In which the pond gets it on with neocoal lovers ...

 

Oh dear, what a contrast … but it seems that the lizards of Oz have decided to cut Malware dead, give him the silent treatment … deliver a snub and a shunning, offer the cold shoulder, turn their backs on him, look right through him, pretend not to see or hear …give him the brush-off, or the go-by, freeze him out, give him the bum's rush …

And look at how the Nine rag featured those naughty children in defiant pose.

Shocking stuff, but speaking of idiocy, the pond can't give a fig or a whit or a jot for Gladys, because the pond's beat is the idiocy routinely featured in the lizard Oz … or should one say that supporter of tobacco products and climate science denialism, the IPA …

Yes, the coal warriors at the IPA were top of the reptile opinion page this day, as if intending to provoke students to go out onto the streets in protest …

D'Abrera and the IPA of course see themselves as agents of climate science denialism, their idea of civics being to take care of coal owners and lovers while the planet takes care of itself.

But there's always a word or two that will pop out that heralds the crazy, which in turn assures them of the pond's devoted attention ...

And there, stray passing urchin, is the danger of staying in the bubble, because the next think you know you can find climate science denialist D'Abrera quoting climate science denialist Bjorn Lomborg, and so a virtuous circle of navel-gazing and statistical fluff-gathering is complete …

More to the point, stray passing street urchin, did you notice the words that entranced the pond: "in this simplistic, neopaganistic narrative …"

You see, in the neosimplistic neonarrative world of the D'Abrera, it's important to attach "neo" to almost anything that moves. Neopagan is just one small modest step for humanity and English.

"Neo" can do all sorts of hard work. You know, neoMarxism, neomodernism, neopostmodernism, neoironic, neoluddite, neodinosaur, neo almost anything that will set off the spell checker …

It's part of the rhetorical neoidiocy … and it also provides a variation from the long march and virtue signalling and political correctness …

And so to the official IPA neopropaganda part of the press release ...

It's hardly a secret that those who go into working for the IPA have signed on to be agents of destruction and chaos, or at least blind supporters for coal and tobacco (though strangely the love of tobacco seems to have dropped off in recent years), all in the name of donors, though some drag in bullshit nonsense about the neofoundations of Western Civilisation … neoinvisiblefriend believers that they are ...

And there you have it stray street urchin. As good a reason to take to the streets in neopaganistic neoprotest this day as any that might be found …

And now for specialists, the pond is pleased to report that our man Flint is back at the Speccie mob, but the pond regrets that it has had to curate Flinty …

You see, our man Flint raises questions about Pell, the verdict, the evidence, and the jury, and never mind that an appeal is pending.

And in his usual understated way, neoFlinty talks of Beria and Stalin in relation to the jury verdict … the pond commends him for his modest refusal to mention Heinrich Himmler, the SS, Adolf and the Nazis, or Mielke, the Stasi and Erick Honecker, but must respectfully note that this is a breach of a sub-section of Godwin's Law:  

Occasionally Josef Stalin or other communist leaders/regimes are referenced, often by people who are aware of Godwin's Law but want to convey a similar message; in this case, this might slip into the Commie Nazis trope. Use of communist regimes, rather than Nazi Germany in these types of arguments is commonly referred to as red-baiting … (here)

Or perhaps just good old-fashioned solid neoidiocy of the our man Flint kind …

Nonetheless, with an appeal pending, the pond felt the need to cleanse Flinty of his remarks on a matter still before the court … but not to worry, that left plenty of wondrous stuff.

And spoiler alert, the pond can't resist preempting the neoidiotic passage that most charmed the pond …

We didn't know about pedophiles but we instinctively knew all about pedophiles? The pond is sure it means something - but, apart from revealing that our man Flinty is a neofuckwit,  the pond isn't quite sure what …

And so to as much of the Flinty piece as can be discreetly allowed. Apart from the Beria Stalin Pell outburst, the piece recycles all the usual Flinty talking points, and therefore requires no rebuttal, just speechless awe …

Yes, it's a bout of full throated, neoparanoid Flinty celebrating the global warming myth in a way that threatens Moorice's status as the world's greatest climate scientist … and might just provide the impetus for some stray lingering urchin to head out into the streets today in protest …

Once our man Flint gets wound up there's no stopping him ...

By golly, that reference to single mothers is worthy of Tucker Carlson himself.

Our man Flint really is in the big league … what fun that's been, with talk of a 24 year old as a powerful bully, and with, well, just neofilth talk …

“Well she was 17,” the radio show’s host said. “Couldn’t that be a problem legally if Mario f---ed it?”

“No. No, are you kidding? He’s like James Brown,” Carlson responded, referring to the musician who was arrested on domestic violence charges. “The normal laws for that kind of thing don’t apply to him. He gets a pass.” (WaPo again, here)

Ah, but that's just one of many reasons to boycott all News Corporation products …and advise sponsors that so long as they advertise on News Corp, passing street urchins and women might take a view …

Finally because the pond can't ever get enough of neoscientific neoclimate neodenialism, and neocoal lovers, the pond wants to honour the persistent, consistent work of good old Ron …

Now there's nothing new to be learned from good old Ron …

Boswell is pleasant and gay, 
For frolic by nature designed; 
He heedlessly rattles away 
When company is to his mind. (more Boswell quotes here) 

… but the pond appreciates the diligence, even if as a result of a neodull mind, there is much mindless repetition of a deep and abiding love for neocoal …

Okay, time for the pond to 'fess up. It really only wanted to run a cartoon from that subversive who lurks within the bowels of the reptiles …

Good old Ron is a kind of aged wannabe Barners …but how clever to turn to Malware, currently berating idiocy, and use his idiot words against him ...

Dear sweet long absent lord, will Ron or the reptiles ever tire of declaring their fervid love for sweet pure dinkum true blue coal? It's led to some splendid results this week ...

Not to worry, good old Ron is finally winding down, but not before a final finny flapping for coal ...

And there you go stray street urchin. If you lasted through all that, have you ever asked your parents why they subscribe to Foxtel?

So you an watch shitty cartoons and crappy reality TV channels? Ever thought of telling them to cancel their subscription, saying you need to do more homework after heading out on the street to protest about the reptile love of coal? Mention some alternative … the pond doesn't mind which one … Stan, Netflix, whatever … just anything that will send the reptiles into a frenzy of fear and paranoia ...

Just a thought, because Rowe this day celebrates another Murdochian triumph in full-blown action …

More Rowe here, and didn't that Fuseli know how to get the Tucker Carlsons of his day terribly excited?

Good old Tucker - Tucker Carlson's lie of the week:

...The backlash was substantial enough, in fact, as to prompt a Sunday night statement from Carlson himself, distributed by Fox News’s PR team: “Media Matters caught me saying something naughty on a radio show more than a decade ago. Rather than express the usual ritual contrition, how about this: I’m on television every weeknight live for an hour. If you want to know what I think, you can watch. Anyone who disagrees with my views is welcome to come on and explain why.” 
Bolding added to highlight quite an offer. 
The Erik Wemple Blog asked Fox News whether the network had received any takers for Carlson’s generosity. We didn’t get a response. 
However, we know about the case of David Schleich, a 49-year-old resident of Lincoln, Neb. Intent upon capitalizing on the offer, Schleich asked a producer on Carlson’s show if he could be scheduled on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” to explain why he disagrees with the host’s views. Schleich is computer systems manager for Commercial Investment Properties, a Lincoln firm that has been in his family for more than 40 years. The family’s business philosophy, he says, is the opposite of the approach that Donald Trump took to his own company. “We are a family that believes in giving back to the community,” says Schleich. 
 As for his motive in seeking a slot on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Schleich tells the Erik Wemple Blog: “Tucker’s unwillingness to take responsibility for what he said — even if they were 10 years ago — is infuriating to me,” he says, noting that he has three daughters. The comments from Carlson about women, says Schleich, “are not acceptable in this day and age.” 
Alas, Schleich never got a response from Fox News about his request for a moment with Carlson. No great surprise there: Over the past three nights, Carlson has avoided reckoning with his sexist, misogynistic, racist comments. Instead, he has attacked the organ that surfaced them. “I’m for apology, but not to them,” he said Tuesday night.

Ah, America America …

Garabet: [Talking about money] Now then, big money. Big money is fertile. It procreates. How I don't know. But it reproduces itself. Every time you look, there's more, but there's only two ways men like us can get big money... steal it, or, if you're young, marry. But you can't get it by work.

Or perhaps become a commentator on Fox, also a way of avoiding work ...