tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post3477376294820031601..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond is shrouded in fog, the real parrots are unnervingly silent, while the screeching Murdoch parrots are up to their usual mischief ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-46741251456803818712014-08-10T07:56:07.198+10:002014-08-10T07:56:07.198+10:00On Judith Wrigtht, Radio National has a treasure i...On Judith Wrigtht, Radio National has a treasure in their Poetica segment, an interview with Wright's daughter, Meredith McKinney.<br /><br />http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/poetica/2012-06-23/4033626#transcript<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-21468206620713917812014-08-09T17:43:51.081+10:002014-08-09T17:43:51.081+10:00Brandis wrote about Abbott's early years in Qu...Brandis wrote about Abbott's early years in Quarterly Essay 48 (2012), correspondence in response to 'Political Animal'. The last paragraph says as much about Brandis as it does about Abbott.<br />"There is one particular memory of Tony Abbott at Oxford which sticks in my mind, as fresh as if it had happened yesterday, although it was thirty years ago. It was the summer vacation of 1982. I was heading off on a trip through Russia, and I knew that Tony had just been there. We ran into one another on the High Street one morning and chatted away. I remember saying how much I was looking forward to seeing the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad and various other cultural treasures. He looked at me sceptically. I asked him what he had thought of the Soviet Union. "Mate," came the reply, "mate, it doesn't have a single redeeming feature.""Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06795481630505561817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-63673629733688969552014-08-09T16:20:34.351+10:002014-08-09T16:20:34.351+10:00A great piece... and comprehensive outline of this...A great piece... and comprehensive outline of this government's failings. The only unfortunate thing is that it will date very quickly as this government continues to find new and interesting ways to stuff things up, screw people over, and let people down. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-85514190654910419592014-08-09T12:25:12.118+10:002014-08-09T12:25:12.118+10:00"Do they really think everyone will swallow t..."Do they really think everyone will swallow the Murdoch kool aid .."<br /><br />Well DP, I have to say even inside jack at the oz seems to be on the kool aid or just up there in twilight zoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-79281962546679707862014-08-09T09:11:06.249+10:002014-08-09T09:11:06.249+10:00I read somewhere a very long time ago, I think in ...I read somewhere a very long time ago, I think in the old Matilda mag, that News Ltd was very good at knocking down politicians it opposed, but very bad at building up the ones it supported. Same old story here. <br />In other news they posted another massive loss, which was also higher than expected. Maybe that is why Cater and Albrectsen both have new, better subsidised jobs- rats and sinking ships, eh?Glen Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-17006041247563928482014-08-09T08:52:28.874+10:002014-08-09T08:52:28.874+10:00In the true spirit of whack-a-moll, this governmen...In the true spirit of whack-a-moll, this government can roll out daily incompetence and befuddlement over a business week without needing to call on Greg Hunt.<br />Truly, there has never been anything quite like it.<br />The splash page of dead tree Saturday Paper today is nicely frameable. The title is "The Madness of King George", and first para commences "An outsider during the Howard years, George Brandis is at the centre of this government, and at the centre of its follies." Nice and factual from Sophie Morris today. Should be useful as a conversation starter at LNP breakfasts round the country.via collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342963456605644101noreply@blogger.com