tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post1014225836160125802..comments2024-03-29T06:12:04.668+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the Crisis in Western Civilisation shows no signs of abating, and might even be turning pinko prevert socialist ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-3894701581070682742018-06-28T13:21:46.205+10:002018-06-28T13:21:46.205+10:00Well yeah, Garland Grey is a guy if you meant the ...Well yeah, Garland Grey is a guy if you meant the one time Democrat senator for Virginia. But then, that old unrepentant anti-desegregationist had shuffled off in 1977. So, you really meant Martin Amis, didn't you, and this noble loonpond moment from back in 2015:<br /><br />http://loonpond.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-sunday-meditation-featuring-steven.html#.WzRRhMJ9jQU<br /><br />And you can get it here: http://tigerbeatdown.com/2010/07/01/fond-memories-of-vagina-martin-amis-the-pregnant-widow/<br />_________________________________<br /><br />Shamal Dass: "<i>Private Ancillary Funds (PAF) are structures for strategic long-term giving that <b>can give donors tax deductibility</b>, flexibility, and deeper engagement in their charitable giving</i>."<br /><br />Yep, Ramsay must have got a lot of tax deductions to have left Au$3.3 billion that he'd grifted from the unwell.<br /><br />Loved the list of Ramsay directors too: the anonymous agents of backroom capitalism - with photo-ids.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-77302170751322594542018-06-28T11:35:51.441+10:002018-06-28T11:35:51.441+10:00Balancing the Great Books is important when 'y...<a href="http://www.generositymag.com.au/pafs-unpacked-what-is-a-private-ancillary-fund/" rel="nofollow">Balancing the Great Books</a> is important when '<a href="https://paulramsayfoundation.org.au/about-us/board-of-directors/" rel="nofollow">you</a>' are "contributing to the growth and evolution of Australian philanthropy"; no matter how frustrating an apparent failure to complete a nearly-finalised, long-form, draft MOU, and ensuing (<i>quasi</i>-)legalistic claims-and counter-claims-and conjoint-and-several-(p(re)positionings via missives at twenty-paces in the popular press, might be to '<a href="http://www.ramsaycentre.org/about-us/board-of-directors/" rel="nofollow">your</a>' perfectly agreeable preference(s) c(l)ause(s).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-27964751032872624132018-06-28T10:14:50.114+10:002018-06-28T10:14:50.114+10:00Hmmm this is a bit rude about men of a certain age...Hmmm this is a bit rude about men of a certain age but it's not 'feminist' because it's written by a man - I think Garland Grey is male. Anyway in this really old blog from back in 2013 he writes what I thought was a funny blog.<br /><br />"I borrowed Phillip Roth’s The Humbling from the library. I spent the next few weeks making retching noises and trying to get through erotic descriptions that were so terrible they were on the short list for the 2009 Bad Sex in Fiction Award, sex scenes that made me want to buy a tube of lipstick, scrawl IT ALL MEANS NOTHING on the bathroom mirror, and wander the streets in silent agony. This is my characteristic response to a certain type of book I’ve run into many times over the years, a book which I refer to as Fond Memories of Vagina. The plot is always the same: “I am a writer in the twilight of my years, bored with life and my sexual powers. Oh, wait: pussy. I shall attain some. I am reinvigorated! Thanks, pussy!”<br /><br />Read more here; http://tigerbeatdown.com/2010/07/01/fond-memories-of-vagina-martin-amis-the-pregnant-widow/ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-14500579616241645882018-06-28T09:41:23.557+10:002018-06-28T09:41:23.557+10:00Rebecca Urbane: "...ANU had agreed to conduc...Rebecca Urbane: "...<i>ANU had agreed to conduct a <b>great books curriculum</b></i> "<br /><br />Now you really are going to have to get this right, DP, it isn't a "Western civilisation" crisis, it's a "great books" crisis ! You know, like Reader's Digest used to run. Maybe the ANU can get the Digest to fund one now.<br /><br />Personally, I'd really go for a Great Books thingy myself ... just as soon as a few great books get written, anyway. Most of the so-called "great" books I've seen are just about dumb thoughts and takes on the dumb behaviour of dumb human beings doing dumb things to nobody's benefit.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.com