A diverting array of loons delivering unexpected diversions ...

Of course nothing the domestic loons can manage could be up there with American Republicans or Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu has his own twitter tag here, where all the relevant questions are asked, such as Did Netanyahu just kill Godwin's Law ...

At a time when Israel faces a new wave of unrest, what better time to blame the Holocaust on the Palestinians?

Well, no, with the greatest respect, it doesn't deserve much consideration at all, though if you want to, you can head off to Salon here ... or The Atlantic here ... but the fine art of a dog whistler is to peddle the most loathsome distortions imaginable, and then walk them back, and all Netanyahu was doing was remaining true to his art ... an art, it has to be said, with due regard for Godwin's Law, he might well have learned from Goebbels ...

But enough of misusing and abusing the Nazis ... because, and the pond hastily adds, in a totally unrelated way, Australia is farewelling jolly Joe, and the pond would like to celebrate the cartoons ...

(And more Rowe here and Pope here).

Naturally, the pond was shattered to learn that the reptiles who had spent a couple of years celebrating the Abbott government sent jolly Joe off with a flea in his ear and a bad mark ...

Yes, it's Oz reptile editorialist day at the pond, and how cruel they are, dismissing jolly Joe with the thought that he was worse than Swanneee:

Yes, a dud and a doofus and a dodo, which makes this effort by the bouffant one even more excellent ...

... because when you want to cultivate an important relationship with the United States, what better way than to send a loser and a drop kick worthy of Washington ...

What is it in the kool aid in the bunker that regularly produces such rich comedy stylings.

And it would be remiss of the pond not to note the other spectacular effort by the Oz reptile editorialist this day ...

Yep, it's about the dog botherer ...

So what was the scoop?

Well it's a most unedifying read, full of insinuations and innuendos, which produced the requisite nastiness level in the comments below, as befits a piece of dog whistling ...

It culminated, if that's the right word for a descent into the pits, in this way (and any one who wants to find out more may google the ext):

In her interview with The Australian, Abyan repeated her claim that she was raped but declined to provide any details about when, where or by whom. 
She refused to say whether the alleged assault was committed by another refugee, a Nauruan or someone else. “How could I know?” she said, “I was raped.” 

Now there's a tremendous level of insight...

Meanwhile ...

Nauruan police are not aware of the alleged crime. Commissioner Corey Caleb said: “We don’t have any complaint coming from her.” 
Later Mr Caleb said that, given public claims Abyan had made, Nauruan police would visit her and seek to take a statement. 
Five hours after The Australian’s interview, Nauruan authorities reported that Abyan complained about being visited by the media and had sought medical attention at the local hospital. 
Abyan’s case comes after another rape allegation made by a Somali refugee on Nauru, reported by the ABC’s 7.30. 
Police have investigated that complaint and determined that it was fabricated. 
“The investigation is put aside until we have any strong evidence,” Mr Caleb said.

It seems the first principles of journalism, as practised by reptiles, is foot in the door intrusive harassment, followed by a suggestion that reports might be fabricated.

So did Kenny get anywhere  near the truth of the matter? Was the readership of Oz enlightened by his fellow-travelling with the Nauru government? A regime, it should be noted, riddled with corruption, and corrupted by its fiscal relationship with the Australian government ...

Well if you were expecting enlightenment, you wouldn't be reading the pond reporting on the cavortings of the reptiles in a most unseemly and reprehensible way ...

Meanwhile, Kenny and the reptiles wonder why he's in the twitter wars ...

An unexpected diversion?

Diversion: Something that distracts the mind or relaxes or entertains ... an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"

Oh, there's other meanings of course, but there are also other words ... and anyone who claimed to be an investigative journalist might be expected to have used them ...

An unexpected diversion ...

Well the pond has refrained from commenting on events on Nauru because it is the determination that we should all be kept in the dark and fed mushroom-enriching layers of liquid manure. And it has to be said that the dog botherer has aided the process immensely, with a splendid spray of liquid manure ...

As for other accounts of the dog botherer's outing on Nauru, you might head off to Injustice and refugee porn ...

... which will leave the pond ready to hit the chords with that great statesman and visionary delivering another unexpected diversion...