Dum dum dum... dadum dum dum dadum

Are you ready, hey, are you ready for this
Are you hangin' on the edge of your seat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat - yeah

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust, eh
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

"Ey, pies ain't cheap you know!"

Federal Minister for Ageing Santo Santoro has resigned from the Howard ministry over a share scandal.

Mr Howard earlier this week refused to sack Senator Santoro, saying the Queenslander had alerted him as soon as the error was realised, and that he had donated the profit from the shares to a charity.

However, that charity has since been revealed as conservative values group Family Council of Queensland - which is not a charity.

And its president, Alan Baker, was the person who sold the shares to Senator Santoro in the first place.

"I have done this because the recent publicity surrounding my former shareholdings in CBio has brought to my attention further oversights in relation to the proper declaration of my personal investment,'' he said.

Personal investment? Don't you mean illegal financial reach around with a political interest group?

Senator Santoro said he never intended to be dishonest and deeply regretted the impact the issue had had on the government in recent days.

"None of these investments involves either impropriety or a conflict of interest and there was never any dishonest intention on my part.

"Nevertheless I have neglected to properly report a number of investments to the prime minister and to the Senate.

SMH

Oh Santo! You know you make baby Jesus cry when you lie like that. ABC radio just reported that the well padded former minister has made up to 60 [UPDATE: More than 80 trades over 18 months. He won't tell anyone the value of the trades or why he suddenly decided he needed to trade shares for 18 months, crook.] 'improper investments' he 'forgot' to appropriately declare.

In WWII the Russians tried a novel tactic to deal with German tanks. They trained dogs with explosives strapped to their backs to run under German tanks where the explosives would detonate and destroy the tank. The only problem was, sometimes the Germans wouldn't attack with tanks. The dogs would seek out the nearest tanks and promptly make the nearest Soviet tankers Heroes of the Soviet Union, posthumous. I bet the look on the dog handlers' faces as their canine kamikazes ran towards them is the same one John Howard's wearing right now.

The same John Howard who told us yesterday that because Santo gave the proceeds of his graft to a 'charity' it was all ok. So what happened John? You didn't know? Nobody told you?