australia is going down the same stupid legal road as the us - i mentioned a couple of weeks ago that they would change the presumption of bail for muslims. done.

we had a lacipeterson case in the news yesterday - by the end of the year that one will be enshrined in law.

murdochs the australian ran an editorial today saying how terrible it was the abc (bbc equiv) didnt dedicate enough airtime to reagans death/funeral - "another sign of their blatant anti-americanism"

and we have the abug thingy which is blowing up in a big ball of lies, in parliamnet, by just about everyone.

and we have the gay marriage ban thing which ive mentioned previously - and which included a ban on gay couples adopting from overseas. i just saw our attorney general (hithertofore not known to be crazy) arguing in parliament that the adoption ban isnt homophobic - but we all agree that a kid is best with a mother and a father and 16% of married couples cant have their own babies and their arent enough babies for them to adopt, so it makes sense to exclude the 0.5% of domestic unions which are gay from the total pool.