This day brings an epic challenge, akin to reaching the south pole or climbing Everest, and there will be many who want to step out of the tent or tumble into a crevasse, and who could blame them?
Yes, it's white-anting, sniping and undermining day, and that requires an epic read ...
See how the reptiles have cunningly arrayed the feast ...
See how the reptiles have cunningly arrayed the feast ...
Lo, there's the white-anter himself at work, and just below, a story about how there's more pain ahead, and the dog botherer sniping away, and 'Ned' Kelly noting the loose cannon ...
And loose he is, given pride of place in the reptile digital HQ ...
Now for the faint-hearted, there's a simple guide provided by 'Ned' Kelly himself ...
It's the modern way. First you run the story, then you run the story about the story, then you run a piece analysing the story about the story - and even the story itself - and soon enough you have a virtuous circle of looping loonery that can go on for agitated days ...
But the pond is made of sterner stuff. We will step outside the tent, and embark on a Long March that would make Mao flinch, though the result will surely be long nights of frozen teeth chattering before the righteous onion eater comes back in from the cold ...
Oh dear, so many 'I's', so many "as prime monster", so much talk of the "Abbott government". Perhaps the pond should organise some refreshments and distractions, though it will make an epic journey even more epic.
Perhaps a couple of Rowe cartoons and more Rowe here ...
Ah that's better, thank you Arfur, there's nothing like a brown paper bag to keep the sandwiches fresh while on a long drive ...
Perhaps also a bit of Burroughs' style cut and pasting? What about the oscillating fan, he's always willing to help ... no kidding ...
But at some point there's always a reckoning and we have to get back to the real Tony Rudd and watch him keep on with his Kevin Abbott ways ... and please no attempt to count the 'I's'. By definition, an 'i' always begins the infinite ...
By golly that was a long self-justifying gobbet of grandiose self-justification. And to what avail? Come on down oscillating fan, give us a counter-gobbet ...
Oh okay, the pond senses a certain wilting. You in the back row, pick yourself up. Or would a First Dog cartoon help a little? (And more First Dog here).
Okay, here's the grim news.
It continues on ... and on ... and on ... the self-justifying and the self-regard, on parade like a peacock strutting in its finest budgie smuggler feathers ...
Perhaps some might prefer to read this comedy item by one of the Shanahan team of circus clowns ...
No?
What's that you say?
The bouffant one's barking mad if he thinks Turnbull can prevent the divisions and distractions, routinely highlighted on a daily basis by the lizard Oz rag that he works for ...
Prevention? There's no condom on earth that could stop Tony Rudd spilling his grandiose seed ...
Okay, on we plunge, into the abyss, the void of self-celebration.
Well if no one else will do it, best do it for oneself, it's the only way to self-respect and a flurry of 'I's' ...
What's that you say?
The bouffant one's barking mad if he thinks Turnbull can prevent the divisions and distractions, routinely highlighted on a daily basis by the lizard Oz rag that he works for ...
Prevention? There's no condom on earth that could stop Tony Rudd spilling his grandiose seed ...
Okay, on we plunge, into the abyss, the void of self-celebration.
Well if no one else will do it, best do it for oneself, it's the only way to self-respect and a flurry of 'I's' ...
Now it was around this point that the oscillating fan gave up.
He offered one last short gobbet of denunciation, and then expired ...
He offered one last short gobbet of denunciation, and then expired ...
No, it's not Abbott's legacy at all.
Abbott's legacy goes on for lots more self-pitying, self-regarding yonks ...
Oh sure, there's the bitterness, the hate, the the anger, the undermining, the sniping and the lying, oh above all, or below all, the lying, the relentless lying, but there's also the burnishing of the record, the enormous egotism and self-regard on endless parade ...
Abbott's legacy goes on for lots more self-pitying, self-regarding yonks ...
Oh sure, there's the bitterness, the hate, the the anger, the undermining, the sniping and the lying, oh above all, or below all, the lying, the relentless lying, but there's also the burnishing of the record, the enormous egotism and self-regard on endless parade ...
The oscillating fan is simply no match for it ...
Look, the pond has just got to get the rest of the epic parade of self-regard out of the way, in the manner of a cat that's swallowed a huge furball and has to vomit it up ...
Phew, the redeeming power of a dose of castor oil. The furball's gone and is now floating in the lizard Oz sink ...
Now there are many who long ago left the tent.
Others are right this minute scurrying for an anti-nausea pill.
The pond apologises, but there are things that must be done at Easter, and meditating on all this is one of them ...
But wait there's more. Those who took this in their stride - heroes of the Long March, survivors of Antarctica and Everest - can rush off to buy April's Quadrant which offers the hope of an even lengthier exegesis and an infinite number of 'I's' ...
Now there are many who long ago left the tent.
Others are right this minute scurrying for an anti-nausea pill.
The pond apologises, but there are things that must be done at Easter, and meditating on all this is one of them ...
But wait there's more. Those who took this in their stride - heroes of the Long March, survivors of Antarctica and Everest - can rush off to buy April's Quadrant which offers the hope of an even lengthier exegesis and an infinite number of 'I's' ...
The upside? Well we now know why First Dog's machine was so handy ...
Ah that working NBN bit explains everything ... The machine is fallible ...
It really should have offered this as a slogan to its previously satisfied onion munching customer ...
I'm off my meds ... I, Prime Minister Kevin Abbott, I leader of the Abbott government, I the white-anting, sniping, undermining Tony Rudd supreme ... I I I I me me me we we we us us us ... your fearless leader, true and correct and righteous in every way ...watch me eat the cold onion pie of sour revenge on a daily basis ...
This is a government that reeks of corruption, is at war with itself, is populated with incompetents and after almost three years still has no coherent policy platform. In short the LNP is demonstrably not fit for purpose. What is beyond shame is, with the possible exception of La Tingle, our media elites universally described Malware's DD strategy as a political tour de force that ensures his tenancy in the Lodge will eclipse that of Menzies. Their stupidity, their cowardice, their total disrespect for their profession explains their impending extinction which will be mourned as we mourn the death of VHS and tape recorders. Funny enough the modern political journalist bares a striking resemblance to these two out dated technologies.
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Delete"MALCOLM TURNBULL: What Australians are interested in are the prospects of the future government. What they want to know is who is best able to manage...; who is best able to lead our transition..."
"LEIGH SALES: So when voters come to vote on election day, are they voting for three years of Coalition government, because it's not - you're not a new government?
MALCOLM TURNBULL: They'll be voting - well, voters always look forward. They'll be voting for the next three years and they will be voting - they will be deciding who do they think is best able successfully to manage the transition....And the choice is between me and..."
"MALCOLM TURNBULL: ...And it’s very consistent with my philosophy which is where we are investing, and you know governments use the term “invest advisably”, when we are investing...we should be seeking to get a...return. Now it can be a very modest one, it might just be a few per cent that enables us..."
There are reports on Twitter that Cory Bernardi has trademarked the name "Australian Conservatives."
ReplyDeleteThe game is afoot.
First party meeting of the "Australian Conservatives."
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Eyes tightly shut, fingers crossed...
Deleteplease form a new party... please form a new party... please form a new party... please form a new party... please form a new party... please form a new party...
They even have nice new uniforms just in time for Easter.
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Van Onselen is doing useful work for his superiors. The reptiles have to keep reinforcing the idea that 'loss of control over borders' - whatever that means - is the mark of a country with no future.
ReplyDeleteWe know it as an old Abbottism, of course, but it is now used broadly in the refugee debate, even in Europe. And Trump has used it to whip up his monkeys.
This lie must be repeated and repeated. Until when you hear that Turnbull blamed the Brussels attack on the EU's loss of border control, like I did on the ABC the other night, then you realise it is 'the truth'.
So, a seconded/ing USS Australia doesn't have "porous borders", but it does have an important geopolitical role in strongly and reliably supporting, encouraging, and assisting in sundry (proxy-)wars-with-humanitarian-and/or-blowback-elements; and the routinized de-recognitions of the very concepts of sovereignty, borders, and sovereign borders, in a rules-based(?), global (bombing?) order; and there was no liberal democratic debate per se or Parliamentary vote about any of the specifics of that enhanced (in)security for (non-)citizens; and now that order, the bulk of its freedom-fighting capabilities, and a flashpoint have pivoted to the Asia(-Pacific?) region, despite, or in cause of, "special relationships"? Jolly good. Carry on.
ReplyDeleteOh DP. I don't know what is better. The original epic film...
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Or Scott of the Sahara...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=152tLmGkgZY
Watch 'em both, and you decide.
Does that mean that before Abbott was sworn in, Van Onselen was running the country?
ReplyDeleteTop of front page of The Australian today: EUROPE IN CRISIS.
ReplyDeleteI fly to Rome on Monday for my second visit to Europe this year. Europe is not in crisis. It's nowhere near crisis. Europe is dealing with a policing co-operation issue that is costing innocent lives, and a bunch of twisted, misogynistic f#@$!wits. But that doesn't suit the reptiles one little bit.
They're very compassionate are the reptiles - and they demand compassion of you and I every single day as they blather the same old shit endlessly. But hang on, is there a crisis anywhere? Is there a place where lives are being snuffed out in their hundreds, and in their thousands? Why yes there is, thanks very much for asking.
Let's dig in for a moment: https://theintercept.com/2016/03/25/highlighting-western-victims-while-ignoring-victims-of-western-violence/
Look forward to Kenny and Bolt wringing hands over the endless indiscriminate deaths caused by....well, we'll get back to you once we've established blame.
Tony, Peta and Brian were up to their necks in this scandal.
ReplyDeleteOf course the other meaning of Peta is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
http://origin-www.afr.com/p/national/peta_credlin_emails_revealed_at_dKqNsVBmjWAFUjVy09SP1K
Well I thought that was a well balanced piece of journalism. I am clearly a Labor supporter and always will be. There lies the issue. Many conservative right wing voters will never change their stance either regardless of scandals. But I say to the writers many issues were raised and the truth of what was stated has been taken on board. Regardless of anyone's personal opinion of paper or authors. Australia voted and the LNP gained office with a vast majority on the "Stop the Boats Slogan alone' the flavor of the month back then. It was a policy with many flaws resonant today. What I find astounding throughout all of this Governments term so far is every-time they appear to founder a significant World Event takes place to save the day or switch perceptions to 'National Security', 'Bring them Home' has stated in this article. Fascinating really the same applied to Thatcher with the Falklands all forgiven England forever. Except with Turnbull Belgium has not rallied the flag with election looming focus is still on scandals and the unsavory 2014 budget. The mistrust of both Abbott and now Turnbull is obvious in the electorate. But like I first stated LNP and Conservatives will always vote that way no matter what. Great Article Peter.
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