tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post8105642082207157816..comments2024-03-29T15:34:55.287+11:00Comments on loon pond: The Australian The ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-65166214079586918692014-02-19T16:40:47.129+11:002014-02-19T16:40:47.129+11:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYaProQQmbI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYaProQQmbI<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-18331603924107700732014-02-19T05:52:26.349+11:002014-02-19T05:52:26.349+11:00With all the crap being bandied about about how vi...With all the crap being bandied about about how violent and lawless Manus Island in PNG is supposed to be, here's the other side of Manus by excellent photographer Brian Cassey.<br /><br />http://www.briancasseyphotographer.com/photographs/side-manus/<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-83712677134373870672014-02-19T02:38:27.768+11:002014-02-19T02:38:27.768+11:00http://watchingthedeniers.wordpress.com/2014/01/31...http://watchingthedeniers.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/the-paranoid-tradition-and-climate-change-where-crisis-paranoia-and-politics-collide/<br /><br />Someone not paranoid at all about being hunted in future, yet prudent about the past, die fuckwit, die König der Fischer, die finanziell angeschlagenen keeper der heilige Gral, die ... <br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/13/mining-greg-hunt-retrospective-legal-immunity?CMP=ema_632 <br /><br />I sat upon the shore <br />Fishing, with the arid plain behind me <br />Shall I at least set my lands in order? <br /><br />London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-14059939442932971172014-02-19T02:08:26.896+11:002014-02-19T02:08:26.896+11:00"Perhaps it is time to acknowledge publicly t..."Perhaps it is time to acknowledge publicly that the war is over: apathy and self-interest triumphed over the slim hope that the global community would act collectively to prevent runaway climate change. Australia's belated and extremely modest efforts - a tiny, ineffective tax and a small renewable energy target - were always insufficient, yet the government wants to dilute even those. However, as the political debate stagnated over the past decade, scientific modelling of climate change has improved and the projected outcomes for humanity have worsened. Our world, which struggled to act in the face of a likely 2-degree rise in temperatures by 2100, now faces a rise of 4 or more degrees. Such a shift will devastate global agriculture, including Australian farming. Intense storms will destroy many coastal communities, especially in the heavily populated nations to our north. The economic repercussions will transform our society."<br /><br />http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/ct-editorial/climate-change-debate-must-focus--on-selfinterest-20140115-30vhh.html#ixzz2qWmMzeMb<br /><br />Running the Climate Council's release http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/expect-more-deadly-heatwaves-in-queensland-scientists-say/story-fnkt21jb-1226829885095 without too much fucking around, but look at the small number of strictly loons' comments. Die fuckwits die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-53609540710545529662014-02-18T14:07:23.839+11:002014-02-18T14:07:23.839+11:00Ah yes, Anon it really was. I especially liked th...Ah yes, Anon it really was. I especially liked this bit: "... it isn’t clear what the Continuity RCP is after, except that someone, somewhere, really likes setting things up."<br /><br />I'd really like someone like that out here, someone who could set up a Labor Party - I'd love to have one of them again, someday.<br /><br />Or am I the only one who thinks that Bill Shorten makes Julia Gillard look good, and he doesn't even have her problems with sexist discrimination. He does have all the same the raving nutcases to combat though, I suppose.<br /><br />GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-37342557486900248332014-02-18T13:56:10.731+11:002014-02-18T13:56:10.731+11:00You can add Keith Windschuttle to the list of prev...You can add Keith Windschuttle to the list of previously far-left socialists and Marxists who converted to far-right ideologues in their middle age. SBS's "Persons of Interest" show a young activist Windschuttle addressing an anti-Vietnam protest meeting of students in 1971 and saying no corrupt Government was ever overthrown without violent uprising. He wrote extensively on the criticism of literature from a Marxist perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-42558278998251655242014-02-18T12:57:06.976+11:002014-02-18T12:57:06.976+11:00DP, I'm pleased the Govt answered the question...DP, I'm pleased the Govt answered the question "Who is going to pay for this crap?" on our behalf, with that pay-out to News. Still, the future of 'the news' seems a little shaky. <br />This article on <a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/02/17/wow_facebook_just_did_something_amazing_to_crummy_meme_sites_and_what_they_do_next_might_shock_everyone/" rel="nofollow">Facebook re-writing the rules</a> is more than a little interesting. I'm pleased to say I'm a stranger to Buzzfeed. <br />To me, the question isn't "Would I pay to read this?" but "<b>How</b> would I like to pay for it?"<br />Trevor3130https://www.blogger.com/profile/08148555743063226957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-85735901784596886292014-02-18T12:09:39.253+11:002014-02-18T12:09:39.253+11:00Thank you for the Inst.of Ideas link. An enlighten...Thank you for the Inst.of Ideas link. An enlightening and enjoyable read.Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-66437796754215109562014-02-18T10:19:09.931+11:002014-02-18T10:19:09.931+11:00Well there you have it, Dot. It's right out in...Well there you have it, Dot. It's right out in the open: Cater and Furedi "We're mates. So there, yar boo sucks to you lot - our gang are king of the castle now. Nyar, nyar!" <br /><br />The links between Cater, Furedi, O'Neill and rest of the pommie blow-ins have been established before now. <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n13/jenny-turner/who-are-they" rel="nofollow">Institute of Ideas</a> anyone?<br /><br />If anything defines teh ooze as a latter-day <i>volkischer beobachter</i> (not going to dignify that with appropriate upper-case) it's the fact that it has become a mouthpiece for this pack of pseuds.<br /><br />Spittle-flecked Prater Cater and sustainability? Well, he's publicly preaching breaches of <a href="http://www.1degree.com.au/" rel="nofollow">company policy</a>. And Cater is going up against <a href="http://grist.org/article/murdoch/" rel="nofollow">Big Rupe?</a> <i>'... climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats'</i> Really? Rupe? <br /><br />There's only one real answer to this sort of impudence: sack the little cater. But wait. Talking out both sides of the gob at once: that's standard MO for <i>Institute of Ideas</i> wallahs. And. Of course. These inauthentic contortions completely suit the News Very Limited busyness model of dangling clickbait out "there" for directionless mugs. <br /><br />And. It's out of the bag now; just as Diddywrote wrote. The Big Salaries of the turd-polishers at News Corp are underwritten by our tax dollars/foregone opportunities. Whither the ABC now?Royton De"Athnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-38858943343067503462014-02-18T10:04:14.032+11:002014-02-18T10:04:14.032+11:00Hi Dorothy,
Nary a mention of the 880 million dol...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />Nary a mention of the 880 million dollar windfall over at News.com.au. Maybe they are still coming to terms with the fact that they are now effectively a taxpayer funded organisation. <br /><br />Still as hypocrisy knows no bounds with the likes of Cater and co, I'm sure they'll carry on regardless bemoaning everybody else's sense of entitlement. <br /><br />A somewhat angry<br /><br />DiddyWroteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-83269726932420182942014-02-18T09:36:46.935+11:002014-02-18T09:36:46.935+11:00Shouldn't that be "Eddie Obeid business a...Shouldn't that be "Eddie Obeid business associate, Arthur Sinodinos"?<br /><br />The likes of Cater bemoan the "Elites" then quote Latin? Give me strengthAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467071669624321286noreply@blogger.com