tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post4466457514657403956..comments2024-03-29T20:56:42.413+11:00Comments on loon pond: It's fundamentalist Saturday, and so the pond enters the Aladdin's cave of the crazed reptilian commentariat columnists ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-32727470633453411162015-03-08T08:24:17.681+11:002015-03-08T08:24:17.681+11:00Lyndon LaRouche!? Say no more ...Lyndon LaRouche!? Say no more ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-41185272498305999772015-03-08T08:22:28.117+11:002015-03-08T08:22:28.117+11:00It depends UC. The pond has a soft spot for a brig...It depends UC. The pond has a soft spot for a bright canary yellow Najee suit, double breasted with huge shoulder pads - ah the 1980s when will they return - so when it comes to Tony Abbott, the pond prefers the quiet desperation of a middle aged inordinately vain man, going bald, worried about his masculinity, and therefore cladding himself in lycra or revealing togs. There's something especially enticing and revealing about that gear ... and luckily no suit or tie can remove the images engraved in that part of the pond's mind reserved for horror movies ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-36429280404255014162015-03-08T07:50:50.750+11:002015-03-08T07:50:50.750+11:00DP, you would agree that any man looks better in a...DP, you would agree that any man looks better in a suit & tie. So, the latest Abbott youtube is especially enticing. The New Tony is reaching out. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158673564017581517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-59434654061706672172015-03-08T01:55:44.473+11:002015-03-08T01:55:44.473+11:00Good one. About as authentic as Fake Andrew Bolt....Good one. About as authentic as Fake Andrew Bolt.<br /><br />http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-04/35696<br /><br />Satire is the way to go.with such dicks.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84837771333730592612015-03-08T01:47:54.218+11:002015-03-08T01:47:54.218+11:00Too right Anon. How does Fred keep getting elected...Too right Anon. How does Fred keep getting elected? And what is the point of the NSW upper house?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-4604731017914155812015-03-07T23:11:39.579+11:002015-03-07T23:11:39.579+11:00Wow! Those opionaters at the aus are so far beyond...Wow! Those opionaters at the aus are so far beyond crazy that I just cant....... on my brain hurts. Thanks for reading them so I don't have too.<br />DebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-26696491381194378032015-03-07T20:08:37.077+11:002015-03-07T20:08:37.077+11:00I represent that remark, cheers, lol.
I represent that remark, cheers, lol.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106322653009752441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-31352554920777534702015-03-07T18:16:55.792+11:002015-03-07T18:16:55.792+11:00Nicely put, but we pay the one percent first - and...Nicely put, but we pay the one percent first - and not in fiat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-22392033405574014792015-03-07T17:57:52.315+11:002015-03-07T17:57:52.315+11:00The K9 consorter is laying it on thick as usual, a...The K9 consorter is laying it on thick as usual, and well countered Dorothy. Kenny aparrently can't spell 'wahhabist'. Some can't mention the word, nor apparently can they say Philby, nor Ibn Saud, nor Uncle Sam when it comes to the greatest defeat of <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/gertrude-bell/6263768" rel="nofollow">Gertrude Bell</a> and her role in losing Saudi Arabia. How do you think Hollywood will present it all in the forthcoming movie with Nicole Kidman playing Gertrude. There's no Saudi finance in Hollywood is there? <br /><br />A quick dip and grab from the interesting Gertrude Bell Archive as linked from the Doogue's RN <i>Saturday Extra Soapy</i> show:<br /><a href="http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photo_details.php?photo_id=6591" rel="nofollow">Turkiyyeh</a><br /><a href="http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photo_details.php?photo_id=6923" rel="nofollow">Muhammad al Ma'rawi</a><br /><a href="http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photo_details.php?photo_id=6941" rel="nofollow">Courtyard of house - probably the Summer Palace of Muhammad al Rashid in which Gertrude Bell was held during her visit</a><br /><a href="http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1133" rel="nofollow">Gertrude writing of the lovely desert near the once, then currently new again, Saud wahhabist stronghold</a> Inside might be more than a match for Gertrude, John Philby, advising ibn Saud. Did they meet there? By the next year acceptance of a British offer green lighting all the Ottoman booty to the north that Saud and his wahhabi warriors could plunder, arms and funding for that, and for the conquest of the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, and recognition of a line of wahhabi Saudi kings to rule in perpetuity. Not the king, not the line Gertrude was pushing at all...<br /><a href="http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1137" rel="nofollow">Gertrude writing a little later..lots of wahhabi Saud (Sa'ud) slaughtering all over the place!</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-71685198162964114692015-03-07T16:36:41.779+11:002015-03-07T16:36:41.779+11:00How "free market economics" caused the d...How "free market economics" caused the death of millions in Ireland, and how the British Parliament refused to consider actually feeding starving people. (It's Marxism doncha know).<br /><br />http://www.schillerinstitute.org/economy/nbw/pot_famine95.html<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-54286109073142028202015-03-07T16:09:29.482+11:002015-03-07T16:09:29.482+11:00I strongly suspect that Fred has issued the same r...I strongly suspect that Fred has issued the same release ever year for the past several decades. It might b worth checking to see if he's remembered to change the date - though in Fred's world that might be superfluous, as it's always the 19th Century.<br /><br />I remember Fred first coming to public prominence (so to speak) around the mid '70s, as one of the co-leaders of the "Festival of Light", which he seemed to gradually take over. From memory, he was first elected to the NSW Upper House in the 1981 election, and almost 34 years later he's still there sucking on the public teat (*eeeww*); his late wife Elaine was also there for many years. In all of those years, has he done anything to successfully influence general public opinion? Has he been instrumental in implementing a single measure that's been beneficial to the general public of NSW? I'm pretty sure I already know the answers to those questions. I know that there's been some pretty stiff (*gaaa*! - there I go again!) competition, but could Fred be the most useless and parasitic NSW politician of his generation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-43473472751817647362015-03-07T16:04:20.880+11:002015-03-07T16:04:20.880+11:00Bloody vagaries I meant Gerard!Bloody vagaries I meant Gerard!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-82539087360720304082015-03-07T16:02:01.386+11:002015-03-07T16:02:01.386+11:00Hi Dorothy,
How delightful to know that Henderson...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />How delightful to know that Henderson enters into a "correspondence" with those he chooses to harangue and defame. <br /><br />I am quite certain his missives must be handwritten in vermillion ink on the finest sheets of manila paper, each bearing the watermark of his beloved Sydney Institute.<br /><br />Indeed once his epistle had been placed in a matching envelope and sealed with drop of wax, I for one would not be surprised if his letter was then conveyed to the ABC by a runner with a cleft stick.<br /><br />None of the vagaries of modern electronic communication for Gerald. <br /><br />DWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-8880462155410248002015-03-07T14:45:19.606+11:002015-03-07T14:45:19.606+11:00Bugger. Appalling sub-editing by, er, me.
It was ...Bugger. Appalling sub-editing by, er, me.<br /><br />It was when Joe referred to this fictitious "conversation with the Australian people" for the sixth time in one short AM feature two days ago that I threw the toaster at the wireless.<br /><br />Why do these numbnuts feel the need to repeat repeat repeat repeat the key words of whatever the day's brain fart is?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />via collinshttp://www.higlossentertainment.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-27673555242542511912015-03-07T14:43:20.561+11:002015-03-07T14:43:20.561+11:00Miss PP,
It was when Joe talked about this fictit...Miss PP,<br /><br />It was when Joe talked about this fictitious "conversation with the Australian people" in one short AM feature two days ago that I threw the toaster at the wireless.<br /><br />Why do these numbnuts feel the need to repeat repeat repeat repeat the key words of whatever the day's brain fart is?<br /><br />Whom do I blame here? I MUST blame someone.via collinshttp://www.higlossentertainment.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-7632723270973409242015-03-07T14:16:12.895+11:002015-03-07T14:16:12.895+11:00Fred Nile has issued a press release on the eve of...Fred Nile has issued a press release on the eve of Mardi Gras.<br /><br />"I am a crusader for human freedoms and family values governed by traditional Judeo-Christian values. It is wrong when freedoms are exploited and test our laws. This is evident annually in the Homosexual and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. <br /><br />"Almost naked adults luridly imposing their sexuality to spectating, innocent children should be illegal as, according to our laws, it is indecent exposure."<br /><br />""The activists in the homosexual community will always be faced with a fundamental deficiency. This deficiency is governed by Almighty God's law and natural law. Almighty God's intention for the continuance of life was to reproduce via the miracle of reproduction within the context of a male and female relationship. <br /><br />"Rev Fred Nile therefore calls on the NSW Police Force to uphold the existing laws as they would enforce every day and there should be no exemption on Mardi Gras night."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-65964052777347798722015-03-07T12:41:57.751+11:002015-03-07T12:41:57.751+11:00It reminded me of that old line about a politician...It reminded me of that old line about a politician from Monty Python: 'I gave him my baby to kiss, and he bit it!'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-32400907441096984412015-03-07T12:36:45.064+11:002015-03-07T12:36:45.064+11:00Henderson's latest criticism of the ABC is bot...Henderson's latest criticism of the ABC is both fatuous and, ironically, an example of the double standard. I don't remember him drawing much attention to the fact that the infamous Meredith Hellicar was a high ranking member of his Sydney Institute, and that she resigned from it after her appalling behaviour with James Hardie was made public. This is ancient history, but much more recent that the 1975 radio program that he wants current ABC management to apologise for.<br /><br /> In any case, wouldn't an attempt to understand the motivations of perpetrators of child abuse be useful? Wouldn't such an understanding have helped to prevent perpetrators being employed to work with children?<br /><br />Why does the ABC continue to give this obsessed fossil a platform on Insiders, and presumably pay him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-3604706801234545302015-03-07T11:33:36.850+11:002015-03-07T11:33:36.850+11:00Wow! First they were modest, now they've gone...Wow! First they were modest, now they've gone all soft. Those crazy lizards at the Oz - what next?<br /><br />An admission they've been wrong all this time perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-71940905266578842642015-03-07T11:27:53.973+11:002015-03-07T11:27:53.973+11:00Rather than the Frankenstein monster, the Poodle r...Rather than the Frankenstein monster, the Poodle rather reminds me of Dr Pretorius (as played by the great Ernest Thesiger) , from "The Bride of Frankenstein": <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J104E5RgiN0<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7AKLKQqfj4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-64340444449791519942015-03-07T11:01:51.639+11:002015-03-07T11:01:51.639+11:00Lord above. As Professor Mitchell at Newcastle poi...Lord above. As Professor Mitchell at Newcastle points out, a deficit in a fiat currency system is a post facto description of spending by a currency monopoly issuer, and not an actual debt.<br /><br />Sovereign governments that issue a currency under a monopoly to a customer base that needs that currency to satisfy tax liabilities (you and me) can spend any damn amount they like, provided they have real resources to buy, and provided they don't compete with private sector for resources (one real cause of inflation). <br /><br />They don't need your tax dollar for funding because they have full right of currency issuance. The Federal Government could abolish all personal and corporate profit taxes tomorrow in full and continue funding programs indefinitely. They are a currency issuance monopoly. The biggest downside would be they would be turning off a prime government mechanism for controlling private sector spending power.<br /><br />Likewise, they can run an ongoing deficit with no issues if they manage other aspects of the economy correctly and don't tie themselves to unnecessary political acts of accountancy (eg arbitrary rules such as all funding must equal all tax).<br /><br />The real boomer issue is not where will we get the money. The same place as we ALWAYS do every single day - by government adding numbers to private sector banking accounts as they see fit.<br /><br />The real issue is where will we get the labour and facilities. Boomers will draw extra load on trained staff and hospital facilities, and you can't magically spend things into existence.<br /><br />We can ALWAYS afford it, given fiat currency macroeconomics, but will it be there to be bought?Professor Methuselah Q. Gerontiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-74432835316553567742015-03-07T11:00:03.000+11:002015-03-07T11:00:03.000+11:00When any politician talks about having a 'conv...When any politician talks about having a 'conversation with the Australian people' as Joe Hockey did this week, it makes we want to stuff my ear drums with cotton wool so I do not have to endure a flood of soothing, truth concealing words.<br /><br />Stuff like: We are listening. We are in this together. We must consider our children and our grand children.<br /><br />Alas 'The Conversation' is one-sided. In other words Hockey and the rest want you to listen up and be seduced by treacly words while the govt works in the shadows to deliver what their supporters want. They hope you will be so sweetened by treacle that you will not notice. Dot you described what is happening very well above.<br /><br />I wonder if the 'rebooting ' is working though. I have noticed a couple of News Corp columnists musing on whether the next NewsPoll will continue to deliver good news for the govt. The dreaded 'dead cat bounce' has been mentioned.<br /><br />In the meantime I take nothing said by politicians at face value. And I do not like treacle.<br /><br />Miss ppAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-10787608136555717942015-03-07T09:34:10.994+11:002015-03-07T09:34:10.994+11:00Isn't that a lovely photo of dear Scott Morris...Isn't that a lovely photo of dear Scott Morrisson?<br />Positively benign, sort of like a loveable cuddly old friend, I'd certainly buy a used car from a fella looking like that.<br /><br /><br />fred<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com