Corey the Liberal Party boy?

(h/t Craig)
It could be the ratings boost that Question Time needs…or maybe not.

Smoky Dawson passes away aged 94

news.com.au reports on the death of an Australian legend, and a link to an era when music was very different to what we hear nowadays.

Some insightful political commentary from The Onion

With a theatrical twist, here is an explanation of why Barack Obama is dangerous. I encourage you to read the whole thing before commenting, of course.
(h/t antsmarching.org and Craig )

A use for a million matchsticks…

Build yourself a full size model of a Formula 1 car. Autoblog shows pictures of a 6000 Euro (about $10000 Australian dollars) project that took 6 years to complete, and is based on (I think) the 1999 McLaren MP4-14, which Mika Hakkinen drove to his 2nd F1 World Championship.
Call it what you will, but I [...]

NZ vs England cricket highlights

It’s not the best pic quality but you should still be able to see the ball disappear to all parts in the NZ innings. Plus a fine catch by McCullum, even though it would have been a sitter to first slip.