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The Federation

I’m probably the last person to see all these new North American political maps floating around the Web. But, just in case, here are three from: Richard Friedman, Mena Trott, and Tim Bray. If Australia’s going to be aligning itself closely with the U.S. (it is, and it does), then perhaps we should be joining the Federation – I’m sure they’d accept representation on the western rim of the Pacific :-).

A Political Weekend

It turned into more of a political weekend than I’m accustomed to. First, my friend and former colleague, Bill Malkin, wrote asking if he could borrow my site design for a website he was setting up in support of Brian Deegan. Brian is contesting the Adelaide Hills seat of Mayo, against the incumbent member, federal minister Alexander Downer, in the upcoming federal election. Then, on Sunday evening, Theen had organized for us to see Michael Moore’s “Farenheit 9/11”.