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Another hot day in Melbourne : more to come

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

It is 32 degrees in Melbourne today, with a hot northerly wind bringing in smoke for the bushfires burning in rural Victoria. The State Government warns that we are in for the worst bushfire season on record. Both State and Federal Governments are now talking about the 1000 year drought, as opposed to the 100 […]

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“I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible.”

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

I stumbled across the following news item reported secondhand from the Rocky Mountain News in Colorado.

Steve Howards, 54, and his wife were walking their son to piano practice in Beaver Creek, Colo., and were surprised to see Vice President Dick Cheney on the street chatting with citizens. “Many of us fantasize what would we do […]

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