An election echo from Australia
The Road to Surfdom: “Honestly, do you want to wake up on Sunday morning resigned to another three years of the perpetual dullness of the clotted mind or would you prefer to be looking forward to what the future might hold as Latham and Costello battle it out?”
I think there are numerous reasons why Bush should be turfed out of the White House in November (“Where do I start?”), but I think the Kerry-Edwards campaign has really hit a winning line with the constant emphasis of re-election meaning more of the same. Change is good, change is needed.
It matters less for the world, but I sure hope a majority of Australians vote to get rid of the really nasty John Howard.
Nobel prizewinners and mooning reindeer
I think I can guarantee that Elfriede Jelinek is the first Nobel prizewinner to have a reindeer showing its bottom to the world.
From Fleet Street to Bangalore
BBC News: News and information provider Reuters has said it plans to make Bangalore its biggest information-gathering hub. The southern Indian city will employ 1,500 staff – or 10% of Reuters’ total workforce — the UK-based company said. The majority of the staff will be data and technical employees, but Reuters said it planned to employ up to 40 journalists in its Bangalore newsroom.