Headlines Monday 15th September

DECISION IN
Tim Blair
Accused terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika is now a convicted terrorist. Five of his little friends have been similarly upgraded.

UPDATE. Maybe Abdul should have sought to be tried in a different jurisdiction:
Islamic law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases.
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SUPER SATURDAY
Tim Blair
Only one month to go until state Labor’s day of doom:
NSW Labor is bracing itself for a thrashing at next month’s string of by-elections with secret polling showing it may even lose the seat of ex-premier Morris Iemma—the safest in the state.

Despite losing councillors in virtually every local government area over the weekend, with swings of up to 20 per cent against them in some areas, Labor strategists fear this is just the tip of the iceberg and the public will really punish the party on October 18, in the three Sydney by-elections.
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MEANWHILE, LANCET COUNTS 11,728
Tim Blair
Post-Ike math from Associated Press:
Four deaths were blamed on the storm: Two in Louisiana, and five in Texas.
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CHARLEY’S PRIDE
Tim Blair
Journalism is difficult to revolutionise. The means of delivery may change—from drawings on rocks to ink on paper to words on a screen—but the basic elements remain the same.

These elements are, more or less: discover the interesting information; check that it’s true (even the caveman recording that day’s hunt probably sent out a cave cadet to make certain bison have four legs); and then publish it.

Journalism is so easy that even we journalists can do it.

But this week saw a revolution in Australian journalism that will make things even easier. That formerly time-consuming second step—the checking phase—has been eliminated.
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GEOGRAPHICAL LABOR DOMINATION REDUCED BY 32%
Tim Blair
It’s all over for Labor in WA:
How did it all go so wrong for Premier Alan Carpenter and the Labor Party in Western Australia?

According to one Labor insider this week: “A healthy majority, a booming economy, a terrible opposition and he’s lost the election ... there’s something wrong”.
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WOMEN UNITED
Tim Blair
Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin—together!
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Nelson to call spill of the Liberal leadership
Emerging from the hastily convened Liberal party room meeting tonight, Dr Nelson said he was confident of having the support of his colleagues.
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Reba Meagher didn't leave me a message: Rees admits error
NSW Premier Nathan Rees admits he made a blunder when claiming MP Reba Meagher had left him a message announcing her resignation.