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  • "Now, Sarah's Folly" – http://twurl.nl/eufpq1 – Maureen Dowd says "Caribou Barbie is one nutty puppy" – scathing look at Palin. #
  • RT @stephencrose: The Sunday NYTimes is thinner than ever and has lots of wire stories. How long it can last is a real question. #
  • Ted takes a plunge – http://twurl.nl/j6itlo – Melissa Fyfe looks at the trouble Ted Baillieu is having making up ground in Victoria. #
  • Nice perks if you can get yourself elected – http://twurl.nl/450m45 – Kerry-Anne Walsh looks at MPs entitlements. #
  • Greens are on the lookout for a little Rudd love – http://twurl.nl/svvnqo – Bob Brown has written a "two-way-street" letter to Rudd. #
  • It's a lonely planet out there – get used to it – http://twurl.nl/6h733n Brigid Delaney argues we are losing our ability to be alone. #

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  • South Australian Opposition Leader, Martin Hamilton-Smith, has survived a leadership challenge this morning by 11 votes to 10. #
  • RT @PremierMikeRann: Lib leadership vote has turned into a shambles. They are now having a 2nd vote! So divided,so disloyal to each other. #
  • As the ethics inquiries continue, vicious, lightweight nut-job Palin throws in the towel – http://twurl.nl/gqf8ob – #
  • …oh, and she did it for her family and to save taxpayers' money. Spare me… #
  • RT @PremierMikeRann: This bitter Civil War inside the SA Libs goes back 40 years…too busy fighting each other rather than fighting for SA. #
  • The Case Against Richard Nixon – http://twurl.nl/e4uskm – Wash.Post's The Fix debates Nixon's right to be in the Political Hall of Fame. #
  • @PeterKesina Nixon's funeral was quite simple – see my site here http://twurl.nl/0op6jq – I suspect Reagan's was more lavish. in reply to PeterKesina #
  • The member for whatever it takes – http://twurl.nl/tueua3 – intriguing profile of Christopher Pyne. Epitome of "the politics of politics"? #
  • "Turnbull may be beyond repair" – http://twurl.nl/rezd3e – George Megalogenis ponders whether Utegate has made Turnbull unelectable. #
  • Hamilton-Smith re-elected Sth Aust Liberal leader 11-10 but calls new ballot for next week – http://twurl.nl/7m73df – say goodnight, Martin! #
  • SMH reveals political party donations by a billionaire – http://twurl.nl/27fcll – what to worry about most, his race or occupation? #
  • The real issue is foreign donations – http://twurl.nl/zcxpms – and the Senate has blocked attempts to outlaw this. #
  • "Behind the mysterious Dr Chau" – http://twurl.nl/051hdg – Chau Chak Wing, the Guangzhou-based Australian citizen & political donor. #
  • RT @copyblogger: Sarah Palin makes George Bush look like an aerospace engineer (that means "rocket scientist" for all you Sarah Palin fans). #
  • "Lib think tank running on empty" – http://twurl.nl/wwb1so – the "book-burning right" and the "book-writing right" in the Liberal Party. #
  • "A man unsuited to structured thinking" – http://twurl.nl/vpek5t – Peter Hartcher excoriates Steve Fielding, Australia's very own Palin. #
  • RT @copyblogger: Blocking people who think Sarah Palin would make a good president is not only fun, it's a moral imperative. #
  • RT @stephenfry: I bloody knew it! That titty-arsed self-help wank was all hooey. Bow down before empiricism, quacks – http://tr.im/qQfX #
  • Three cheers for Stephen Fry…now if only the relentlessly positive brigade on Twitter could be dealt with. @john_larkin http://tr.im/qQfX #
  • "Turnbull would love to be on Rove" – http://twurl.nl/8bd6sv – Laurie Oakes on comedy and politics. #
  • RT @mfullilove: Marvelling at Palin's ability to confound – 10 possible reasons for her strange resignation: http://tinyurl.com/mqokjf #
  • Twitter Comes to the Rescue – http://twurl.nl/nmoznx – interesting accounts of complaining travellers from @michellehiggins (NYT) #
  • "Sarah's Straight Talk" – http://twurl.nl/st5n28 – Gail Collins (NYT) on Palin: the best thing you'll read today about that ridiculous woman #
  • 'Behind the Facade' – http://twurl.nl/1vtkpo – Bob Herbert sees Michael Jackson as emblematic of a society opting for fantasy over reality. #
  • We the Bachelors – http://twurl.nl/q0c63x – on this 4th of July, a look at the way bachelors used to be treated in the 18th century. #
  • @lyndons I suppose it depends on what kind of sex you're into… in reply to lyndons #
  • Now that I know Jockipedia exists – http://twurl.nl/gk2ery – I can ignore it…but this was interesting: http://twurl.nl/0srwdi #
  • RT @ComplexNumber: Why The Economist is thriving while Time and Newsweek fade http://bit.ly/pBfnU | The Atlantic #
  • RT @Lilylauren: Ever notice that if you scream in a library everyone just stares at you but if you scream on an aeroplane everyone joins in. #
  • @lmdallatorre I remember this problem… can still recall an empty front page at 3am Friday with Shepparton print run due at 5am… in reply to lmdallatorre #
  • @lmdallatorre Leave 5am, arrive 7am (speed limits?) leave 10am. One editor nearly killed in accident in car driven by Libby Gorr's brother! in reply to lmdallatorre #
  • @lmdallatorre PJK quote is here: http://twurl.nl/hframd in reply to lmdallatorre #
  • @lmdallatorre Phillip Ayres did a good bio of Fraser; War Without Blood – Russell Schneider; Fraser PM – Patrick Weller (definitive study). in reply to lmdallatorre #
  • @lmdallatorre Richo's right about the volume of books. Eg Fraser – handful; Whitlam – dozens. Quality is a different issue. in reply to lmdallatorre #

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  • WebSite Story – I'm on Twitter, I'm on Twitter – http://twurl.nl/ogxoph – @crikey_news video of the day. #
  • Splitting headache on health – http://twurl.nl/cs5jn7 – Danielle Cronin on the state of Australia's public hospital system. #
  • Rise of China no cause for alarm – http://twurl.nl/xqq82q – Paul Keating looks at China's growth and its implications for Australia. #
  • Now sex climbs the greasy pole – http://twurl.nl/vsng13 – @annabelcrabb doesn't only write about politics… #
  • "Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media Like Obama" – http://twurl.nl/nwleo7 – the magnificent Helen Thomas gives Obama a serve. #
  • "Climate talks in Italy will reverberate for Rudd" – http://twurl.nl/2lsuez – but Michelle Grattan shows the impact may well be on Turnbull. #
  • Herb Klein, Nixon press secretary who avoided Watergate odium, dies at 91 – http://twurl.nl/li73os – another Watergate-related death. #
  • A woman on Millionaire Hot Seat didn't know what a "straw poll" is… and don't ask me why I'm watching it…! #
  • RT @theburgerman: 'Newspaper English: Newspapers are in the front line in the defence of good written English – or the attack on it.' #
  • RT @Colvinius: On PM tonight — an interview with a man who spent 5 yrs in Iran's Evin prison – where many protesters are now #iranelection #
  • RT @RicRaftis: Straw poll? Wasn't it what 1 of the 3 little pigs used to hold the house up?? #
  • @RicRaftis Very good! Where have you been lately? in reply to RicRaftis #
  • Yesterday I asked @PremierMikeRann about media criticism of the COAG meeting in Darwin… #
  • RT @PremierMikeRann: The media always comment on the media news conference. The real meeting was actually very productive. #
  • And speaking of @PremierMikeRann, he's one of two Twitter mentions in The Australian's Strewth column today: http://twurl.nl/rvz2b7 #
  • Well argued…another term to stop using | "Social media is a stupid term" – http://twurl.nl/pz1biq RT @trevoryoung via @IdeasCulture #
  • RT @BernardKeane: Just to really make Turnbull's week, Morgan poll points to the same collapse as earlier polls – http://bit.ly/er4Ya #
  • "Old media, by Crikey" – http://twurl.nl/bq5w4p – Just caught up with this agitated editorial from The Aust. [And the NYT is NOT dull!] #
  • How Much Did Michael Jackson Rock the Web? – http://twurl.nl/3xtrq8 – some statistics on web searches. #
  • What Were Newspapers: The Indispensable Greaser – http://twurl.nl/ncw6jd – hilarious piece by Michael Kinsley on a vital newspaper role. #
  • Winners are grinners. Losers and the media can please themselves… RT @PeterKesina: Rudd and his spin – http://bit.ly/5Kfa5 #
  • @PeterKesina I believe in being kind to children, furry animals and journalism students… in reply to PeterKesina #
  • One Man's Ambition – http://twurl.nl/2sacdm Norman Abjorensen reviews the new SBS series on the Howard Govt, "Liberal Rule". Starts July 21. #
  • @lyndons Michael Jackson isn't really dead. There's no evidence. Steve Fielding says so. in reply to lyndons #
  • A revolution you can bet on – http://twurl.nl/uayw8r – the Communist Party of Australia bought a ticket in this week's OzLotto jackpot. #
  • Ad for SBS DVDs of "Liberal Rule", is classified PG, "mild themes & infrequent coarse language". So genteel… http://twurl.nl/vxux3f #
  • RT @Sznq: When the student is ready, the teacher appears and sells him the expensive "advanced" training. (via @duhism) #
  • @Sznq Reminds me that students would often say "can we ask you a question?" and I'd say "I charge extra for questions". in reply to Sznq #

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  • The latest edition of The Monthly, under its new editor Ben Naparstek, is now online: http://twurl.nl/kxzsjh #
  • Oh no, just found out Mollie Sugden has died, aged 86 – http://twurl.nl/xz4c4d – What will her pussy do now? #
  • An excellent YouTube tribute to Mollie Sugden – http://twurl.nl/q3j0wi – and I am unanimous in that! #
  • Saddam Hussein Talks to the FBI – http://twurl.nl/0qe156 – interviews with "High Value Detainee #1" posted on National Security Archive. #
  • "Status the ticket to service" – http://twurl.nl/nwq0n7 – interesting piece from John Warhurst comparing politics to airline travel. #
  • RT @KevinRuddPM: OK Rove. As requested. Its twitter time. KRudd #
  • @lynnwalsh If the wine rack is scoffing at you, then you may as well be quaffing back… in reply to lynnwalsh #
  • RT @PremierMikeRann: Productive COAG meeting in Darwin. Exc. "ideas that work" forum during Closing the Gap session on Indigenous issues. #
  • The media consensus, at least on Sky, is that COAG was disappointing and produced little. Not so, @PremierMikeRann ? #
  • RT @mpbowers: @KevinRuddPM If I dress up like Bruno will you come on to Talking Pictures again PM? #
  • RT @kirsty_wilson: Oh yeah! Good spotting!! RT @I_enigma: anyone notice that the API has gone up to 150? #
  • Is your dog feeling guilty? – http://twurl.nl/ldb8il – and what's really going on when the dog licks your face? #
  • U.S. Nuns Facing Vatican Scrutiny – http://twurl.nl/dq8sv6 – an Apostolic Visitation or the Roman Inquisition? #
  • Bing Now Shows Some Twitter Updates – http://twurl.nl/i20fmu #
  • Defend America, One Laptop at a Time – http://twurl.nl/yx7k4i – Jack Goldsmith (NYT) – there's an increasing focus on cyberwar these days. #
  • RT @Pollytics: What's this bizzo about Rudd accusing News Ltd of "journalistic retaliation"? Anyone shed some light? #
  • It was an interview he gave to Madonna King, wife of editor of Courier-Mail editor – @Pollytics – transcript is here: http://twurl.nl/67onyv #
  • When Our Brains Short-Circuit – http://twurl.nl/xvdwk1 – Nicholas Kristof argues we misjudge risk because of our Pleistocene Age hard-wiring #
  • RT @cnnbrk: U.S. unemployment rate at its highest in 26 years – http://bit.ly/57HO6 #
  • Mrs Slocombe's pussy baffles Twitter – http://twurl.nl/g17mom #
  • RT @jalovel: Had ME baffled!! RT @mfarnsworth: Mrs Slocombe's pussy baffles Twitter – http://twurl.nl/g17mom #
  • The DVDs are readily available: treat yourself to brilliant, low-brow, very incorrect, comedy from a magnificent cast. @jalovel #
  • @angesbiz Mollie Sugden was marvellous. And with Wendy Richard popping her clogs earlier this year that's another 2 cast members gone. in reply to angesbiz #
  • It is truly amazing that Twitter is blocking results when you click on Trending Topics #MrsSlocombesPussy. Stupid, dumb Americans. #
  • A good blog post from @awessendorf on #MrsSlocombesPussy – http://twurl.nl/jlw4n2 – and watch the embedded video. #
  • @awessendorf Well, I really shouldn't have made that comment… but the whole episode does bespeak a certain insularity… in reply to awessendorf #
  • @angesbiz You can get .com domains for $7.49 without a coupon code from our reseller http://blackboxdomains.com … in reply to angesbiz #

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  • Back from meeting with @danupoyner and that iPhone itch is begging to be scratched… #
  • Grump of the day: Julia Gillard pronounces "employer" and "employee" as "imployer" and "imployee"… pronunciation revolution needed. #
  • Trivia? Ask a teacher. – http://twurl.nl/zpve50 #
  • RT @MacYourselfhome: You leave the powerfox's nasal drone alone. It's part of her 'strayan' charm. #
  • @MacYourselfhome It's the ONLY thing I don't like about her! in reply to MacYourselfhome #
  • RT @rod_benson: And to think: Jools is Fidral Iducation Minister. #
  • RT @KevinRuddPM: just got to darwin. caught up with Adam Gilchrist & Cathy Freeman to launch aust. of the year noms. KRudd #
  • The Roberts Court, Tipped by Kennedy – http://twurl.nl/hz2wki – The US Constitution means what Justice Kennedy says it means. #
  • Fascinating graphical representation of US Supreme Court decision – http://twurl.nl/i2v41q – And Sotomayor won't affect this picture. #
  • With Something for Everyone, US Climate Bill Passed – http://twurl.nl/yeb5uh – this makes Aust's Senate haggling look positively amateurish. #
  • @lmdallatorre Even so, Rudd and Obama were elected just in time for both courts… just one more appointment by Bush or Howard… in reply to lmdallatorre #
  • RT @thewetmale: Interesting competition, the #chaser going up against #pmqs (Question Time in England). #Twittertrendingdeathmatch #
  • Just for the record, I'm watching #pmqs – always watch The Chaser in bed… #
  • For the third time this week, I've just seen "for all intensive purposes"… #
  • RT @empatt: @mfarnsworth You're on a bender, is this cos it's the first day of Dry July and you're already crazy? #
  • Well, @empatt – 'for all intensive purposes', I've been crazy for some time… #
  • RT @ttam: @mfarnsworth it irritates me when I hear people say that everyone 'once and a while' :P #
  • I blame the teachers… @ttam #
  • John Hartigan's speech… RT @jayrosen_nyu: At least the Aust. newspaper reactionaries don't try to make linking illegal. http://tr.im/qrPw #
  • Christopher Hitchens lets fly at Nixon… RT @cameronreilly: "It may be (the Jews) have a death wish."- Richard Nixon http://bit.ly/14fivR #

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  • Thanks so much for your comments, Mr Barking Mad – http://twurl.nl/sqe4bp – essential reading for anyone with a blog or Twitter followers. #
  • RT @Pollytics: Bronwyn Bishop pushing for the front bench is a microcosm of nearly every problem the Libs currently have. #
  • 'New blood will revive Coalition' – http://twurl.nl/vsdfmp – Gerard Henderson has better ideas for rejuvenating the Libs, aside from Bronny. #
  • A chance to change lives – http://twurl.nl/lgibuq – Tim Colebatch on foreign aid and the most damaged victims of the GFC. #
  • Capitalism can help foster a green future http://twurl.nl/fp67hm #
  • Whoops… that last one by Robert Dean, former Shadow Treasurer in the Victorian Liberal Opposition. How many Liberals agree with him today? #
  • Dean lost his seat in 2002 because he stuffed up his electoral enrolment & was ruled ineligible to stand – never heard of politically since. #
  • Australia's political lexicon takes a holy bent – http://twurl.nl/satv8t – research shows more religious talk in Australian politics. OMG. #
  • The greening of inner Melbourne – http://twurl.nl/fq60om – demography, ideas and elections in Brunswick and surrounds. #
  • Soft power: Michael Jackson and a new anthem for American politics – http://twurl.nl/znrnfz – 'We Are The World'? #
  • Time to take away their right to vote – http://twurl.nl/wq8r3m – George Williams is right to argue citizenship = voting franchise for Brits. #
  • Doing a survey for The Age about yesterday's frontpage – see it here http://twurl.nl/ae24go – Q1 Which of 3 stories did I read? #
  • Q2. Which was most interesting? Q3. Did I read first part of story and continue inside? Q4. How long did I look at front page? #
  • Q5. What things catch my attention on front page? [I didn't answer "Jackson drug mystery"...] #
  • Q6. Did I see or read any part of the ad at the bottom of the page? Q7. How positive do I feel about ANZ from the ad? #
  • Q7. Multiple choice about ads in The Age. Q8. Which is my mfain financial institution? Q9. Other comments? #
  • Interesting survey from The Age… I said I found front pages increasingly dumbed down, too many big pictures & headings, not enough news. #
  • And I bet I'll never win the monthly $250 prize for completing their very regular surveys… #
  • @kirsty_wilson Very dark and windy here, no rain yet but very soon I suspect… no earthquakes, pestilence or locusts. in reply to kirsty_wilson #
  • @I_enigma To be fair to Fairfax, I did once win $1000 of wine for a Financial Review survey! in reply to I_enigma #
  • Marvellous graphic! … RT @babyexpat: Here is popbitch take on dumbing down of online journalism – http://bit.ly/17bAb5 #
  • RT @SBSNews: Queensland Premier Bligh under fire at Nuttall corruption trial – http://cli.gs/9WtmXA #
  • Not Everybody Loves Malcolm – http://twurl.nl/laotd8 – a New Matilda extract from Annabel Crabb's Quarterly Essay http://twurl.nl/epiemk #
  • Steve's Diabolical Challenge – http://twurl.nl/60lytg – David Brewster in @newmatilda convincingly argues Sen. Fielding is letting us down. #
  • Peter Garrett awarded a French letter…oops… French Order of Arts and Letters – http://twurl.nl/esr7v0 #
  • RT @danupoyner: Scaling the heights of nerddom: just picked up a copy of the AEC's 200-page electoral pocket guide… #
  • The revised edition of the 2007 Electoral Pocketbook can be downloaded here: http://twurl.nl/ez3cm1 nerddom elevation not needed @danupoyner #
  • @danupoyner It's when you start compiling your own tables from the Pocketbook that you know you're not like everyone else… in reply to danupoyner #
  • Betraying the Planet – http://twurl.nl/tdw57p – Paul Krugman on contempt for science and politics as usual. #
  • On this last day of the financial year, a word from the Treasurer about tomorrow's tax changes: http://twurl.nl/hd66wi #
  • I've been asked by @kirsty_wilson if she should take the ebook, "add colour and funk it up". I don't understand this younger generation… #
  • RT @PremierMikeRann: Who cares wins. #
  • RT @LiberalAus: #alot No fix – just failure!: Rudd’s promise to “fix” the nation’s hospitals today lies exposed – http://tinyurl.com/nrduqn #
  • RT @KevinRuddPM: Cabinet meeting in Logan. Popped in to see Amber & Geoff at Kingston Fare Bakery who sent me a tweet… #
  • RT @KevinRuddPM: … Picked up cake for Swanny's birthday. #
  • For those wondering, Treasurer Wayne Swan is 55 today… sort of appropriate really, on the last day of the financial year… #
  • RT @mr_billiam: @mfarnsworth I wonder what happened to @KevinRuddPM's "KRudd" sign on tweets – didn't last long! #
  • He did it yesterday on a tweet… I think he forgets in his twittering excitement – @mr_billiam #
  • This would never have happened under Tito. RT @RicRaftis Watch out for your .yu domain! – http://bit.ly/16Zbat (no longer work from Sept 30) #
  • Newspoll: John Brumby still polling strongly in Victoria – http://twurl.nl/13zw1v – and only 17 months till the next election on Nov 27 2010 #
  • Show this to your xenophobic friends…RT @AndrewBartlett: Refugees, asylum seekers and Australia: some cold hard facts http://tiny.cc/7vNw5 #
  • The rise and fall of a Canberra souffle – http://twurl.nl/dszkjr – just got to this excellent anaylsis of recent events by Geoffrey Barker. #
  • RT @KevinRuddPM: Community Cabinet in Beenleigh live on air now on A-PAC. Replay at 9:15pm on Sky News. KevinPm Team. #
  • Community Cabinet in Beenleigh can be seen online now at http://a-pac.tv #
  • RT @Pollytics: If anyone doesn't appreciate how difficult it is being a pollie, watch Apac now & see questions from the floor to cabinet #
  • Anne Frank's Unstilled Voice – http://twurl.nl/pjeen8 – she would have turned 80 on June 12. #
  • Ghosts of Past U.S. Policies in Honduras Coup – http://twurl.nl/86uaty – Obama's response is met with some scepticism. #
  • The Winner in Honduras: Chavez – http://twurl.nl/y5q200 – a good piece if you're trying to get your head around the coup in Honduras. #

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  • Waiting for my segment with @markparton on 1206 2CC Talking Canberra at 8.40am – http://www.radio2cc.com/streaming/stream.htm #
  • @markparton Got the change… in reply to markparton #
  • Just completed my segment on Australian politics with @markparton on 2CC…some questions on emissions trading legislation and Turnbull. #
  • Help @kirsty_wilson – she needs 100 Facebook fans in the next hour in order to claim her URL – http://tinyurl.com/nvyfww #
  • My subscription renewal freebies from @crikey_news just arrived: socks, State of Play DVD, 1001 Classical Recordings book & Quarterly Essay #
  • I'll play along with another free plug…. RT @crikey_news: @mfarnsworth The socks are very comfy. We are all wearing them. #
  • RT @Pollytics: Peeve of the moment. Why do news reports continually refer to "better PM" ratings as "approval ratings"… are different Q's! #
  • If you bear it, listen to my interview with @markparton on Canberra Radio 2CC this morning: http://twurl.nl/pfzf5o – Turnbull leadership #
  • If you can bear it, listen to my interview with @markparton on Canberra Radio 2CC this morning: http://twurl.nl/pfzf5o – Turnbull leadership #
  • @a_web_designer Professor? As in the Jerry Lewis variety? in reply to a_web_designer #
  • RT @kirsty_wilson: Half an hour to find 7 lovely fans for FB Page in order to claim vanity URL – http://tinyurl.com/nvyfww Please assist/RT #
  • RT @KevinRuddPM: Survived Bruno on Rove last night. Not so sure that @Rove1974 survived Bruno on Rove last night. KRudd #
  • A-PAC is showing a Christopher Pyne doorstop – http://a-pac.tv/ – a painful reminder of what we missed last week… #
  • Pyne backs Turnbull's leadership, calls for South Aust Libs to resolve their leadership problems & denies he's moving into state politics… #
  • @danupoyner June 12 – I was going to give you the Crabb essay but now I can sell it! in reply to danupoyner #
  • *cringing* … RT @KevinRuddPM: I'm now confirmed in my determination to remain a fashion dork. KRudd. #
  • Those other conservatives with email problems… RT @nytimespolitics: Woman Linked to Sanford Denies E-Mail Source http://bit.ly/pdI2Z #
  • Tony Abbott speaking to the media on A-PAC… phrase of the day is ALP "throwing the kitchen sink" at Turnbull… #
  • Coming straight after Pyne, Abbott is reminder of why we're all hoping Turnbull drops Pyne as Manager of Opposition Business in the House… #
  • Abbott is asked about taking a "senior role" in the party…referring to MPI bungle last week, he says he's rusty on the Standing Orders… #
  • Abbott bats away question about having a "junior" shadow ministry at the moment…says "families" & indigenous issues are important. #
  • Abbott says coalition will not support ETS which costs jobs but won't answer question about Turnbull signalling a changed position yesterday #
  • @Sophie_Gill I clicked the link…now I need to find out what I just signed up to… in reply to Sophie_Gill #
  • RT @australian: PM rubs salt in Turnbull's poll wounds, but Coalition MPs rally – http://tinyurl.com/mczhsl #
  • @amoir There ain't no Question Time today… Parliament in recess until August 11. in reply to amoir #
  • RT @mprimmer: why cringe? nice to see personality … RT @KevinRuddPM: I'm now confirmed in my determination to remain a fashion dork. #
  • RT @amoir: @SnarkyPlatypus @mfarnsworth Thank you. Need to enter 12 step program to overcome addiction over the next 6 weeks. #
  • I could send you some recordings… would you prefer Rudd, Howard or Keating? @amoir #
  • Here's a couple to get you started @amoir – http://twurl.nl/kvwuzr – http://twurl.nl/yw4crq #
  • @andrewself I did read a longish piece about Honduras today. I think someone should kidnap Turnbull & spirit him out of the country… in reply to andrewself #
  • I notice Andrew Robb is now describing Godwin Grech as a "shadowy Treasury official". What happened to the respected senior public servant? #
  • And The 7.30 Report shows Brendan Nelson delivering a lukewarm endorsement of his leader. What goes around… #
  • @andrewself Permanent interests and all that… Mind you, there must be some Hondurans branch-stacked in the ALP somewhere… in reply to andrewself #
  • @rinygrin I'm in shock after watching that video… my advice is keep taking the tablets…! in reply to rinygrin #
  • The Mad Monk rehabilitated…. RT @BernardKeane: Tomorrow in Crikey: how I awoke in an alternate universe where Tony Abbott had credibility. #
  • @andrewself You're behind the times – we had one of those back in 1975… in reply to andrewself #
  • Turnbull overthrown in coup and sent into exile… sorry… that's Honduras… blame @andrewself #
  • RT @andrewself: Maybe similarities between Manuel Zelaya & Gough Whitlam? Although it appears Hondurans are less apathetic than Australians. #
  • RT @bbcworld: The Royal Family cost every taxpayer 69p last year – an increase of 3p on 2007/8 – http://tinyurl.com/l4gxol #
  • Turnbull weaker than when he began – http://twurl.nl/j1fi61 – Peter Hartcher on the Gorbachev model of walking backward into the future. #
  • How Grocery Choice was ushered to the grave – http://twurl.nl/yyql17 – Phillip Coorey with a good story about how decisions are made. #
  • "Trapped in a living limbo" – http://twurl.nl/0u7wid – and no public policy to solve this… #
  • Media Watch looking at Godwin Grech and OzCar – http://twurl.nl/t4mmbz #
  • Media Watch is painting an intriguing picture of the relationship between News Ltd's Steve Lewis, Godwin Grech and the Daily Telegraph… #
  • Media Watch is wondering what Steve Lewis will say if/when the Federal Police come knocking on his door…protect his source? #
  • Media Watch: What if Steve Lewis's source, presumably Godwin Grech, misled him? #
  • Media Watch has just delivered a marvellous slap to Wilkins, Stefanovic and Wilkinson for their Friday fact-checking effort. Clowns. #
  • 19 Presence Management Chores You COULD Do Every Day – http://twurl.nl/xd3qn2 – from @chrisbrogan #
  • Bob Carr and Louise Adler are having a good go at each other over book publishing on Phillip Adam's LNL – http://twurl.nl/aiaogh #
  • Impressed by speed of ABC website updates – Laura Tingle's politics segment on LNL 20 minutes ago is online already – http://twurl.nl/hb6zhp #
  • @reversepr We could exile both of them and you and I take over… you're Leader of the Opposition, of course… in reply to reversepr #
  • 'Tweets' on the menu are a sweet deal – http://twurl.nl/16xzma – how a new Massachusetts restaurant used Twitter from the outset. #
  • @reversepr Better idea: you can be G-G (no powers, of course) and get to live in a big house. Executive Council meetings become poker games. in reply to reversepr #
  • Journalism Rules Are Bent in News Coverage From Iran – http://twurl.nl/ketg2o – mainstream media opens up to new media. #
  • Keeping News of Kidnapping Off Wikipedia – http://twurl.nl/57lz1r – The New York Times pressured Wikipedia over David Rohde. #

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  • "Ute affair makes Libs look like crash test dummies" – http://twurl.nl/ruv8e2 – Josh Gordon: the coalition is the biggest loser of the week. #
  • "Australian businesses can clean up in the energy revolution" http://twurl.nl/e0jfoc – Sharan Burrow says we're in danger of falling behind. #
  • "Turnbull faces climate test" – http://twurl.nl/gubvca – more evidence that Australia's climate response is lagging. #
  • RT @Colvinius: Crushing the rebellion, Iran has depressed its people – and its already shaky economy http://bit.ly/taRJ1 #iranalection #
  • "An unlikely martyr and a rotten cause" – http://twurl.nl/gtybjd – Kerry-Anne Walsh on the public service (and a sly dig at Costello) #
  • "Suffix shown the gate" – http://twurl.nl/kmuwhu – a look at the abuse of "-gate". The original is here: http://twurl.nl/illzya #
  • Abbott takes a warm glow into winter quarters – http://twurl.nl/0fjuch – Michelle Grattan on the state of Tony Abbott's career. #
  • Chatting to @markparton on Facebook… we have no shame… #
  • RT @markparton: @mfarnsworth is joining me at 8:10am tomorrow on 1206 2CC, as well as Shadow Min 4 Justice Sussan Ley and Geraldine Turner. #
  • RT @Sznq: Sometimes, waiting for the penny to drop in some people, is like waiting for Godot. #
  • "Stop following me." – "Ok." – "They do not move." @Sznq #
  • I'm in shock…turned on Karl Rove on Channel 10 looking for the Prime Minister and there's some third-rate imitation of Borat… #
  • Surely if @KevinRuddPM had appeared on Insiders this morning just as many people would have seen him… #
  • Now Channel 10 news update says Michael Jackson's nanny had to pump his stomach…oh god, someone save me, please… #
  • And now I've got a new follower who "likes Jesus and tomatoes"… have I slipped into that parallel world again? #
  • RT @CherylFehlberg: interesting – that's where good grammar really comes into play – did Jackson have a nanny or did his kids have a nanny? #
  • So Kevin Rudd is seriously going to come on next after this "entertainment"? #
  • RT @rebeccamezzino: @mfarnsworth Yeah, I'm with you. I much prefer Allah and Bananas ;) #
  • Don't get me started… I can't afford to offend the religious as well as the political… @rebeccamezzino #
  • RT @timeyles: And our Prime Minister is going on this show. Oh dear. #
  • To be fair, that was quite a good Steve Fielding spoof… #rove #
  • RT @sarahinthesen8: Hanging out at hong kong airport in transit… There's a hell of a lot of people wearing surgical face marks… #
  • "The Real Kevin Rudd PM" is introduced on #rove… first question is can you get me a cheap ute? Rudd says Turnbull will email him… #
  • Rudd explains the pecuniary interest register…Rove says he loves it when KR talks dirty…Rudd demurs… #
  • Rudd talks of getting back to the real issues… says Turnbull has put Turnbull in his own sights… talks jobs, schools, etc… #
  • But you got worked up, Rove says. So would you, Rudd responds, if you were accused of corruption…you have to stand up for yourself… #
  • Mud sticks, Rudd says, but let's look at the economy and jobs… tells story of Shane and Cory working in Melbourne… #
  • We're on about jobs and the economy, that's what people expect. Hughesy says "utegate was a lot of fun"… #
  • Do you have a temper, Rove asks Rudd. Rudd denies the RAAF hairdryer story… there was no hairdryer…! #
  • Rove says he admires @KevinRuddPM for being on Twitter…Rudd makes joke about being on with Bruno, staffmember responsible is in therapy. #
  • Rove asks Final 5. Would you use a comfort wipe? What for, says Rudd… #
  • Will you miss Costello's cute little smirk? We'll all miss him… #
  • How many times a day do you really shake the sauce bottle. Rudd takes sip of water and says "not often enough"… #
  • I grew up on a farm in Qld, Rudd says… #
  • Have you ever had a sexy dream about someone famous? What's number 1 says Rudd. #
  • Final question – what do you think of this…picture of ute stacked against wall… it could be Turnbull's ute after this week, says Rudd… #
  • Hell, tweeting Question Time is easier than this…. #
  • It's over…and what a contrast to the stylish job Jay Leno did when he had Obama on a few months back… #
  • Rudd does handle these things very well, better than most politicians. But is the cost to his dignity worth it? #
  • @samaramc Thank you… I think… in reply to samaramc #
  • @lmdallatorre I think he's sharp and quick but he needs better scripts. It's pandering to the shallowness of his demographic that bugs me. in reply to lmdallatorre #
  • @kissability Given your current avatar, it's a bit rich to see you claiming dignity…! in reply to kissability #
  • RT @Pollytics: Off to my tree – for politics tragics remember, this week we get Galaxy, Nielsen, Essential Report, Newspoll & Morgan. #
  • RT @rod_benson: @caseysevenfold "OMG LOL Twitter Time is in the trending topics…" Payoff for any KRudd loss of dignity on Rove. #
  • RT @jalovel: @mfarnsworth Karl Rove, sure it's not Rove McManus? Just checking. #
  • Just my little joke… do you remember Kim Beazley called him Karl Rove just a few weeks before losing the leadership to Rudd? @jalovel #
  • There They Go Again: Fixing the Primary Process – http://twurl.nl/ug531l – proposals to change the 2012 primary elections look good. #
  • Three Minutes to Fort Totten http://twurl.nl/lhdyg7 – moving account of Car 1079 on Metro Train 112 heading south toward downtown Washington #
  • Genius in the Bottle – http://twurl.nl/uq2nfo – Classic Maureen Dowd on the "sanctimonious pantheon" that is the Republican Party. #
  • Support for Turnbull plunges – http://twurl.nl/cezawl – Age/Nielsen poll has ALP leading Coalition 58-42, Turnbull disapproval at 60%. #
  • @youstruckgold I think my mother still supports Mr. Menzies… in reply to youstruckgold #
  • RT @SkyNewsAust: VIDEO: Sky National News with Jim Waley starts tonight @ 6.00 pm – 8.30pm – http://bit.ly/kM3gk #
  • @theburgerman Pity about John Gatfield… in reply to theburgerman #

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  • The best house in the worst street – http://twurl.nl/y0tosz – Laurie Oakes assesses Malcolm Turnbull at the end of a dramatic week. #
  • @danupoyner 'A Certain Grandeur' is required reading & Freudenberg writes elegantly. He has just released a new edition with updates. in reply to danupoyner #
  • @danupoyner Freduenberg's memoir, 'A Figure of Speech' will give you a good look inside the Whitlam years. in reply to danupoyner #
  • A New Niceness Sweeps the Country – http://twurl.nl/mmtrbe – Miranda Devine on kicking the 24-hour news cycle habit #
  • Utes, dead cats and cloud seeding – http://twurl.nl/2zd1os – Annabel Crabb looks at what really constitutes corruption. #
  • Brilliant and fearless but Paul Keating was right about Turnbull – http://twurl.nl/jth3qe – Peter Hartcher looks at Turnbull's judgment. #
  • RT @jayrosen_nyu: Would love to teach seminar starting with this column – http://tr.im/poP9 – & spend semester on what made it possible. #
  • Is Blogging Evolving Into Life Streams? – Top Bloggers Spend Less Time Blogging – http://twurl.nl/fvsjwv RT @trevoryoung #
  • So Long Blogging, Hello Lifestreaming! – http://twurl.nl/y0ee11 – I think a light bulb just flickered to life in my feeble mind… #
  • The incredible shrinking leader – http://twurl.nl/dqykap – David Marr & Phillip Coorey with perhaps the best background on OzCar. #
  • Is Blogging Evolving Into Life Streams? – http://twurl.nl/tv6bkr – Jeremiah Owyang and others have me thinking about LifeStreams today. #
  • @lyndons I don't want to repeat those 4 days of 2 hour blocks of tweeting… it was hectic. in reply to lyndons #
  • "All is not lost for vegie patch in Spring Street" – http://twurl.nl/lcp6jt – I thought they already had one called the Legislative Council #
  • Error of his ways – http://twurl.nl/7ngh4k – Shaun Carney on Malcolm Turnbull's chance of making it to the top. Character & cool-headedness? #
  • "A lot of noise for not much news" – http://twurl.nl/j7j7lp – Helen takes the Razer to Twitter over #iranelection – I suspect she's right. #
  • "Living with ugliness can be damaging" – http://twurl.nl/nqmws2 – marvellous piece by Michael Leunig on inverted snobbery and urban sprawl. #
  • "Twitter: A River of Content or Garbage?" – http://bit.ly/CltLF RT @marketingmoron #
  • @marketingmoron What's even more depressing is the subject matter of all those tweets. in reply to marketingmoron #
  • Not everyone's jumping into the Life Stream… RT @MikePaetzold: Blogging is Dead (Again) | Copyblogger – http://ff.im/-4v7uG #
  • @desertgirl_2 Yes, I do the same. Problem with this debate is the assumption that we rely on one source only. in reply to desertgirl_2 #
  • Whetting the appetite with the absurd while farmers wonder where we'll find our next meal – http://twurl.nl/jihlgu – Tony Wright and water. #
  • Thou spongy tickle-brained vassals… @JohannaBD @mr_billiam – http://twurl.nl/go51bh #
  • RT @mr_billiam: @mfarnsworth are you suggesting a new Twitter movement based on insulting people in Shakespearian English, Malcolm? #
  • Well, why not, thou droning bat-fowling malcontent @mr_billiam ? #
  • Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee (Turnbull) – http://twurl.nl/d0kg36 #
  • Thou rank beetle-headed clack-dish (Bronwyn Bishop) – http://twurl.nl/qrdixi #
  • Thou art essentially a natural coward without instinct (Costello) – http://twurl.nl/ocllw5 #
  • Thou clouted shard-borne hugger-mugger! (Tony Abbott) – http://twurl.nl/ou3ip3 #
  • Thou warped brazen-faced harpy! (Gillard) – http://twurl.nl/v8o0ad #
  • Drop into the rotten mouth of death (Howard) – http://twurl.nl/q5yoe2 #
  • If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry (Gillard) – http://twurl.nl/4xo14x #
  • What, you egg! Young fry of treachery! (Pyne) – http://twurl.nl/vjflp1 #
  • There's no more faith in thee than in a stewed prune (NSW Govt) – http://twurl.nl/tmh4st #
  • Thou art unfit for any place but hell (name your favourite candidate) – http://twurl.nl/40jlgo #
  • I took thee for thy better (Nelson? Downer? Beazley?) – http://twurl.nl/2waj1u #
  • I think thou never wast where grace was said (Latham) – http://twurl.nl/x54k3t #
  • RT @Chris_pinkapple: @mfarnsworth Methinks thou doth take the pith from our loyal vassals in Canberratown #
  • Thou ruttish whoreson lewdster! (Gov Sandford) – http://twurl.nl/q4r2na #
  • Thou art a wretch whose natural gifts were poor (Julie Bishop) – http://twurl.nl/dggvfh #
  • RT @Chris_pinkapple: Mehopes thou hast not felt thwarted by my musings about our Canberratown vassals. Get thee to thy book and tweet m'lord #
  • @lmdallatorre I have the book of the transcripts of that interview and a fading memory of seeing it! No tapes unfortunately. in reply to lmdallatorre #
  • @lmdallatorre That famous opening question about what quality Whitlam most admired in McMahon…a drawing of breath…then "persistence"! in reply to lmdallatorre #
  • Prime Minister Kevin Rudd released a YouTube video 20 minutes ago – http://twurl.nl/67d60a – "Getting on with the Job" #

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  • I presume nothing big happened on Twitter today during my absence? #
  • Maybe… RT @cate3221: Andrew Sullivan sums up Michael Jackson better than anything I've read today by a mile – http://tinyurl.com/nubpcy #
  • Influence the real ute issue – http://twurl.nl/3odohs – Danielle Cronin with one of the two best summations of the week in Aust. politics. #
  • Mind game delivers a win for PM – http://twurl.nl/zfftau – Michelle Grattan is the other wise voice on OzCar. #
  • How America Is Constantly At War – http://twurl.nl/aa8jrz – Jake Lynch on the underlying momentum in the US economy. #
  • Michael Jackson died so that Turnbull might live – http://twurl.nl/neqlp8 – Christian Kerr nails down some electoral realities. #
  • Take a lesson from Thomas More – http://tinyurl.com/klarox – Dennis Shanahan completes a week of bracing analysis of Mr. Turnbull. #
  • Facebook: Opposition Research Dream Come True – http://twurl.nl/fky5e2 – now your opponents do your work for you! #

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