tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post7475900097518489341..comments2024-03-28T22:51:37.034+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which a partisan Christ Mitchell allows yet another attack on the ABC ... well it's hardly news but thanks to prattling Polonius it provides weekend fun for inquiring minds ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-25069401120884993812015-10-04T18:35:23.946+11:002015-10-04T18:35:23.946+11:00Unless Adam was the product of a young fling that ...Unless Adam was the product of a young fling that turned Barry - on his head, GD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-31826085553829641112015-10-04T08:00:18.897+11:002015-10-04T08:00:18.897+11:00Ah Dorothy, you run your own little Theatre of the...Ah Dorothy, you run your own little Theatre of the Absurd here, guaranteed to make patrons laugh and cry.<br /><br />Miss ppAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-15810611070452950982015-10-03T13:52:43.841+10:002015-10-03T13:52:43.841+10:00Oh come on Miss pp, let's do a rousing Treasur...Oh come on Miss pp, let's do a rousing Treasure of Sierra Madre laugh at the cosmic wonder of it all ... we only need to grit our teeth when the sand blows in from that Ozymandias land of the Murdochians ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-46887603370037378992015-10-03T13:50:23.983+10:002015-10-03T13:50:23.983+10:00Thanks VC for exposing the truth. The pond had vag...Thanks VC for exposing the truth. The pond had vaguely thought that the ABC and Fairfax were responsible, but it came as a thunderbolt of truth to learn that they had been the ones who had inveigled hapless Tony into knighting Phil ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-4807618466981804312015-10-03T13:49:00.129+10:002015-10-03T13:49:00.129+10:00Careful, GD, it seems Barry might still be with us...Careful, GD, it seems Barry might still be with us, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Creyton, and we wouldn't want to give rise to a defamation action.<br /><br />Here's how the reptiles describe this Creighton:<br /><br />Adam Creighton has been The Australian's Economics Correspondent since 2012. Before that he worked for a classically liberal think tank and as an economic adviser for the federal Leader of the Opposition. He covers mainly domestic economic news, and writes a Friday column and features on economics and public policy.<br /><br />A "classically liberal think tank" is code for the to the right of Genghis Khan CIS. A fatuous example of Creighton imagining Brendan O'Neill is a latter day Voltaire:<br /><br />https://www.cis.org.au/commentary/articles/say-whatever-you-like/<br /><br />Meanwhile, trust your voyaging goes well!dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-79541118429201871162015-10-03T13:40:18.094+10:002015-10-03T13:40:18.094+10:00Truth to tell DW the pond wasn't wondering, si...Truth to tell DW the pond wasn't wondering, since even at a dollar on the bargain table the pond would find it very easy to resist acquiring a copy, but your links do help to understand the sinister conspiracy that allows blowhards to have their moment in the publishing sun.dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-22303599750478596582015-10-03T11:07:22.448+10:002015-10-03T11:07:22.448+10:00I speculated that one of those maintaining the rag...I speculated that one of those maintaining the rage, Adam Creighton, might possibly be a descendant of Barry, once one Australia's leading comic actors and playwrights, famed originally for being part of the satire/review <i>The Mavis Bramston Show</i>.<br /><br />It seemed to fit, assuming Adam's pieces were actually a parody of Reptile scribes. So I did a Greg Hunt to look up Barry. He's had quite a good career.<br /><br />Alas, my major disappointment was to discover that Barry spells his name differently as "Creyton". So no theories to continue with there. But Adam could do well to consider if he could make more money than Rupert forks out by taking his stuff to reviews and satire.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-31187281925933516872015-10-03T09:53:24.445+10:002015-10-03T09:53:24.445+10:00Hi Dorothy,
If you were wondering who was publish...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />If you were wondering who was publishing Can Do Newman's biography then check out Connor Court Publishing;<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Court_Publishing<br /><br />A small Australian publishing company that is tapping into the publics insatiable demand for right wing polemics.<br /><br />https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2014/08/23/how-connor-court-became-the-go-conservative-publisher/1408716000<br /><br />DiddyWroteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-80166907918959291232015-10-03T08:59:52.913+10:002015-10-03T08:59:52.913+10:00I still blame Fairfax and the ABC for making Abbot...I still blame Fairfax and the ABC for making Abbott speak. They make him undermine the PM. Every single cloth-eared, casually idiotic point made by the failed-PM is the fault of Fairfax and the ABC.<br /><br />I have no doubt that the ABC and Fairfax suggested knighting Prince Phillip.<br /><br />The sooner blame sits squarely where it should sit, the faster we can "refresh and reset" as Mr Dog Botherer often suggested Mr Abbott did. via collinshttp://www.higlossentertainment.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-86780621529165244092015-10-03T08:19:15.287+10:002015-10-03T08:19:15.287+10:00I think these old boys who rail away in print are ...I think these old boys who rail away in print are raging against their own powerlessness. Age can do that.<br /><br />Some of the older male commentariat are forever reliving the 'glory days' of student politics. Such larks. I put such romanticized reminiences about hi-jinks in the Student Union in the shut-up-it-is-too- tedious-no-one-is-interested-grow-up column where I also locate tales from school days, always expensive private schools, not pattern-book yellow brick high schools with portable classroom boxes attached. <br /><br />Why do some eternal schoolboys think that others are interested in the exploits of unknown people called Porky Barraclough and Stinky Brewster or game-saving-goals kicked decades ago? As we all know from servings provided by Dorothy here, Greg Sheridan has written many columns about youthful shenanigans with Tony Abbott.<br /><br />I noticed today after skimming Hanrahan's piece in the Oz that he seems to be edging his wagon closer to Potts Point or wherever the Australian PM lives these days.<br /><br />This country seems to be in a muddle doesn't it? I am not relaxed and comfortable.<br /><br />Thankyou Dorothy for your daily dose of amusement. One can only laugh. Grimly. Through gritted teeth.<br /><br />Miss ppAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com