NEWS

RIP Dr Rowley Richards https://twitter.com/ShonaMartyn/status/571205390198706177?s=17

RIP Boris Nemtsov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nemtsov http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-02/boris-nemtsov-murder-shooting-caught-on-cctv-camera/6273110 http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2015/03/01/who-killed-boris-nemtsov/

RIP Leonard Nimoy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy His last tweet: "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"

RIP Tracker Tilmouth http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-01/leigh-bruce-tracker-tilmouth-dead-after-battle-with-cancer/6271862

RIP Jeff the T-Rex. http://t.co/x3OxCullrD http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/clive-palmers-dinosaur-jeff-destroyed-by-fire-20150303-13taks.html

NDY (not dead yet) Lee Kuan Yew http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/mr-lee-kuan-yews-condition-improved-slightly-says-prime-

Phrase of the week

Get cracking!

F.U.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/26/us-reuters-golovnina-idUSKBN0LU1M420150226

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Richardson_%28diplomat%29

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-24/convicted-criminals-have-visas-cancelled/6254120

Crime and Punishment

Part 2 - Chapter 8

The Game and Coal

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/barnaby-joyce-under-fire-for-without-coal-we-go-broke-comments-20150303-13tz8l.html

Bananaland

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-03/qld-premier-renews-pledge-of-no-wavebreak-island/6276456

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queensland-police-commissioner-ian-stewart-condemns-racism-in-open-letter-20150303-13ty47.html

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queensland-police-officer-stood-down-over-excessive-force-20150303-13u0n5.html

The Feds

Back to war we go.

http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/what-terrorists-are-really-angry-about?utm_campaign=naytev&utm_content=54f5397ae4b0ea5bcd09ab76

World

http://www.smh.com.au/world/cardinal-george-pell-the-vaticans-financial-watchdog-slammed-for-lavish-spending-20150228-13rf1h.html

SPORT

Crap sponsor of the week: Budweiser

Hanging Up the Boots: Marco Bresciano http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bresciano http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/socceroos-legend-mark-bresciano-announces-retirement-from-international-football-20150225-13o6ul.html

Cricket

Football

http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/president/news/newsid=2522449/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_van_Praag http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Ali_bin_Al-Hussein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Figo

WNBL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townsville_RSL_Stadium

Greyhounds

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-02/five-queensland-greyhound-trainers-banned-for-life-live-baiting/6274634

BOWLS!

http://www.interdisabledbowls.org/View/Main.aspx?WebId=117&VisitorNo=44291

Scandal! http://www.worldbowls.com/News/countries-using-unlicensed-bowls

Another scandal tangential to that last scandal http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/wife-reveals-bowls-chiefs-affair-972822

http://www.australianopen.bowlsaustralia.com.au/

http://www.gc2018.com/

there's more and more crap coming down the pipe ...