tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post6115968695401768028..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: Send in the sharks, there needs to be sharks, and look dear, at that fine pisces Abbottus with the pearly white teeth ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-11698946698175981582015-08-14T07:26:30.511+10:002015-08-14T07:26:30.511+10:00Ms Banks followed up with a "oh look at poor ...Ms Banks followed up with a "oh look at poor pitiful me surrounded by intertubes sharks" piece that was even more pitiful than her opening gambit, deserving only of contempt and indifference, and treated so by the pond ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-57966775419128818562015-08-13T20:56:06.949+10:002015-08-13T20:56:06.949+10:00Riddle me this :
In 2004 John Howard changed the ...Riddle me this :<br /><br />In 2004 John Howard changed the Marriage Act to include the commonly accepted definition of a marriage as the voluntarily entered-into union of a man and a woman to exclusion of all others.<br /><br />"The government takes the view that not only is it a statement of its attitude towards marriage but it's also a necessary assertion by the parliament of the country above all others to define what is regarded in our community what is a marriage."<br /><br />So....The Parliament already has the means to immediately reverse Howard's opinion of such and dot the 'i's and cross the 't's when our community has changed its opinion?<br /><br />It makes me wonder..<br />Eldred<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-92152623675953644432015-08-13T18:03:39.814+10:002015-08-13T18:03:39.814+10:00Pretty simple really.
Fairfax reported a net prof...Pretty simple really.<br /><br />Fairfax reported a net profit, albeit a smaller one compared to last year. ie. a decline.<br /><br />News Corp reported a net loss. ie. a loss.<br /><br />Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-25394296590908080522015-08-13T17:25:35.526+10:002015-08-13T17:25:35.526+10:00Laura Banks has no place bitching about the lives ...Laura Banks has no place bitching about the lives and livelihoods of anyone.<br />Laura, - do not stray onto a busy highway and you will be safe, do not go near an active volcano and you will be safe, do not read murdock papers and you will be safe, do not travel in trains/cars/planes/submarines/ships and snow-mobiles, and you will be safe, do not casually walk into a coffee shop/caravan park/motel near a beach and you will be safe, and, don't forget, it's much safer for you to have a dip in a sea among all those terrible sea-monsters you and other ignorant nutters seem to have an issue with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-13610036764748687482015-08-13T16:58:19.693+10:002015-08-13T16:58:19.693+10:00What's the difference between a Fairfax declin...What's the difference between a Fairfax decline and a News Corp loss, Anon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-44642984647630161422015-08-13T16:56:33.112+10:002015-08-13T16:56:33.112+10:00Well, Abbott allowed the B Bishop scandal to go fo...Well, Abbott allowed the B Bishop scandal to go for about three weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-49741471255592527582015-08-13T12:26:20.395+10:002015-08-13T12:26:20.395+10:00Lindsay Foyle cartoons<a href="https://www.google.com.au/search?q=lindsay+foyle+cartoonist&biw=1920&bih=943&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIp9HRvfGkxwIVhBimCh2-4AOD" rel="nofollow">Lindsay Foyle cartoons</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-17422616958930555912015-08-13T12:10:59.125+10:002015-08-13T12:10:59.125+10:00http://www.hireanartist.net/style.asp?cartoonist=3...http://www.hireanartist.net/style.asp?cartoonist=378Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-38057525842721157702015-08-13T12:07:23.480+10:002015-08-13T12:07:23.480+10:00Their ABC reports: "Traditional media earning...Their ABC reports: "Traditional media earnings have continued to come under pressure, with Fairfax Media reporting a sharp decline and News Corporation notching up a significant loss in the past financial year." <br />http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-13/news-corp-loss-and-fairfax-decline-point-to-media-struggle/6694150?section=businessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-15390608207382341832015-08-13T12:06:44.595+10:002015-08-13T12:06:44.595+10:00"Bomb Syria!"
Hang on, Labor's forei..."Bomb Syria!"<br />Hang on, <i>Labor's foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek said there was "no clear legal basis" for Australia to move beyond the existing Iraqi commitment.</i><br />How long before a suitable legal opinion is brandished?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158673564017581517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-854788000383249682015-08-13T11:13:53.522+10:002015-08-13T11:13:53.522+10:00Warren Entsch warns PM not to 'play silly bugg...Warren Entsch warns PM not to 'play silly buggers' on same-sex marriage vote Guardian.<br /><br />Hilarious.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-37106162635631290042015-08-13T10:52:08.294+10:002015-08-13T10:52:08.294+10:00A note on the concluding cartoon there: Stop the ....A note on the concluding cartoon there: <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMGvt_IUkAAJlHj.jpg" rel="nofollow">Stop the</a> ... <a href="http://stoptonymeow.com/" rel="nofollow">cats!</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-44657683264714025342015-08-13T10:45:18.230+10:002015-08-13T10:45:18.230+10:00Environment Minister Greg Hunt outlined how the Go...<i>Environment Minister Greg Hunt outlined <a href="http://nofibs.com.au/2015/08/12/australian-climate-targets-half-of-what-is-needed-say-scientists-takvera-auspol/" rel="nofollow">how the Government would achieve these targets without a carbon price.</a> They will continue using the Emissions Reduction Fund with the addition of the safeguards mechanism. Other measures include developing vehicle efficiency standards, implementing ozone and fluoro carbon measures as part of the next round of the Montreal Protocol, and developments in technological change such as in battery storage technologies.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://i2.wp.com/nofibs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150811-climateinstitute-target-comparison.jpg" rel="nofollow">Consistent with 2C?</a> No. (comparative table)<br /><br /><br /><i>With a 25 per cent cut on 2005 levels this would reduce to 16t/CO2e per person, <a href="http://i2.wp.com/nofibs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150811-climateinst-post2020-annual-emissions-comparison.jpg" rel="nofollow">still the worst among developed countries.</a></i> (comparative bar graph)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-87505851335414297962015-08-13T10:20:29.718+10:002015-08-13T10:20:29.718+10:00Equality, Simón Bolívar exclaimed, is “the law of ...<i>Equality, Simón Bolívar exclaimed, is “the law of laws.”</i> <br />- as last words quoted <a href="http://monthlyreview.org/2015/02/01/crossing-the-river-of-fire/" rel="nofollow">here.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-62962156465564713662015-08-13T09:50:18.901+10:002015-08-13T09:50:18.901+10:00Hi Dorothy,
From the start of the Roman Republic ...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />From the start of the Roman Republic the free citizenry were organised into two distinct orders the Patricians and the Plebs (common people) and were distinguishable by their gens (names).<br /><br />The patricians had a near monopoly on political and social institutions. Plebeians were excluded from magistracies and religious colleges, and they were not permitted to know the laws by which they were governed. Plebeians served in the army, but rarely became military leaders.<br /><br />Fed up with their lot, the Plebs would often engage in a Secessio plebis or a general strike and would withdraw from Rome to leave the Patricians to their own devices. <br /><br />A series of such actions, the "Conflict of the Orders", eventually led to them wringing more equality from the Patrician class. These included political positions and the establishment of the Plebeian Council (concilium plebis) that would eventually be able to pass legislation on all Roman citizens, a plebicita.<br /><br />Another major concession the Plebs managed to gain was the passage of the Lex Canuleia, which established the right of intermarriage between Plebeians and Patricians. How things have changed!<br /><br />Finally a musical interlude for all us plebs;<br /><br />http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5m76m_william-shatner-sings-pulp-common-p_music<br /><br />DiddyWrote<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-24959382172267852942015-08-13T09:12:22.418+10:002015-08-13T09:12:22.418+10:00No SSM either, job done.No SSM either, job done.dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-88479242994179739572015-08-13T08:58:09.765+10:002015-08-13T08:58:09.765+10:00Referendum is a no starter.
Referenda are for co...Referendum is a no starter. <br /><br />Referenda are for constitutional alteration only. The right would therefore have to propose to alter the Constitution's wording in the relevant section to allow/limit SSM explicitly as a possible category.<br /><br />As insert limit, there's no way that would ever pass given the usual challenges and public opinion.<br /><br />As insert allow, it changes nothing substantive if it passes, as marriage is defined in the Act anyway and will require action. If insert allow fails, the wording remains the same and we can proceed by Act anyway. <br /><br />Morrison is just wooing the hard right. He knows his Attorney General will "advise against" such a referendum (that's the retreat tactic to leave the hard right out to dry), then he'll sit on his bum behind a safe house majority.<br /><br />Lots of enticing smoke for the Corgis and other nasties, but no fire.AuldBrixtoniannoreply@blogger.com