After a hiatus, bucketFoutain is back!
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Wiki Magazines
From the people that brought you wikipedia, there are now three wiki-magazines. I of course went straight to the politics site to get my daily conspiracy theory fix. I can’t see the politics site working that well, already there seems to be a large proportion of emotionally charged name calling….
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Obama 1, Howard 0
John Howard, aussie PM says in response to Barack Obama’s pledge to withdraw US troops from Iraq if he should win the Democrat nomination and then win the US Presidential election:
Mr Howard said Mr Obama’s stance on Iraq “will just encourage those who want to completely destabilise and destroy Iraq, and create chaos and a victory for the terrorists to hang on and hope for an Obama victory”.
Barack Obama fires back:
“I would also note that we have close to 140,000 troops on the ground now, and my understanding is Mr Howard has deployed 1,400, so if he is (ready) to fight the good fight in Iraq, I would suggest that he calls up another 20,000 Australians and sends them to Iraq.”
Hmmmm, something tells me John Howard wasn’t expecting a response like that. You’re not dealing with W.
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Quote of the week
Windows Vista is “dramatically more secure than any other operating system released”, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has told BBC News.
Famous last words….?
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A new post at last
Oh momma it’s been a long time!! The site has been migrated to WordPress and is on a new host. I like WordPress so far, yet the stability of the host is yet to be determined.
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Hot out there tonight
In Melbourne for the first time. 36 degrees yesterday, only 27 or so today which is much nicer. And little Caspian, my third nephew was born yesterday!
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Priceless vase smashed by hapless museum visitor back on display
This is a ripping good laugh: the chap who broke a set of priceless vases while visting a museum…
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Vinnie the Boston Terrier
There’s a sad tale on flickr of Vinnie the Boston Terrier pup who has broken his leg. His blog is here and you can donate too.