tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post5426336915466848576..comments2024-03-28T16:48:18.088+11:00Comments on loon pond: Day 22, and a warning that this day the pond goes into the Terror toilet with a deeply deranged mind ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-71184874516480327962016-04-13T00:57:50.728+10:002016-04-13T00:57:50.728+10:00Oh yeah, Ken D was a vigorous opponent of the desa...Oh yeah, Ken D was a vigorous opponent of the desalination plant, but as I remember it all of his preferred alternatives depended on continuing levels of fairly regular rainfall. Which, of course, can no longer be depended on.<br /><br />Ken D has been around for a very long time (and still is occasionally), but I can't remember if he was there for the Bolte era. Then again, I barely remember anything of the Bolte era myself though I was around for all of it - albeit a bit young in his early years as Premier, and I didn't read The Age back then.<br /><br />However, you did remind me of the only other thing involving Raygun that I found amusing: a poster ('photoshopped' of course) of Maggie looking longingly into Ronnie's eyes with the caption:<br />"She promised to follow him to the end of the Earth, he promised to take her there."GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-30169603761466931212016-04-12T23:19:45.666+10:002016-04-12T23:19:45.666+10:00Frankfurt School, Political Correct, religion, sex...Frankfurt School, Political Correct, religion, sexuality, "a strategy exercised through influence in universities" - all swiped straight from the old far right saint Paul Weyrich, founder Free Congress Foundation, also of the Heritage Foundation now owned by the Koch brothers. Does Rupe see that they're all issued a tacky little book of Weyrich's stuff? A wall poster perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-54394328517055677812016-04-12T18:57:20.333+10:002016-04-12T18:57:20.333+10:00Wow, Mark Latham just fits right in at the Tele. H...Wow, Mark Latham just fits right in at the Tele. He should have fucked off there years ago rather than wasting everyones timeMattoxichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14552242601998972584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-44188945463149057082016-04-12T18:27:18.698+10:002016-04-12T18:27:18.698+10:00Thanks for that reminder about Ken Davidson, a sta...Thanks for that reminder about Ken Davidson, a staunch leftist warrior. That's the trouble with my relying on my memory. He was true-blue, albeit I'd put him more in the Galbraith-Keynes view than hard left. But he was uncompromising on waste from whatever direction and he let the Bracks-Brumby government have it blowing so much money on a solar seawater conversion project when a lot cheaper options were around. He managed to upset Keating at one point and was never comnfortable with the 'Deregulation' age and privatisation. I'm starting to think he was right.<br /><br />Stories abounded on Ronnie Reagan. You've got to admire the banks/brokers and the media owners of the time the way they manage to portray him as one of the great Presidents when in truth he was a clueless as GW Bush but had the sense to just be ceremonial. He was a good actor and could get his lines perfect.<br /><br />Maggie Thatcher came across for his funeral and was heard to remark, "Poor old Ronnie. Never did have much between the ears!"Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-66115852367890257742016-04-12T16:21:06.553+10:002016-04-12T16:21:06.553+10:00Thanks for the Grace Collier background, GD. I do...Thanks for the Grace Collier background, GD. I do read the AFR occasionally (like about once a week in the library and never end-to-end), but this was the first time I've read any of the Ostrayun in yonks. Remarkably (or, just maybe, not so remarkably), few cafes - at least the few that I frequent for my daily coffee, muffin and dead-tree press read - bother with that rag.<br /><br />But it does seem she's found her one true spiritual home: a place where she can outshine the Bolts, Dackers (aka Hanoi Piers - love it), Devines and Kennys of this world.<br /><br />But no, like you, unless they were writing for a few score party faithful in publications I simply never read, then I just don't think the 'Left' was ever nearly that bad. I tend to remember the likes of Kenneth Davidson as my image of a 'Lefty journo'.<br /><br />Of course, there were those who coined such glorious phrases as "running dog lackeys of the USA", but they all spoke Mandarin (or maybe Puthonghua) which I can't read.<br /><br />And that reminds me of the one thing about Ronnie Raygun I ever found amusing. It (might have) occurred over the course of some negotiations regarding get-togethers and/or visits which initially involved Brezhnev and then his successor Andropov. The "conversation" supposedly went something like this:<br /><br />Brezhnev to Raygun: "I had a dream last night. I dreamt we sorted out our issues and I came to America and was taken to the White House. And on the front 0f the White House was a big banner with writing in Russian."<br /><br />Raygun to Brezhnev: "and what did the banner say ?"<br /><br />Brezhnev to Raygun: "It said, "Workers of the world unite - you have nothing to lose but your chains.""<br /><br />Raygun to Brezhnev: "That's funny, because I had a dream last night too. I dreamt that we sorted out our issues and I made a visit to Russia and was taken to the Kremlin. And there, right on the front of the Kremlin was a big banner with large red writing !"<br /><br />Brezhnev to Raygun: "And what did the banner say ?"<br /><br />Raygun to Brezhnev: "I don't know, I can't read Chinese."<br /><br />Ho ho.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-37121388937358908862016-04-12T14:21:37.026+10:002016-04-12T14:21:37.026+10:00GB, Grace has had an interesting career starting w...GB, Grace has had an interesting career starting with the trade union movement (not sure which, possibly ASU). A friend, then a fellow field worker, knew her then and described her as an opportunist mainly interested in her own advancement more than workers' conditions and rights.<br /><br />After working her way up a bit, it was no surprise when she set up her own business as an IR consultant. Evidently she made a few good employer contacts in her delegate days, and it was among them that she established business. Her main claim to fame was when called in to mediate a dispute once she spoke to union leaders with a microphone hidden in her bra. The court was not impressed with this method of gathering information aimed at incriminating the union, and her evidence was thrown out.<br /><br />Since then, on the strength of her IR experience on "both sides" she got a gig with the AFR as a specialist. Later it was not a big hop to The Australian, which was clearly her spiritual home, albeit she might be in a position to get an IPA gig if she wanted.<br /><br />Her other notoriety was to show a passionate hatred of Julia Gillard, which seems to run very deep among female RWNJs. She was a frequent user of Twitter for these attacks, at one point accusing her of showing cleavage in the House, something which later turned out to be a photoshop image. And it was a bit rich coming from her with her hidden bra fame.<br /><br />I'm old and can't remember too many similar mad lefties from the old days, especially in MSM. A few might have lurked in specialist journals, albeit I can't remember too many, other than Bob Ellis himself in Nation Review. But you might be pleased to know that Acker Dacker, then a student in the 60s, was once given the nickname of Hanoi Piers, from his activist days.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-37528845235326016642016-04-12T13:46:57.809+10:002016-04-12T13:46:57.809+10:00Thinly sliced, lightly toasted and spread with cav...Thinly sliced, lightly toasted and spread with caviar, VC ?<br /><br />Talk about "rancid journalism" in the Murdoch press, it was my very distasteful experience to encounter somebody called Grace Collier in Saturday's Ostrayun (well, you take what you can get and all the café had was that). She is appalling - where did she spring from ?<br /><br />But I was trying to recall say 50 or so years ago, whether the so-called 'journalism' was as bad as it is now. The situation then was just about a complete inverse of what it is now: the 'Right' defined PC (mentioning religion in public was really bad, but criticizing, in any way at all, the dominant paradigm, was just about a hanging offence) and the rabid journalism was all on the 'Left'.<br /><br />Except that, for the life of me, I simply can't remember any 'Left' journalism that was as rancid as the 'Right' produce now. Maybe I was just living a closeted life, maybe if I'd read the Marxist-Leninist Socialist Monthly (or some such thing) I'd have encountered writers like Latham, Bolt, Acker-Dacker etc.<br /><br />But somehow, I just can't believe that. What exactly has happened in the last decade or two that has produced the current situation ?GruezBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-41223867624833776702016-04-12T13:21:25.226+10:002016-04-12T13:21:25.226+10:00Fat Man and Little Boy ?Fat Man and Little Boy ?GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-25816904956808981952016-04-12T13:00:07.040+10:002016-04-12T13:00:07.040+10:00Sun Tzu: "If you wait by the river long enoug...Sun Tzu: "If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by"<br /><br />Australia: "If you wait by the Telegraph long enough, tragic figures like Latham and Timmeh will get a space to jabber"<br /><br />The state of journalism in the Murdoch stables is rancid enough, and as per above, when Dorothy gets a hold of the Oreo's excretions of yesterday, the floor is going to shake.<br /><br />Thankyou lord for all that you provide us for our daily bread.via collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342963456605644101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-85664577297892119122016-04-12T12:54:49.636+10:002016-04-12T12:54:49.636+10:00Only public ones, Anon.Only public ones, Anon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-12598689115727149872016-04-12T11:49:58.633+10:002016-04-12T11:49:58.633+10:00And DP, you have been warned before about not goin...And DP, you have been warned before about not going to the toilet with Alan Jones. You may be in for a Kings size surprise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84160331346113033012016-04-12T11:44:43.444+10:002016-04-12T11:44:43.444+10:00We also have the We also have the Pterodactyly (AK...We also have the We also have the Pterodactyly (AKA Wing Loon), The Warrior, The Avenger, The Sharp Sword and strangely The Migrant, The Harpy, The Divine Eagle and The Fallen Angel (that one's a bit whimsical).<br /><br />But my favourite is the BAE Mantis, but this may bit a bit of a cock-up, as mantis are well known for eating the males after copulation.<br /><br />http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/unmanned-combat-air-vehicle-ucav.asp<br /><br />Why not just cut to the chase and call one the Big Fucker.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-31868476840497546412016-04-12T11:31:27.693+10:002016-04-12T11:31:27.693+10:00Top of the morning DP. As I was reading Latham'...Top of the morning DP. As I was reading Latham's rant I was thinking this is a man droning on about the endless droning on we get from said tabloid and thought that to get a gig at the Terror you must obviously be required to leave one's brain at the door when clocking in. A sort of standard clone ritual or such. I was just waiting for that reference to the Frankfurt school,and lo and behold,Latham ends with that last line about leftist clones.Mission accomplished!<br /><br />I hereby dub him "Sir Clone of Drone"....You are so right DP, we really dodged a bullet. I remember that studio hand shake well. It was just like the moment when you realize you have just stood on a 2 inch nail,but it is too late. It has already happened. At least he has ended up where he belongs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-85041188542096254112016-04-12T11:26:37.292+10:002016-04-12T11:26:37.292+10:00The arms industry has always been obsessed with bi...The arms industry has always been obsessed with big penis and male domination references in it's naming conventions. The latest predator drones from General Atomics are called the Predator and Reaper.<br /><br />Nudge nudge, wink wink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-30431224909098737642016-04-12T11:19:01.399+10:002016-04-12T11:19:01.399+10:00I don't know about DP, but I think the Oreo...I don't know about DP, but I think the Oreo's creamy interior is some sort of repellent yeast infection no doubt contracted from too much lying down with the IPA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-38215572971960819952016-04-12T11:15:06.036+10:002016-04-12T11:15:06.036+10:00I see Stephen Fry has got himself into hot water a...I see Stephen Fry has got himself into hot water again (he seems to taking on the mantle of Bob Ellis) by it is alleged, saying the rape victims should 'get over it.' Say something deliberately provocative, then watch the fallout. Germaine Greer is a past master at this technique.<br /><br />But read his comments in full and it is a lot more complex and subtle than will reported.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-16162007812932068612016-04-12T09:40:02.796+10:002016-04-12T09:40:02.796+10:00So, DP, what do you make of the Oreo's latest ...So, DP, what do you make of the Oreo's latest excrescence?rhwombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965197378050915417noreply@blogger.com