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Tony Abbott becomes the first Opposition leader since 1986 to be thrown out of Parliament after he failed to make an unqualified apology for accusing Julia Gillard of lying about his education policy.

THE Deputy Opposition Leader, Julie Bishop, famously has a death stare that can pulverise diamonds at 50 paces and crack the skulls of grown men.

Has she been offering private tuition to her leader? Yesterday, as the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, left the chamber, having been chucked from question time by the Deputy Speaker, Anna Burke, he threw Burke a look that could have split an atom.

Abbott, the fifth opposition leader to be ejected from Parliament, and the first since 1986 (that was John Howard, not a man known for his maverick behaviour, but we all have bad days), is usually quite affable, as long as you're not the Prime Minister or a tax on carbon emissions.

But yesterday Abbott grew incensed at Gillard's repeated assertions that he intended to rip money from public schools, her defence of the carbon tax, and her defence of government spending on policy measures including the National Disability Insurance Scheme and border protection. (The government would continue to invest in the ''instruments of fairness that Australians want'', Gillard said, somewhat opaquely.) ''That's a lie,'' Abbott said in response to Gillard's claims about his alleged hostility towards public school funding.

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The L-word, of course, is classified as ''unparliamentary language'', a term for the collection of words and idiom that describe what everyone really thinks about politicians but which are impermissible inside the actual Parliament.

Therefore imputations of dishonesty and dishonour are out, as is profanity and, sadly, the term ''fuddle-duddle'' (which, according to Wikipedia, caused quite the scandal when allegedly mouthed by the Canadian prime minister in Canada's House of Commons in 1971).

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A word to the dejected ejected: never say lie

Verkhovna Rada Deputy of the OU-PSD Gennady Moscal outraged statement of one of the leaders of the Party of regions, Mikhail eetova on national minority languages that border on Nazism. Saying Moskal at 2.30 released his press service reports BakuToday in Kiev today, 17 August.

The Party of regions should silence his parliamentary conductor eetovu, who constantly compromised its political force. Statements about the Hebrew, Yiddish or Hebrew, I dont know how there, and pile of people who understand Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian languages is already a compromise Ukraine in the eyes of the international community, said the politician. Call the media only a handful of people, no serious politician would not, because it reminds Germany 33 times, when the Nazis divided the population into Aryans and other small groups of people. Youd think the World feels a thoroughbred Aryan! But his anthropological parameters indicate affiliation to the merits of a prehistoric type of monkey sailing in normal human has not yet emerged. And his statement is another confirmation of this, Moskal said. In conclusion, he called on the electoral list of the Party of regions members of national minorities (Hungarian Istvan Gajdoa, Ivan Popesku, representatives of Romanian Jews) to the public valuation statements of his party comrade.

Earlier, Deputy Head of the Party of regions faction Mikhail Chechetov believes that among all the national minorities living in Ukraine, the right to recognition of their regional language have only Russians. 46 million people understand two languages: Russian and Ukrainian. Not Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, Hebrew, Yiddish or Hebrew, I dont know how there. These languages are understood only a handful of people. Were talking about the two languages that understands the whole people, said the politician.

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MP: a word about “a handful of people who understand the languages of national minorities is Nazism (Ukraine)

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Beginning Monday, August 20, 11pm ET, TV One will premiere the second season of the soulful and provocative series Verses & Flow. Produced by Lexus, this series will highlight compelling performances of poetry and music. Hosted by multi-talented actor Omari Hardwick, widely known for his roles in For Colored Girls, CSI: Miami and upcoming film Sparkle, the new season will touch on many cultural, political and social topics affecting the world today. "Life as a poet and actor truly became full circle as I stood on stage as host of Verses & Flow, and lived in both of these outfits, said Hardwick,It was one of the best experiences of my professional life. Verses & Flow was filmed at the historical Belasco Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California.

Led by Hardwick, each episode will feature powerful spoken word by three poets as well as musical performances, all of which will enrich and enlighten minds to the lives, struggles, celebrations and thoughts of talented poets and artists. This past weekend, one of the Verses & Flow-featured poets, Kataalyst Alcindor, won The 2012 National Poetry Slam Championship.

This season will feature some wonderful verses and musical numbers, said TV One Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Production, Toni Judkins. Verses & Flow is a great addition to our new lineup which truly highlights the breadth and depth of TV Ones programming and offers our viewers a multi-faceted range of shows.

Were looking forward to the second season of Verses & Flow on TV One because the unique combination of performances will engage the audience like never before, says Lexus Vice President of Marketing, Brian Smith. Lexus is proud to be a part of this series as it highlights diverse and dynamic performers and gives them a national stage to showcase their craft.

Supplementing the television show, exclusive content will be available on http://www.tvone.tv as well as Lexus portal for African-American content, Luxury Awaits, http://www.luxuryawaits.com. Additionally, Verses & Flow has its own website and Twitter hashtag, respectively: http://www.versesandflow.com and #versesandflow.

For press inquiries, please call Karen Lewis at 323.556.2811 or email at Karen.Lewis@WaltonIsaacson.com.

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Lexus & TV One Announce the Premiere of a Second Season of “Verses & Flow,” a Spoken Word Series Hosted by Actor Omari ...

Hundreds of evacuated residentsforced to flee a large centralWashingtonfire waited for word Thursday on when they might be able to return home.

Hundreds of people forced to flee a large centralWashingtonfire waited for word Thursday on when they might be able to return, while firefighters in rural Idaho protected two threatened towns and thousands of crew members workedwildfiresacross California.

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The Taylor Bridge Fire about 75 miles east of Seattle has burned across an estimated 22,000 acres, roughly 35 square miles, of diverse terrain, ranging from dry grasses to sagebrush and thick timber.

The blaze was 25 percent contained Thursday morning, and fire management officers were working with local authorities to determine if some of the hundreds of evacuated residents could return home.

The fire started Monday at a bridge construction site. Officials have said at least 70 homes have burned. About 840 firefighters have been assigned to the fire.

Fire spokesman Mark Grassel said crews were strengthening lines at the fire's stubborn north flank where it has burned into thick stands of ponderosa pine and Douglas fir.

Laurie Plut said she doesn't feel out of danger yet. The fire has been right at the timber line for two days, just beyond the wood cabin she and her husband have been building over the past 12 years in a collection of 40 lots, all but five of them vacation cabins.

"We're still worried. It's extremely frustrating, but the firefighters have been working hard," she said by telephone. "And we have to love them."

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Washington residents wait for word as wildfire burns

Hal Wolford, Evansville

Will slew of media start using 'bupkis'?

Not too long ago, the ink-stained wretches of this world became fascinated with the word "slew," meaning "a lot of." Now you see it constantly in the printed media. Even the electronic journalists, some of whom read the paper too, have incorporated it into their vocabularies. I suspect it is an effort to connect with the world of rednecks, who were the first to overuse the word as in, "We killed a slew of rabbits down in the sloughs today."

There it is: you don't have to be friends with rednecks, just use the word, "slew" as often as possible.

Now comes the Courier & Press Opinion page with the first prominent use of the word "bupkis" on Friday.

They could just as well use the great redneck word "squat," the other half of diddly squat, which means nothing, not a bit, zero. After all, bupkis has another meaning which is goat manure. Here's hoping bupkis doesn't become as overused as slew. Chances are it won't catch on with the rednecks.

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