Welcome to today’s netcast. Rather worryingly, I’ll kick-off with news that the Pakistani security agency may have been involved in the bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul, back in July (NY Times). This has several potential implications for the complex and combustible region, and should be watched closely. Now, onto the bloggery!

Chicken Yoghurt – Justin is unimpressed with Miliband’s “coded” twitterings. Grow a ball-sack, Miliband. He’s also cheesed off at the gossipy political hacks, who construct piss-poor narratives out of such tosh. They should all be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.

Scribo Ergo Sum – See Ali Gledhill’s job-application to be one of the above gossipy hacks. ;o) Ali suggests that Miliband may have overplayed his hand, and could be out on his ear in a month, or worse, be given the treasury. Ha! That’ll teach the uppity git.

Sunder Katwala/OurKingdom – Alas, gossip and plots will get Labour nowhere. The party needs a candid debate about where it’s going, and why it even wants to stay in power. This is the real meat of Miliband’s article.

Compass Youth – Joe Cox evangelises that the road to Labour’s salvation is leftward.

Dreaming of Simplicity – More Labour-related woes, and the bizarre suggestion that Polly Toynbee should be running the country.

Tim Worstall – The Electoral Commission is right to slap down Jack Straw’s plans to quash huge Tory spending in closely fought seats (out of an election period). On grounds of free-speech, no less.

Philosopher’s Tree – This is just class: The George W. Bush Sewage Plant. You gotta love San Francisco.

Katie Price (yeah, seriously) – On snobbery amoung the Polo set. Say it ain’t so!

Time for a video, methinks. Check out Common Craft Show’s Electing a US President in Plain English ::

Electing a US President in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.
via. that industrious internet-Womble, Mike Power

Meanwhile, the Batman/Sexism debate rumbles on.

That’s all folks. Have a nice Friday. Bye. *waves*

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