Let’s kick off another week with a thread for discussing anything that doesn’t fit the topic of other posts. The Australian delivers a healthy dose of Mad Monday to offset a solid column from MegaGeorge. Among the silliness:

Oh, Piers: The most recent member of the former PMs’ club, John Howard, has resolutely stuck to his promise not to become a commentator on the daily political squabbles and, apart from defending the sterling economic record of his administration, has been busily completing his political memoirs. And commenting on whether we should send more [...]

How many times must we do this? When he lost office and his seat at the last election, John Howard assured us he would be a very quiet prime minister and not offering running commentary on contemporary political events.  Here’s his latest commentary. At least once more, Mr Howard, as always.

For the second time this week, I’m going to take up one of Tim Dunlop’s bright ideas – this one from his Blogocracy days. When he lost office and his seat at the last election, John Howard assured us he would be a very quiet prime minister and not offering running commentary on contemporary political [...]