tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post2175134188473949392..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the bold as brass Caterists scribble about pork-barreling, perverse incentives, and stupidity ... as only the truly stupid, pork-barrelled perverse do ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-53687056898903855952015-12-16T08:38:26.098+11:002015-12-16T08:38:26.098+11:00What a great set of comments. Now please have a gi...What a great set of comments. Now please have a gingerbread Xmas cookie on the pond, or should we send a tin of them to the Caterists for being so inspirational?dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-77414386961685381712015-12-16T07:57:11.889+11:002015-12-16T07:57:11.889+11:00It's been a hell of a year for Kenny.
He has ...It's been a hell of a year for Kenny.<br /><br />He has been pushing the "Islamist terrorism" line on Man Monis all year, and it just doesn't stick does it? <br /><br />This is a bloke who has written to authorities over and over and over again flagging that he is a genuine loon. He's written to Obama. He's written to the queen for god's sake!<br /><br />His MO is so far from Islamist terrorist as to be science fiction.<br /><br />Whicj brings us back to Chris Kenny's writing style.via collinshttp://www.higlossentertainment.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-29432864670968873072015-12-15T21:30:10.697+11:002015-12-15T21:30:10.697+11:00If memory serves, "going postal" was alr...If memory serves, "going postal" was already a thing when Frank Vitkovic shot up the Australia Post offices in Queen Street in 1987. At least, that's my recollection. If so, it would seemed it was coined after the first of the US events listed in the wiki article.Frank Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-80604304306552661772015-12-15T20:31:54.674+11:002015-12-15T20:31:54.674+11:00You bet you are. You bet I am.
I could go on all...You bet you are. You bet I am.<br /><br />I could go on all day.Mercurialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08531202189169082683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-16075208227633847712015-12-15T19:30:42.337+11:002015-12-15T19:30:42.337+11:00How the fossil fuel industry fund denialists and c...How the fossil fuel industry fund denialists and corrupt scientists who then launder the fees they receive.<br /><br />http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/12/14/breitbart-news-go-to-outlet-for-academics-for-h/207474<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-28723014053857797852015-12-15T18:53:35.276+11:002015-12-15T18:53:35.276+11:00and Abbott pens a letter to the Oz editor to set t...and Abbott pens a letter to the Oz editor to set the record straight that he did not "engage" with the Fan, he merely wrote an email to the Fan denying some assertions whilst refusing to answer other questions.<br /><br />Was the email "engagement"? You bet he is. You bet it was.<br /><br />DVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-65604471636396815272015-12-15T18:20:35.043+11:002015-12-15T18:20:35.043+11:00Apparently the "Lindt Siege' is now desig...Apparently the "Lindt Siege' is now designated "Islamist terrorism".<br />See Chris Kenny photo/article at the top.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03357935704345787537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-10034307620497456322015-12-15T15:59:23.547+11:002015-12-15T15:59:23.547+11:00The MYEFO proposes fiddling with bulk billing rate...The MYEFO proposes fiddling with bulk billing rates (again). Shorten has taken a stab (in the dark?) to say that people with cancer will cop more expense. Will wait for the detail, but anything that makes cancer care more expensive is a f*g disgrace and should be shouted down. IMHO, expenses for treatment & care of *all* cancers should be approaching zero, by continual policy reform. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158673564017581517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-57053431435946940212015-12-15T14:45:58.787+11:002015-12-15T14:45:58.787+11:00A military exemplar to boot, UC. The aircraft ind...A military exemplar to boot, UC. The aircraft industry of 1912 can hardly be considered a benchmark. In those days flying an aircraft must have been a very dangerous pursuit, especially in the Army; perhaps that is why the US government set up a separate service, calling it the US Air Force (USAF). Brilliant efficiency strategy that.<br /><br />Perhaps Cater could compare it with the success of the Army's mobile surgery units. You know, those blood'n'gore operations made famous in M.A.S.H. The movie, not the TV series. The latter was way too anodyne.Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-27575959154131756452015-12-15T13:58:01.970+11:002015-12-15T13:58:01.970+11:00Oh Oscillating fan, why hast thou deserted me?
St...Oh Oscillating fan, why hast thou deserted me?<br /><br />Straight after the news of yet another Bolt/Price failure on Melbourne radio, Fairfax have been trawling the letters pages, and have found a cracker.<br /><br />It regards Battlelines, and the subject of the book appears to be, as is the day to day these days, in denial.<br /><br />But the Oscillating Fan sets him aright:<br /><br />"This is a book about a failure of leadership," van Onselen, a host with Sky News, said in response. "We don't resile from the fact that it's a book about him being a failure. How could it be anything but? He got knocked off less than two years into the job."<br /><br />Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/stitch-up-tony-abbott-writes-letter-to-the-editor-complaining-about-new-biography-20151215-glnqxj.html#ixzz3uM23GdfW<br />Follow us: @theage on Twitter | theageAustralia on Facebook<br /> via collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342963456605644101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-67960782659353903292015-12-15T13:54:32.395+11:002015-12-15T13:54:32.395+11:00For yonks government departments have had arbitrar...For yonks government departments have had arbitrary "productivity savings" of up to 10% each year levied on their budgets. How else to pay for Gina's rising fuel subsidy?<br /><br />With computerisation, and the abolition of typing pools, were the vast savings made by the FIRE industry sector passed on to consumers?<br /><br />No.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-53824224711482241292015-12-15T13:40:11.592+11:002015-12-15T13:40:11.592+11:00The one percent have wealth, and tax payer subsidi...The one percent have wealth, and tax payer subsidised fat insurance cover too, allowing them access to the best health care. They are able to access the best "private" generously tax payer subsidised health care. They are the one percent, ipso facto their numbers have an insignificant effect on poor overall health care system performance statistics.<br /><br />Those who fly long haul once or more per year are statistically members of the one percent. They look after themselves, you know. Their flying safety has been and continues to be heavily subsided by a large publicly funded regulatory and research system.<br /><br />Those few one percenter bastards are everywhere impacting on the public purse way above their weight. For example, towards the end of this talk, at 42:06, Kevin Anderson shows how eighty-plus percent of the causes of climate change are due to just the one percent!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZF1zNpzf8RMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-31524037263083414702015-12-15T13:28:01.778+11:002015-12-15T13:28:01.778+11:00Some good news for all just in time for Christmas:...Some good news for all just in time for Christmas:<br /><br />"the new evening line-up on 3AW - introduced in early October after the end of the AFL season - has proved a ratings disaster."<br /><br />"The station has shedd a massive 3.8 per cent of the audience between 7pm and midnight share since the previous survey - falling from 15.0 to 11.2 per cent, with ABC 774 on 10.4."<br /><br />"That is by far the biggest drop in any timeslot on either AM or FM recorded in this final ratings survey for the year.<br />The evenings slot on AW is dominated by Price and Bolt (who joins Price for the first hour of his 8pm-10pm show). Their move into that slot pushed out veterans Bruce Mansfield and Philip Brady, whose show was cut from its traditional 8pm to midnight slot to an abbreviated 10pm to midnight airing"<br /><br />http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/steve-price-and-andrew-bolt-a-ratings-disaster-for-3aws-evenings-audience-20151215-glnosa.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-64404506670413378162015-12-15T12:23:55.716+11:002015-12-15T12:23:55.716+11:00The lizards caught 'bribing' Margaret Cune...The lizards caught 'bribing' Margaret Cuneen for inside info on ICAC.<br /><br />And what ever happened to her corrupt attempt to pervert the course of justice concerning her son's girlfriend's breath test? Jones and Hadley are in on it too.<br /><br />http://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2015/12/13/rupert-murdochs-news-corp-caught-bribing-australian-crown-prosecutor-for-news-stories/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-42807013067091570042015-12-15T12:22:11.444+11:002015-12-15T12:22:11.444+11:00I seem to remember the dividend from IT developmen...I seem to remember the dividend from IT development in the public service in the 90s was that many fewer people were able to do the same amount, or more, work. Cater can't see that; he seems to expect a buck in his paw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-32078508303718448542015-12-15T11:50:46.239+11:002015-12-15T11:50:46.239+11:00I like your term 'monstrous stupidity' DP....I like your term 'monstrous stupidity' DP. They are manifestly stupid, but it also comes with a monstrosity that is quite frightening.<br /><br />I guess that's what they're out to achieve, in the endMercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-30256943562591947512015-12-15T10:23:22.024+11:002015-12-15T10:23:22.024+11:00Citing aviation safety as exemplar for health care...Citing aviation safety as exemplar for health care? Hmmm .... Is there a fundamental difference between the two that makes comparisons on safety somewhat up shit creek? Hmmmm, again. I wonder ... Could it be .... hang on, here's a thought ... Could it have something to do with the fact that if something goes wrong in an aircraft the pilot and crew effing DIE? Whereas, if a surgeon fucks up, someone else cops it. <br />Sort of suggests, doesn't it, that aircrews have had intense and greater self-interest in getting it right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158673564017581517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-24896973640726318092015-12-15T10:13:19.914+11:002015-12-15T10:13:19.914+11:00And not a passing thought as to why healthcare cos...And not a passing thought as to why healthcare costs might be rising; innovative privately run pharmaceutical companies extracting maximum public money through patent laws and the ability to set a price, see drugs ending in mab and cept<br />http://www.pbs.gov.au/info/statistics/asm/asm-2014#_Toc425339269<br />why! look, the PBS costs are rising because of a few expensive drugs prescribed to a small number of patients!<br />but then again you can't expect any kind of coherent analysis from Cater can you?<br />rfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-58319333050969173532015-12-15T09:07:29.700+11:002015-12-15T09:07:29.700+11:00What an ineffable doofus young Cater is. As eviden...What an ineffable doofus young Cater is. As evidence for the shortcomings of public sector service delivery, he quotes at length from Edward Syed, lauding the wonders of 'free markets' in improving safety. But, little goat, aviation is one of the most heavily regulated industries, and the medical errors which Cater cites are from the 'free market' US healthcare system.<br /><br />Did Cater not bother to read what he had written? (I wish I hadn't - that's ten minutes of my life I'll never get back).Chrisnoreply@blogger.com