It's a great time to be a Murdochian, and what a surge there was in fear, loathing and contempt.
Naturally the venerable Meade was to hand with Phone hacking scandal just a ‘mishap’ in The Australian’s tribute to their boss Rupert Murdoch’s ‘creative mind, featuring unkind thoughts about "Ned", but as the pond has already featured nattering "Ned's" hagiographical obituary, it's time to move on to celebrate a few of the many conspiracy theories doing the rounds ...
One was that it was a cunning ploy to distract from Michael Wolff's opus ...
In the interests of maintaining sales, Wolff himself promoted the notion in Variety ... Rupert Murdoch Chronicler Michael Wolff on ‘Lame Duck’ Lachlan, Trump and the Future of Fox News
Variety: I found it interesting timing on Murdoch’s announcement, given that your book comes out next week.
Wolff: One of the things that I understand from people inside — I may have been the direct cause of this. Inside, they’ve been seeing the book as a bus aimed directly at him, and in order to avoid a direct hit, they acted first. I think that that is partly true. The book is pretty rough on the nature of what it’s like when a 92-year-old runs two public companies. But I’m going to offer another informed theory: All of that is true but at the same time they have been looking for ways to get around Rupert having to testify in the Smartmatic case. I don’t think it’ll work, he’ll be forced to testify anyway. But it’s a lot catching up with him at this point in time. The long Dominion, Smartmatic [cases are the] lingering effects of him being 92 and unable to settle this stuff in a businesslike fashion.
There was much other talk, including revival of fond memories, such as the 2014 yarn in the Graudian, James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch foot $40m One.Tel bill, together with many parades of all the dirty laundry, but that's too big an Augean stable to deal with today ...
There was also the vague hope that the lizard Oz might be dumped into the marketplace, sold off for a pittance, what with the way it's been degutted in recent years ...
Meanwhile, it was business as usual at the lizard Oz, with Dame Slap in the top extremely far right slot defending Rusty Brand, as Dame Slap has been wont to do with all the most offensive types in recent years ...
Go on Rusty show her your willy, she'll be ever so pleased ... why she might even be thrilled ... but please excuse the pond if it passes on the pleasure of willy sightings ...
The pond also noted that nattering "Ned" was still hanging around like the stench you get from an outdoor dunny up Tamworth way, and realised that it had missed a tribute from the lesser member of the Kelly gang and somebody called John Stensholt ... take a bow, first time ponder ...
His business is the filthy rich. Well there's an irony to be celebrated ...
Naturally being the compleat Murdochian, the pond had to do a catchup, meaning when the pond turns to usual reptile business, it's going to be a long outing ...
The pond did appreciate the fun had with "chairman emeritus" and Chairman Rupert's past contempt for such dissembling, but thus far really all that's really funny is that snap of him clutching a tree killer edition of the Oz when the randy old goat wouldn't even give his resignation to the rag in time to hit the rag's front page ...
The next gobbet offered a little more ...
“Elites have open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class. Most of the media is in cahoots with those elites, peddling political narratives rather than pursuing the truth.”
What a prat that Pratt must be, apparently unaware that he should have been saying that chairman Rupert is the "greatest American businessman in the world", which might have put uncle Elon's nose out of joint.
That done, a little heresy crept in to the final gobbet, with poor old Malware still ranting and railing ...
Dear sweet long absent lord, how shocking, and yet Chairman Rupert had abandoned her to the fiendish leftists, his Cheshire cat smirk leaving behind only a Martin Rowson cartoon ...
120k? Now if it had been 120 million ...
The pond is sorry to tell the Bjorn-again one that the 'leets have left the building ...
Of course the Bjorn-again one has only hit on this riff as a way of almost obscene self-promotion and a way of avoiding, downplaying, and black balling climate science ...
You see how the little puffer fish always manages to stick in some puffing? And that line about "12 powerful policies" is down there with snake oil salesmen talking about 12 powerful ways to make you thin ...
Still no climate science denialism, and still no mention that the cruel joke is coming from inside the building where the dog botherer makes his crust ...
We must be able to call out the harsh, resentful and divisive elements? Followed by a withering denunciation of all that's worst in News Corp?
And then there was just one howl of doggie boy pain to go ...
That's it? No mention of the festering negativity and undiluted racism that is promoted on a daily basis by assorted minions beavering away at News Corp's assorted sewer outlets? The dog botherer's chums and colleagues down in the gutter with the worst of them?
You've got to love the detail of the man thing emerging from the primordial swamp ...
Here the pond must side with the Murdochians. There was insidious talk that a baleful, contemptible, hypocritical billionaire was actually a member of the 'leet, but look at one of his pitiful junked toys ...
Why it's only a two master, and the pond has a most excellent three master stationed right next to the Roller in the back yard, and who could say the pond is a member of the 'leet ...
Then it was on with the encomiums and tributes from empty vassals tinkling like brass cymbals ...
Then the reptiles featured a giant snap of the roguish randy old goat, smirking like the Cheshire cat at being the centre of attention yet again ...
All that did was remind the pond what a pitiful figure that Malware became, doing SFA about the climate, and fellow travelling with the denialist onion muncher, and doing down the NBN, and ...
And with that catch up done, back to business as usual ...
Naturally the cry for help from the Angelic one caught the pond's eye. There were leftists in the ACT ... and terrified, the pond caught up with the latest horrors ...
Why had the Chairman abandoned her in her hour of need? Who knows, and a few cynics might say who cares, "woke, woke, woke, woke" ... you know, diabolical "progressiveness" ...
But what a cry for help, and yet all we have is the child king ...
That reminded the pond of that telling image at the start of Ivan the Terrible part 2, and the stretching foot ...
Eek, nowhere to turn and leftists to the left of her and who knows what man child to the far right of her ...
16 year olds to vote!? As if a 16 year old would make a wiser decision than an hysterical fundamentalist Catholic shouting at clouds ...
And so to the deviant climate science denialist featured this day ...
Of course the Bjorn-again one has only hit on this riff as a way of almost obscene self-promotion and a way of avoiding, downplaying, and black balling climate science ...
Meanwhile, others are trying on the new season's fashions ...
The pond struggles to find anyone in the climate science denialist field more contemptible than Lloydie of the Amazon, but actually the Bjorn-again one wins hands down ...
Meanwhile, the planet goes to hell in the proverbial handbasket, while the Bjorn-again one struts the stage as a caring, if somewhat narcissist and fluff-gathering narcissist, humanitarian, blathering about supercharged deliveries and "peer-reviewed research." Nauseating ...
And so to the dog botherer as a final bonus, and here the pond must break its rule about the Voice.
The pond does so reluctantly, but the pond has always been loyal to doggie boy, and there's always the question of whether he can stay on message throughout or whether his climate science denialism might surface in an unexpected place ...
Nope, no climate science denialism here, just talk of acceptance of teh gays. Remind the pond of the reptiles war on trans folk? Nah, don't bother ...
How hard it must be for the dog botherer, to realise that he's working at the heart of bigotry and prejudice, home of "NO", in the fetid swamp of Sky News after dark, and the reptile-infested bog of the lizard Oz, rubbing shoulders with the likes of the Bolter and the rest of the rabble, celebrating the former Queensland plod's back-turning lust for power ...
Will he pause to berate his employer and his reptile colleagues? It seems a long shot ...
Sorry, there's only so much a dog botherer can do, and he's not about to give up his perch on a matter of principle. Be fair, at least he holding back his climate science denialism ...
At this point an easy target floated to the surface from the bowels of the Sydney Institute, and the reptiles offered up a huge snap, appropriately downsized ...
No way, but at least he didn't revert to climate science denialism ...
And so to the immortal Rowe of the day for a closer, inevitably featuring the Chairman (emeritus to you, but has he really gone? Do we need to deploy a stake? Will garlic work? Haven't they banned silver bullets?) ...
You've got to love the detail of the man thing emerging from the primordial swamp ...
As a fellow resident of the ACT, I haven’t noticed quite the same level of local terror and anarchy as theSainted Angie. Mind you, that may be because I’m not a socially and politically reactionary religious fundamentalist. Yes, issues such as drug legalisation and the possible reduction in the voting age are controversial, and are the subject of a fair amount of debate; but that, dear Angie, is the nature of democracy. Not that she appears to care all that much about democracy, as it may result in the election of - *gasp* - Leftists! This would naturally be a terrible thing, even though Angie herself admits that the local population skews somewhat to the Left in its social and political views. How dare we, and how dare we and our elected representatives object to having roughly one sixth the political influence of the average Taswegian. It’s an outrage!
ReplyDeleteSomebody may also wish to break it to Angie that the ACT Government isn’t “seeking” to take over administration of Calvary Hospital - it’s already happened, a couple of months back; it’s not even called “Calvary” anymore and amazingly, there wasn’t rioting in the streets about the takeover. But that’s Angie - she never lets reality get in the way of a good bout of hysteria.
The breakfast shock jock on 2cc has a bit to say about it and refers to Mr Barr as the mayor of canberra council.Tore him to shreds in an interview a while a go,hes Hadley Lite.
DeleteI must admit, it’s a long time since I listened to radio - let alone AM talk. I wonder how it rates?
DeleteLesser Kelly and Stensholt stenographing Rupert: "...accused much of the media of serving political elites rather than uncovering the truth." And since Rupert owns "much of the media" what does that tell us ?
ReplyDeleteLesser Kelly and Stensholt reporting Honest Johnny Howard: "He [Roopie] changed the face of media..." Yeah, he appointed that scum Ailes to Fox News who turned it into anti-elite America's most evil influence via "angertainment". "...and was always intensely interested in the battle of ideas..." just to make sure that his "ideas" were the ones that always triumphed.
ReplyDeleteI came across this by odd coincidence, but - there is a place called ‘Leetsville’, in Michigan, USA. Strangely, its better days are past. It no longer rates a separate mention in the ‘Wiki’, unlike, say, Wycheproof in Australia, with the world’s lowest registered mountain.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo, as the youngs say - Leetsville now is part of Rapid River Township, there in Michigan, which has a population a little larger than Wycheproof. The ‘Wiki’ does tell us that the racial makeup of Rapid River Township (warning us it is not to be confused with ‘Rapid River Michigan’, which is in another county) - anyway, fittingly, Rapid River Township’s population is given as 97.41% White. An interesting calculation for a population of 1005 people, so I guess the extra 0.01% of the calculation is to emphasize that these folk are full-on, Persil, white, with that extra brightness.
Yeah, there used to be a bit of an industry printing collections of trivia like that - 1001 things you never really cared that you didn't know. Mostly all gone now, I suppose, in this worldwide digital age, though I see that something calling itself The Fact Site has published a collection of "1000 Random & Interesting Facts About Literally Everything"
Deletehttps://www.thefactsite.com/1000-interesting-facts/
And Amazon has some works too:
1,001 Amazing Random Fun Facts for Adults and Kids
https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Random-Facts-Adults-Kids-ebook/dp/B0C6NQKTX4
And of course, there's always Reader's Digest publishing all kinds of trivia. :-)
Breaking news: Tony Abbott has been nominated to join the board of Fox Corporation; his nomination is welcomed by Lachlan. [This is not a joke.]
ReplyDeleteIndeed it is not a joke for America, already a failing society. On the upside, maybe Tony will decamp to the US - we've had more than enough of the sponger here. If there is an evangelical movement stateside looking for a spruiker, they could take Scomo too, though I doubt that even the US of A is big enough for both Tony and Scomo. But I am a citizen - get them out of here. AG.
Amazing - somebody has finally given the Onion Muncher a job!
DeleteThat's not a job, Anony, that's a gold-plated wingnut welfare sinecure.
DeleteGood point, GB - it's hard to imagine Abbott having to do any real work in the position. I suppose that also means his good mate the Bromancer is safe for a few more years.
DeleteWhy won't we achieve the SDG goals? George Monbiot explains, it's because "the vastly wealthy hold the power" and they don't want these changes https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/15/tragedy-modern-britain-piers-morgan-playbook
ReplyDeleteShannahanna: "ACT Labor has been in power for 22 years and currently as a green-left coalition..." Hmm, so Shanna actually inluded "green-" which other reptiles have been avoiding, but even she wouldn't say "woke". So what's happening ? Is it just "left" now and no more mention of "green woke"?
ReplyDeleteAh, Shanna rides again: "What rights ? Why should a territory have the right to pass such laws ?" Umm, just maybe because it's a people's democracy which gives it such rights ? Because the democratic people can replace a government whose Acts and actions it disapproves of ? But hey: "...a recent online poll in the Riotact, the local news and whinge fest, had 60 per cent of respondents against." Yes but who were these "respondents" ? And anyway, it just goes to show the significant difference between an "opinion" and a vote.
Bjornagain: "Our peer-reviewed research [any reference ?] reveals that for a total of $US35bn annually [$Aus54.25bn] we could boost maternal health to save the lives of 166,000 mothers and 1,2 million newborns each year...". Oh yeah, right, the Antivaxers would be right onto that one, like a cloud of angry wasps. And what will we feed them all on as global heating cuts into food and drink ?
ReplyDeleteAnd "We mustn't tolerate world leaders making more empty promises..." No, definitely not, we must make Mutton Dutton world leader so that he can say "NO" to everything. If you never promise anything, then you can never break a promise, right ?
IPA-CIS Jackie, daughter of Bess, platformee of the DoggieBov, arguably, is as grassrooted as astroturf; and, presumably, that's what lent, and lends, her the vital edge, if howsoever temporarily, over an unelectable Wazza.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/31/liberals-front-institute-of-public-affairs-ad-attacking-indigenous-voice-to-parliament
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiB84u3J8lk