In which there's a jolly good bit of bromancer two siderism, and a splendid groaning, and an epic amount of billy goat buttisms, topped off by a generous serve of wind power, which might be mistaken for the sound of reptile and IPA farting ...

 

The digital edition of the lizard Oz was something to see early this morning ...

The wars on comrade Dan and Petey boy were bubbling along nicely, some damned woke Tasmanians had got the reptiles agitated, comrade Jennings was on the front foot in the war on China with a re-tread of "Orwellian" - war in Ukraine, what war in Ukraine? - and the speaker in tongues to imaginary friends was shown in deep congress with the Donald about the Ruskis, as if any of that mattered now, just as the reptiles seem startled to have discovered that the speaker in tongues was a conniving ratbag of the first water... as if that hadn't been apparent long ago ...

And then in the comments section came a parade of old pond friends ...

Strange, the lizard Oz editorialist suddenly concerned about a nuclear plant meltdown risk, when what the reptiles have wanted to do is nuke the country ... 

As for that secret 'shadow government,' the pond is still startled that the reptiles are startled, and yes, it's sad to see the reptiles forced to use the editorialist as junk space filler in lieu of splashing cash on columnists, but the bromancer and the Sheridan were on hand as compensation .. leaving the pond with plenty of fish to fry, with the bromancer out with a valiant defence of the mango Mussolini, and promising civil war, just like the good old days ...

Nota bene that huge billy goat butt at the start of the last par, because the bromancer is about to embark on a series of buttisms nonpareil in defence of the mango Mussolini, proving that really when it comes down to it, the reptiles are never far from their kissing cousins at Faux Noise...

The pond knew immediately what to do ... no point in arguing, instead seize the chance for a cartoon-led recovery ...

What good fun it was, while the poor old bromancer was deep in the Murdochian salt mines doing his best to defend the indefensible with a remarkable bout of both siderism...

Um, didn't the FBI in fact discover top secret and SCI documents? Didn't a Trump lawyer sign a document saying they didn't exist? Hasn't the mango Mussolini's excuses been a series of the usual lies and fabrications and distortions?

Wouldn't your average US minion breaker of these laws be off to the clink pronto?

Must we drag out Clinton, dust off the moths and do all that again?

Well dammit before we do, the pond will have another serve of cartoons ...

Apparently it's also where they stashed the spines of the bromancer and all his chums at News Corp too ... with the vault overflowing thanks to Faux Noise ... and now on with bringing back the Clintons, because the bromancer is getting really desperate (forget pathetic, he's always been pathetic) ... oh and don't forget Hunter ...

Every intelligent Republican has been trying - and with some success - to move the party beyond Trump? Truly some days the pond would almost give a toe nail to be able to imbibe whatever they put in the water coolers in the Surry Hills HQ, but must settle for a few more cartoons ...

The pond might have asked what alleged crimes Hunter's alleged laptop allegedly revealed; it might have asked whether Clinton both siderism was sufficient given the Donald hadn't just made off with the cutlery but with state secrets, deliberately concealed, and had attempted a coup, but why bother? Just to know that when you come down to it, the bromancer could slip right into Faux Noise and nobody could spot the difference is enough for the pond this day ...

 And so to a more modest pleasure, but still a pleasure for those devotees who love a good groaning on a Tuesday ... and again the pond is relieved of all but the most cursory duty to comment, because the Groaner is a thing unto herself, and a groaning sufficient unto itself ...

It goes without saying that any good Groaner will know from the get go that it's a pointless and costly stunt, a two-day talkfest, with only the unions and the corporates benefiting, which is why the pond paused to keep on with the cartoon celebrations...

What a day for fun, what joy it is to listen to a good groaning ... because the next gobbet naturally starts with a gigantic billy goat butt, because the reptiles can never have enough butts ...

Um, that's a rhetorical question, that asking if anything is useful to come out of the summit. The pond already knows that's a complete waste of time and a gab fest, and soon, Dame Groan is going to endure her worst nightmare ... a flood of pesky furriners coming into the country and ruining it ...

Meanwhile, the immortal Rowe was on hand to help the pond with its cartoon celebrations ...

Now back to a final groaning, up there with the shining or perhaps even a Ginsbergian howling ...

Oh indeed, governing from first multi-hat ministries principles is the best way to proceed, and don't forget the reptile devotion to the rule of law ...

But wait, there's more because the lizard Oz editorialist was out and about this day, and on the renewables case ...

It really should. have been headed "Doubling down on coal and gas", and that opening gobbet might have ended "when the planet is entirely fucked, everyone, not just politicians and long-suffering taxpayers, will be called on to live a life of coal-induced hell, thanks to Murdochian climate science denialism."

But the pond will never see that day of navel-gazing and reflection in the lizard Oz, and instead must turn to Media Watch to celebrate the way that at last there was a mention of the IPA and their war on renewables, conducted in this instance by a youngish prat of the first sold-out water...

...does any of that suggest wind farms won’t work? No. But Rozner and the IPA argue that Australia needs more fossil fuel power instead, writing on Sky last week:  

Let’s kick the decades-long habit of running our energy grid on wishful thinking and go back to energy sources that we know Australia can do, and do well. - Sky News Australia, 5 August, 2022

And tweeting:

By all means let's debate nuclear energy, but in the meantime, we have cheaper, easier solutions ready to go - Coal and gas. - Twitter, @GideonCRozner, 5 August, 2022

And never mind the climate or those extra carbon emissions.

So why is the IPA so fond of fossil fuels? Well, in the past it has taken money from oil giants ExxonMobil, Caltex and Shell.

And its biggest donor has been iron, coal and gas tycoon Gina Rinehart, who provided a third of the IPA’s budget in 2016 and 2017 with secret donations of $4.5 million.

Rinehart wants to build two new coal mines in Queensland and expand production of coal seam gas. Might that be why the IPA dislikes wind farms so much?  

We asked Rozner what proportion of the IPA’s funding now comes from the fossil fuel industry. He declined to tell us.

As for the funding, in his feeble retort, the prat offered this ...

The IPA is funded by more 8,000 Members (sic) across Australia, a great many of whom make further donations to support its research ....

What a sublime futtock of the first Gina water.

Oh and as for his climate science credentials and engineering qualifications in the matter of wind and renewables in general, this was his blurb at the IPA ...

Gideon Rozner is the Director of Policy at the Institute of Public Affairs. Gideon came to the IPA because of a lifelong interest in personal and economic freedom.

Prior to joining the IPA, Gideon spent several years practicing as a lawyer at one of Australia’s largest commercial law firms, as well as several months as interim general counsel of an ASX-200 company. He has also served as an adviser to ministers in the Abbott and Turnbull Governments, advising on areas as diverse as electoral reform and northern Australian economic development. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.

Gideon has been published in a number of outlets including The Australian, Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Age and The Spectator Australia, and has appeared on Sky News, 2GB, 3AW, ABC TV and Network Ten’s The Project.

Freedumb! Free bloody dumb!

Or in other words, just another bloody lawyer, and apparently an illiterate one at that, one who couldn't even manage to scribble "The IPA is funded by more than 8,000 members ... and the biggest fish by far is Gina, but as one of Gina's mob, I can't dare mention that ... while fulminating about anything else that takes Gina's fancy ... and the more it involves science and engineering, all the better because it matches my skill set as a lawyer ..."

And so, before the pond forgets, back to the lizard Oz editorialist for final thoughts from the IPA's kissing cousins ... putting the wind up wind in a manner born to the IPA in-house legal eagle style ...

Oh yes, there are concerns and FUDs and poignant signs of reptile suffering ...

And never anyone mind about the planet, because there's a fucking to be done, and Gideon and Gina and the lizard Oz reptiles are up for the fucking ...

And so to end with a cartoon, and having already run with the immortal Rowe, the pond must turn to a more general celebration, discovered in its search for Donald cartoons ...

The pond should have probably saved that one for the next reptile mention of the woke, but as the pond has decided to go on a woke jag, here's another one ...