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Savva, blowing up the effect of Carbon Pricing on Ford’s decision to go out of all proportion.
Carbon Tax= The straw that broke the camel’s back argument. Pathetic.
The photo of Abbott and the kids was taken during his vist to Brisbane City Childcare Centre back in January. One of the photos taken is on his Facebook page. You won’t find Abbott proudly displaying these special editions by George Bludger –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgebludger/8579407416/
Good point that ‘slashing taxes’ and ‘tax cuts’, when stated by Abbott simply means the MRRT and ‘Carbon Tax’ will go and Tax Free Threshold and Carbon Price Compo will stay. THAT’S ALL!
“A culture promoted in Treasury, encouraged by Swan, to pitch higher rather than lower figures.” WTF? That’s just a smear by another method from Savva.
All this palaver around carbon pricing on Insiders is pointless.
The simple way to get your electricity prices down is to USE LESS ELECTRICITY.
Ours was down 30.1% on last year’s consumption for the same period (and 35% down on the actual invoice value).
And last year’s was down 28% on the previous year’s.
Total = 58% reduction on consumption in 24 months, and a 45% reduction in the money value of the bill over the same period.
We notice no change in our lifestyle.
Andrew Probyn putting Savva back in her box. By referring to Barnett’s similar problems with their Budget.
Tax Cuts helped people off Welfare and were the ONLY stimulatory Monetary policy which got the country through the GFC without going into Recession? Niki Savva is just off on a Liberal Kool Aid frolic today!
C@t
It might be a case of distemper.
Chink-In-The-Armour Dept:
Barrie spruiking heresy: maybe the early election date wasn’t such a bad idea.
Gee, different to what he was saying a few months ago.
Savva going the full tilt ‘Straw that broke the camel’s back’ justification for everything anti-government and anti anyone who supported them today.
watching Insiders, while doing dishes. Emerson was very good. Savva was a waste of space, always the party line. Probyn and Seccombe were both pretty goo. I liked Seccombe refusing to let Savva talk over him.
Good question re the DT article on Abbott’s losers. What gives?
Back onto safe ground for the Insiders: what constitutes “a bad look”.
I thought the Convoy of Incontinence were Abbott’s losers?
No, they were just ordinary losers.
Incidentally, the other pundits didn’t agree with Barrie that the early election announcement mightn’t have been such a bad idea.
They abandon their pet memes very reluctantly.
Bb
I did not see insiders. By other pundits, are u referring to the panel today?
Not a bad Insiders in comparison with past Insiders. Ackerman might have provided more comic value than Savva.
BB’s right and the Insiders (past) were wrong. Announcing when the election will be held this far in advance was not bad politics at all. If forced the discussion away from daily negative hits on what the PM and her government did or did not do, and what a bad look it all was, which is what Abbott-Credlin latched onto all the time.
Finally even the OM are being forced to contemplate what the alternative government would do or be like, as distinct from the ‘inevitability’ of their winning. The hollowness is slowly being exposed and is already causing retreats and patchwork on what passes for policy. The glossy booklets will not pass muster much longer.
They’re an interesting concept as a substitute for actual policy. It takes me back to times past at The Domain and on street corners, where various Praise-The-Lord spruikers would be working the passers-by. The standard response to anything was to hold up a Bible and proclaim, “The answers are all in there!”
I suspect the booklets will have a similar fate.
Tony’s Little Blue Book will go the way of the WorkChoices mouse pads except they won’t be nearly as popular retro items.
Andrew Probyn,Mike Seccombe and Prune Face.
Wouldn’t have a bar of changing their minds on the early announcement of the election.
Even Cassidy who proposed it was half-hearted. Possibly just proposed to idea so it could be dismissed with wave of the hands.
God they’re incredible. They make a pronouncement and stick to it through thick and thin.
I wonder what they’re going to be saying when Labor wins government again?
Bb
Hardly surprising. They will also stick to their meme of a landslide victory to Abbott and his cronies
I found it interesting earlier on in the program when Nikki Savva – chief among the “Resistance is useless!” spruikers for Abbott – called for a toning down of the hubris.
Too late, Prune Face.
Bb
Perhaps Savva could tell her former boss Costello, to tone down the hubris. He said that Abbott would win even if he ran down Collins Street naked!
I’m not sure if this has been posted yet; Conroy overruled, or just a “good” cop?
Gillard to push for ban of betting odds during sports broadcasts
I still say talk to any undecided voters and ask them to picture Abbott- then say ‘would you buy a used car from this man?’ I think you will find that their answer is a resounding NO!
(Or “bad” cop depending on your point of view.)
Jaeger
The marketing saturation of Tom Waterhouse, has made it easy for the govt to go with a ban on live betting. Waterhouse has managed a huge own goal. Delicious I say.
Tony Abbott runs naked down Colluns Street, the spectacle is recoded by countless mobile phones and the footage goes viral. The OM headlines the next morning are most supportive – ‘Abbott strips off in sympathy with the homeless’ and ‘Our next PM shows he has nothing to hide’ or maybe ‘Abbott supports nude swims’.
Before I forget to write it down…
Bushfire Bill’s recipe for Thai salad sauce
* 3 tablespoons FISH SAUCE
* 6 tablespoons LIME JUICE
* 1 tablespoon SOY SAUCE
* 2 tablespoons MALT VINEGAR
* 1 tablespoon SHREDDED PALM SUGAR
* 1 dessertspoon PEANUT OIL
* .1/2 teaspoon CRUSHED GARLIC
* 1 teaspoon CRUSHED GINGER
Have successfully scaled this up, so its a “CONFIRM”.
If you ever see recipe that includes SESAME OIL, burn the entire book and scatter its ashes.
If you download such a recipe (with sesame oil) from the internet, smash your computer.
I had to.
Sesame oil has a way of invading anything it touches.
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leonetwo
Classic! But I doubt even that could work for him!
As mentioned by catalyst. I have yet to speak to any undecided voter who has any love for Abbott.
You may be right Jaeger. According to Emerson, the betting issue has been negotiated for a long time with all the players affected, and Gillard and Conroy have been in tandem. So if there is some variation it may be down to the good cop-bad cop technique.
It’s almost certainly a positive for the government, and Tommy’s antics have left the gambling industry more or less in favour. Commercial TV may be less happy, especially NINE which has made a moolah out of Tommy’s stuff, but it’s the greater public good that counts.
The most they’ll probably do is encourage Hadley to have a rant against it, but then he’s never been a friend.
BB
I’ve got a thriving Lime tree.
The guy who does the gardening and his wife are into Thai cooking.
So I told him they’re wasted on me so help yourself.
That recipe is very strong at first taste in isolation.
It’s not until you mix it with coriander, Thai mint, lettuce, chile, tomato, cucumber and the meat juices that it comes into its own.
I just use Berri lime juice from a squeeze bottle.
As I mentioned yesterday, the big news in Melbourne was the Racial slur at Sydney Collingwood game. Despite the usual hyping up by the msm and the AFL, I believe it has been a positive all round. lately there has been an outbreak of racial abuse being metered out in public. interestingly, the cases caught on video have all been female. Here is latest report on matter.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teenage-girl-apologises-for-racist-insult-in-letter-to-adam-goodes/story-fni5f3kt-1226650580225
BB
Oh dear. That images sears!!!
Cool in Canberra today – dull and the fog has not totally cleared yet.
The car tells me it’s 3.4 degrees outside and hour or so ago.
bb
This is the body of a young man. Of course, he would win with such a body … His, by contrast, all hairy and monkey-like …
Outsiders opinion of the TV Betting Odds being spruiked throughout sporting matches was that, the Wagering Industry, by agreeing to the government’s controls, believe the one it will mostly affect will be Young Tom, which is fine by them. 🙂
Such that, once that has been sorted, they can get back to more quietly putting their hands in the mug punters’ pockets.
Looks like either –
a. The Liberals are trying out both lines – “it’s inevitable” or “it’s not inevitable” to see which one plays best
b. They’ve tried to call the election five months early, and have found it’s not helping the poll figures, so they’re backtracking
I’d lean to b.
Aguirre
You are probably right. The coaltion have formed in putting out polar opposite positions on everything.
Actually if you pay attention you will notice that the Libs do try and walk both sides of the street= they have one spruiking a policy and another somewhere else disagreeing- So they have all sides of debate covered and the MSM hardly ever call them on it
As for the rest of Insiders – well, anyone listening to what Abbott had to say this week will see that the Insiders line is consistent with it. The Coalition have to hitch carbon pricing to everything, whether it fits or not. But you can see the problem because the following two Coalition messages don’t correlate:
1. “The Carbon Tax makes a bad situation worse.”
2. “The solution is to get rid of the Carbon Tax.”
They keep shuffling between the two statements, but they can’t resolve them. It indicates that they know they can’t get away with blaming carbon pricing on everything – on anything, to be accurate – but they also know that it’s all they’ve got to work with.
They’ve chucked in something about “get regulations down” to see if that will bridge the logical gap. But if you look for the reasoning behind it you’ll be disappointed. It appears to be some form of alchemy. It’s just there, floating unsupported in all of Abbott’s recent set-pieces.
If you’re wondering why Tony’s been coming on like an evangelist of late, it’s because he’s asking us to take everything on faith. He provides us with no evidence, no information, just a set of beliefs we have to buy into if we’re going to take the journey with him. The beliefs themselves are as shonky as any travelling huckster’s spiel.
Aguirre
What does not correlate as posited by Finny on twitter
1. If Abbott is going to win & remove carbon tax
2. If the carbon tax caused FORD demise
3. why did FORD quit then
1 + 2 = 3 , No?
fiona/Tlbd
A left-over from last night: Clapton magical.
Victoria – Abbott was very careful not to make that claim. He’s talked about carbon pricing in relation to manufacturing, but not specifically in relation to Ford or the car industry.
Of course, Abbott doesn’t mind if we draw those conclusions. He won’t correct us or anything. He’ll just be putting his “we’ll abolish the carbon tax” talk as close to his general observations about Ford as possible.
Better Late Than Never Dept.
We finally figured out a way to show Joe6pak’s rig from the other day…
Clearly, more than you need for just cleaning out your guttering.
The drop deck is neat.
Didn’t you hear the other Costello practical joke where he said Brazilians were all the rage nowadays?