tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post2755315544877137568..comments2024-03-28T22:51:37.034+11:00Comments on loon pond: Day 60 of MUC and day 13 of MOC, and lo and behold, Jeremiah returns with a Jeremiad, and the pond is redeemed by the Moorice ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-55623400974358733742016-05-21T17:48:41.121+10:002016-05-21T17:48:41.121+10:00Very relevant links Anon: We could also add this o...Very relevant links Anon: We could also add this one I guess.When it comes to the House of Reptiles,the more termites in the bearer beam or maybe grubs in the apple...the better.Guthrie is not adverse to blowing the odd billion either.<br /><br />https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2016/01/30/abc-appoints-michelle-guthrie-after-flawed-selection-process/14540724002823<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-32056413750878452862016-05-20T15:05:43.653+10:002016-05-20T15:05:43.653+10:00What about that lovely snap of the ménage à trois?...What about that lovely snap of the ménage à trois? The Onion Eater, Mdme Kerro and Sophie prenuptial.Mattoxichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14552242601998972584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-23864722671988478512016-05-20T15:05:36.671+10:002016-05-20T15:05:36.671+10:00I have to make this confession, Merc, that I just ...I have to make this confession, Merc, that I just don't have lifetime enough left to spend it on doomed curiousity. I took one quick look at that picture and heeded my subconscious when it said "you will never know out what this means unless 'somebody' explains it to you".<br /><br />But then I oftern feel the same about Rowe.<br /><br />Otherwise, yes, "they" always use mean when median is a much more honest indicator. Every nation's score would be somewhat lower, I think, but by how much ?GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-6667225622647785162016-05-20T14:56:19.059+10:002016-05-20T14:56:19.059+10:00Yeah, good start, but I think you're going to ...Yeah, good start, but I think you're going to need a third row if you're really going to be 'equal opportunity', DP.<br /><br />And you do remember that the Great Germaine (aka "the GG") utterly reviles the idea of 'equality feminism'.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-68854126296295107372016-05-20T13:12:35.543+10:002016-05-20T13:12:35.543+10:00Thanks, DP. What a beautiful clown she makes!Thanks, DP. What a beautiful clown she makes!Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-72201314194833049492016-05-20T13:04:53.559+10:002016-05-20T13:04:53.559+10:00The pond heard your cry of feminist pain Mercurial...The pond heard your cry of feminist pain Mercurial. The Moorice has been deposed, the pond is all for equal opportunity, but for how long ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-66882389442732332182016-05-20T13:01:32.102+10:002016-05-20T13:01:32.102+10:00:):)dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-39786275120946330952016-05-20T12:33:49.647+10:002016-05-20T12:33:49.647+10:00Yes what we need is a modern day disrupter or a ha...Yes what we need is a modern day disrupter or a hands on advocate of "creative" destruction as depicted in this image, the bare-chested central figure of which was/is reincarnated in the form of Tony Abbott (at least in the Australian context)<br />www.dartmouth.edu/~spanmod/mural/panel21.html <br /><br />To room for touchy-feely Sacred Art inspired by the Celestial Virgin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-51073219750735267902016-05-20T11:44:50.562+10:002016-05-20T11:44:50.562+10:00And I wonder where the various countries would sit...And I wonder where the various countries would sit on that ranking if median had been used rather than 'average' (mean)?Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-70463206364154227422016-05-20T11:40:43.361+10:002016-05-20T11:40:43.361+10:00Agree with all you say, GB, but what on earth does...Agree with all you say, GB, but what on earth does that pic at the top of the Business Insider article have to do with it?<br /><br />"We Aussies are fabulously rich, but we're ignorant pigs who are all jihadist Muslims at heart, and just love to wear our medals on the poop deck while sharing a glass of champagne with a pert blonde."Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-8912694100922328432016-05-20T11:03:40.716+10:002016-05-20T11:03:40.716+10:00Daytime TV is mostly recycled crap US made-for-TV ...Daytime TV is mostly recycled crap US made-for-TV movies and talk shows. But sometimes you get a goodie. NITV is showing Wrong Side of the Road at 12. It's a sort of early Sapphires from 1980.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-16470019017838852732016-05-20T10:37:53.745+10:002016-05-20T10:37:53.745+10:00Turnbull supports Dutton. Dutton repeats his comm...Turnbull supports Dutton. Dutton repeats his comments about illiterate refugees.<br /><br />Someone should do a send up of Mal singing "Stand By Your Man".<br /><br />Sometimes it's hard to be a PM<br />Giving all your love to just one man<br />You'll have bad times, and he'll have good times<br />Doin' things that you don't understand<br />But if you love him, you'll forgive him<br />Even though he's hard to understand<br /><br />Here's Tammy, bless her.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-91352431900147697922016-05-20T10:24:59.855+10:002016-05-20T10:24:59.855+10:00Moorice is just about as good a financier and econ...Moorice is just about as good a financier and economist as he is a climate scientist. He says, ever so forcefully: "Australia's personal debt is the highest in the world". True, but he neither explains why nor gives the whole balance sheet.<br /><br />But you can read (Here: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-10-countries-with-the-highest-average-wealth-in-the-world-2015-10) that good ol' Oz isn't doing so bad.<br /><br />We rank 3rd in the world for personal wealth: <br /><br />"Australia is falling in the global rankings for wealth per person but it still has a bigger proportion of people enjoying a middle class lifestyle than anywhere else.<br /><br />Australia dropped to third position from second with average wealth per adult at $US364,900, according to the Credit Suisse Research Institute. <br /><br />This is a 13.6% deterioration from $US431,000 in just 12 months but much of the fall can be put down to the rise in the US dollar and the subsequent fall of the Australian dollar. <br /><br />The institute, in its sixth annual Global Wealth Report, focuses on how the middle class has developed since 2000. <br /><br />The size and wealth of the middle class globally grew quickly before the financial crisis but this has since subsided with rising inequality squeezing the share of wealth."<br /><br />Thanks, Moorice, for your attention to detail.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-86728178225658728712016-05-20T08:52:45.424+10:002016-05-20T08:52:45.424+10:00If only there were a Schumpeterian disrupter avail...<a href="https://mumbrella.com.au/news-corps-chief-financial-officer-resigns-180279" rel="nofollow">If</a> <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/ex-news-corp-cfo-stephen-rue-tapped-for-nbn-co/" rel="nofollow">only</a> there were a Schumpeterian disrupter available to the nbn, the kind who could perform all kinds of restructural and financial wizardries, and transmute any nominal revenue-generating venture into a veritable loss-making machine, for the sheer glory of creative destruction and the right emolument.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-9075199016678907972016-05-20T08:06:05.889+10:002016-05-20T08:06:05.889+10:00All this talk of Sophie caused me to look at your ...All this talk of Sophie caused me to look at your banner differently DP. And I noticed something for the first time: there are no female loons.<br /><br />Are you not an equal opportunity provider?Mercurialnoreply@blogger.com