Giuliani for 2012?Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is preparing to run for the US Senate and, if successful, may have a tilt at the White House in 2012, according to Republican Party inside sources.
November, 2009
Will Ferrell: Hollywood’s most overpaid star
Forbes has compiled a list of the 10 most overpaid actors in Hollywood. Coming in at number one is Will Ferrell, whose recent film, Land of the Lost, earned only $65 million on an estimated budget of $100 million.
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UK plans to create Internet Piracy General with power to appoint militias, create laws
A UK government source claims a new Bill will give the Secretary of State unprecedented powers to pass laws on online piracy without debate and confer investigative and enforcement powers to record labels and movie studios, giving them access to personal information and files.
Video of the Day: Boy finds real-life E.T.
Ahh, The Onion…
Banking competition: the great Australian oxymoron
Australia’s Big Four banks are at the core of our entire economy, says Evan Jones, and the idea that they’re “in competition” with each other is a farce. Together, these institutions wield enormous power.
Crabb: Kate “the Trellis” Ellis vs. Hulk Hogan
Yesterday, Sports Minister Kate Ellis arm-wrestled with pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan. No really; it was for charity. And the undercard bout between Nick ”the Refrigerator” Minchin and Malcolm “the Merchant Banker” Turnbull was just as vicious, reports Annabel Crabb.
Ackland: Lessons from 25 years of the Sex Discrimination Act
Last month marked 25 years since the passage of the Sex Discrimination Act, says Richard Ackland, and contrary to fears at the time, the courts have not been clogged, power has not shifted from government, and Bibles have not been burnt. Someone tell the fearmongers of today.
Oprah quits
Talkshow queen Oprah Winfrey has announced she will kill off The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2011, after a 25-year run on-air. Rumour is that she’ll start a new show on her own cable network.
Facebook now worth $9.5 billion
Facebook’s private shares are now for about $21 each — a 42% increase since July — valuing the company’s common shares at $9.5 billion. Will the company go public soon?
Which print pubs have the richest readers?
Silicon Valley Insider charts newspapers and magazines with the wealthiest readerships. Wall Street Journal readers are the most cashed-up, while The Atlantic, The Economist and Architectural Digest readers also break the 100k mark.
Telstra’s Tivo: TBox set to launch
Telstra has confirmed it will launch its “TBox” set-top box and digital video recorder next month, allowing users to download movies, TV shows and sport onto their televisions. Will it be embraced like the iQ, or largely ignored like Tivo?
Asking some big questions on school league tables
Is it good for Australian society if schools compete for students on the basis of academic performance and standardised exams? asks James Farrell. Will parents actually be more informed, or just more obsessed with test scores?
A quarter of Americans think Obama stole the election
26% of Americans believe Barack Obama “stole” the 2008 Presidential election, via voter fraud from community organiser ACORN — by comparison, only 18% of Americans thought Bush stole the 2000 election.
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Inside a secret CIA “torture” prison
ABC News has uncovered the site of one of the CIA’s secret European prisons: inside a fancy-pants horse riding school in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Bloomin’ heck: Peter Cundall arrested
Former Gardening Australia presenter Peter Cundall was was arrested at an anti-pulp mill protest yesterday after he and 50 other activists refused to vacate the front steps of Tasmania’s Parliament House.
Tanner: “Paranoid” Minchin’s conspiracy theories need to end
Senator Nick Minchin’s suggestion that climate change is all some global left-wing communist conspiracy is undermining serious negotiations between the Government and Opposition on emissions trading, writes MP Lindsay Tanner.
Has Texas accidentally banned marriage?
A constitutional amendment in Texas designed to ban gay marriages may have inadvertently banned all marriages in the state, according to a lawyer and Democratic attorney general candidate.
EU Presidency: a bogus, pompous, ludicrous, overpriced job
The European Union doesn’t need a President, says George Walden: the EU is not a country, and pretending it is is a dangerous farce that will impede the body’s ability to work effectively.
VIDEO: Obama does Fox News
After a nasty and public war of words between the White House and Fox News, Barack Obama has finally appeared on the network, receiving a “lighting round” grilling from Fox’s White House correspondent Major Garrett.
Europe’s first President: Herman Van Rompuy
Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy has been named the first President of the European Union. Former British PM Tony Blair reportedly snared the job first, but bowed out to appease Europe’s centre-right majority.
Minchin won’t cross the floor on emissions
Senator Nick Minchin may be the Coalition’s most outspoken critic of emissions trading emissions trading, but he will vote for it if it’s that is the party room’s decision.
Coalition at war
The Coalition has descended into new levels of chaos over emissions trading, with a pack of 17 rebels getting behind Senator Nick Minchin as he slammed the scheme in Parliament yesterday, and even Tony Abbott now reneging his support.
Stephen Colbert on cricket (for email)
“All the excitement of a round of golf AND a game of baseball, stretched out over five days…”
“Let’s go to the video tape” and nine other phrases that will soon be dead
Steve Rubel looks at 10 common phrases that could soon be made redundant due to changing technology.
