Wednesday, August 26, 2015

In which the pond discovers that Dame Slap and Craven opinions on certain matters are objectively funny ...


The pond loves the smell of a Pope in the morning, and you can catch more of a whiff by heading off here.

Well that's the monstrous stupidity of big Mal and jolly Joe done and dusted for the day, and the pond didn't have to type a word, because a Pope image is worth a zillion.

And so to other matters, and why was the pond surprised?


Shades of Ming ...

Menzies intended to announce the commitment on Thursday, 29 April but he had first, for domestic consumption, and to enable SEATO 'obligations' to be vaguely invoked, to ask the nominal South Vietnam Prime Minister, Dr Phan Huy Quat, to invite the Australian battalion. Quat had still not made the invitation when a report that Menzies was to announce the commitment appeared on the morning of 29 April. The Australian Ambassador, David Anderson, finally extracted the invitation and cabled it to Australia at 5.30 pm, three and a half hours before Menzies was to speak. Menzies said: 'The takeover of South Vietnam would be a direct military threat to Australia and to all the countries of South and South-East Asia. It must be seen as part of a thrust by communist China between the Indian and Pacific Oceans...' (reptile it here).

Meanwhile, domestic wars continue apace, and the commentariat are still much besotted and vexed by the Heydon matter.

The pond had thought it would have been settled by now, but clearly Heydon has embarked on either a lengthy attempt to construct an impregnable legal defence, or is scribbling the longest farewell letter in recent RC history.

This has led to a pre-emptive strike:


And naturally the quisling Marty was rolled out for inspection:


Meanwhile, away from the Cain and Abel routines, punters might have been misled by the trolling Dame Slap:


Your average punter might mis-read the troll and think the Dame was saying there was simply no way to defend Heydon.

Uh huh. But surely the mention of Triggs was the clue, and on we roll:


Now there, in a nutshell, is a delusional possum. The pond has, in its time, kept the company of lawyers, and the notion that they should be above politicians is risible in the extreme.

For a start, look at this handy percentage of lawyers in the ministry, as outlined in this graph found here:


There's an infestation of lawyers, up there with Sydney cockroaches. And if you head off here, you'll find even more evidence of the plague.

There's something about lawyering that's equivalent to property developers in Sydney running for council ... presumably to get the money for a decent wedding that shuts down the street.

But back to the Dame, and how much have you got riding as a bet on the way lawfare would score a guernsey:


Well the pond never pretended the dame wasn't biassed and bigoted, and could be relied upon to act like a cheerleader of the juvenile kind.

Strange, seeing as how she trained as a lawyer, you'd think she'd be above mere idle politicised cheerleading of the humbug kind ...

And so to the coda ...

That kind of judge?

What, the one who can't seem to make up his pond, and as the pond scribbles, is still dillydallying and delaying? A delay which in and of itself alone is indefensible ...

And now anyone who has made it this far can feel entitled to a rest.

Only the tough need to keep going when the going gets even tougher than Dame Slap, but the pond is doubling down today because, as noted, the commentariat are much vexed, and so we must move on to a Craven opinion on the matter before us.

Does anyone have some spare cash on hand to back the short odds that the royal commission which has given the Catholic church such a hard time will come into question?


Don't flash the newsbreak to the pond you gherkin, flash that newsbreak to Dame Slap. You do realise you've just alleged that Heydon has a positive attitude to the government's position on unions and the ALP and that his role is therefore rampantly politicised?

You know, that's what " ... it will appoint someone at least broadly positive to the exploration of the topic at hand" implies ... as if to say the fix is in, and to think otherwise is "objectively funny"?

So how does an understanding of that lead to confected outrage?

Ah well, never mind, because it's about time for a Craven expression of confected outrage in relation to that other Royal Commission ...


With barely a whimper of protest? Why the Catholic church, its functionaries and lackeys, have been routinely bleating about the Royal Commission for months ... it's just that not many are listening.

But to purport a concern for the victims, while deploring a performance by a priest, verges on the contemptible, though some might also think it's as objectively as funny as Helen Lovejoy running around moaning 'won't someone think of the children.'

Some things speak for themselves, and the conflation of Heydon, McClelland and McClellan speaks volumes ...

It's about time for a cleansing cartoon, and as always Rowe obliges.

Who'd have imagined jolly Joe as a carny? The pond usually thinks of him as a used car salesman, but by golly, the carny image suits him to a T. (And more Rowe here).



And now because Anal probe has been banned - though we all know what the lizard people get up to - the pond has had to settle for a much milder meme:


And speaking of memes, the pond has only just caught up with this one:


Surely that's an elaborate fraud, you say. With all this talk of racism, could it be that there will be no mandatory skills assessments of electricians?

Well why not head off to read the clean copy at Government not to assess Chinese Electricians' Skills.

8 comments:

  1. "is … alumni" - As a lawyer, Dame Slap should have a better grasp of Latin plurals.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Mike Carlton was also quickly onto it:

      Mike Carlton ‏@MikeCarlton01 6h6 hours ago
      "Heydon... is their most distinguished alumni." Are he, Janet ?


      The web version was quickly amended

      “The lawyers at the NSW Bar, who have been so fast and furious in their blistering responses on other fronts, hit the slow-motion button when it came to defending Heydon, who, after all, is their most distinguished alumnus.”

      Delete
  2. - though we all know what the lizard people get up to -

    No, not even thinking it.

    ReplyDelete
  3. The "legal profession"? Sweeeeeeeep! "Everybody knew"!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Regards the CAFTA and Robb's rollover on mandatory skills assessment of #Tony's Tradies,i.e.cutting red tape:This is just the Govt.'s sneaky way of again attacking the union movement.All well and good if you like both deskilling up and coming generations while at the same time exposing local workers to working alongside untested so called tradesmen on sites. Put simply,fuck OH&S

    .http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/08/26/10/33/hospital-s-flammable-cladding-saga

    You can still view the court orders taped to the site offices of the Royal Melb.Hospital.ordering that certain union people may not enter said site.Well that worked well as it appears likely that much of the dodgy,unregulated supply and installation of this cladding will have to be replaced.
    Lets hope they don't have to replace the electrical wiring systems on future projects.Not to worry though,as with most property developers,it's just a case of declaring bankruptcy and wandering off into the sunset with the loot. Gina will love all those $2 p/h tradesmen/mechanics etc.clomping around her mining sites,unregulated and under qualified.What could possibly go wrong??

    ReplyDelete
  5. It seems to me that big corporations moved to China to maximise profits by taking advantage of low wages, poor working conditions and non-existent environmental controls. Jobs disappeared in countries like Australia. Now the only way to compete with Chinese manufacturing is to lower wages, conditions and environmental controls in our own country. Tell me I am wrong.

    Miss pp

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Sorry, Miss pp, I think you'r wrong. The way to compete is with higher tech industries, which we can excel at because we have a population much better educated than the Chinese. There are lots of these technologies we could invest in. Renewable energy, perhaps?

      Delete
  6. "Mummy?"
    "Yes dear"
    "Why is the government removing safety mechanisms in the building workforce for some people who don't live here in Australia?"
    "That's because they are the government dear, and they are ensuring a better future for you and all of your friends."
    "Really mummy?"
    "Yes dear, now that's enough questions, off to bed."
    "Thankyou mummy. Thankyou Mr Robb"

    ReplyDelete

Comments older than two days are moderated and there will be a delay in publishing them.