorian raceway, police said.
The car was travelling at about 300kph when it crashed into a railing during a weekly "test and tune" event at the raceway in central Victoria today.

"Western left's self-hatred"

Beazley will hurt the US alliance at his peril
Gerard Henderson
October 3, 2006
In a recent essay titled The Left and the Jihad, Professor Fred Halliday (who is no barracker for Bush or Blair) has expressed concern that "many groups of the left" appear to see radical Islamism as "exemplifying a new form of international anti-imperialism" which they welcome. Halliday points out that since the formation of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928, jihadists have targeted the left. This suggests that the Western left's self-hatred is still with us.

"Pearl Harbor ended the era of the dreadnoughts"

Victory At Sea Copyright
(c) 1999 by The Atlantic Monthly Company
David M. Kennedy is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, dramatically heralded the new age of naval combat. Aircraft launched from half a dozen Japanese carriers, operating thousands of miles from home, made quick work of crippling the eight aging U.S. battleships anchored helplessly below them. Though it would take some time to become apparent, Pearl Harbor ended the era of the dreadnoughts. In a few minutes of a Hawaiian Sunday morning a few hundred Japanese pilots enormously widened the arc of naval war, and transformed its very nature. Future sea battles would be fought over distances once unimaginable, and by sailors who never laid eyes on an enemy ship.

"The girls went a little berserk, but that's girls for you."

Still shakin' after all these years
September 28, 2006 The New York Times and smh.com.au
At 71, a rock'n'roll founder is still a killer at the keyboard, writes Jon Pareles. Jerry Lee Lewis sits down at a red piano at a record store in New York's Rockefeller Centre and proceeds to rock'n'roll. His left hand pumps boogie-woogie chords, his right splashes and jabs, and his voice easily leaps up to the high notes of Great Balls of Fire.

"unisex brain is a fantasy"

Feminism begs to differ, but unisex brain is a fantasy
So, says Janet Albrechtsen, girls and boys are different after all. D'oh

"Let us get back to what universities are best at doing, namely teaching and research."

Beware universities' quest for mediocrity
September 26, 2006
The "big is best" brigade has succeeded in making many first degrees second rate, writes Harry Messel.

Debus fiddles while Sydney burns

Liberal candidate to stay at DPP
The Attorney-General, Bob Debus, wasn't responding to questions about whether his office was responsible for the leak.

Fears of worst bushfire season ever
September is not even over, and firefighters are gearing up for what could be one of the worst bushfire seasons ever.

Geoffrey Edelsten Swans

Choking life out of our games
National leagues are conquering tribal passions in all codes, writes Paul Sheehan.

But no mention recently of:

"As for the Swans, they were also rejected and were headed for extinction until sold to medical entrepreneur, "Dr Geoffrey Edelsten" in 1985. Edelstein instigated a marketing campaign intended to gloss over the Swan's liabilities."

Evita not crying?

Sydney out of NRL.
Melbourne out of AFL.
Australia out of Davis Cup.
Evita not crying?

Costello defends Pope

Costello defends Pope
September 23, 2006 - 3:07PM
Treasurer Peter Costello has defended Pope Benedict XVI over his controversial comments on Islam, saying the violent reaction was about the stifling of free speech.

stupid journalists can be collectively

P. P. McGuinness: Memo to Aunty - Let the strikes roll on
By striking, the Vietcong-style warriors are saving the ABC money and improving the quality of the programs
September 22, 2006
It is amazing how stupid journalists, some of whom are individually very intelligent, can be collectively.

Bush best commentary 9/11

Don't be stupid, Bush's wise insights are worth heeding
Frank Devine
September 22, 2006
Having been reasonably diligent about splashing around in the torrents of commentary that marked the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 air raids on New York and Washington, I employed a refreshed mind to conclude that the best commentary came from President George W. Bush.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy supplying marijuana to a 14-year-old student

Drug-supply teacher avoids jail
September 20, 2006
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 29, of West Pymble, had pleaded guilty to a charge of supplying or knowingly taking part in supplying a prohibited drug.

"Muslims nothing to teach me on a particular issue.”

The Pope, Jihad, and “Dialogue” Andrew G. Bostom
September 17th, 2006

Until Muslims evidence a willingness to engage in such forthright discussions, Benedict appears to share Dr. Malik’s sobering conclusions from his February 2003 speech: “One certainly needs to be open at all times to learn from the Other, including to learn at times that the Other right now has nothing to teach me on a particular issue.”
Andrew G. Bostom is the author of The Legacy of Jihad.

"The Pope Is Right About Islam"

The Pope Is Right About Islam
Jim Kouri

Me thinks they protest too much

Iemma Government doing "f... all''

Iemma premier dope
By Simon Benson
September 16, 2006 12:00
Article from: dailytelegraph

MP resigns from job over drink-driving but keeps job

MP resigns over drink-driving
September 16, 2006
Article from: AAP
Earlier: Carr backs drink-drive Minister
April 2, 2005
NSW Planning Minister Craig Knowles was charged with drink driving on his way home from a farewell function for one of his staff members at a city hotel.

kofi meets cigar

Annan 'visits Casto in hospital'
September 15, 2006 09:02pm
Article from: Agence France-Presse
Ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan have met in the Cuban leader's hospital room, according to a Cuban newspaper.

"Alice in Wonderland world of peer-referenced journals.."

David Martin Jones and Carl Ungerer: Delusion reigns in terror studies - Academics are using tax dollars to lay the blame on the West for militant Islam - September 15, 2006 - "In this Alice in Wonderland world of peer-referenced journals read only by participants in this mutually reinforcing discourse, the focus of study is not Islamist ideology and its propensity to violence, but our own long-repressed responsibility for the cause of Islamist rage. Given the nature of preferment and funding in Australian academe, the imams of critical terror studies will continue to maintain this delusion for the foreseeable future."

And I'll never have that recipe again Oh, no!

MacArthur Park Jimmy Webb
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh, no! Oh, no No, no Oh NO!!

Solomon Islands deja vu all over again

As we can read at quotedb
"This is like deja vu all over again." Yogi Berra
Todays news:
Aussie diplomat expelled from Solomons September 13, 2006 Article from: AAP
PM won't accept diplomat's expulsion September 13, 2006 Article from: AAP
Previous events on Solomon Islands as reported to DEA/DFAT:
Nankervis to Burton Teleprinter Message
20 August 1947
"Native trouble in British Solomon Islands Protectorate is likely to reach climax on September 1st when clash between opposing factions is threatened."
Pyman to Burton Minute
17 September 1947
"If we proceed to offer our services by means of exchange of ideas and advice derived from our own experience, we may be associated in the minds of ill-informed outside critics, with the repressive measures employed and also with the possible ultimate failure to devise real remedies for a situation that could continue for some time and even worsen. In order to forestall unrest expected on 1 September, police numbers were increased in troubled areas and possible ringleaders arrested. Two British warships were reported in the Solomons in September."

"double-dip appeasement"

A lesson the West could not ignore
September 12, 2006
After September 11, taking Saddam Hussein at his word was far too great a risk, writes Gerard Henderson.
"The evidence suggests that bin Laden's immediate motive for attacking the US homeland turned on his opposition to the presence of Western military forces in Muslim lands. It is sometimes forgotten by Bush's many critics that US and other Western forces were invited into Saudi Arabia to drive Saddam's forces out of Kuwait following Iraq's invasion of that country in 1990. Many who opposed George Bush snr's decision, which was sanctioned by the UN, to liberate Kuwait were later indifferent to the threat of weapons of mass destruction - even after September 11. It was a case of double-dip appeasement."

Iemma River Flood

September 11, 2006
Deluge hits commuters hard, but not the dams
NSW Rainwater harvesting projects announced
While in the Unharvesting project Royal National Park - Audley Weir Traffic Hazard - Local Flooding

"multiculti PC pap"

Mark Steyn: Straight-talking PM
The other day, on a flight from Malaga to Manchester, a bunch of holidaying Brits mutinied and demanded the removal of two suspicious "Asian" passengers in "heavy clothes" and "checking their watches". The evicted passengers appear to be blameless, but the other travellers had spent the days since the Heathrow arrests listening to British government ministers trotting out the usual hooey about how the improved security procedures would be impeccably non-discriminatory and they seem to have concluded, reasonably enough, that although the new rules may prevent your toothpaste, Diet Coke and gel-filled bra (to name three now prohibited items) from boarding, they were unlikely to stop the mad bombers getting on.
In other words, the more the gulf widens between the Government's multiculti PC pap and the obvious truth, the more the state risks de-legitimising itself in the eyes of the citizenry. Tony Blair has a good pitch when he's surveying the distant horizon and the big picture and doing his Tone of Arabia routine, but he hasn't yet managed to find a line on the homegrown jihad that resonates with his electorate. If I ran the speechwriting departments in the White House and Downing Street, Howard's bloke's-eye view would be the working template.

Brock killed, too early to speculate

Legend Brock killed in rally crash
September 08, 2006
But police said it was too early to speculate on the cause of the crash. Known as "Peter Perfect" and the "King of the Mountain", Brock retired from full-time racing in 1997 but returned to Bathurst to win the 24-hour race in 2003.

Rain but most down drain into Iemma River

Heaviest rain in months Storms dumped some of the heaviest rain on Sydney in months, with significant falls also in both the Illawarra and Hunter regions. The western suburbs reported heavy falls, some exceeding the average for the whole of September, but the Warragamba Dam catchment once again missed out.
Bulk Water Storage & Supply Report 07 September 2006
During the week approximately 100 millimetres of rainfall was recorded on the Woronora Catchment, 30 millimetres on the Blue Mountains and Upper Nepean catchments and 15 millimetres on the Warragamba and Shoalhaven catchments.
As at 3 p.m. 7 September 2006, the inflow rate to Warragamba Dam including Shoalhaven transfers was 830 megalitres per day and to Tallowa Dam was 1000 megalitres per day.

music downloads "Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway."

Dylan rubbishes modern recordings
Veteran singer Bob Dylan has called the quality of modern music recordings "atrocious" and "worth nothing".
He also failed to denounce illegal music downloads, saying: "Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway."
Earlier: iPod and right to get music free
Shine wearing off iPod

iPod and right to get music free

Shine wearing off iPod
Apple Computer's wildly successful iPod dominates digital music in a way that Sony's tape-playing Walkman could have only dreamt about. As a result, Apple's iTunes music store has become the leading music retailer on the internet, but five years after its launch, the iPod is starting to lose its sheen. According to New York trend forecaster Zandl Group the iPod backlash has begun. "If you talk to those who feel there's a genuine right to get music free, they say they're never going to pay for music. It's a very ideological decision."

Steve Irwin killed. Crikey!

Steve Irwin killed in freak accident at sea
September 04, 2006
Prime Minister John Howard said Irwin was a typical Australian larrikin who brought joy to millions of people around the world.
"I am quite shocked and distressed at Steve Irwin's sudden, untimely and freakish death," he said. "It's a huge loss to Australia."
Steve Irwin - known worldwide as the Crocodile Hunter - was famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!".

Annan and Ahmadinejad neither bare-faced liars

Annan and Ahmadinejad neither bare-faced liars as cbsnews photo shows.

pedophiles underground, good place

We can read in the: smh.com.au that "US-style laws to allow publication of the whereabouts of pedophiles on a public register were "opportunistic", "stupid" and would drive offenders underground, the NSW Police Minister, Carl Scully, has warned."

Put pedophiles underground, and solve the problem.

Three Zambian gang-raped 15-year-old girl

Three Zambian men, two on student visas, faced Parramatta Local Court yesterday on charges of aggravated sexual assault involving actual bodily harm of a 15-year-old girl who was held captive and gang-raped by up to five men over eight hours in a Sydney home unit, a court has been told.

Britain declares war on Germany

3 Sep 1939 - At 11 am Britain declares war on Germany to be followed at 5pm by France. Australia and New Zealand also declare war on Germany.

Ron Delezio named Father of the Year 2006

Father of the Year
Ron Delezio credits his daughter Sophie's remarkable survival after two horrific accidents with making him a better dad.
Ron Delezio named Father of the Year
By Katherine Field
September 01, 2006 Article from: AAP

Australia's Father of the Year Ron Delezio credits his daughter Sophie's remarkable survival after two horrific accidents with making him a better dad.

The brave five-year-old suffered horrific burns and lost both her feet when a car crashed into her Fairlight daycare centre in December 2003.

Then, in May this year, she suffered more life-threatening injuries when she was hit by a car at a northern Sydney pedestrian crossing.

But Sophie was all smiles today, in a pink skirt with a matching ribbon in her hair, as her dad was named 2006 Father of the Year by the Australian Fathers' Day Council.

Accepting the award, a humble Mr Delezio agreed his family's brushes with tragedy had made him a better father.

“I appreciate my family a lot more than I did before ... I just cherish the time,” he said.

“Hopefully there's a lot of people out there to learn from the experiences that we've learnt, we've learnt the hard way.”

Mr Delezio, who has a grown son from a previous marriage as well as seven-year-old Mitchell, said he is looking forward to seeing Sophie's progression through life's milestones.

“There's no reason why someone like Sophie ... can't go to university, can't have families, and can't put in decent contributions to our society,” he said.

Since Sophie's first accident Mr Delezio has worked to provide support to burns survivors and their families, setting up the Day of Difference Foundation in 2004.

Alongside his wife Carolyn Martin, and all three of his children, the newly-crowned Father of the Year said he was completely surprised by the honour.

But his children were unanimous that he was no ordinary dad.

“He's more than fantastic,” Mitchell said.

Eldest son John, himself a father-of-three, described his dad as a great role-model.

Ms Martin agreed.

“Ron's been able to rise above the challenges we've had in life and make something good come of it,” she said.

Mr Delezio spent long vigils at Sophie's bedside, saying he was inspired by other families with sick children in hospital.

”We saw the love and dedication of these fathers and mothers to their children and how we believe that sort of love and devotion helped save their lives,” he said.

The Australian Father of the Year award, which marks the importance of fathers to the country and to the development and wellbeing of children, has been running since 1957.

methadone madness baby death

Probe on baby death
August 31, 2006 03:42pm
Article from: AAP

used carr salesman Iemmabago media stunt

Drugs-driving crackdown planned
By Paul Mulvey Article from: AAP
August 31, 2006 12:00

Martin Chulov believes Hezbollah-contrived conspiracy

Downer's unfounded faith in the internet
The Foreign Minister has been hoaxed by a callous blog, writes Middle East correspondent Martin Chulov August 31, 2006

Shroud of Turin authenticity

New claims for truth of Shroud of Turin

"I had the utopian view of a Muslim country and that didn't exist."

Terror accused Thomas thought of killing himself
August 31, 2006
"We had packed up and were ready to leave before September 11. We had had enough. I'd had enough.
"I'd been and done what I needed to do - and then two planes hit the buildings in New York and Washington and I was trapped and stranded."

Used Carr Salesman Lemon Part Two

Preschoolers escape truck crash
Motorists and pedestrians escaped injury when a driverless five-tonne truck rolled 70 metres across busy Victoria Road and smashed through a church wall near a preschool in Gladesville today.
Death causes rail chaos
Commuters are warned to expect massive delays after a person was struck by a train and killed at inner-Sydney's Central station.
The person was struck as the train pulled into platform 25, which services the Illawarra line, a CityRail spokesman said.
Passengers in the rear carriages were forced to walk along the tunnel and use ladders to access the platform.
The spokesman said there were currently no trains operating between Bondi Junction and Town Hall station.
Trains were running between Central and Cronulla and Waterfall, he said.
Service Interruptions
Posted 30/08/06 09:31pm
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra and Airport & East Hills Lines - Delays
CityRail advises that trains are being delayed on the Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra and Airport & East Hills Lines following a fatality at Central and a train requiring mechanical repairs at Kings Cross earlier today.
Rail Control staff are endeavouring to bring services back to normal timetable as quickly as possible. Delays can still be expected.

Teach your grandmother to suck eggs!

Rufus Hannassey: [examining McKay's dueling pistols] These guns loaded?
James McKay: All but the caps. They haven't been fired for a long time - the vents will have to be cleared out. I'll do it for you, if you like.
Rufus Hannassey: Teach your grandmother to suck eggs! I've been handling guns like this, flintlock and caplock, since before you were born.

Do not forsake me O my darlin'

High Noon (1952)imdb
"Do Not Forsake Me: The Ballad of High Noon" Deborah Allison Wait along

Chipp off the block

smh.com.au
August 29, 2006
Australian Democrats founder Don Chipp has died in a Melbourne hospital, aged 81, following a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.

Jihad Jack curfew

New curfew on Jihad Jack
August 28, 2006 12:00
Article from: dailytelegraph
Earlier: Editorial: Jihad Jack justice - March 01, 2006
Beneath Jack Thomas's supposed naivete lies real danger
Dangerous idiots of the al-fools brigade By Piers Akerman February 28, 2006

Used Carr salesman seeks to sell Iemma lemon

NSW Labor spin machine out of control
Premier 'unaware' of misconduct claims
- August 28, 2006
No RTA chief allegations made: PSA
- August 28, 2006
effort to prevent another Cross-City Tunnel-style debacle.
-August 28, 2006
Toddler dies of suspected meningococcal
August 28, 2006

"cities plan to cram"

Cliches rule as cities plan for the future
Bernard Salt August 24, 2006
Earlier: the Government plans to cram
Lifestyle driving shift from the city
Bernard Salt June 29, 2006
Bernard Salt March 02, 2006: Best-laid plans can go awry in industrial areas

"The myth-making is surreal."

Mundey has last laugh
Miranda Devine
August 27, 2006

"swinging '60s fond nostalgia"

Damaged people belie nostalgia
Miranda Devine
August 27, 2006

"governments 100 years ago needed, they didn't."

Obesity game plan short of a few fields - August 26, 2006 - Michael Duffy "The problems with sport are another example of how the State Government's policy of urban consolidation is diminishing the quality of life of many people in Sydney. The city is predicted to grow by 25 per cent in the next 25 years, and the Government plans to cram 70 per cent of these new residents into existing suburbs. The boosters of urban consolidation have long assured us this will work because existing suburbs have unused infrastructure capacity. This never made much sense: why would the cash-strapped state and local governments of 50 and 100 years ago, which never dreamed of the levels of density now being forced on Sydney, have built 20 per cent more roads and sewers and sports fields than needed? As we are now discovering, they didn't."

"For those who love peace, appeasement can be an appealing concept"

Editorial August 25, 2006
Sixty-eight years after Munich, appeasers are again seeking concord with anti-Semitic fascists who would rule the world
For those who love peace, appeasement can be an appealing concept: give the bad guys what they want, and they'll leave you alone. The only trouble is, as history repeatedly demonstrates, whatever peace it purchases is impermanent at best. Such was the case when Europe offered up Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany in 1938, hoping to quell Hitler's ambitions. It didn't work then, and it won't work now.

Lebanese kill son's teenage rape victim

Article from: dailytelegraph Source: AAP August 24, 2006
A Sydney Lebanese-born father who paid a hitman to kill his son's teenage rape victim has been jailed for at least 10 years.

Father accused of plot to kill son's rape victim
By Natasha Wallace December 31, 2003
From his Silverwater jail cell, Khater Bou-antoun allegedly planned what he thought was a surefire escape: to pay a hitman $23,000 to kill the 16-year-old girl who accused him of raping her.

"Pakistan-born Terrorist Lodhi gets 15 to 20 years' jail"

news.com.au reports"Faheem Khalid Lodhi, has today been jailed for a minimum 15 years."
While(Reuters)reports: A Pakistan-born Australian Faheem Khalid Lodhi was jailed for 20 years on Wednesday for planning bomb attacks in Sydney.

"terrorists threat to democratic societies."

Unanimous verdict in democracy divided
Gerard Henderson
August 22, 2006
"The decision of the Victorian Court of Appeal to release Joseph Terrence (Jack) Thomas, who was found guilty of terrorism charges by a Supreme Court jury last February, highlights an emerging division within democracies. The Thomas case outlines the division between civil libertarian types who focus on legal process and others who take terrorists at their word and regard them as a genuine threat to democratic societies."

NSW ill Health Minister Hatzistergos

AAP - August 21, 2006
"NSW Premier Iemma said Health Minister John Hatzistergos had not fronted the media to discuss the meningococcal disease case at the weekend because he was ill."

NSW Health Kruk, minister hiding bureaucrats denial

Anger and disbelief at teen's death
"really disturbing when there's a clear collection of events that all go wrong, the Government goes into lockdown mode, the minister goes into hiding and bureaucrats go into denial"

HellzBlowHard smuggling weapons? Kofi pot blasts Isreal!

Annan blasts Israel over raid August 21, 2006
Israel denied it had violated the resolution, which allows it to act in self-defence, and accused Hezbollah of doing so by smuggling weapons. A senior UN envoy in Beirut, Terje Roed-Larsen, said that if the guerilla group was found to have smuggled weapons, it would be in breach of the truce.

Ham Ass Arrested Development

Israel arrests Palestinian PM - Saturday, August 19, 2006; Posted: 2:46 a.m. EDT (06:46 GMT) RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Israeli soldiers have arrested the Palestinian deputy prime minister, the army said, the highest-ranking Hamas official to be arrested in a six-week-old crackdown against the ruling Hamas party.

NSW Health is Kruk

NSW Health today conceded that embargoing the release, which it said was designed to "remind the community of the signs and symptoms of the disease", was "a mistake".

Sydney spun dry

Pumping patches up Sydney's water woes

"Islam needs to face up to its failures"

Tanveer Ahmed

"The time has come for Western Muslims to take a more aggressive stance, to take control of the institutions and commentary that demean them and accept that Islam is full of failures that require action."

"western civilization much not have any future."

Mark Steyn: None of these pillars of what we used to regard as conventional society is quite as sturdy as it was, and most of them have collapsed.
If it’s difficult to focus on long-term trends because human life is itself short-term, think short-term: Huge changes are happening now. For states in demographic decline with ever more lavish social programs and ever less civilizational confidence, the question is a simple one: Can they get real? Can they grow up before they grow old? If not, then western civilization will go the way of all others that failed to meet a simple test: as Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in 1870, “Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended.”

"Fellow citizens, the war is over."

Victory (15 August 1945)

Fellow citizens, the war is over.
The Japanese Government has accepted the terms of surrender imposed by the Allied Nations and hostilities will now cease. The reply by the Japanese Government to the note sent by Britain, the United States, the USSR and China, has been received and accepted by the Allied Nations.
At this moment let us offer thanks to God.
Let us remember those whose lives were given that we may enjoy this glorious moment and may look forward to a peace which they have won for us.

Prime Minister Ben Chifley announcing the end of the war against Japan, 15 August 1945.

Victory over Japan Day - August 15, 1945

Victory over Japan Day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
August 15, 1945, marked Victory over Japan Day or V-J Day, taking a name similar to Victory in Europe Day, which was generally known as V-E Day. In Japan, the day is known as, Shusen-kinenbi, which literally means the "Memorial day for the end of the war".

"Allied world surfeited on gloom, defeat, and despair"

CHAPTER XXXII
The End of Resistance
In the context of global war, the Philippines did not in 1942 possess great strategic significance. The Japanese tide had already swept around the Islands and over southeast Asia and the Indies, through the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomons to Guadalcanal, and eastward across the Pacific as far as the Gilbert Islands. At the beginning of June the Japanese stood ready to move on Port Moresby, Midway, and the Aleutians, and to sever the line of communication between Australia and the United States. Everywhere, they had achieved phenomenal success, sweeping all resistance before them. Only in the Philippines had they been halted, and in this successful, though hopeless, resistance lay the real importance of the campaign. It demonstrated that the Japanese were not invincible, that they could be stopped by determined men, ably led, even when the odds were heavily in their favor. For an Allied world surfeited on gloom, defeat, and despair, the epic of Bataan and Corregidor was a symbol of hope and a beacon of success for the future. It was in this vein that President Roosevelt wrote to General Wainwright on the eve of his surrender:
"In every camp and on every naval vessel, soldiers, sailors, and Marines are inspired by the gallant struggle of their comrades in the Philippines. The workmen in our shipyards and munitions plants redouble their efforts because of your example. You and your devoted followers have become the living symbols of our war aims and the guarantee of victory." 87
87 Quoted in full in Wainwright, General Wainwright's Story, p. 118.

"Islamic fascism barbaric enemy"

Stephen Morris: "It is Islamic fascism"
"London's strike reminds us we are at war with Muslim totalitarians"

"Left is value free.. no distinction between good and evil..

For leftists, Israel is the aggressor and terrorists are the victims, argues Brian Wimborne
Failure, in addition to class, has become a desired prerequisite for joining the Left's brotherhood of victims. Designated a victim-state by the Left, Israel did not live up to expectations. In the past century the Left gave rise to national socialism and international socialism; today it continues to function without a semblance of moral rectitude, offering support of any group it designates as victims.

BBC Ministry of Truth Israel

Israel maintains Lebanon assault
“The BBC was supposedly the model for the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.."

"enemies of Israel want Israel destroyed"

The Middle East conflict is hard to solve but easy to explain
By Dennis Prager Tuesday, July 18, 2006
The Middle East conflict is difficult to solve, but it is among the simplest conflicts in history to understand.
The Arab and other Muslim enemies of Israel (for the easily confused, this does not mean every Arab or every Muslim) want Israel destroyed. That is why there is a Middle East conflict. Everything else is commentary.

"cum dwn 2 skool theres a fight btween eaglevale n us."

A James Meehan School student shows a text message sent before today's incident in Macquarie Fields. Photo smh.com.au:Wade Laube



School locked down over planned fight
smh.com.au August 2, 2006 - 5:26PM
Dylan Welch and Jano Gibson - A Sydney high school was put into lock-down this afternoon after students from one school showed up for what police believe was a planned fight with rival students.

Synagogue MOMEA damage

Police Investigate Attack On Dwelling Attached To Synagogue – Parramatta - 31 July 2006 - police.nsw.gov.au Police are seeking information following damage to a residence attached to a Synagogue at Parramatta overnight. About 9:10pm police were called to the Synagogue on Victoria Road, after the 32-year-old resident who lives in an adjoining house heard the sounds of glass smashing on his property. A block of cement was thrown through a glass door of the house and the windows of two vehicles parked on the property were also smashed.
Witnesses told police shortly after the incident a group of about ten men of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean appearance were seen laughing and running north on Mason Street. Five of the men got into a white car, what police believe to be either a Nissan Pulsar or Toyota Corolla, and drove from the scene. The rest of the group continued on foot to the end of the street and onto Macarthur Street. Anyone with information that could assist investigators with their inquiries is asked to contact Rosehill Police on 97606199 or Crime Stoppers on 1800333000.

Hellzblowhard are in trouble

Our heroes Hellzblowhard are in trouble then in true Pallywood tradition, motion picture special effects cause an explosion and our heroes are saved. This occurrence is so convenient for Hellzblowhard and to the MSM a very plausible explanation of Israeli brutality.

Special Effects An artificial effect used to create an illusion in a movie. Refers to effects produced on the set, as opposed to those created in post-production.

Post-Production Work performed on a movie after the end of principal photography. Usually involves editing and visual effects.

Little sister, dont you Do what your big sister done

Little Sister
Words & music by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

one-note green-niks warped thinking

Bushfires an example of how green tape can endanger people's lives - Miranda Devine - July 30, 2006 - The problem with passionate, one-note green-niks ... soft, utopian environmentalism that has so successfully infiltrated and warped 21st-century thinking and every level of our government and bureaucracy, are nonetheless dangerous. They live in a theoretical world ... save venal man from destroying Gaea, and in which only trees and wild animals are without sin.

Jana Wendt Where?

Jana Wendt Where? Nine lives end?

Mark Steyn: If only they had refused to indulge Arafat

The myth that the Muslim world's problems are directly linked to the Palestinian question has gone up in flames, argues Mark Steyn July 26, 2006

"pandering to criminals is a leading cause of crime"

Lawyers swap sides in fight on crime - Janet Albrechtsen - July 26, 2006 - Whether you believe in small government or big government, one thing rational people agree on is that the central function of government is to keep us safe. When 5000 people turned out to protest on the streets of Cronulla in Sydney last December, the message was clear: it's time to recognise that pandering to criminals is a leading cause of crime.

Stokes $1 million Shout

Stokes was Victoria Cross buyer
From: AAP July 25, 2006

Israel conspiracy theories certain appeal

Mythology loses out to the facts - July 25, 2006 - Neither American nor Australian leaders are slaves to an Israel lobby, writes Gerard Henderson. Even so, some people believe what they want to believe and conspiracy theories, of one kind or another, have a certain appeal.

$1m Shout

Victoria Cross auctioned for $1m
Captain Alfred Shout

The pain in the Ham ass

"To paraphrase John McClane: Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ass."
Israel is The pain in the Ham ass.

Bush to Syria Fit hits the shan

Unplugged, Bush speaks frankly
Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:31 PM BST
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - A microphone picked up an unaware U.S. President George W. Bush saying on Monday Syria should press Hizbollah to "stop doing this shit" as they discussed the upsurge in violence in the Middle East.

suicidal "banzai" charges tourniquet either hand

Chapter VI The Westward Drive Along New Guinea
During the course of these suicidal "banzai" charges, the enemy resorted to wily and fanciful tactics. Japanese, who had somehow managed to learn the names of Allied platoon leaders, tried to trick them into misdirecting or ceasing their fire by interpolating false orders in perfect English into tapped telephone wires. One column of enemy troops came marching forward singing, for no apparent reason, "Deep in the Heart of Texas." Bayonets were affixed to five-foot poles and used as spears by the Japanese when their ammunition gave out. Bandages were discovered tied around their arms at pressure points, presumably to provide a ready tourniquet which would permit them to continue fighting should they lose the use of either hand.

U.S. Army's in a foreign land of irregular partisans

The Mexican War (1846-1848) was the U.S. Army's first experience waging an extended conflict in a foreign land.
The Mexicans also employed irregular cavalry units, often raised from local ranchers and commanded by regular troops. In modern military terms, those forces would be designated as partisan fighters. "Partisan" describes organized guerrilla bands fighting under Mexican regular officers or officially sanctioned by the Mexican government. The term "partisan" did not enter the U.S. Army lexicon until 1863 in General Order No. 100, which differentiated between armed prowlers, guerrillas, and partisans. The term is appropriate in the current study, however, because there was considerable partisan activity during the conflict, especially in central Mexico.
They used a variety of tactics. The larger forces operated as cavalry units, which sought to engage quickly, to inflict maximum casualties, and then to disappear rapidly. The smaller units made extensive use of sharpshooters who concealed themselves in the trees and chaparral that lined the Mexican National Highway, which Scott's forces would use extensively. Imposing terrain features along most of the route's length worked to the advantage of the partisans.

Mugabe warns tarnishing elements

Mugabe warns 'crookish' party members 15 July 2006 07:27
Mail Guardian link
"Zanu-PF is going to embark on a major cleansing exercise to remove those elements bent on tarnishing the image of the party by their wayward behaviour with their private and public lives," he said.

Chinese might howl, bluster, and threaten

Chapter XXIII Retrospect - army.mil link
What had the war in Korea accomplished? While it may still be too soon to view the conflict in proper perspective, some of the immediate consequences are not difficult to discern.
The rise of Communist China also raised some intriguing questions concerning the future role of the Soviet Union in the Far East. Before the war the Russians had exercised a controlling interest in the affairs of North Korea. With the entry of Communist China into the struggle, the USSR had seemingly been content to provide much of the war materiel for both the North Koreans and Communist Chinese and to support their protegés vigorously in the United Nations debates. During the negotiations the North Koreans appeared to take their cue from the Communist Chinese, and the Soviet influence in the making of policy became difficult to discern. But the growth of Communist Chinese power and prestige could not fail to have an adverse effect upon Soviet leadership of Communist elements in the Far East. As the voice of Peiping gained in strength, Moscow's could not help but diminish. What the long-range consequences of this shift in power would be upon Sino-Soviet relationships were impossible to forecast, yet it seemed evident that there would be an immediate elevation in the position of Communist China in the Communist hierarchy. For the first time since 1917 a potential rival for the leadership of the Communist world had appeared upon the scene.
Despite the Communists' strong denials that they were horse traders, their actions had belied their words. Back in the spring of 1951, an old China hand had offered some sage counsel to the Army high command on this score. Col. David D. Barrett, military attach to Nationalist China, had warned of the hazards of bargaining with the Chinese. If the U.N. Command would set its price and then calmly sustain a firm position, the Chinese might howl, bluster, and threaten, but they would finally give in, Barrett declared. If, on the other hand, the U.N.C. showed weakness or vacillation, the Chinese would persist in haggling until they won their point. It was only when they informed you calmly and without bluster, Barrett concluded, that you would be sure that they definitely had made up their mind not to accept your price.5
5 Msg, AT 174, Barrett to DA, 17 May 51, in FEC 387.2, bk. 1.

UN ill will against Israel

U.N. vote on Israel bodes ill for Iran, North Korea solutions Posted 7/14/2006 5:31 PM ET - By Richard Benedetto, USA Today - Can we conclude that there is more ill will against Israel in the world body of nations than there is against Iran and North Korea? Or could it be that since the U.S. is a friend of Israel and a leader in the effort to halt Iran and North Korea's nuclear programs, this was a chance to put America in its place? Either way, the vote does not bode well for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian crisis or curbing the nuclear ambitions of two nations, which with Iraq, were once described by Bush as an "Axis of Evil."

police outrage tasteless disgraceful TV offensive conduct

police.nsw.gov.au
Police express disgust at tasteless TV stunt - Dragons v Bulldogs NRL match - 15 July 2006
Senior police have expressed outrage after a media representative was allegedly caught with fake weapons outside last night’s St George-Illawarra Dragons v Canterbury Bulldogs NRL match at Kogarah’s Jubilee Oval. Officers observed the TV comedian, dressed in a Bulldogs jersey and beanie, outside the ground prior to the match. He was allegedly in possession of balaclavas, an imitation knife, fake knuckle-dusters and flares, which were blue and white in colour. The 29-year-old Croydon Park man will be issued a notice to attend Sutherland Local Court at a later date for the offence of offensive conduct. Acting Deputy Police Commissioner, Denis Clifford, said officers took action after several Bulldogs’ fans complained about the man’s behaviour. “This was clearly an act of mindless stupidity that had the potential to stir up the large crowd and cause serious problems,” Acting Deputy Commissioner Clifford said. “It’s disgraceful that anyone could participate in such a tasteless stunt. Fans, club officials, the NRL and NSW Police have been working closely to stamp-out anti-social and criminal behaviour at Bulldogs matches and pranks such as this undermine the substantial progress that has been made.”
“The fact there was a capacity crowd for last night’s game is evidence fans feel safe attending Bulldogs matches,” he said.
Police were impressed by the good behaviour of the large number of fans.
Four people were ejected from the stadium for alcohol-related offences, while a male person will be issued a future court attendance notice for using offensive language.
The large crowd left the ground at the conclusion of the match without incident.

ABC TV's The Chaser's offensive mindless stupidity

theage.com.au - AAP
Comic charged over 'mindless' prank
July 15, 2006 - 10:54AM
A comedian with ABC TV's The Chaser's War on Everything has been charged with offensive conduct after what senior police describe as an "act of mindless stupidity" outside a rugby league clash. Chas Licciardello was filming a prank at last night's NRL clash in Sydney between the Bulldogs and St George-Illawarra.
Crowd violence when the two teams met earlier this year sparked a crackdown on anti-social behaviour at Bulldogs games, with NSW police deploying its riot squad to all their games since. Licciardello admits to being dressed in a Bulldogs' jersey and beanie outside the ground prior to the match at OKI Jubilee Stadium in Sydney's south. "I was filming for our show, hawking off a Bulldogs supporters kit, it was a silly thing, it had fake knuckle dusters, balaclavas, that sort of stuff," Licciardello told Southern Cross Broadcasting. "Most of the people took it pretty light heartedly but a couple of the supporters got a bit angry and then the police stepped in."
Licciardello said the Bulldogs supporters started taking his props and "were getting a little bit rough". He said police were trying to diffuse the situation and move people on. "I think they thought we might incite things, which we wouldn't have, we were just about to go anyway," Licciardello said. The joke failed to register with Acting Deputy Commissioner Denis Clifford who said the comedian was disgraceful.
"This was clearly an act of mindless stupidity that had the potential to stir up the large crowd and cause serious problems," Mr Clifford said. Mr Clifford told ABC radio: "This fellow will be appearing in Sutherland Court at a later date charged with offensive conduct."
"We'll see how funny he thinks all this is then.
"This sort of stuff does nothing but undermine the good work that police, the fans, club officials and the NRL have been doing in the past months and years to try to and provide a safe environment for people to go along and watch rugby league."
A police spokeswoman said Licciardello, 29, from Croydon Park would be issued with a notice to attend Sutherland Local Court at a later date charged with offensive conduct. He was allegedly in possession of balaclavas, an imitation knife, fake knuckle-dusters and flares, which were blue and white (Bulldogs colours).
Police acted after several Bulldogs fans complained about the man's behaviour.
Four people were ejected from the stadium for alcohol-related offences, while one man will be issued a future court attendance notice for using offensive language.
The record crowd of 18,223 left the ground at the conclusion of the match without incident, police said. The Bulldogs beat St George Illawarra 22-16.

December 7 1941 US aggressor says Japan

US fleet seen by so called "peace loving people" as threat to peace.
Makes sense to some but not me.
Now Israel is seen by so called "peace loving people" as threat to peace.
Makes sense to some but not me.

Marxville - CarrTown - East Darling Harbour

Move over Darling - time for a new name July 13, 2006
Justin Norrie Urban Affairs Reporter
July 13, 2006
The 22-hectare site on Hickson Road near the Sydney Harbour Bridge is at present used for container shipping. It will gradually be transformed into a recreational, commercial and residential precinct, including a headland park covering more than 11 hectares.

US Supreme Court unaccountable flight of fancy

Sob stories won't change David Hicks's legal status
US judges have signalled the need for new laws of war, writes Janet Albrechtsen - news.com.au link - July 12, 2006

7 December "not one of all these chances fell aright"

A Fateful Series of Mischances - army.mil link
War had come, not merely the "active hostilities" in China where an American volunteer group of individuals in China's services was already pitted against Japan, nor a "shoot-on-sight" directive in the Atlantic in which General Marshall himself had cynically observed a deceptive resemblance to actual warfare, but at last open and declared war. For over two years World War II had been under way in Europe and for over a year the United States had been sending from its own military supplies allegedly surplus materiel to the aid of the forces fighting the Axis. War now had come, however, not in the Atlantic but in the Pacific, and in its first explosions not in the Far East where Army and Navy had confidently expected it, but in the mid-Pacific where the watch was poorly kept. The succession of errors and mischances that brought to Pearl Harbor something close to total disaster rivals the succession that Hugo recites in the memorable apostrophe of Les Miserables to explain Waterloo. Had the planners, in discerning Japan's several intentions in the Far East, only reasoned that none of these intentions would be undertaken until the U. S. Fleet was immobilized, Pearl Harbor must automatically have been recognized as the certain first target of Japanese attack. Had that been fully recognized, surely the defenses at that point would have been built up to a maximum, regardless of perils elsewhere; Army and Navy commanders would have been freed of the training responsibilities that diverted much of their attention and their resources from defense tasks. Had the implications of Frontier Defense needs been fully grasped, the shortage of patrol planes required for a continuous 360° patrol would have been remedied, at whatever sacrifice. Had the imperative character of the 27 November "war-warning" message been grasped, General Short would not have believed that his first concern was with sabotage. Had Message 473 never been sent, he would not have been thus encouraged to do so. Had his odd and inadequate acknowledgment of the warning been scrutinized carefully in WPD -or elsewhere- it would have been instantly recognized as inadequate, and new and imperative orders issued. Had General Short and Admiral Kimmel, granting the insufficiency of their resources, employed those resources to their maximum for defense purposes, or acted with full enlightenment on the information that actually was supplied them, they must have prepared a much more alert front than was actually in operation on 7 December. Had the "1 o'clock message" of 7 December impressed itself upon other minds as surely and as swiftly as it did upon General Marshall's mind once he saw it, there would have been an earlier dispatch of the final warning message that arrived hours too late. Had the radio officer at the War Department given a hint of the temporary break in direct Army communications, either telephone or Navy facilities could have been used instead: there was still time for a belated manning of all defenses in Oahu. Had all of these circumstances, many of them wholly adventitious, taken the opposite course, a magnificent defense could have been interposed, sufficient to inflict on the raiders a proper penalty. Had any one of them taken the opposite course, the appalling extent of the disaster could have been greatly reduced. Because not one of all these chances fell aright, the attack was a resounding success for Japan and a staggering blow not only to America but to the whole Allied cause.

Chinese Intervention Korea surprised United Nations

The Chinese Intervention - army.mil link
3 November 1950-24 January 1951
They came out of the hills near Unsan, North Korea, blowing bugles in the dying light of day on 1 November 1950, throwing grenades and firing their "burp" guns at the surprised American soldiers of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Those who survived the initial assaults reported how shaken the spectacle of massed Chinese infantry had left them. Thousands of Chinese had attacked from the north, northwest, and west against scattered U.S. and South Korean (Republic of Korea or ROK) units moving deep into North Korea. The Chinese seemed to come out of nowhere as they swarmed around the flanks and over the defensive positions of the surprised United Nations (UN) troops. Within hours the ROK 15th Regiment on the 8th Cavalry’s right flank collapsed, while the 1st and 2d Battalions of the 8th Cavalry fell back in disarray into the city of Unsan. By morning, with their positions being overrun and their guns falling silent, the men of the 8th Cavalry tried to withdraw, but a Chinese roadblock to their rear forced them to abandon their artillery, and the men took to the hills in small groups. Only a few scattered survivors made it back to tell their story. The remaining battalion of the 8th Cavalry, the 3d, was hit early in the morning of 2 November with the same "human wave" assaults of bugle-blowing Chinese. In the confusion, one company-size Chinese element was mistaken for South Koreans and allowed to pass a critical bridge near the battalion command post (CP). Once over the bridge, the enemy commander blew his bugle, and the Chinese, throwing satchel charges and grenades, overran the CP.

UN blames Israel not Palestinian Ham Ass

UN blames Israel for humanitarian crisis, hard to children in Gaza
Sunday July 9 2006 - Mark Lavie Canadian Press - Saturday, July 08, 2006
JERUSALEM (AP - link) - The United Nations blamed Israel for a burgeoning humanitarian crisis, including deaths, injuries and harm to children, from its offensive in Gaza in a strong statement released Saturday.

The three-page statement, listing charges separately from six UN-affiliated agencies, called for "urgent action" to halt the rapid deterioration. Israel rejected the charges.

The statement charged that Israel's military offensive has caused mass violations of human rights of civilians in Gaza. Some result from an Israeli attack that destroyed the main Gaza power station, others from the closing of vital crossing points and the rest from military operations, it said.

The world body expressed alarm over events in Gaza "which have seen innocent civilians, including children, killed, brought increased misery to hundreds of thousands of people and which will wreak far-reaching harm on Palestinian society."

Among the specific issues listed, the statement said Gaza is "on the bring of a public health disaster," including a shortage of medicines. Also, children in Gaza "are living in an environment of extraordinary violence, insecurity and fear."

In one of the six sections, from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the statement faults the Palestinians while implying that Israel is hitting civilians on purpose. "The prohibition on targeting civilians is also being violated by Palestinian armed groups, launching missiles from the Gaza Strip into Israel, and must therefore end," it said.

The UN document does not mention the incident that set off the Israeli operation - a June 25 attack by Palestinian militants who tunnelled under the border into Israel and attacked an army post, killing two soldiers and capturing a third.

"Unless urgent action is taken," the statement concludes, "we are facing a humanitarian crisis that will have far-reaching consequences."

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yariv Ovadia denied there is a humanitarian crisis and said the Israeli operation "has been tailored to avoid civilian casualties while bringing sufficient pressure to bear on the Hamas-led government of the Palestinian Authority" to order release of the soldier and halt the rocket attacks.

He said Israel is allowing transfer of fuel and food into Gaza through crossing points from Israel "despite continued attempts by terrorist groups to attack these facilities."

The Israeli official rejected the premise of the UN statement, that Israel was to blame for the hardships in Gaza. "The Palestinian terrorists purposely manufacture, store and fire missiles at Israeli civilians from the midst of their own population," he wrote. "It is they themselves who bring suffering upon their own people by using them as shields for their terrorism," also blaming the Palestinian people for electing a government led by "Hamas, a murderous terrorist organization."

In a specific demand, a UN agency said Israel must repair the power station it destroyed. "With the bombing of the electric plant, the lives of 1.4 million people, almost half of them children, worsened overnight," said the world body's humanitarian affairs office in the statement.

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China in tight spot at UN on Korea

China in tight spot as UN set to vote on NKorea sanctions 07-09-2006, 00h10 AFP
UNITED NATIONS (AFP - link)
The crisis over North Korea's missile tests hurtles toward a climax here this week with China under intense pressure to allow binding UN sanctions against its recalcitrant ally Pyongyang.

The Security Council was set to decide Monday when to schedule a vote on a draft resolution that would slap sanctions against the reclusive state after it test-fired seven missiles last week, including a new long-range Taepodong-2, which could theoretically reach US soil.

Friday, Japan called for an early vote on its binding text which would block the transfer of items to North Korea that could be used in missile and weapons of mass destruction programs.

Pyongyang, which is pushing for direct talks with Washington, has warned that adoption of UN sanctions would be seen as an "act of war."

As in other crises over Iran's nuclear program or Sudan's Darfur conflict, China and Russia, two veto-wielding members of the council, have made clear their distaste for punitive action to resolve sensitive diplomatic issues.

The two countries are cool to any use of Chapter Seven of the UN charter which can authorize sanctions or even military action in cases of threats to international peace and security.

They oppose the Japanese draft, co-sponsored by the United States and all other Western members of the council, and are instead pressing for a milder, non-binding statement that would censure North Korea for its tests but would not threaten sanctions.

Beijing and Moscow argue that the document, which invokes Chapter Seven, risks inflaming tension in the volatile northeast Asian region and could further set back prospects for resuming six-party talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear program.

China has been the most vocal in resisting punitive action against its impoverished neighbor, which it supplies with vital energy and economic aid.

"If this resolution is put to vote, there will be no unity in the Security Council," Chinese Ambassador Wang Guangya warned Friday. Asked whether he might use China's veto, Wang replied: "all possibilities are open."

His Russian counterpart Vitaly Churkin made no comment after Friday's frantic Security Council consultations to seek a consensus.

Diplomats said Moscow was taking a lower profile in the crisis so as not to jeopardize its hosting of the Group of Eight summit in Saint Petersburg July 15-17.

In order to pass, a resolution needs the support of at least nine of the council's 15 members and no veto from any of the five permanent members: Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.

The push for an early vote appeared to be a bid to dare China to veto the text, but Western diplomats said they were hopeful Beijing would not do so.

Asked whether he expected such a move, French ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sabliere, the president of the council for July, said: "I hope not."

China last used its veto in 1999 to block the extension of the mandate of a UN force in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.

Beijing could also abstain, which would allow the resolution to stand but deprive it of much of its impact.

Washington meanwhile led frantic diplomatic efforts to head off a Chinese veto and ensure that the world's major powers remain united in dealing with Pyongyang.

US envoy Christopher Hill, on a whirlwind tour after the missile launches, pressed China to close ranks with Washington after receiving a lukewarm response in Beijing Friday.

"We had very good discussions with the Chinese and made very clear our very deep concerns about what is going on in the DPRK, and I called upon the Chinese to understand that we will be much more effective if we speak with one voice," Hill told reporters Saturday during talks in Seoul, his second stop.

The United States also reached out to North Korea, saying it was ready to sit down one-on-one if the Pyonynag agreed to return to the six-party talks on its nuclear and missile programs.

Japan, which is aspiring to become a permanent Security Council member, however vowed not to give in to China and Russia on the issue of sanctions.

"We may amend the draft but we are firm on the binding resolution that includes sanctions," Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said in a speech in the western city of Osaka Saturday. "Japan will not compromise. We will go all the way."

The draft urges member states to stop procurement of missile-related goods and technology from North Korea and to block financial transfers to suppliers of Pyongyang's missile or weapons programs.

It also calls on North Korea to immediately stop developing, deploying and testing ballistic missiles and to return to six-party talks -- with China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States -- on its nuclear program.

Pyongyang said it was ready to return to the six-way talks if Washington lifts sanctions on a bank in Macau accused of money laundering and counterfeiting on behalf of Pyongyang.

North Korean Army invades South Korea

The Communist Challenge
The North Korean Army invaded South Korea at four o'clock in the morning of 25 June 1950-three o'clock in the afternoon of 24 June 1950, in Washington, D.C.
Striking without warning in the pre-dawn dusk, communist units gained complete tactical surprise as they burst across the 38th Parallel swiftly and in strength. Coordinated columns of Russian-made tanks and Russian-trained infantry followed massed artillery fires and rolled back the South Korean defenders, engulfing and destroying whole units as they moved toward their objectives in a well-conceived and carefully prepared military operation. North Korean planes, giving tactical support, were virtually unchallenged.

"Korea You are not alone" United States

The House Divided
The Americans Occupy South Korea
On 13 August 1945 the Joint Chiefs of Staff designated General Douglas MacArthur to receive the surrender of Japanese forces in those areas for which the United States was responsible, including the southern half of Korea.
John Foster Dulles visited Korea as a special representative of the President in the middle of June 1950. After inspecting South Korean defenses, which he was assured were adequate, Mr. Dulles addressed the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea on 19 June 1950. He told the legislators that the American people granted them their support ". . . consistent with your own self-respect and primary dependence upon your own efforts." He said that the United States considered the Republic of Korea a part of the United Nations and ended saying, "You are not alone; you will never be alone, as long as you continue to play worthily your part in the great design of human freedom."

Korean scene - 38th Parallel - Sharp differences

Korea 1945
As a result, the 38th Parallel remained in the draft when the Joint Planners handed the general order to the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee.
Sharp differences between north and south had traditionally been part of the Korean scene. South Koreans considered their northern neighbors crude and culturally backward. North Koreans viewed southerners as lazy schemers. During the Japanese occupation Koreans in the north had been much less tractable than those in the south. Differences in farming accounted for some of the social differences in the two zones. A dry-field type of farming in the north opposed a rice-culture area in the south to produce marked variations in points of view. In the south were more small farms and a high tenancy rate, while in the north larger farms and more owner-farmers prevailed. Those differences the 38th Parallel promised to exacerbate.