tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post7640179352908783630..comments2024-03-29T06:12:04.668+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond strays from fewal rabbits and Godwin's Law to rotten ice in Greenland, with a stop over in reptile la la land ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-30564733536254614242015-03-23T03:12:29.737+11:002015-03-23T03:12:29.737+11:00Do/n't go there?<a href="http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/24644/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Do/n't</a> go <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHTDkJ-bQqM" rel="nofollow">there</a>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-83853205435789015632015-03-21T20:29:58.162+11:002015-03-21T20:29:58.162+11:00^ that's a bit harsh, don't you think?^ that's a bit harsh, don't you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-33826055020142918902015-03-21T08:20:48.009+11:002015-03-21T08:20:48.009+11:00Good to see it did a bit of an Abbott back flip Bi...Good to see it did a bit of an Abbott back flip Bill and wandered off in a funk ... though it's a pity Hope Vale copped a bashing.dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-54919112368513691852015-03-21T07:07:22.302+11:002015-03-21T07:07:22.302+11:00Excellent DW. And yes GB by coincidence the pond w...Excellent DW. And yes GB by coincidence the pond was watching Nicholas Roeg's Insignificance the other night, and the amount of traducing Einstein has copped in his after life is amazing to behold. The movie was certainly amazing, in that anyone would watch this tripe and give it a good score on Rotten Tomatoes ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-52776921059340262762015-03-21T01:45:26.737+11:002015-03-21T01:45:26.737+11:00"KERRY O'BRIEN, PRESENTER: Malcolm Fraser...<i>"<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2827147.htm" rel="nofollow">KERRY O'BRIEN, PRESENTER</a>: Malcolm Fraser, you've had many years to reflect on your time in politics and in government. What is the one thing above all that matters most to you about your political career?<br /><br />MALCOLM FRASER, PRIME MINISTER (1975-'83): I've always found that kind of question very hard because there are different issues and how do you compare an issue of the rights of individuals, the concern people have for ordinary people or for refugees - how do you compare that kind of concern with an economy running well?<br /><br />KERRY O'BRIEN: I suppose I'm looking for what you would regard as your badge of honour?<br /><br />MALCOLM FRASER: I think multiculturalism, the inquiry into postal rail services for migrants - the Galbally report - human rights, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_law" rel="nofollow">law-based issues</a>, reform of administrative law, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the Human Rights Commission, because these things are all interrelated. They all go to how governments treat people."</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-1377814235528077182015-03-20T22:27:35.431+11:002015-03-20T22:27:35.431+11:00Nauru rewarded for taking refugees (original archi...<a href="http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/onairhighlights/nauru-rewarded-for-taking-refugees" rel="nofollow">Nauru rewarded for taking refugees (original archived 10 September 2001, 16:36 AEST)</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/taking-out-the-trash-but-too-clever-by-half-20150320-1m44fl.html" rel="nofollow">Taking out the trash but too clever by half</a><br /><br />Sic transit gloria mundi..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-44156572096248716022015-03-20T22:00:43.440+11:002015-03-20T22:00:43.440+11:00March is only two thirds done and already on the b...March is only two thirds done and already on the books is a <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-20/heatwave-in-queensland-sets-march-records/6337070?WT.ac=statenews_qld" rel="nofollow">Queensland heatwave: More than a dozen towns break March records</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-53412395962647128372015-03-20T21:31:31.557+11:002015-03-20T21:31:31.557+11:00Some would say last labor and last liberal prime m...Some would say last labor and last liberal prime ministers, so they're empty shadows now, yet some did say, and still do, with much feeling mind you, that the last and best pm the liberals ever had was that neoliberal Hawke.<br /><br />But shades of Rudd are yet kicking. <br /><br />http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/kevin-rudd-breaks-silence-to-call-for-full-democratisation-of-alp-and-warn-of-union-thuggery-20150311-1405ee.html<br /><br />http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/unions-furious-over-kevin-rudds-call-to-democratise-labor-20150311-140z8q.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-77138505701441526112015-03-20T20:58:38.226+11:002015-03-20T20:58:38.226+11:00Who had lame Kelly for brekky this morning? An Asb...Who had lame Kelly for brekky this morning? An Asbestos' import.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/cut-548-billion-of-fossil-fuel-subsidies/6334456" rel="nofollow">Cut $548 billion of fossil fuel subsidies to alleviate poverty: Lomborg</a><br /><br /><a href="https://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.com/2014/12/28/lets-all-just-get-rich/" rel="nofollow">…and Then There's Physics</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/02/02/lomborg-sings-wsj-s-same-old-climate-change-song-don-t-worry-be-happy" rel="nofollow">Poor people and developing countries are at greater risk and will benefit from mitigation. While Lomborg attempts to sound well-meaning and concerned about poverty, it is difficult to find any evidence that his work does anything to alleviate poverty aside from critiquing climate change policy. There is no contradiction between lifting poor people out of poverty and cutting carbon emissions....<br /><br />While Lomborg suggests that we should focus on relieving poverty, that’s the opposite conclusion of actual researchers, who say their study is evidence that we should limit warming to less than 2°C to protect developing economies. Specifically, the study author said that on a business as usual path (like that for which Lomborg advocates), “The average annual growth rate in poor regions is cut from 3.2% to 2.6%, which means that by 2100 per-capita GDP is 40% below reference.” Contrary to Lomborg’s claims, fighting climate change will in fact ensure developing countries are able to grow their economy and prosper.</a><br /><br />https://www.skepticalscience.com/search.php?Search=lomborg&x=0&y=0<br /><br />10 years ! yous know sumthinks shoodn't Kelly be on the 2GB brekky or sumthinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-8301856435727049202015-03-20T20:12:29.229+11:002015-03-20T20:12:29.229+11:00427. Axes the National Produce Monitoring System w...<a href="http://sallymcmanus.net/abbotts-wreckage/" rel="nofollow">427. Axes the National Produce Monitoring System which monitors chemicals in Australia’s domestic food – 18 March 2015<br /><br />426. Threatens to sack 1700 researchers if the Senate did not pass their bill to deregulate universities – 15 March 2015 ... .. .</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-39091856807962995382015-03-20T20:00:50.164+11:002015-03-20T20:00:50.164+11:00The Abbott gaffeometer has exploded. Rape, abuse a...The Abbott gaffeometer has exploded. Rape, abuse and torture are "things that happen."<br /><br />Well he'd know after leaving a fiance groomless at the altar and disowning her baby which he thought was his.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-73209482520133224872015-03-20T19:50:25.802+11:002015-03-20T19:50:25.802+11:00The Moss report shows what a deceitful lying basta...The Moss report shows what a deceitful lying bastard Morrison is (no evidence that any Save the Children staff coached people in self-harm); and abuse is commonplace.<br /><br />Dutton is no better. By the way, has he got paralysis of the face muscles? He only has one sour expression.<br /><br />Tony Abbott has responded to a review into allegations of sexual assault in offshore immigration detention centres by saying that “occasionally … things happen”.<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/20/things-happen-tony-abbott-on-sexual-assault-allegations-in-offshore-detention<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-66749334218698590742015-03-20T19:17:28.327+11:002015-03-20T19:17:28.327+11:00Lizard - "ignorant Jacquie Lambie"
Pass ...Lizard - "ignorant Jacquie Lambie"<br />Pass me the flame thrower, Herr Goebbels.Dave Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613111054135459691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84661825372998343502015-03-20T19:13:06.240+11:002015-03-20T19:13:06.240+11:00Boat people? Sounds cute, but more like fleeing co...Boat people? Sounds cute, but more like fleeing collaborators in the waging of illegal war and crimes against humanity for the bastard loser side. Warrior allies. Around here it's like before the ending of the American War and 1970, say, and the passion for their loser propaganda hasn't changed. If anything it's more passionate, passed on even more distorted, and more openly celebrated. The liberal party also welcomed many Nazis off the ratlines boats after WW2. Notable were the numbers of 'former' Nazis that joined the liberal party. <br /><br />In Fraser's time as MP, in Victoria, of particular note are the 'ex'-nazi numbers that rose to influential liberal party machine positions... In the 2013 federal election the most frequent name of a liberal party candidate was Nguyen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-20812039570165991862015-03-20T19:13:05.562+11:002015-03-20T19:13:05.562+11:00....and you, too........and you, too....Dave Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613111054135459691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-81038149783359657892015-03-20T19:08:01.463+11:002015-03-20T19:08:01.463+11:00And he also scotched Gorton's covert plan for ...And he also scotched Gorton's covert plan for military intervention in (the then) Territory of Papua and New Guinea and deal with those pesky independence activists.<br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-77077575177107978792015-03-20T18:55:55.933+11:002015-03-20T18:55:55.933+11:00The Roast is (are?) back, albeit with lower produc...The Roast is (are?) back, albeit with lower production values, which show.<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/video/2015/mar/20/roast-rates-abbott-good-government-video<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-9777665207643387312015-03-20T18:04:08.445+11:002015-03-20T18:04:08.445+11:00A lifter at age 25, Fraser was elected to parliame...A lifter at age 25, Fraser was elected to parliament in December, 1955. He then supped nicely at the taxpayers' expense for a continuous 59 years. Life wasn't meant to be easy, sure, but not bad going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-52836137062701542812015-03-20T17:53:25.250+11:002015-03-20T17:53:25.250+11:00Gough and Malcolm were giants.
They cast long sha...Gough and Malcolm were giants.<br /><br />They cast long shadows over today's offerings.<br /><br />Miss ppAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-6502139105016340512015-03-20T16:37:16.934+11:002015-03-20T16:37:16.934+11:00... was a successful dominos theory champ, war mon...... was a successful dominos theory champ, war monger, war criminal, back-stabber, and liar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-67290717082344143752015-03-20T16:30:23.548+11:002015-03-20T16:30:23.548+11:00
Forsan miseros meliora sequentur. (Virgil) For th...<br />Forsan miseros meliora sequentur. (Virgil) For those in misery perhaps better things will follow.<br /><br /><br />Die dulci fruere. Have a nice day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-17119771846052928932015-03-20T16:11:56.038+11:002015-03-20T16:11:56.038+11:00The first time I saw that 'quote' it was a...The first time I saw that 'quote' it was attributed to Ross Perot (himself a fine exponent of the art). It wasn't until quite some time later that I saw it attributed to Einstein (and I really think it was rather too mundane to actually have been Albert).<br /><br />Kinda reminds me of that bit in one of Asimov's Foundation and Empire trilogy (at least I think it was one of them and not The Naked Sun or summat) about not being able to believe that Einstein had originated the Theory of Relativity because "there's just so many other things attributed to him and he can't have originated everything". So it goes (<- definitely Kurt Vonnegut Jr)GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-86364773547625542262015-03-20T13:30:20.994+11:002015-03-20T13:30:20.994+11:00... ditched Ayn Rand,
... ditched Ayn Rand,<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-4318522078745085492015-03-20T13:05:31.271+11:002015-03-20T13:05:31.271+11:00... he quit the Liebral party,... he quit the Liebral party,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-24756149409402799232015-03-20T12:54:18.106+11:002015-03-20T12:54:18.106+11:00Unbelieveable isn't it , the nastiest , most v...Unbelieveable isn't it , the nastiest , most vindictive bully in the country ,<br />giving a talk to school children about how wrong it is to be a bully , sick ... sick ... sickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com