Tim Blair“Australia's finest blogger†- The Wall Street Journal<BR> “America's best political commentator†- Niall CookSITE ABANDONED- December 12, 2004 Please visit the new site here....http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/008169.php OUR MEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE- December 12, 2004 Great line from Iraq the Model's Omar, currently in Washington with his brother Mohammed: Yesterday I came to your country. Today, I met the President. Jeff Jarvis, a tireless and incredibly generous promoter of Middle Eastern bloggers, has more on...http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/008168.php MOORE RATIONAL, BY COMPARISON- December 12, 2004 A thriving coalition of election denialists has emerged in the wake of George W. Bush's victory. Compare the paranoid howlings from these people to the calm reason of Michael Moore. If only all anti-Bush activists were as rational. (Via Rob...http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/008167.php REPUTATION INTACT- December 11, 2004 Remember how Australia's international reputation was completely destroyed in 2001 by our no-messing-around response to illegal immigration Here's a collection of typical views: Our reputation abroad has changed dramatically for the worst. Australia's track record in relation to asylum-seekers has...http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/008166.php CLEAN UP IN AISLE THREE- December 11, 2004 The Guantanamo Bay nightmare gets worse and worse. Here's The Guardian's latest shocking report: Fresh allegations about a regime of torture and humiliation inflicted on detainees by their American captors atGuantnamoBayhave been made by a Briton still held there, according...http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/008165.php THEY KILLED HERBIE- December 11, 2004 You bastards: Herbert M. Hazelkorn, of Glencoe, Illinois, left us on December 7, 2004, of a broken heart at the recent passing of his wife of 35 years, Bobby, exacerbated by a broken spirit arising from the results of the...http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/008164.php PUT THE MASS INTO CHRISTMAS- December 11, 2004 Want to send a Christmas card to Michael Moore Of course you do!...http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/008163.php BRAVO SILVIO- December 11, 2004 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been cleared of corruption. I guess this qualifies him as an official James Wolcott Hero for our Time following Wolcott's celebration of George Galloway's legal win. About which lawyer Damian Penny writes: "Wolcott, by...http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/008162.php NAME THE BRAVE RISK-TAKING COWARDS- December 11, 2004 Margo Kingston calls for nominations in the prestigiuo ... pretstigi ... important 2004 Webdiary Awards: 1. The most courageous Australian in 2004 2. The most cowardly Australian of 2004 3. The biggest Australian risk taker in 2004 4. The Australian...http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/008161.php HANDY HOUSEHOLD TIPS- December 11, 2004 Jim Treacher, whose nation still believes in the outmoded and barbaric concept of "not allowing oneself to be killed by burglars", offers some useful advice to the besieged British: Hit the intruder's fists, knees, elbows, and feet with your...http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/008160.php |