In the news recently: Ali Imron, currently serving a life sentence for the Bali bombings, was seen having coffee in a Jakarta Starbucks with a military general. When questioned, an army spokesman said Imron was being "interrogated" at the time. Which makes sense, because I always considered drinking Starbucks coffee to be a form of torture. Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was released from prison after the high court overthrew the 1998 sodomy charges against him. The first thing Anwar's going to do now he's out? Oppose Malcolm Turnbull in the Sydney seat of Wentworth. Maybe the British backpackers collecting money for Amnesty International on Sydney streets have heard of him now. Yep, it's election time again, where Australia gets to chose what kind of white-bread suburban mediocrity it wants to lead the country: 1950s (big L) Liberalism or taxi driver bashing small-l liberalism. YOU DECIDE! Or there's always the $20 fine option. Anyone notice John Howard had a haircut to attempt to make his bald, grey head look younger and more dashing? The US election is also on track, with the recent New York Republican National Convention successfully completing it's task of rounding up a couple of thousand democrat voters and imprisoning them on a wharf. Also in the news: the Athens Olympics happened. After IOC head Jack Rogge called them a "dream games", former Sydney Mayor Frank Sartor issued a lengthy press release saying "Ha ha sucked in, ours Olympics was the best ever!" Aussie dual bicycling gold medalist Ryan Bayley stumbled upon an ingenious way to stuff himself full of growth hormones without getting in trouble with the drug lab: his diet is mostly KFC. The celebrate the upcoming 4th anniversary of the Sydney Olympics next month, Sydney Olympic Park in Homebush will be holding an elephant painting competition. Guess the colour. In world news: Swaziland's King Mswati got married for the thirteenth time at a ceremony with 20,000 bare breasted women dancing in his honour. In a related story, Bill Clinton has just been named US Ambassador to Swaziland. Phish have broken up. Please send your condolences to their gigantic Money Bin in Vermont, where they'll be picking out their next 200 live albums to release. Ronald Reagan passed away 3 months ago. His most famous one-liner if you remember, came after his assassination attempt when he joked that he hoped "all the doctors were republican." Which is exactly what George W. Bush said when he was in hospital getting his brain removed. This month's 'Damn i wanted that internet domain but someone got in before me' award goes to - www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com. That's all folks. Vote early, vote often. You have til 8pm tomorrow to change your enrollment details to a crucial swing seat. bananareport.tripod.com www.livejournal.com/users/dylab/ SPAM WARNING: This e-mail is spam. Delete it. .Back