In which the pond leaves behind a stinking pile of garbage and irrelevance, and "Ned" ...

 

To celebrate taking an indeterminate break, the pond had hoped to be able to post a glorious example of the reason why the pond is a dedicated member of the cult reptile clique.

Foolish pond, they always disappoint. 

What form of delusion made the pond think this day would be any different from all the others that have been on display in the hive mind in the past, or are yet to come? 

Did the pond really think that it would find some treasure it could pin at the top of the page, some literary marvel that would lure visitors back to read, and then read again, as if trapped in the golden age of essayists of the Bacon or Hazlitt kind?

Did the pond think it would find the news of the day? Foolish pond.

Just two examples: the first two lead items on News Radio early this morning concerned a report about the latest atrocity by the sociopathic Vlad the Impaler. 

That was followed by news of a token gesture by the British government expressing mild alarm and displeasure at the ongoing genocide by withholding a few token weapons. Too little, way too late, incoherent and hypocritical, but still ...

Meanwhile, the might waratah, NSW's pride, has been added to the nation's threatened list, while back abroad the mango Mussolini was still lying about Arlington. Liars gotta keep lying, like sharks gotta keep swimming to avoid battery shock.

The pond had its own surreal moment with more news of the Lehrmann matter ...

Dear sweet long absent lord, first Dame Slap, now petulant Peta, why it's a veritable News Corp orgy of interference, and alleged observers becoming participants and players ...

Now just look at the dross and the drivel scattered before the pond this morning by the lizards of Oz. 

A void, or worse, a parade of reptile obsessions. What to do but weep or despair or howl to the empty heavens?

Dear sweet long absent lord, lying little Johnny at the top of the far right commentariat having a go at Jimbo? 

Okay, the reptiles only ever do the nakedly political, but the pond felt the nausea level immediately crank up to 11. 

Down below the lying rodent was Dame Slap having a go at yet another judge for the umpteenth time. At the bottom, there was Tom also having a go at Jimbo, and the pond immediately diagnosed a pathological obsession.

Elsewhere you could find the lesser member of the Kelly gang keeping the Burgess matter alive, with the bromancer chipping in to excuse Burgess and blame the PM, as if the rancid populism imported direct from the USA by Captain Spud had nothing to do with the current lack of empathy for refugees seeking shelter from the Netanyahu and Hamas storm ...

That's when the pond had a vision. The notion's not to suggest to passing stray visitors that the reptiles are worth any kind of attention at any time. 

They're losers, dropkicks outside the top 20 when it comes to news sites, and you're much better passing on by to almost any other news source ...

And what better way to prove it than to offer yet another turgid outing by nattering "Ned"? It always takes a superhuman effort to get past the first base camp gobbet, and begin the Everest climb ...

Perfect ... and even better that "Ned" was decrying populism, just as Captain Spud was still cranking up his divisive fear and loathing populism ...

Dear sweet long absent lord, suddenly minority government is the end of the world?

We've never a minority government before?

Naturally there were some terrifying visual distractions featuring this terrifying fiend ...

The problem for the reptiles, and "Ned" in particular, is that some like Captain Spud's form of fear-mongering populism as much as they like the smell emanating from a Tamworth outdoor dunny on a standard climate change heated day ... while there are any number of issues steadily mounting for the government

It's "Ned's" business to herd readers trapped in the hive mind away from Labor towards the populist Spud, without anyone doing a detour to the greenies ...

Meanwhile, in a country "Ned" doesn't live in ...

It turns out, as the pond has noted many times before, that you're much better off getting your news from the 'toons than from the reptiles ...

What's the point? Already media regulation in this country is beyond a bad Fordham joke, and so is any other form of regulatory endeavour ...

The pond is now dangerously radicalised, and apparently the fatuous "Ned", doing his infamous Chicken Little impression, is unaware of the way he and the rest of the bask of News Corp crocodiles have contributed to the radicalisation ...

The pond has already turned from shopping at the big two to places where prices are cheaper (when in the mighty 'Gong, visit the Fairy Meadow market), which apparently makes the pond a fellow traveller with the greenies... when in reality all the pond does is occasionally shop at Aldi because of the naked and unseemly price gouging, which any fool able to compare prices week by week can see ...

Well yes, the reptiles routinely ignore the genocide, and the current activities of the sociopathic Vlad the Impaler. The pond established that at the get go, and repeating the obvious doesn't turn the pond into a greenie...

Instead it's the reptiles who parade their obsessive desire to destroy the current government, with the current mechanism, the ongoing reptile obsession with Jimbo ...

The reptiles should be careful what they wish for. They might think they've killed the Jimbo beast, and then suddenly from the depths arises a huge whale, more green than white in colour, and for some reason, a more pleasing vision than beefy boofhead Angus "hate them wind turbines" Taylor.

All that noted, the pond thinks that "Ned's" splutterings have worked a treat. Not only will passersby ignore the pond, with a bit of luck they'll contribute to the downward spiral of the lizards of Oz by walking on by ...

The real tragedy is the lizard Oz. The real tragedy is "Ned", now well past his fear mongering prime.

When the pond took another view at "Ned's"offering, the reptiles had eventually got around to lathering up a demonic portrait, which mainly revealed how pathetic the lizard Oz's graphics department had become ...

Really, that's the best they could do. A paler shade of green and a bit of a glare? That's the beast that will do the country down?

And that last "Ned" link? 

Yes for the last time, the pond bit, and sure enough, stayed deep inside the hive mind. The link led the pond to the lizard Oz editorialist, doing a "Ned" but at a somewhat shorter length ...

And there you have it, the reptiles terrified that they might have contributed to a minority government and the greenies getting a share of the action, and yet their relentless beating of the government and their determination to elevate Captain Spud's fear mongering to a form of policy making must surely take a share of the blame, even if they are outside the top 20 influencers ...

And so for the pond, it's on to the break, and to get on the way, an infallible Pope, and truly if the pond relied on the reptiles rather than the 'toons, the pond wouldn't have a clue what's happening on the planet ...

Take it away infallible Pope ....

Aye, thar they blow, with their scientific research purposes...