OMG fugly mandals and hideously unflattering pants on a young Hillary Rodham. What a square.

I’d seen a cropped version of this image before, but never the full-length horror. And no, it’s not just the time period; rather, a reminder that these are the people who run our lives - the people who spend their youth in fuglypants with an earnest expression, pursuing noble goals, only to emerge from their chrysalis of foul twenty-five years later, pristine style icons, with the aid of a herd of professional stylists. Here’s what the cool kids were doing in 1969. Warning: none of these people are famous, but they look like they’re having a freakin’ good time.

Combined with last year’s expulsion from The Party, this may well be his death knell in public life. But then, Australia’s a small and talentless place in some ways; our best and brightest often leave to work overseas before they reach a level of seniority and arrogance that produces sexcapades and Trevor Flugge, so Mighell’s years of experience will probably continue to be at a premium until he retires.

MORE than $27,000 was splurged on accommodation.

AT least $10,000 was spent on meals, drinks, valet service, the internet, in-house movies, the mini-bar and other items.

A PHONE call from Mr Mighell’s hotel room was made to a transsexual escort named Suzana.

Touted as a “shemale”, Suzana says on a website: “I am a sexy and very convincing ‘TV girl’ escort. I work in central London from a nice, quiet and clean flat.”

Just in case you’re as inquisitive as I am, here is Suzana’s site [nsfw] and I wish her the best and hope that her custom increases through the level of traffic it is undoubtedly now experiencing from gleeful members of the Australian political scene.

If you can’t clean up your homepage, what makes you think you can clean up the world? That is all.

‘Let these bastards get in,’ she says, ‘I don’t give a damn anymore. If these people want to buy votes and get their people in office, let them suffer for it in the way of high taxes.’

‘I sat in line more than an hour today and I’m nearly 100. We should have one day of voting and if these people are too weak to vote, too bad.’

She’s 96 and the twin of McCain’s mother. She’s also my new hero. Tell it like it is, Rowena! She goes on to say that McCain will likely die in office.

Via The Daily Beast

“The photo Australia has longed to see”. Um, no.

When I saw this graphic, two images popped into my head. The first was the execution scene from Orwell’s 1984, where Winston and Julia meet in a crowd at an execution, seizing the moment to secretly press their hands together in unbridled lust as the crowd of proles around them rise to a frenzied peak of hatred at a passing parade of Eurasion prisoners. The second was I think a horrible episode of Doctor Who, or it could have been Torchwood, involving a space station where people were abducted and made to perform in reality tv shows involving death for the camera. In each case, death as a spectacle, execution as entertainment.

Dear NUW Member,

Two weeks ago the National Council of the NUW resolved to change the rules of the Union to establish a new centrally-controlled General Branch. This Branch would absorb all State Branches of the NUW other than NSW and Victoria.

This proposal was rejected by the NSW, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australian Branches.

Despite this rejection, the National Office of the NUW will be holding a postal ballot from October 17th to November 10th 2008 to change the rules to facilitate their plan. Ballot papers will be issued to all NUW members via mail in the near future.

The NSW, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australian Branches of the NUW rejects any attempt to take away or reduce local democratic control from any State Branch of the Union.

These Branches of the NUW strongly urge Members to vote NO in the ballot for any proposed rule change.

Any attempt to take away the control of State Branches of the NUW from the Members is wrong. We will not support any change that will disadvantage Members nor will we support any push for a centralised branch that will abolish any State Branch.

We are still tossing up if we should get chair covers from a supplier and put them on ourselves to save a bit of money or to get a company that the Sydney Glass Island uses. It’s double the price but hey- trusting 4 groomsmen to tie over 100 perfect bows - Mmmm I don’t think so!!! Still loving the tiffany green sash- not sure if we go organza or satin yet- May even go pink. The carpet is new on the boat and its bright blue so I have to get something that compliments the royal blue carpet.

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I also got something else done- something I’ve wanted to do for a while - since they stopped growing. Yes you guessed it. I got a breast augmentation. I went from a B cup to a D cup… My sweetheart neckline is going to look AMAZING!!!