tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post8768298496639004636..comments2024-03-29T10:53:28.617+11:00Comments on loon pond: No joy, but plenty of plonk and weirdness on the ABC ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-40444638443003736792014-04-17T18:32:05.514+10:002014-04-17T18:32:05.514+10:00The bottle of red was at the end of a long list of...The bottle of red was at the end of a long list of lies uttered by O'Farrel that he had never met the donor and hardly knew him.<br /><br />ICAC slowly destroyed all his lies and the Grange 59 and thank you letter was just another coffin nail.<br /><br />I can't understand why ABC have participated so strongly in the 'he's a great, honest guy' meme.<br /><br />Clearly he is not. I reckon there's far,far more to come out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-28522534728298722162014-04-17T16:33:05.132+10:002014-04-17T16:33:05.132+10:00Why do I get the feeling that Hendo is adrift in a...Why do I get the feeling that Hendo is adrift in a world where reality keeps giving him a slap around the head? Desperate times for professional media men without real jobs....GlenHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978357851849422273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-38490044681835214712014-04-17T11:58:01.539+10:002014-04-17T11:58:01.539+10:00Matt Taibbi in Griftopia describes David Brooks (N...Matt Taibbi in Griftopia describes David Brooks (NYT) as "the archpriest of American conventional wisdom" (p232). Who would best fit the Oz version?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06795481630505561817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-21372570566085081702014-04-17T09:26:28.587+10:002014-04-17T09:26:28.587+10:00Good old ABC with their news and documentary progr...Good old ABC with their news and documentary programs like Lateline and Rake.Jim Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09993698182265743168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-61154195957121877812014-04-17T09:12:40.435+10:002014-04-17T09:12:40.435+10:00Where is Gerard's evidence to support his asse...Where is Gerard's evidence to support his assertion that it was merely a memory lapse? A laughable performance. When you are sucking on the teats of undisclosed donors, it must be hard to recognise actions that can be considered by a reasonable member of the public to be corrupt.rfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-89412916338797300272014-04-17T09:01:12.153+10:002014-04-17T09:01:12.153+10:00Hockey’s plan to raise the retirement age from 65 ...Hockey’s plan to raise the retirement age from 65 to 70 can instigate unmanageable torment in some, eg., Gerard Henderson is 68 yrs old and still working.higgs bosonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-50116134054673846132014-04-17T08:56:21.643+10:002014-04-17T08:56:21.643+10:00Polonius likes to dredge up student indiscretions ...Polonius likes to dredge up student indiscretions in the 1960s by his enemies. So you'd think he'd remember the chronicle of Watergate and Richard Nixon. It wasn't the Watergate break-in that did Nixon. It was the cover-up.<br /><br />O'Farrell's position is somewhat similar. The gift might have raised eyebrows but passed muster if it had been included in the pecuniary interests declaration. His evidence at ICAC left him no choice, and he did go with some grace. It matters little whether he was lying or genuinely had a major memory failure.<br /><br />Compared with the other Liberal leaders around the country, O'Farrell seems passably competent and has acted in the public interest in education. The Packer deal, which unfortunately would have got up with Labor too, does remain as a black mark even before we get to all the lobbyist connections.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-46101679818676126112014-04-17T08:18:25.434+10:002014-04-17T08:18:25.434+10:00Methinks Hendo was in need of a nice glass of red ...Methinks Hendo was in need of a nice glass of red to calm his nerves before that interview.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-90550683431379000342014-04-17T08:13:38.454+10:002014-04-17T08:13:38.454+10:00It seems cruelly unfair that the ABC put Mr Poloni...It seems cruelly unfair that the ABC put Mr Polonious on a desk set adjacent to a competent, knowledgeable journalist. Typical of the vicious, biased ABC.via collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342963456605644101noreply@blogger.com