Day 53 of MUC and day 6 of MOC, and the best vinegar is made from sour grapes ...

The pond had wondered what the figures might be, and how they might help explain the sour grapes ...

Yes, the ironies are rich and redolent, and at last the pond can put the matter to rest, thanks to Amanda Meade at the Graudian, with more ironies on view here ...

Naturally this pricked the bigot where it hurt most, in the fragile area of the ego where sour grapes ferment ...

Damn, you'd almost forget the collegial crap artist had been kicked off Ten for ruining their Sundays ... having been pissed on from a great height by The Insiders with a regularity that became too monotonous even for the fools that ran Ten into the ground ...

Meanwhile, the reptiles of Oz decided to prod their fellow reptile with a stick ... or at least a Shireen Morris ...

Naturally it led to the usual shrieks and howls from the HUN's professional bigot ...

There's a lot more, but it's dissembling, duplicitous, fake and phoney. It's just another chance for the Bolter to have a go at the pesky blacks by claiming he's just the same as them ...

It's humbug and a provocation, and then having provoked, it allows the provoker to reel back hurt and talk of false imputations.

What a cheapshot jackass rogue he is, but it's to be expected, because when you prod a bigot with a stick, you can expect a long and tedious explanation, too tedious for the pond to regurgitate here, not having munched on enough grass ...

Besides, the pond should also report on the doings of the Daily Terrorists, themselves in fine bigoted form ...

Now the pond can overlook those panties stuffed in the mouth of the male model - who'd have thought they were into that sort of kink at the Terror - we keed, we keed, if you prefer smelly socks, just go for it - but a curious thing happened with the splash for Mark Latham ... 

You see, it started out with that photo of the taxi arm-cruncher in a frock, too offensive to reproduce here yet again, but that disappeared, and then the copy changed too ...

Could the Terrorists have suddenly become aware that they're cultivating a conservative transgender member of the onion-munching fraternity, and that running TG jokes on the front digital page might be wearing a bit thin?

Who knows - the chance of the Terrorists displaying any sort of sensitivity is surely less than zero. Somewhere in Sydney a TG person getting bashed up can thank the Terrorists for helping maintain the bigotry and the bile.

The sniggering arm-breaker showed how it's done and was in smashing Terrorist form ...

Well it's not as good as Donald Trump's butler, but the bigotry's pretty fine ... and how Catherine "Cate" McGregor to settle down to swill from the same transphobic trough will have to remain one of the deeper mysteries ...

Of course the homophobic, TG sniggering, racist misogynist from the suburbs overlooks one relevant fact - the actual Terrorist rag is put together in a bunker in Surry Hills in the heart of Sydney ...

It's got even less connection to the outer west than the pond. At least, along with David Marr, we were once in Albo's turf, before being turfed out to vote with Lord Howe Island ...

Meanwhile, the Terrorists have been lathering up their usual deceptive nonsense ...

Passing weird, and given their interest, passing corrupt, but also strangely out of kilter with their federal reptiles, as exemplified by David Crowe this very same day ...

So much for the Terrorists fear and smear campaign ... but it seems they're going to stand by their harbour-side mansion man through thick and thin.

But wouldn't it be good if at least the reptiles in the bunker together talked a little bit more and coordinated their fears and smears?

You know, one rag telling us it's the end of the world, and the other firmly saying it's not ...

Finally, the pond just wants to pause to admire the bouffant one's remarkable imitation of the Black Knight ... snatching victory from the jaws of disaster ... and here's how it's done ...

So a Liberal state government completely fucks up the state budget and that becomes a fine opportunity to snatch policy nuggets from the fire ...

Hand that man a chestnut ...

So thanks to the Liberal party WA is a sad case, a basket case of delusion, mismanagement and folly. And the Liberals can use that to their advantage ...

And better still, we're going to make this transition to the world of innovation and agility by using a third rate broadband connectivity recycling copper and HFC ...

It was around this time that the pond was reminded of a meme currently doing the rounds ...

Amen to that, and here's to the bunkered elite doing their best in Surry Hills to pretend they give a flying fuck about the western suburbs of Sydney as opposed to their desire to stay in favour with those who exploit the Sydney real estate boom ...