Next time you see one of those "report any suspicious activity (for example, people taking photographs of public buildings...)" sort of signs? Think on this:

The 9/11 terrorists didn’t photograph anything. Nor did the London transport bombers, the Madrid subway bombers, or the liquid bombers arrested in 2006. Timothy McVeigh didn’t photograph the ( Read more... )

Racism 'not behind Islamic school knock-back'

A south-west Sydney council has denied suggestions religious intolerance was behind its rejection of a controversial plan to build an Islamic school.

Bits that made me incoherent while reading this at work:

The proposal had divided the community and sparked fierce opposition from locals. Some ( Read more... )

Hacked from the Greens announcement bulletin. I'm going thanks to a flex day. If you're interested but can't make it, pass it on ( Read more... )

Brendan Nelson never asked the woman he quoted in his (not-sorry) speech if he could use her story.

An angry and sobbing Ms Lyman told ABC Radio: "He took my story from Many Voices oral history out of context ( Read more... )

Apparently, the PM wrote it himself.

There's a bit of disconnect there, between "I met with a single person from the stolen generation one afternoon, and then sat down and wrote" compared to what I remember reading in the lead up which was along the lines of "many of us are consulting with many people/groups" but still...

( Posted purely because the huge gap the meme says I have between Democrats and Republicans amuses/reassures me. )

Good essay denouncing Howard here