NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police on Sunday said they found what they believe is the body of a Yale University graduate student and bride-to-be hidden inside the wall of a university building where she was last seen five days before.
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Labor MPs on new McGurk tapes: report
There are new claims slain businessman Michael McGurk recorded conversations with five NSW Labor......
Parents reject school tables: poll
Almost two-thirds of parents want the federal government to intervene and block the use of school...... - The poor parents are confused, this is merely a power grab by federal politicians and will do nothing to resolve the contentious issue. - ed.
Phil Koperberg fed up with politics, could force Blue Mountains by election
Former Rural Fire Service chief Phil Koperberg is considering his options after just two years in politics. The Premier is expected to arrange a meeting this week to convince him to stay and avoid a potentially disastrous byelection in the Blue Mountains - Mr Koperberg's seat, held with an 11 per cent margin to Labor. - Phil Koperberg allowed himself to be used by the ALP, as he had when he was a firie. If he doesn't want to be used by them, he has to stop playing their games. They lied to him about their purpose in getting him into parliament. He owes them nothing. He owes his constituents an opportunity to vote for someone who will represent them, not merely ALP interests. - ed.
Home ownership dream slipping away says university study
The Australian dream of home ownership is slipping away, leaving a threat of a US-style collapse in house prices, according to a team of university researchers. - this is an example of ALP mismanagement, the entire world population could live in NSW and Vic on quarter acre blocks in families of four. - ed.
Wilhelm could have saved Brimble: court
If Mark Wilhelm had called for help as soon as he saw Dianne Brimble unconscious in his cabin, she would most likely still be alive, a NSW jury has been told.
We can win 2011 election: Rees
NSW Premier Nathan Rees says his new-look cabinet will be the one that goes to, and wins, the March 2011 state election. - this is true and to be feared -ed
Work Choices a scare tactic - Turnbull
OPPOSITION Leader Malcolm Turnbull says Labor is running a scare campaign on WorkChoices in order to avoid answering questions about schools spending.
Hospital turns away miscarriage mother
A Sydney mother says she was turned away from Campbelltown hospital, even though she had obvious signs of a miscarriage.
Abbott kicked out of parliament for day
Senior Liberal Tony Abbott has been kicked out of federal parliament for 24 hours for being competent when the ALP won't be.
Mower can refill ignites Sydney servo fire
A WOMAN filling a petrol can so she could mow her lawn almost blew up a suburban Sydney service station with a freak electrical spark.
Facebook 'call to rally against unbelievers'
A RIOT by Muslim youths in Sydney was organised on social networking sites, police believe.
Ethnic crime squads are racist: MP
A Liberal MP wants the practice of naming police squads after ethnic groups abandoned, saying it villifies communities.
Asylum seekers 'will swamp Australia'
Australia risked being "swamped" by asylum-seekers, the federal opposition warned, if boat arrivals continued at their current rate.
12-year-old bride dies giving birth
A 12-year-old child-bride has died after struggling for three days in labour to give birth.
Undie 500 pub crawl turns into riot
The effects of rioting drunk NZ university students causing mayhem in Dunedin may have been reduced......
Pedophile Ferguson to be moved: NSW govt
Convicted pedophile Dennis Ferguson is to be moved from his current Sydney address, which the NSW government has decided is inappropriate. - how about next to Milton Orkopolous? - ed.
Truckie lights fuse on bike rage escalation
THERE are fears drivers are preparing attacks on cyclists after a firecracker was thrown at riders.
Call for bosses to battle booze culture
BEER o'clock may be on the way out, as workplaces are being urged to combat binge drinking.
Rich couple fights mum for African girl
A BITTER custody battle is being fought between a super wealthy couple and a poor immigrant.
Aussie explorer Mike Leyland dies age 68
Mike Leyland, one half of iconic Australian exploration team The Leyland Brothers, has passed away aged 68.
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MIKE LEYLAND
Tim Blair
Mike Leyland, the older of television’s Leyland brothers, has died at 68.
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STRENGTH IS WEAKNESS
Tim Blair
All this prosperity will make us poor, reports Marion Wilkinson:
Australia is in the weakest position of any industrialised nation to compete in a clean-energy world, a new report has found.
Despite high levels of wealth and education, the nation’s heavy-polluting coal-fired electricity, its energy-intensive exports like aluminium and its high levels of car ownership make it one of the developed countries least able to generate prosperity in a future marked by drastic cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.
Solution: don’t make drastic cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. How ditching cars will make us more prosperous isn’t exactly clear; maybe it’s a sacrifice thing. Wilkinson continues:
France topped the list of nations able to compete in a clean energy world.
But of course. French autosacrifices are running way ahead of schedule. The prosperity gods, they will be pleased. More from Marion, whose own car is presumably now for sale or on fire:
Yesterday protesters converged on Australia’s most heavily polluting coal-fired power plant, Hazelwood, in the La Trobe Valley, calling for it to be shut down and replaced with renewable energy.
That’s just how easy it is. You simply close down the coal plant and put a big “renewable energy” thing there instead. Maybe with a picture of an elf on it. Meanwhile, in the same newspaper:
A coal investment boom is driving Australian production to new peaks even as our biggest export markets shift towards cleaner fuels.
Over the next five years Australia’s coal production is set to bulge by 30 per cent to a record 450 million tonnes a year compared with 350 million tonnes produced now, according to the energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
We’re doomed. That wealth will surely bankrupt us all.
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PROPHESIES PROGRAMMED
Tim Blair
Christopher Booker on god modelling:
The unshakeable faith in computer models shown by the scientists who programme them would be the envy of any religious sect in the world.
Sort-of related, Garth Godsman has had it up to here with poley bears.
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CAR OF DAVID
Tim Blair
Brazil’s Rubens Barrichello screams to victory in the Italian Grand Prix, aided by a mysterious star:
The star first started with someone telling me that I should have something on the top. That happened in 1995, someone came to me and said ‘someone in the sky is looking at you’ and for me, I felt something good about it, and I put a star there, which you could call anything, but it’s just a star. It was a five pointed star. After that, I made some changes because my energy comes from a six pointed star, not a five pointed star, and people aren’t just associating that to the Jewish community.
It is the Star of David but if you study everything worldwide it doesn’t link straight to the Jewish community. I’m Catholic but it doesn’t mean anything, it’s just the fact that I’m a spiritualist and I believe in any points of goodwill. I basically had one thing for the start of my career in ‘93, ‘94, ‘95 and now it’s just the energy from the six pointed star.
Formula One drivers tend towards the eccentric. Many are deeply superstitious; one always drove in different-coloured socks, and another swore by his lucky underwear. By contrast, Brian Redman would seek out ladders just so he could walk under them. As for Barrichello – a potential world champion this year – he deserves all the breaks he gets, after surviving this:
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RECORD CORRECTED
Tim Blair
The Sydney Morning Herald‘s Paul Sheehan:
A week ago, the Herald ran a story which, in its essence, was not true. The paper did not know this. It was the unwitting victim of a distortion created at The Washington Post, which produced the original story. The Herald’s headline, which reflected the story, said: ‘’Right-wing ‘lies’ force Obama adviser out’’.
The story began: ‘’The White House environmental adviser, Van Jones, a towering figure in the environment movement, has resigned after weeks of controversy stemming from his past activism … In a statement announcing his resignation, Jones said, ‘They [his critics] are using lies and distortions to distract and divide.’’’
No. The distortions have come from Jones.
Read on.
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UNACCOUNTABLE JONES
Tim Blair
If you’re a fan of accountable government – and who isn’t? – you really have no choice but to vote for conservative parties.
This isn’t because conservative governments are necessarily more accountable than governments of the left. It’s just that the media (your foot soldiers when it comes to accountability) tend to be a little, well, softer on leftish administrations.
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WHICH MAY HAVE LED TO HIS SUBSEQUENT RUN OF TERRIBLE MOVIES
Tim Blair
Robert De Niro’s last good movie.
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DIVERSITY CELEBRATED
Tim Blair
Matt Welch visits a large event in Washington DC. Exactly how large is a matter of some dispute; looks like well into the six figures, but photographs can be tricky. Meanwhile, a determined future conservative is observed in Quincy, Illinois.
UPDATE. Putting the T into Tea Party:
UPDATE II. CNN broadcasts from DC, with comical results.
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NORMAN BORLAUG
Tim Blair
Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, whose work saved possibly hundreds of millions from starvation, has died at 95. Background on this fascinating but largely unknown man here. Also, an interview.
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