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George W. Bush blooper reel: "Wall St got drunk"

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TECHNOLOGY

Apple loses customer emails. Oops

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Tim Fischer goes to Rome ... the Murray Darling ... emissions trading ... World Youth Day ...

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World Youth Day ... the Green Paper ... banks and fee-gouging ... Jason Falinski ... bloggers vs. journalism ... Dick Pratt ...

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The Green Paper ... greenhouse cowboys ... Rudd and the Pope ... Defence funding and the media ...

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World Youth Day and George Pell ... Crikey's green paper ... the Wilkins Ice Shelf ... the battle for Warringah ...

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World Youth Day ... Big Brother's demise ... beating the banks .. Israel and Palestine ... geosequestration ...

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World Youth Day dinners and bigots ... Emissions Trading Scheme -- how hard could it be? ... apple goodness

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23 July 2008

Alex Mitchell: How I broke the story of Lowy's first ATO punch-up

Connex ads: From the irritating to the mystifying

Bone drug might cause, not prevent, fractures

The Tour de France turns the doping corner

Next Crikey Email 1300 hrs 24 July

 

Classic Crikey

Budget night: a triumph of rite over truth
9/05/2007 12:00:00 AM
Guy Rundle writes:

So it is that every year, our shaman gather in Canberra. Like priests before a ritual they are sealed off from the profane world in a special retreat (‘the lock-up’) and bonded together in a sacred pact, which sets them off as a distinct group against the rest of their people.

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