tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post8561579574823159829..comments2024-03-29T18:49:49.469+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond throws a pinch of salt over the shoulder to silence assorted forms of hysteria ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-11275408393746957952014-11-14T08:05:43.976+11:002014-11-14T08:05:43.976+11:00But, but, the IPA's John Roskam has already ex...But, but, the IPA's John Roskam has already explained (on ABC radio, even) that the RAN breaches were accidents "because they couldn't see land" - I kid you notAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467071669624321286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-34572511253654775842014-11-13T17:46:04.702+11:002014-11-13T17:46:04.702+11:00I'm waiting for Bolt and his ilk to claim that...I'm waiting for Bolt and his ilk to claim that the landing on the comet wasn't real and was really faked up in a studio in the Mohave desert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-32877761121408705252014-11-13T17:29:28.739+11:002014-11-13T17:29:28.739+11:00Why does Greg Sheridan think other countries commi...Why does Greg Sheridan think other countries committing to big targets will have associated costs if he doesn't think the Obama-China deal will?Melissahttp://www.honeybeeshepherd.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-48686283824598674582014-11-13T15:57:17.707+11:002014-11-13T15:57:17.707+11:00'Our P3 campaign to help our hero who stood up...'Our <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/sep/10/page-3-rupert-murdoch" rel="nofollow">P3</a> <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/russians-warships-headed-for-australia-putin-bound-for-g20/story-fnpebfcn-1227120956483" rel="nofollow">campaign</a> to help <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKss2pBYQ6Y" rel="nofollow">our hero</a> who stood up to thugs' appears to be working its subtleties at home and <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2014-11/13/content_18906768.htm" rel="nofollow">abroad</a>:<br /><br />"Alarmist media reports stoked the tension between Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the country's most high-profile tabloid newspapers carrying headlines about the Russian vessels that steamed towards Australia from the Solomon Islands ahead of the upcoming G20 summit in Brisbane."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-39357029060447465192014-11-13T13:40:47.846+11:002014-11-13T13:40:47.846+11:00Anon, don't you know? Our total future wellbe...Anon, don't you know? Our total future wellbeing hinges on the government talking up the economy. They talked it down to get into office, now they have to talk it up again.<br /><br />Otherwise somebody might blame them for something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-32846963157039252382014-11-13T13:07:35.880+11:002014-11-13T13:07:35.880+11:00... pop up girlies ?... pop up girlies ?GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-24431211887780303552014-11-13T12:39:52.725+11:002014-11-13T12:39:52.725+11:00Anon, Joe Hockey sounded like Jim Hacker this morn...Anon, Joe Hockey sounded like Jim Hacker this morning.<br /><br />Asked about the US-China tango and the future of Team Australia coal, he waffled and mumbled and circled and dodged until he remembered GAS! Oh joy! Oh rapture! Just as Jim Hacker's terrified voice strengthened with Churchillian certainty when he was able to seize on something familiar and soothing, so did Joe's as he banged on about our gas-charged future. <br /><br />Yes Treasurer you did. You did.<br /><br />Miss Pitty PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-41335969094837755852014-11-13T12:36:56.328+11:002014-11-13T12:36:56.328+11:00Kubrick mastered this some 30 years ago with Stran...Kubrick mastered this some 30 years ago with Strangelove.<br /><br />Funny how things come around, and truth is stranger than fiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-28997581514742367812014-11-13T12:29:25.071+11:002014-11-13T12:29:25.071+11:00Could it get any sillier, you ask? Why, just go t...Could it get any sillier, you ask? Why, just go to Catallaxy and see all the RWNJs having brain explosions over the US-China deal.<br /><br />Asten and Co. Prostitutes, DP. I can't think of a better word to describe them. Whores, sex workers, call girls, white slaves, rent boys, gigolos filles de joie, Cyprians, doxies, drabs, queans, trulls, wenches all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-11429811624353615652014-11-13T11:46:12.535+11:002014-11-13T11:46:12.535+11:00The General in charge of NATO is called Breedlove!...The General in charge of NATO is called Breedlove!<br /><br />Is this an example of anti-nominative determinism?<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_M._Breedlove<br /><br />http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/genius-examples-of-nominative-determinism<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-22710112741601053572014-11-13T11:06:44.587+11:002014-11-13T11:06:44.587+11:00Dave Pope's nice portrayal of Abbott: all peck...Dave Pope's nice portrayal of Abbott: all pecker, no wood?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467071669624321286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-40281660882846947012014-11-13T10:28:43.589+11:002014-11-13T10:28:43.589+11:00Yeah, but, no, but ... "Petty, puerile and .....Yeah, but, no, but ... "Petty, puerile and ...silly". What, DP?<br />I am compelled to replay <a href="http://loonpond.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/in-which-pond-is-shrouded-in-fog-real.html#.VGPrgNSUexU" rel="nofollow">what Abbott *really* thinks about Russia</a>, and, at the same time, what Brandis thinks of Abbott.<br /><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-12/dal-santo-is-putin-right-wing/5884772" rel="nofollow">Is Putin right wing? Not by Russian standards</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06795481630505561817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-90534646292838946952014-11-13T10:24:34.730+11:002014-11-13T10:24:34.730+11:00Oh My God! A schism!
Pope Francis has dared to s...Oh My God! A schism!<br /><br />Pope Francis has dared to shirtfront St Tones!<br /><br />"“Throughout the world, the G20 countries included, there are far too many women and men suffering from severe malnutrition, a rise in the number of the unemployed, an extremely high percentage of young people without work and an increase in social exclusion which can lead to criminal activity and even the recruitment of terrorists,” the pope said in the letter released by the Vatican on Tuesday.<br /><br />“In addition, there are constant assaults on the natural environment, the result of unbridled consumerism, and this will have serious consequences for the world economy.<br /><br />“It is my hope that a substantial and productive consensus can be achieved regarding the agenda items. I likewise hope that the assessment of the results of this consensus will not be restricted to global indices but will take into account as well real improvements in the living conditions of poorer families and the reduction of all forms of unacceptable inequality...<br /><br />“It (United Nations agreements) should also lead to eliminating the root causes of terrorism, which has reached proportions hitherto unimaginable; these include poverty, underdevelopment and exclusion,..<br /><br />I take this opportunity to ask the G20 member states to be examples of generosity and solidarity in meeting the many needs of the victims of these conflicts, and especially of refugees,”<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/12/pope-francis-letter-tony-abbott-g20-examples-of-generosity-to-refugees<br /><br />Will St Tones declare anathema? Or even do a Henry the eight and excommunicate this meddling priest?<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anathema<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-82670213277388013212014-11-13T09:47:57.368+11:002014-11-13T09:47:57.368+11:00Oh Dot, that Mr Hockey on RN this morning was posi...Oh Dot, that Mr Hockey on RN this morning was positively so positive and upbeat about his prescriptions for 'growth'. Strange how unconvinced I was although he sounded so upbeat and so sure of his analysis despite all the proof we have that he is a fckwit about economics. <br /><br />Is he taking anti-depressants do you think to be able to maintain all that inappropriate self-esteem and self-confidence and ignore the cognitive dissonance that must be gurgling on somewhere in his brain?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-21620860447690415142014-11-13T09:15:18.285+11:002014-11-13T09:15:18.285+11:00And don't mention the fuss about US and UK nav...And don't mention the fuss about US and UK naval exercises in controversial locations.<br /><br />USN bombing exercises on a peaceful Caribbean island<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1387619.stm<br /><br />And RN exercises off Gibraltar designed to piss off Spain - <br /><br />http://web202.ssvc.com/news/articles/navy/2251<br /><br />Plus of course the RAN breaching Indonesian territorial waters on several occasions to return some poor buggers we'd bombed the hell out of in their home countries.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-2865953032384509842014-11-13T09:04:42.141+11:002014-11-13T09:04:42.141+11:00Dammit, Anon, that's not fair. We need to be a...Dammit, Anon, that's not fair. We need to be afraid, very afraid ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-13623640852604542282014-11-13T09:00:08.112+11:002014-11-13T09:00:08.112+11:00Bloody lefties like SBS and The Independent bursti...Bloody lefties like SBS and The Independent bursting Australia's red scare bubble.<br /><br />"Russian ships have been sent to international events before, including the 2009 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) summit in Singapore and the former President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to San Francisco in 2010...The movement of these vessels is entirely consistent with provisions under international law for military vessels to exercise freedom of navigation in international waters"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com