- Sam Neill rejects New Zealand knighthood – http://is.gd/1Ytss – Hadn't realised PM Key has brought back imperial honours – archaic nonsense. #
- Infiltrating the party womb – http://is.gd/1YukM – labored humour… #
- Watching donated pennie makes sense for Labor – http://is.gd/1YuLs – Michelle Grattan on political donations and buying access. #
- Sense of history lost as a legend is revived – http://is.gd/1YvlF – Kerry-Anne Walsh on Hawke, Rudd, Keating, Howard and Turnbull. #
- Rudd gets to the point, eventually – http://is.gd/1YvVw – measuring the PM by the centimetres of his column… #
- RT @danupoyner: Have just become aware of the existence of Max Weber and his famous lecture 'Politics as a Vocation'. http://is.gd/1Yx1n #
- Max Weber: "Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards" – why practitioners should be respected, not reviled? @danupoyner #
- Gay Protests as Australia Affirms Gay Marriage Ban – http://is.gd/1YxMY – New York Times reports on protests at the ALP National Conference. #
- How to Lick a Slug – http://is.gd/1YLib – Nicholas Kristof on playing indoors 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are. #
- But this wasn't our instant response… RT @SkyNewsAust: BREAKING NEWS: The Kyle & Jackie-O Show has been suspended until further notice. #
- More lies and obfuscation… RT @SkyNewsAust: Austereo management say Kyle Sandilands is unable to perform his duties on-air at this time. #
- School Is Out but Education Doesn't Stop for the Obama Daughters – http://is.gd/1YN5r #
- @lyndons Derryn Hinch was taken off air by 3AW in Oct 1980 for threatening to defy the election blackout. Recording here: http://is.gd/1YRyh in reply to lyndons #
- @DHughesy I notice Austereo couldn't spell "principles" correctly. How appropriate. in reply to DHughesy #
- They can't spell "principles"! RT @DHughesy: Bring back the kyle& jackie o show, their listeners deserve them http://bit.ly/3Cuki #
- With Twitter's Arrival, NFL Loses Control of Image Game – http://is.gd/1YSVr – and as usual the quality of the repartee is dazzling… #
- The Flourishing Life of the Obit Desk – http://is.gd/1YTbX – obituaries have taken on a new life… #
- A Political Odyssey – http://is.gd/1YTDm – extracts from new book by Dan Balz & Haynes Johnson on the 2008 US Presidential election. #