Australian Election 2007

Australian Obama lackey, toady KRudd spruiks merits of Australia-inclusive G20 to the UN

Seeded on Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:32 AM EDT (Australian News Network)

Oz PM Kevin Rudd has delivered a strongly worded warning to the UN that reform is necessary in global institutions and declared the G20 --which includes Australia - should be at the heart of a new international system.

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Right wing Australian PM Rudd's popularity dives over new 67 years retirement age

Seeded on Sun May 17, 2009 5:03 PM EDT (The Age)

Seeded by Gideon Polya

Labor's two-party preferred vote has fallen five points since March to 53 per cent, while the Opposition has risen five points to 47; causes: recession, health insurance, debt, lifting retirement age to 67 + war, climate change ...

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Letter to ALL Oz Federal MPs re Climate Emergency & LYING

Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:15 PM EST

By Gideon Polya

Australia leads world in coal exports and per capita greenhouse gas pollution - but its Government, advised by lying, pro-Coal lobbyists, won't act. Read my letter to ALL Australian Federal MPs and do LIKEWISE in US, UK etc.

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Dr James Lovelock FRS (Gaia): Last chance to save 8 billion humans: BIOCHAR

Seeded on Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:35 AM EST (New Scientist)

Seeded by Gideon Polya

With the world facing a climate emergency , top UK climate scientist Dr James Lovelock, FRS recommends return of carbon to the soil as biochar; & says that less than 1 billion will survive this century.

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Germany's Steffen beats Torres for 50 free gold

Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:18 PM EDT

By Associated Press (Clipped by Barry Rutherford)

Britta Steffen of Germany has defeated 41-year-old American Dara Torres by 0.01 seconds to win the women's 50-meter freestyle at the Beijing Olympics.

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Jack Gillis (jfxgillis) A RAV awarded Not before time...

Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:38 PM EDT

By Barry Rutherford

Jack Gillis for some reason was one of my first few Friends that I friend requested. That certain reason was the style and artistic ability of all of his articles. Together with the robust and intellectual reasoning which meticulously straddled both sides of the political fence.

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"If the Republican Party were dog food they would be taken off the shelf"

Sun May 18, 2008 4:18 PM EDT

By Barry Rutherford

This was a quote from a Republican internal party memo discussed on MSNBC' Meet the Press Programme 'this Sunday May 18th 2008 betwen Mike Huckabee & Tim Russert. Huckabee essentially agreed saying theRepublican Party was in very bad shape.

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An awful political snedger

Fri May 2, 2008 11:23 PM EDT

By Richard Farmer

RICHARD FARMER'S DAILY POLITICAL REPORT Thursday 2 May 2008 That Troy Buswell is an awful snedger I can thank the Irish for help in finding a word to describe the eccentric sniffing habits of Western Australian Liberal Party Leader Troy Buswell.

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