tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post6250694955344576479..comments2024-03-28T16:48:18.088+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond joins the Caterists in playing the man and not the ball, in good Tamworth style...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-72953452900930385212015-04-08T15:16:06.278+10:002015-04-08T15:16:06.278+10:00Psssst DP, have I mentioned before that the ALP is...Psssst DP, have I mentioned before that the ALP is now a party of 'whatever it takes" careerists who'll do whatever it takes to advance their careers ?GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-78235589184004277112015-04-08T08:05:08.829+10:002015-04-08T08:05:08.829+10:00:)³
Reading Cater on the Labor party is like watc...:)³<br /><br />Reading Cater on the Labor party is like watching the experts describe a camel. He really doesn't have a clue. As well as Lang, you'd have to add in Billy Hughes, who changed parties five times, but what's conspicuous these days is how willingly former Labor politicians now sell out their base, and go at it like pigs in a trough.dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-29363547069104844742015-04-07T21:43:12.242+10:002015-04-07T21:43:12.242+10:00Look at this leftist toaster. It take perfectly g...Look at this leftist toaster. It take perfectly good white bread and turns it brown.<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/07/a-racist-carrot-reclaims-australia<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-53783949718206940342015-04-07T19:16:15.399+10:002015-04-07T19:16:15.399+10:00Recently, while in Canberra, my Dad picked up a co...Recently, while in Canberra, my Dad picked up a copy of Guy Rundle's "50 People Who Stuffed Up Australia" (a subversive little tome that ranks the most influential Australians in history, as well as the present political and media figures, according to how badly they ruined the country). You'd be surprised how many of the Pond's favourite members of the loony commentariat once considered themselves dedicated Maoists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-63780344715568317682015-04-07T15:24:43.282+10:002015-04-07T15:24:43.282+10:00The pommie minister for Aborigines lord warden for...The pommie minister for Aborigines lord warden form looks better by the day - just like him, <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-07/prince-harry-captain-wales-meet-norforce-indigenous-army-unit/6374174?WT.ac=statenews_qld" rel="nofollow">the fourth in line to the British throne will captain Aborigines in the remote bush</a> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-44670599834812949872015-04-07T15:08:47.156+10:002015-04-07T15:08:47.156+10:00Frack! QLD Police are sponsored by Santos<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-07/queensland-police-set-to-receive-1m-donations-in-two-years/6374662?WT.ac=statenews_qld" rel="nofollow">Frack! QLD Police are sponsored by Santos</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-67881598809568762292015-04-07T14:51:46.868+10:002015-04-07T14:51:46.868+10:00B Keane tweeted: PM Abbott called ANU's divest...B Keane tweeted: <a href="https://twitter.com/BernardKeane/status/585197772652982272" rel="nofollow">PM Abbott called ANU's divestment of Santos shares "stupid".</a> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-47155208543379749872015-04-07T14:35:51.531+10:002015-04-07T14:35:51.531+10:00"..royal ratbag"
http://www.independent..."..royal ratbag"<br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/prince-charles-burns-13-tons-of-carbon-in-private-helicopter-after-urging-public-to-turn-off-lights-for-earth-hour-10147440.html <br /><br />http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2009/mar09/lord-warden-of-the-cinque-ports-uniform-worn-by-sir-robert-menzies.pdf <br /><br />How's Abbott's form going? Ming's old sinecure is currently held by another expert submariner..<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-49939180983438750112015-04-07T14:18:46.610+10:002015-04-07T14:18:46.610+10:00"... they would never have put Bill Shorten ..."... they would never have put Bill Shorten in charge ..."<br /><br />But, butt, DP, who else ? Not Albanese, please not Albanese. And please not Plibersek either.<br /><br />These days with a Labor party filled with "whatever it takes' careerists who is there to take the helm ?<br /><br />My own personal preference is Penny Wong, but for an assortment of reasons, she thinks she's unelectable, so what are the chances ?GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-83614725941203637682015-04-07T11:20:19.292+10:002015-04-07T11:20:19.292+10:00Again, a great post. (This http://www.afr.com/opin...Again, a great post. (This http://www.afr.com/opinion is the above Rowe cartoon link.)<br /><br /><br />Bloody reptiles and graudianistas. The world's 'great religions' ALL got into government when still only a small but active minority. They then used the tools of government, not least coercive violence, to seal their grip on power, to supress alternative beliefs, and to expand their influence and control. After a short while a growing majority unwittingly came to hold whichever religious belief their parents passed down.<br /><br />In short that's the religious "process of conviction" facts. Leave it up to only a few neo-nazi wannabe hansonite nongs and your grandkids shall be observant moslem nongs who'll 'know' the climate change they're suffering is simply the will of a god they must submit to.<br /><br />Ah yes, more <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/theminefield/" rel="nofollow">cheese</a> anyone?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-31461157889933411142015-04-07T11:14:52.328+10:002015-04-07T11:14:52.328+10:00If Cater really has been in Australia since 1989, ...If Cater really has been in Australia since 1989, you'd think he'd have taken some time to learn a little about the country and its working-class politics. You steered him in the right direction with that Lawson poem.<br /><br />Labor in Australia has had a long history of internal party warfare, frequently descending into splits or expulsions. It is not unusual in the battle for ideas. Labor's greatest leaders - Curtin, Chifley, Whitlam, Dunstan - spent long formative years in the outer, often only narrowly avoiding expulsion. It went with the territory that you had to fight for your beliefs, and they did.<br /><br />But one thing that was conspicuous throughout all those wars, with the possible exception of Lang: you never ratted on your rivals to sabotage an election campaign. Yet in recent years Rudd and his lackeys did this in the 2010 campaign against Gillard, and more or less continued for the 3 years afterwards. Now we have Martin Ferguson, a Rudd ally during those wars, sabotage a NSW Labor state campaign on behalf of the coal lobby.<br /><br />As Lionel Murphy once remarked to a public criticism from Gough, "It's not the most conspicuous example of loyalty I've ever seen."Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-40366497081812057932015-04-07T09:15:40.099+10:002015-04-07T09:15:40.099+10:00Transfield staff on Manus and Nauru told they can&...Transfield staff on Manus and Nauru told they can't communicate with any organisation held to be "opposed to Transfield p[olicies."<br /><br />"Workers cannot join a political party that does not agree with Transfield’s actions, or attend a political rally in opposition to offshore processing.<br /><br />“In his/her capacity as a Transfield Services employee or contractor, a worker must not engage in any activity which may result in a conflict of interest with the conduct of the operations on behalf of the department. This includes the following types of conduct:<br /><br />- promoting, showing support for, or maintaining a membership with an incompatible organisation, and<br /><br />- showing support for the closure of offshore processing centres by engaging in activities such as public rallies or demonstrations.”<br /><br />An “incompatible organisation” is defined as any group critical of offshore processing of asylum seekers."<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/apr/07/transfield-immigration-staff-told-they-can-be-fired-for-using-facebook<br /><br />Nice to see the kind of police state being enforced by Abbott.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-12004873589317959442015-04-07T08:56:02.633+10:002015-04-07T08:56:02.633+10:00I'm surprised at the stand News Ltd is taking ...I'm surprised at the stand News Ltd is taking against anti-vaxers. Surely this is a matter of belief, not science? And what about freedom of speech? But the anti-vaxers are bludgers on welfare, so that's OK.<br /><br />http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/immunise-or-we-all-pay/story-fni0ffsx-1227293464956?nk=0900d05e82fd2aaf3b7d7bfe5c4e3f3e<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-6324314782996542322015-04-07T08:35:07.678+10:002015-04-07T08:35:07.678+10:00Take from Mr. Cater what you will, but to me, read...Take from Mr. Cater what you will, but to me, reading anything from a person who closely resembles a linament, Goanna salve salesman would be foolish in the extreme!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com