Trivial pursuits

Published: August 18, 2007, 5:40 am

Apropos my earlier post about the fact that we have an imbecile for a foreign minister … he’s not on his Pat Malone. It’s one of those times when it seems like the whole country has taken leave of its senses. Here’s something from the front page of today’s SMHerald: One of the main findings of the report, Consuming Australia, is that the more people earn, the more they spend Thanks so much, Australian Conservation Foundation and the University of Sydney, with your staggering insight I can now understand so much about our world that until now has been shrouded in mystery. Meanwhile our prime minister, who assiduously ensures that he doesn’t waste his precious time giving a running commentary on piddling little affairs so he can apply his formidable intellect to the things that really matter, has said the words that I’m sure all dinki-di Australians were desperate to hear: JOURNALIST: Could we ask you about Shane Warne? He wants to renounce his

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