Crikey

There was nothing surprising about the Sydney Tele this morning resurrecting yet again a yarn about the cost of MP’s travel. It is a great silly season stand-by. But today’s rewrite did contain one little snippet I missed when first published back in September. It was an extract from an email the paper obtained under a [...]

There is a growing divergence between who the opinion pollsters are recording as the most popular Republican presidential candidate and who the markets are predicting finally will be endorsed. The Real Clear Politics average of the pollsters’ findings puts Newt Gingrich as the popular choice with 27.8% support followed by Mitt Romney on 24.4%. The Betfair and Intrade markets, however, put [...]

There is a clear cut opening favourite in The Crikey Best Film Oscar Indicator. The Artist is rated as a 45.5% chance with The Descendants second pick.

I was rather taken with this description of young Russians from this morning’s International Herald Tribune:

The US Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has produced this chart showing how throughout the world the highest paid 1% have increased their share: Australia comes in mid-field but with the top 1%’s share growing at a faster rate than in most OECD countries.