Move over, environmental awareness! Make way for yellow journalism!

I have lots to report: the delivery of a lot of important supplies to our cocoa farmers, the (rather tiny but we have hope) possibility of USAID-funded support for our projects in Aceh Timur, and the JMD staff’s successful and triumphant participation in the Aceh Cocoa Conference last week.

But today I felt I had to share a bit of tabloid journalism with you, courtesy of TIMEWorld. I could not resist.

Abbott Adviser Calls Indonesian Foreign Minister a ‘1970s Filipino Porn Star’

Probably not the wisest thing to say in light of rapidly deteriorating relations between Indonesia and Australia

By Sophie Brown

Bay Ismoyo / AFP / Getty Images

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa delivers a statement in Jakarta on Nov. 18, 2013

An adviser to Australia’s Prime Minister has added fuel to the row between his country and Indonesia over spying allegations by reportedly saying Indonesia’s Foreign Minister resembled a 1970s Filipino porn star.

“Apology demanded from Australia by a bloke who looks like a 1970’s Pilipino [sic] porn star and has ethics to match,” said Mark Textor in a tweet that has since disappeared from his account.

Media reports in both Australia and Indonesia said the tweet appeared to refer to Marty Natalegawa, who has called on Canberra to apologize after claims emerged that the Australian government tapped the phones of Indonesia’s President, his wife and other senior politicians.

Textor has yet to clarify what it is about Natalegawa’s appearance that is intrinsically Filipino as opposed to Indonesian, or how a porn star’s ethics are better or worse than a politician’s.

What I found really interesting is that Marty’s indignation stems from the alleged wiretapping, not the comparison to a porn star. I have to say . . . in the nicest possible way . . . that he kind of does . . . I mean, in that light, with that hair . . . I’m just saying . . .

Read more: So Awk: Abbott Adviser Calls Indonesian Foreign Minister a ‘1970s Filipino Porn Star’ | TIME.com http://world.time.com/2013/11/21/so-awk-abbot-adviser-calls-indonesian-foreign-minister-a-1970s-filipino-porn-star/#ixzz2lZsxVAxG

ations by reportedly saying Indonesia’s Foreign Minister resembled a 1970s Filipino porn star. http://world.time.com/2013/11/21/so-awk-abbot-adviser-calls-indonesian-foreign-minister-a-1970s-filipino-porn-star/#ixzz2lZsxVAxG