Rumsfeld, you are the weakest link. Goodbye! December 16, 2006
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Bush speaking at Rumsfeld’s farewell: “He spoke straight. It was easy to understand him. He has a sharp intellect, a steady demeanour and boundless energy.”
Oh the ironical irony. Bush saying Rumsfeld is easy to understand! Is that a known known, or an known unknown?
And boundless energy? What, he’s a puppy?
They don’t like to be rushed when it suits them December 14, 2006
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Survey indicates Iraqis in despair
More than 90 per cent of Iraqis believe the country is worse off now than before the war in 2003, according to new research obtained by Al Jazeera.
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Bush has said he is considering options for changing US policy in Iraq following the results of the bi-partisan Iraq Study Group report, but has said he will not be rushed into any decision.
Ah, I see. They can rush into a war that kills hundreds of thousands of people, but when it comes to changing strategy in the rushed war they must not be rushed. It makes perfect Bush sense.
Flour power December 14, 2006
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English test example #1:
In the English language there are many words which sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
1. Flower/Flour
Which word fits correctly into this sentence?
The Australian Government lied about the seriousness of a package sent to the Indonesian Embassy in 2005. The package contained __________ however the Government claimed it was a “biological agent” of “murderous criminality.”
Howard’s bio-terror distortion
JOHN Howard and Alexander Downer sparked Australia’s biggest biological terror scare last year when they exaggerated test results to claim white powder sent to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra — later shown to be flour — was a “biological agent”.
Documents from ACT Pathology and the Australian Federal Police, obtained under freedom of information laws, show the microbiologist who examined the powder on June 1 last year and the AFP never called it a “biological agent” and described it as a commonly occurring bacteria.
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Despite this advice, the Government did not tell the media that no threat had been identified and the next day newspapers and other media gave huge prominence to the Government’s claims, running headlines saying the country had had a bio-terror attack.
New migrants will have to sit English exams and commit to following Australian laws under a new citizenship test being introduced by the federal government.
Just a slip of the nuclear weapon, I mean tongue, yeah, tongue! December 14, 2006
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I really like taking walks around my neighbourhood, and admiring the sweet smelling flowers along the way. Sometimes I’ll see an adorable dog or cute cat or Israeli nuclear weapons. Er- I mean, cute cats, cute cats.
Anyway, I like eating from different cuisines. Malaysian is spicy and creamy, Portuguese is crispy and fulfilling, while Israeli is all nuclear and weapony and Japanese Odon noddles are a great snack. Oh crap, I did it again. This is hard work.
Um… as I was saying, on the music front I like 70s American folk, Swedish new-wave, Israeli nuclear weapons and New Zealand hip-hip.
Fucking hell.
Olmert’s nuclear slip-up sparks outrage in Israel
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, faced calls for his resignation today after admitting – in an apparent slip of the tongue – that Israel has got nuclear weapons.
