tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post6808701819001000405..comments2024-03-29T09:45:45.406+11:00Comments on loon pond: Decanting the recanting and savouring the esters ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-66434814120017262782015-11-16T08:29:34.420+11:002015-11-16T08:29:34.420+11:00He also somehow missed that 9 played the cricket a...He also somehow missed that 9 played the cricket all day (except for the scheduled news break)<br /><br />When all you have is a hammer....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467071669624321286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-8737140135971456492015-11-15T10:44:06.866+11:002015-11-15T10:44:06.866+11:00I dunno Dave C, Quadrant does have a section calle...I dunno Dave C, Quadrant does have a section called 'doomed planet.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-17352103019766891732015-11-15T10:32:32.245+11:002015-11-15T10:32:32.245+11:00Thanks GD. I think I'm from about your vintag...Thanks GD. I think I'm from about your vintage (I was 18 when Whitlam was dismissed) and you don't hear much about the 80s politically any more, but that was the time of the gestation of pure evil spirit within little Johnny.<br /><br />Dorothy rails against the evils of the Devine; Howard was much more powerful, and therefore had much more potential to influence things in this country. He was the ageing fuddy duddy, the seemingly harmless uncle bemoaning the state of things, what with all those Asians, and while he didn't support racist policies, could well understand the feelings of those who did.<br /><br />He normalised racism in Australia, and continued to feed it. Tampa and 9/11 must have been a godsend to him; I remember wondering at the time whether he might have even had a hand in their engineering, so perfectly did they fit his politics.<br /><br />9/11 I doubt it, but Tampa? And then my tin hat falls off and I realise it was his masterful handling of it: children overboard, we will decide etc. <br /><br />Howard's cunning was ever on display. You only had to look through the avuncular veneer, and have the confidence to know that fear was an emotion that he was exploiting and promoting, not reflecting, to see that.Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-47108286415141475782015-11-15T07:07:08.399+11:002015-11-15T07:07:08.399+11:00I don't know; I'm still somewhat inclined ...I <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPYsetkaUgc" rel="nofollow">don't know</a>; I'm still somewhat inclined to posit globally that all the warmongers, arms wielders and dealers, and ceaseless and merciless violence advocates do a pseudo-reasonable job of keeping everyday-busy draping themselves and others in uncivil highlights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-67238947203711148852015-11-15T06:00:49.707+11:002015-11-15T06:00:49.707+11:00Donald Trump's contribution to the French atro...Donald Trump's contribution to the French atrocity.<br /><br />"Isn't 'it interesting that the tragedy in Paris took place in one of the toughest gun control countries in the world?"<br /><br />The French Ambassadors' reply.<br /><br />"This message is repugnant in it's lack of any human decency. Vulture."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-73424328500748471812015-11-14T21:16:31.868+11:002015-11-14T21:16:31.868+11:00As a follow up to the Wilcox cartoon at the start...As a follow up to the Wilcox cartoon at the start, here's some paranoid lunacy from Quadrant, if, judging by the amount of responses to the daily nutbaggery, I must be one of their few readers.Dave Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613111054135459691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-35498449376966873932015-11-14T17:21:56.097+11:002015-11-14T17:21:56.097+11:00Steve Price left school in 5th Form. Does that tel...Steve Price left school in 5th Form. Does that tell you something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-37758422253846990522015-11-14T15:10:04.961+11:002015-11-14T15:10:04.961+11:00Who the f*** is Steve Price? I honestly have no kn...Who the f*** is Steve Price? I honestly have no knowledge of the man. But apparently he is already bitching that the ABC didn't have rolling coverage of the Paris attacks, even though 7, 9 and 10 did.<br /><br />Apparently he lacks the required grey matter to use his remote to switch to ABC 24 which was the first to break this and has been covering it non-stop.<br /><br />The dickhead must be a reptile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-11791883354681384252015-11-14T15:00:16.838+11:002015-11-14T15:00:16.838+11:00And Mungo, don't forget dear Mungo.And Mungo, don't forget dear Mungo.John Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341782964283178701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-17792972548926612952015-11-14T13:33:35.419+11:002015-11-14T13:33:35.419+11:00I'd agree with that. Fraser and Gough set up a...I'd agree with that. Fraser and Gough set up a processing system for Vietnamese refugees in defiance of demagogue politics. Howard opposed it in Cabinet. Fraser later gave much credit to Gough's courage for bipartisan effort because a public campaign would've damaged Labor's support base, Howard as a polling nerd knew that and made his first stab at it trying to revive White Australia immigration policies in 80s.<br /><br />Later in the 90s he quietly inflamed Pauline Hanson's racism, only turning against her when One Nation started to erode Coalition support in Qld. Tampa provided his opportunity, coming so soon after 9/11. The aim was always to belt Labor over the head with it, and very much what the Pacific Solution was all about.<br /><br />When Abbott took leadership he didn't seem to have a chance in polling but quickly raised Boats! and Nauru as issues. Labor had its own problems with originating detention, albeit quietly, and seemingly like a rabbit in the spotlight when confronted with beate-up anger on the issue. They might have neutralised it as an issue via Malaysia but Greens joined Coalition against it.<br /><br />But it goes back to Howard, the Fear and Loathing, Dog Whistling, and Race Politics. An evil genius.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-55515542429592841022015-11-14T13:15:40.142+11:002015-11-14T13:15:40.142+11:00Dorothy, you forgot to mention one character who w...Dorothy, you forgot to mention one character who wrote for the Nation Review and subsequently changed into a self important over blown pompous windbag. I am of course referring to Keith (windbag) Windschuttle.<br /><br />At least Leunig and Adams maintained their sense of humor. Adams has published some excellent joke books, and Leunig is still superb. Which is more that one can say for Patrick Cook who was once upon a time my favorite whimsical cartoonist. He became a completely unfunny cartoonist and writer for the Spectator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-32799534390916128332015-11-14T11:01:57.105+11:002015-11-14T11:01:57.105+11:00Not enough "evils" for Johnnie imho.
I&...Not enough "evils" for Johnnie imho.<br /><br />I'm sure there's a story to be told about the "spivification" of the Liberal party when its power base shifted from the elegant (if somewhat dim) Ms Melbourne to the tarty Ms Sydney. It somehow, though simplistically, describes how the tenor of our gummints has changed. <br /><br />Is that sexist? Sorry.<br /><br />BilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-6789376387566071782015-11-14T09:28:09.757+11:002015-11-14T09:28:09.757+11:00How could the events of November 1975 have damaged...How could the events of November 1975 have damaged the fabric of the nation? Labor was reduced to its rightful place - as a rump - and the Libs got power. Isn't that the natural state of the fabric?<br /><br />This has been my belief since at least 1988: John Howard is an evil, evil man. Sure, Fraser acted like a turd over the events of 75, Abbott is and always has been a brainless twit, but Howard is (and remains!) the root of all things evil in Australia.Mecurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-19784086196062441122015-11-14T08:50:03.285+11:002015-11-14T08:50:03.285+11:00Reading accounts of the goings-on in the Prime Min...Reading accounts of the goings-on in the Prime Ministerial apartments on the evening of the Great Deposing remind me of the chapter in Wind in the Willows when the partying stoats and weasels are driven out of Toad Hall.<br /><br />All that squealing, body tackling, snapped ligamenture, broken furniture, wine poured on chairs, cussing and caterwauling brings to mind sharp whiskery snouts and long slithery tails. Such anger because the fine-suited, silver-tongued Malcolm Toad was back.<br /><br />Now who is Ratty? Sinodinos? And Moley? Can only be Andrew Robb.<br /><br />Miss ppAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com