tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post4008063725431844812..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: Day 40, and never mind the Chinese being alienated, it's the Japanese alienated too ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-68204459401198549942016-05-01T12:21:53.470+10:002016-05-01T12:21:53.470+10:00And whether you have Malware or the Onion Muncher,...And whether you have Malware or the Onion Muncher, you'll have Murton Dutton staring blankly to stage left as the moral high ground sinks a little further out of sight.<br />Who can forget his sniggering at the plight of Pacific Islanders as ScoMo noticed that the childish muttering was going out live?<br />Oh do lead us forward LNP, we couldn't be in better hands.via collinshttp://www.higlossentertainment.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-17923491416464833352016-05-01T11:46:57.599+10:002016-05-01T11:46:57.599+10:00I should also apologise for the phoneme of "s...I should also apologise for the phoneme of "some up" instead of "sum up", but you can imagine my haste and excitement at the discovery.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-90157556941503768962016-05-01T07:49:30.425+10:002016-05-01T07:49:30.425+10:00Thanks DW, the pond can always rely on you for an ...Thanks DW, the pond can always rely on you for an informed, insightful and researched comment, in startling contrast to the pond itself ...the re-militarisation of Japan is a subject dear to many hawk hearts, because ... well because it worked out so well last time ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-18835635366498266312016-05-01T07:47:29.898+10:002016-05-01T07:47:29.898+10:00Thanks for highlighting that GD. Truly there are s...Thanks for highlighting that GD. Truly there are so many gems and the pond overlooks far too many ... and that bauble, stripped out and with your light shined on it dazzled and startled and awed the pond ... dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-41812258528568510212016-04-30T22:40:14.709+10:002016-04-30T22:40:14.709+10:00"The pond knows it should pay attention to th..."The pond knows it should pay attention to the Mutton Dutton but truth to tell, it would get the pond in such a state of agitation and stress that it's better to move on to other things."<br /><br />Can I second this? Every time I see that man on tv, I feel like shouting abuse.Val Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022522407838661280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-85415818387535081502016-04-30T17:03:09.310+10:002016-04-30T17:03:09.310+10:00Hi Dorothy,
It’s an interesting little echo chamb...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />It’s an interesting little echo chamber that Sheridan and his mates inhabit.<br /><br />Yoichi Funabashi is the Chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF) which to quote part of it’s mission statement wishes “To explore the frontiers for rebuilding by reorienting Japan toward a truly global perspective.” the think tank appears to be conservative with a keen interest in US-Japan Strategic planning, especially in increasing the scope of the Japanese military.<br /><br />http://rebuildjpn.org/en/about-us/<br /><br />One of it’s guest scholars is Michael J Green, ex NSA and now a Senior Vice President for the Center for Strategic & international Studies (CSIS) an influential US think tank based in Washington with some heavy hitters on the board. Kissinger, Brzezinski, Armitage and Scowcroft for example.<br /><br />http://csis.org/expert/michael-j-green<br /><br />Green also happens to be a nonresident fellow at our very own Lowy Institute for International Policy which is probably where he met Andrew Shearer (listed as an expert). <br /><br />Shearer recently co-authored an article with Michael Green in January.<br /><br />http://nationalinterest.org/feature/mr-turnbull-comes-washington-14924<br /><br />Shearer was to go on to become Tony Abbott’s National Security Advisor. <br /><br />To complete the circle (jerk), Abbott is of course very close to the infatuated Sheridan. <br /><br />All of these people consider themselves players and behind the scenes wished to influence a seismic shift in Australian foreign policy regarding Japan, China and the US. That has been thwarted by the selection of the French submarines and that is the reason for all the griping.<br /><br />http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/turning-japanese/<br /><br />DiddyWrote<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-46999904533260211102016-04-30T16:36:37.079+10:002016-04-30T16:36:37.079+10:00The Bromancer just reminds me of that old wisdom: ...The Bromancer just reminds me of that old wisdom: "If you have no memory, then you have no shame".GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-91779379067185587742016-04-30T13:55:05.300+10:002016-04-30T13:55:05.300+10:00Rowan Dean cuts a line of satire.<a href="http://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/the-new-beatles-film-found-in-an-adelaide-nuclear-waste-tip-20160429-gohyin" rel="nofollow">Rowan Dean</a> cuts a line of satire. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158673564017581517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-37042198592711744882016-04-30T10:36:44.032+10:002016-04-30T10:36:44.032+10:00I know I've foolishly done this before: jumped...I know I've foolishly done this before: jumped in in response to something before reading the entire offering. But I was staggered by the profundity of a Bromancer observstion, and it could not be overlooked.<br /><i>There is a sense of Australia not being altogether a serious country.</i><br /><br />Could anything some up the Australian Reptile publications more perfectly?<br /><br />I read on eagerly, wondering if he'll be able to scale the heights of Moorice and the Wall Puncher.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.com