A Spork in the Drawer

It's A Rupert World

Ad we're forced to live in it:

Tribune Co has reached agreement in principle to sell Newsday to News Corp (NYSE:NWS) for about $580 million in what would be a joint venture, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Under the terms of a deal, Newsday would be part of a joint venture with News Corp's New York Post and other News Corp assets, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. News Corp would own most of the company and Tribune would keep a stake of less than 5 percent.

Australia was colonized because Great Britain needed an empty* place to dump its criminals. Now those criminals our colonizing our "news" media.

Funny how the world works.

*Aborigines? What Aborigines?

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Australian Beeeeeees!

Trying to stop the invasion from Down Under:

Sen. Bob Casey, a member of the Senate Agriculture committee, has asked the Department of Agriculture to temporarily ban the importation of honeybees from Australia.

The country has been eyed as a potential source of a virus that has been killing billions of bees. Although no definitive link has been found, bee researchers have said they are looking at whether there is a connection to Australian bees.

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The earliest reports of colony collapse disorder date to 2004, but a spokeswoman from the Australian embassy said Australian bees weren't imported into the United States until 2005.

Photo by John Alcock

Australian Dawson's burrowing bees preparing trenches for the coming battle.

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We Are Ruled By A Child

"We're kicking ass."

-George commenting on Iraq whilst in Australia

Further:

"I'm a meat guy".

And:

"Whatever you do, don't call me cute."

Finally:

He also managed to remain gracious in the face of further niggling about the inconvenience to the people of inner Sydney. At a joint press conference with John Howard, Bush played comic to the PM's straight man. He grinned. He winked. He made eye contact with journalists as he argued that the Iraq war could be won. He joked around, and congratulated the PM on "your … like … grandfatherhood".

But there were a few faint hints of impatience. As Howard's opening statement dragged on, Bush pursed his lips and shifted his weight from foot to foot.

[Via Tim Grieve.]

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Headline Of The Day

Man crushed by flying cow

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