A woman in the US sues for the right to be intolerant.

Lovely.

Philip Ruddock shows he is a man of integrity by saying that David Hicks can return to Australia if he is released from Guantanomo Bay. Gee, that's nice of you Philip! Meanwhile, it looks as if the only way Hicks is going to get out anytime soon is by claiming British Citizenship (The British have got all of their citizens out). This is a shameful situation for the Australian government. It should be their responsibility to try and uphold the legal rights of their own citizens, this isn't a British problem and it is shocking that a person has to claim another citizenship to try and see their legal rights enforced.

David Hicks may be a 'criminal' but he deserves due process and not to be locked up for 4 years without a trial date in sight. What the US are perpetrating in Camp X Ray is faciscm and Australia should not be aiding and abetting this flagrant abuse of human rights.

She probably won't thank me for this but I couldn't help but take a picture of Renae and Fernando asleep on the sofa together yesterday. Most of you who know me know how legendary Renae's sleeps on the sofas are so here is pictoral proof for the first time. Bless. :)

Damn those gays! Now they're trying to destroy society by attending the White House's Easter Egg Roll.

Pure evil I tell ya!

Iran

Not sure what I think about the alarming situation that is building up regarding Iran. On the one hand I can see that Bush is spoiling for another fight to try and salvage his poll ratings ahead of the mid term elections. There is also the matter of Iran attempting to sell it's oil in euros rather than dollars which, if followed by other OPEC members, would have an adverse effect on the US economy.

But the question that remains is why Iran is attempting to get nuclear power? It has natural resources of oil and gas in abundance, which are cheaper and easier to extract and use. There would seem to be no reason to spend so much money on a more expensive power source.

I would be firmly against the prospect of military action against Iran until the West can prove (and I mean real proof not like the 'proof' that was given re Iraq's 'wmd') that the Iranians are attempting to kickstart at nuclear weapons program. Maybe the Iranians are just grandstanding though in the way that the North Koreans do everynow and again. What the Iranians do know though is that the Americans do not start wars on countries that fight back and securing a nuclear bomb maybe their only way of guaranteeing peace....

We'll have to wait and see....

Is this a truly shocking piece of music or what? My god, if this and Flaunt It are the sound of what the kids are listening to these days then I'm quite glad that I am about to celebrate my 28th Birthday.

Is it me or is electro house now awash with identikit, shallow, shite tunes? All of them sound exactly the same (listen to the week's new releases on Beatport to get an idea) and all the creativity and excitement seems to have been lost.

Dance music is still really good at the moment though - for some really great stuff check out Dave Seaman's new Renassiance Mix Cd - is fantastic!

Unsexy Britney

Apparently, Britney is in danger of not even getting into the top 100 of this year's FHM 100 Sexiest poll. Maybe we could vote for pre-Kevin Britney in honour of what she once was? I am afraid on current evidence she barely merits a place in the top 500...

I am trying to keep the faith with Britney but it's hard when she is looking like this:












Rather than this:

It's not often I agree with an Australian columnist but Matt Price is bang on the money with this. Adam and Steve getting married does not threaten the basis of my marriage to my wife and why anyone thinks that it would threaten marriage is beyond me. Surely it is a conservative position to want two people to enter a legal contract and pledge life long monogamy to each other. The Right's bigotry is what stops this happening not their desire to protect 'family values'. The case for civil unions is compelling there is simply no good reason (not even one) to prevent them going ahead.

Labor's position on this has been pathetic (as usual) and a betrayal of the values the liberal left should hold dear. The pressure on the government is coming from within it's own party which reminds me of the concessions Georgiou & Moyland wrought from the government regarding the refugee situation.

How sad is that? That the Labor opposition are so utterly lame that the only effective opposition to government policy now comes from within their own ranks.

Kelly Clarkson - DIE DIE DIE. '

That is all.

The problem for Cameron's new Tory Party is no matter how much he tries to dress them up as a 'compassionate, modern, inclusive' party, their member's real views will always be at odds with this new spun public image.

To redress the balance of that last picture here are a few more of my cats Fernando and Alexis. No major news to report as they've been getting on fine. And here's the proof:

Here's a picture of our cat Fernando in a less than glamorous pose...

A fascinating report on Scientology from Janet Reitman of Rolling Stone magazine.

Weirdos.

And so it begins. Even though he adds a caveat at the end, Simon Burnton is now starting what was inevitable - when England fans start believing we will win the World Cup. It always happens. We struggle through qualifying, we lose to Northern Ireland - we accept reality. We are good but not that good. There are better teams. It'll be wicked if we make it through to the Semis.

But then as the World Cup gets closer and closer we just can't help ourselves. We start thinking 'Well, this is the best England team in the last 30 years' or 'Brazil have never won a World Cup in Europe' or other such fanciful thoughts.

Then come the World Cup we'll scrape through the first round, again our hopes will be lowered to something near normal but then we'll win in style against Costa Rica in the second round and GAME ON! We're gonna win the world cup! Woo-hoo!

Then we'll play Germany. We'll be much the better team. We'll have a goal disallowed. We'll pretend we're Italian and try and defend a one goal lead. When Germany score to equalise in the last minute we'll realise that was very silly and perhaps we should have learnt from the 1000 unsuccessful attempts before when we've tried to defend a one goal lead. We'll hit the post in extra time. The whistle will blow. Peter Crouch will stand up to take our last penalty.

There'll be tears before bedtime.

It would be funny if it wasn't so fucking predictable.

Beazley says something sensible for once. Yeah, so meritocracy may require another $150m of government money to keep it going but it's a price worth paying in my opinion.