KERRY O'BRIEN: ...your reference to Tony Abbott and the Queen in June last year where you described Tony Abbott as, quote, "Basically hanging out of the backside of the British monarch whenever he can."
What is this obsession you have with bottoms?
MARK LATHAM: I've no particular obsession with bottoms, it's a figure of speech --
KERRY O'BRIEN: Howard the arse-licker and the brown nose kissing bums, as you put it, Abbott hanging out of the Queen's backside, the conga line of suckholes.
A remarkable project by Matt Rubinstein which began on the day of the equinox, September 22. Rubinstein is writing a sonnet about Sydney for each day of the next twelve months, which will be published on the Sydney Morning Herald website.
This looks like a great concept. A number of Australian film-makers have made a series of short films about John Howard's record as Prime Minister to be screened as a feature film which will be premiering next Wednesday September 29. It's very much a low-budget, almost underground, project that looks a bit like 11'9''01 meets Fahrenheit 9/11. I just received a copy of the press release by email and I reproduce it in full:
The Cubs drew level with the Giants in the NL wildcard race on Tuesday night. However, as I am writing this, the Giants are about to nudge in front again.
The Cubs have been whizzing around the place this week. Milwaukee on Sunday, Miami Monday, Pittsburgh Tuesday and Wednesday. They split Monday's double-header against the Marlins, made up of games postponed because of the plethora of hurricanes in the past few weeks.
When I read yesterday that Mark Latham was promising to raise Townsville's profile as a defence base, I thought he was planning a special assignment for the North Queensland Cowboys. As it happens, it's a promise to establish an infantry battalion and a parachute battalion in the city, which is situated - fancy - in the marginal Liberal seat of Herbert.
JFK was on Letterman Monday night. According to Associated Press, he read the Top Ten George W Bush Tax Proposals, which are:
Tipperary beat Cork 2-11 (17) to 0-9 (9) in the All-Ireland Camogie final at Croke Park on Sunday. The RTE website has a brief match report, and there is vision during the archive of Sunday night's Nine O'Clock News, about 14:45 into the bulletin.
So Cuban national baseball teams don't win every tournament they compete in. Venezuela's best ten year-old beisbolistas defeated the Cuban kiddies 4-1 in the final of the V Mundialito Preinfantil at the Jose Antonio Casanova stadium in Caracas on Saturday.
September 21 is the International Day of Peace.