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My Lucky Day

Geoff Honnor
July 29, 2003
Grieving Somali widow Muna Zulu Iyama emails me with the deal of a lifetime. (more…)
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Contest alert

Ken Parish
July 29, 2003
A reminder that the "29 bullshit expressions in a single sentence" contest remains open until Friday afternoon. The contest has already attracted some quality entries,...
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Genteel Decrepitude

Geoff Honnor
July 29, 2003
We live on the Cook's River, about 10 kms south of the Sydney CBD, and a couple of kilometres upstream of Botany Bay. A 15...
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Sleeping with the Enemy

Wayne Wood
July 28, 2003
Now that James has access to all the dirt - well everything that goes on in (quasi) government departments must be filed in the library,...
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Flat tax

Ken Parish
July 27, 2003
I've always been profoundly suspicious of flat tax advocates. However, a post this morning by Graham Young on the OLO Forum has me intrigued. In...
Sport - rugby

Looking on the bright side (sort of)

Ken Parish
July 27, 2003
Well, we now know what previously we just strongly suspected. The Wallabies are so far behind New Zealand they can only hear the thump of...
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A Bit of a Laugh

Geoff Honnor
July 26, 2003
The Right is notoriously short of clever humourists but Canadian RWDB - if that's not oxymoronic - Mark Steyn can be very funny. This piece...

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