http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress Looking through the window.... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:04:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Perhaps not so much "missing in action", as "missing because of in-action". What am I talking about? Well I went to my diet specialist to have a chat and see if we can do something about my total inability to control my eating.  You might remember I lost 40+ kilos just ... http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2008/08/27/missing-in-action/ Yet again the topic of breastfeeding appears in the blog. We've brought the subject up a few times before and each time it's been because some bureacratic nitwit has decided it's wrong... offensive... or liable to scare the horses or something. This time we have a young woman, discreetly expressing milk ... http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2008/08/27/breastfeeding-again/ In many ways the image belows identifies some of what I love about Australia. The picture shows the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, sharing the spotlight with the Leader of The Opposition welcoming home our champions from the Olympic Games. No partisan politics, no trying to score points off each other... just ... http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2008/08/26/the-homecoming/ In a few weeks time it's likely that the Indonesians found guilty of the 2002 bombing at Paddy's Bar in Kuta, Bali will be executed. The 'favoured' method of execution in Indonesia is shooting. The condemned is taken at midnight to a deserted location where he (or she) is tied to ... http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/one-in-four/ Well... it's only 1433 days to the next Olympics and if the cringe factor is anything to go by then they're in with a chance of pulling off something special.I remember well the way our mouths fell over with total embarrassment when the Sydney 'exhibition' athletes came riding into the ... http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/london-look-out/ So Carole Thatcher has written a book explaining her mother has slowly been developing dementia and has been forgetting the things she did whilst in power as PM of the UK. While that's sad for her, it's far worse for those us who remember more clearly what she did and the ... http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2008/08/24/thatchers-britain-revisited/ The baby humpback whale found stranded and motherless in Sydney Harbour, and named Colin... later Colette, was finally 'euthanased' in Sydney Harbour yesterday. There've been all sorts of stories about her and the way she was/wasn't aided by government agencies etc and there is now talk of a *summit* of experts ... http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2008/08/23/a-whale-of-a-time/ You have to hand it to Christina Applegate, she's really struck a chord with people suffering from breast cancer in that she has been quite open about the treatment she opted for in her battle with the disease. For someone so high in public visibility to make it clear she'd decided ... http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2008/08/21/christina-applegate-strikes-a-chord/ The USA is determined to address what it sees as possible criminal or terrorist potential by temporary workers. It's doing this by deporting people, who have committed an offence, back to their country of origin. This seems quite reasonable, except that they are doing this regardless of the time they've ... http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2008/08/21/insane-in-america/ The UK Cycling team has excelled this year with them winning most of the gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. Got to be fair... this really is an outstanding result. :) Breaking world records along the way just adds icing to the cake. http://www.opinionaustralia.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/wow-british-cycling-comeback/