Reasons to hold the APEC conference in Canberra (the nations capital,) not Sydney, number 247.

s7-h23.pdf

The Sydney basin will effectively be a no-fly zone between 30 August and 10 September 2007. From Wollongong in the south, to Warnervale in the north, and as far west as Katoomba, air traffic will be restricted to military aircraft, emergency aircraft (police, etc,) airliners and 'other operators,' presumably media helicopters.

If you feel like going for a joyflight in your Piper during that period, and God knows what a massive threat you are, youbetter get your fax in now - approval requests close 22nd June!

PM a criminal, says Zimbabwe

"The Australian people should really stand against John Howard's Gestapo tendencies and interference with other states. He wants to cause insecurity in our country and that we will not allow," Dr Ndlovu said on ABC radio today.

"He is the international Gestapo and a criminal ... he is worse than anybody else, his actions in banning the cricket is just one example of being the Gestapo," Dr Ndlovu said of Mr Howard.

Godwins Law in full effect, and by a strange twist of logic, when one of Mugabe's cronies insults you, it's actually a compliment.

The latest news of staggering import to no one but myself is - I am down to 77Kg. The textbooks inform me this is the average weight of an adult human being.

Woo-hoo! I am average weight! Now, if I only I were average height...