Hello once again patrons to another edition of Friday Night Raffles.
In light of the one of the most monumentally stupid idiotic remarks a so called Prime Minister of Australia could make I give you a little montage of how it has received.
The Idiot gets the ball rolling. What a tool
Putin hears about it
After changing his undies from uncontrollable laughter he responds
The Russkies don,t seem too happy with The Idiot,and suggest he may be diseased.
Maybe this will be another little nail into the coffin of the Stupid incompetent idiotic moron that sadly is the Prime Minister of Australia, The day he is gone cannot come soon enough.
BTW It’s Raffle Night And
As it is one of my favourite times of the year we will be having not just A Melbourne Cup Sweep but also one for the Caulfield cup Tomorrow and Cox Plate the following week .
I will post when the draw opens early on the sat morning. First in best dressed. Suitable prizes will be awarded to the winners .
THE PUB 
The “Blake and Barbie Doll” Reality TV story goes mainstream. Now in the editorial pages of The Age and SMH.
It’s come full-circle: from confected crap, invented out of nothing, starring nobodies to front page news “reality”.
Sure, for a while the story was “meta”: reporting on the phenomenon that is Reality TV. Plonkingly so, I might add. Even Entertainment editors were in on the head-kicking.
But now, someone seems to have decided that The Bachelor qualifies as real enough to cut it as mainstream news. We’re not talking “the story about the story” anymore. We’re onto “the story” itself. It has been anointed as “reality”. The media Pygmalion has fallen in love with its own creation.
These people, Blake and Bimbo, were and are no-one. No-one except their families had ever heard of them. They have accomplished nothing out of the ordinary compared to other ordinary people, yet as of tdoay they are just as important in editorial terms as ebola, Iraq, MH-17, the Budget and all the rest of the “real” news.
Or is the “real” news, well… real?
If the media can turn Reality TV into reality, who’s to say they can’t turn reality into Reality TV?
And then back again. (I’m dizzy)
Pffft… it’s already been done. When you consider what’s been in the news lately, versus what’s been real… well, I rest my case.
The bullshit headlines of late, torn down one-by-one as time passes – Jailhouse Jihadis, Supermax Riots, plots to blow up Lucas Heights, the (plastic) Death Sword, “Australia is at WAR!”, boots on the ground, The Terror Within, MH-370 found(!), Climate science denial, Our warrior PM, shirt-fronting and so on – have been given exactly the same promotional treatment as Blake and Bimbo No. 3 have been given. The same techniques, to a “T”.
Tiny acorns of factual material have been turned into mighty oak trees of complete crap. Opinion and opinionation is embedded with sparse facts. The stories have been pushed so hard that they define politics today. If you naysay them you get patted on the head and told you’re a dreamer. The meme is established.
Today there is a story that German intelligence has concluded that the missile which shot down MH-17 was probably Ukranian, captured by Separatists. How long can this story last when, apparently, the nation (and certainly the Press Gallery) really, really want Abbott to shirt-front Putin over something he may well have had little – or nothing – to do with?
It’s convenient for the Reality TV version of news that Putin is the Evil Emperor who shoots down planes full of innocent civilians. Endless speculation about what Abbott will do, and whether Putin will even turn up to the G20 sells, and sells and sells.
The truth – if the German analysis is accurate (and I don’t think they got all their information from newspapers) – might well be discarded in favour of a better (but wrong) story about our Macho-Man PM standing up for the Murdered Innocents.
The truth is that in today’s media whatever serves as click bait, whether it be Gillard’s shoe malfunction, or Abbott’s pugilistic pretensions, bad Russians doing bad things, or Blake and his Bimbo falling in and out of love, receives equal prominence.
If Reality TV is indistinguishable in prominence, treatment and verisimilitude to actual reality, then the distinction between the two is obliterated. They are effectively the same thing. Walks like a duck. Quacks like a duck. Must be a duck. Facts and fiction are on parity, interchangeable at will, and at whim. It’s real if people want to believe it’s real. The journalism profession, as one, says, “That’s OK with us.” They’re only giving us what we want, they chorus.
More like what’s easier to write without having to get up out of their comfy chairs.
Anyway, I know you’ve been itching to read about Blake, so here he is…
BarryJ
Thanks for that link, we saw on the news that the woman and animals would be able to stay there.
Tony wants war, any war. He wants it now and he wants it to last – at least until the next election. The stark lessons of history are swept away. Forget Vietnam. Forget Afghanistan . Forget the Bush/Blair/ Howard invasion of Iraq which has helped create ISIL Just look at the polls. Just look at me as I act my way through government with slogans, rehearsed lines – you bet we are, you bet I am.
BB,
Brilliant analysis of contemporary society.
Abbott should remember that Howard lost an election and his seat partly because voters were fed up with his wars.
bushfirebill
I’d rate it a very small if. The MSM and Abbott have “conveniently” forgotten that early on in the conflict there was wide reportage of the rebels taking over a Ukraine air force base and the presence of Buk missiles there. Speculation was rife at the time over whether they could/would use therm. Considering hundreds of Ukraine armed forces defected to the rebel side that they could at least push the ‘Fire’ button should be no surprise. . But I suppose remembering that would ruin their “Putin Murdered 38 Strayans” message.
BB
Nice. Bob Trimbole, local Griffith boy, come on down.
I love the idea of space exploration, and was delighted to move to Australia because Woomera was the space base for the British Commonwealth. Disappointed because it had been closed by the time we got here, but I’m still hopeful *G*
I’ve just got a boarding pass for NASA’s ORION trip to Mars. Care to join me?
I can hope that we get there one day, at least?
curioz
Got my boarding pass. It’s the only way I’ll ever make it to Mars.
It seems the Iraqis don’t want our troops. Or our air strikes.
From Paul McGeough –
Aussies go home, Iraqi militias say
http://www.smh.com.au/world/aussies-go-home-iraqi-militias-say-20141020-118lb2.html
Bronnie and Parry burquaed because of a rumour
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/20/bronwyn-bishop-stephen-parry-personally-burqa-ban-official-advice?CMP=ema_632
Now, for a conspiracy policy …
Back home … Unoperated … Surgery postponed for logistical reasons.
I’m still simmering with frustration … But c’est la vie …
gigilene
That’s not good.
Gigilene,
How awful for you!
gigilene
Did they give you any idea about how long you’ll now have to wait ?
kk
6 weeks or so. It’s a complicated procedure which I will give details of at a later stage. I can last that long …
It’s not life-threatening.
gigilene
I hope the blighters aren’t going to cramp your style during xmas by such a delay !! Although I suppose it could be something you can play on to get other people do the running around for you at that time of year.
kk
Now that I’ve been reminded of Xmas, I will try to buy all my Xmas pressies within the next two weeks. Problem solved.
In her black suit, is Bishop trying to emulate Dietrich or Bardot?
” In her black suit, is Bishop trying to emulate Dietrich or Bardot?”….Johnny Cash?
Bishop would not “wear the black for the poor”:
gigilene
It’s the waiting that’s a nuisance. I can see why you’re hopping mad.
gravel, leone, janice
Life is not that bad, really … OH just bought a bottle of Riesling, and we had a couple of glasses … To cheer us up …So good to have a family and friends.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-20/burka-segregation-is-not-the-best-says-mp/5825404
Well. burkagate was enough to stop that fool Bish the Elder getting that international committee job, thank goodness. We have enough Lib dropkicks embarrassing us on the international stage without another one,
I am waiting on news from England regarding pathology tests. It is not for the baby, she is fine I have my fingers crossed that all is ok for my son. I can say no more.
This is the easiest quiz I have done, if you don’t get 10/10 then you will need to have a computed axial tomography scan to see where you’re brain has been disconnected from reality.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/quiz/2014/oct/20/foreign-fighters-bill-david-leyonhjelm-quiz-journalists
Barry,
Thank you for that, I am so glad the sanctuary is saved. There are many people running private rescue sanctuaries for wild and/or domestic animals and birds. They are not heard of while the needs and demands of the greedy dominate our news media and polticial discourse.
It was good of people with means to step in and help. I always think of that wasteofspace James Packer in contrast. Money everywhere and what does he buiild. Figgen casinos, temples of misery. What a loser!
From the grauniad –
This day is unbelievably superb. Officials in estimates have now given evidence that the police got their information about the supposed burqa protest on October 2 from .. wait for it .. the TV crew on the forecourt of parliament house.
So, to recap: we have a crew relaying a rumour to police, who then relayed a rumour to DPS, who then relayed a rumour to the presiding officers, who then proceeded to ban women burqas from the public galleries. Oh yes, and the protest NEVER HAPPENED.
Evidence. Based. Policy.
Five stars.
ck Watt
That one was a doddle. Even Abbott would have got at least 6/10.
WARNING. Photo of abot to follow. I you can bare to look, look at the hands.
The LNP certainly have some “nice” MP’s up in Qld. Grubs such as this one seem to be a protected species with senior levels of the LNP turning a blind eye to some deplorable conduct by its members.
[ State government ministers have been reluctant to weigh in on the latest Peter Dowling controversy, saying Queensland’s “bright future” not the behaviour of its MPs is the Newman government focus.
A constituent complained to the Parliamentary Clerk after discovering Redlands MP Peter Dowling’s official Facebook page was linked to another Facebook page featuring women dressed in bikinis and porn videos.
Mr Dowling denied any knowledge of how the ‘Hotties’ page became linked to his site.
“I did not ‘like’ the page. I’m not aware of how the page was liked, however as soon as I was made aware of it, I unliked the page,” he said.
“I think I’ve been a victim of like farming which is a phenomenon on Facebook where you like harmless sites and beneath the code you are unsuspectingly liking thousands of unrelated pages.
“You can’t see that you have clicked on those pages from your own Facebook account but other people looking at your page can.
“I warn anyone with Facebook to check the veracity and take extreme care when liking a page.
“This is just someone having a go in the lead-up to a pre-selection ballot and election campaign.”
Mr Dowling gained international notoriety when pictures were made public of his penis plonked in a glass of red wine. He had sent the pictures to his mistress.
He survived an LNP executive vetting process and will face his branch for pre-selection on Saturday. ]
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/peter-dowling-controversy-off-ministers-radar-20141020-118nr3.html?google_editors_picks=true
today I received my lying letter to pensioners from Abbott. Not mailed from his office, but from Centrelink, the same Regents Park NSW locked bag address they use to mail out pension cards and whatever, with nothing on the envelope to identify it as mail from the PM. I suppose that was done deliberately so everyone will open the thing, thinking it’s something official from Centrelink, instead of just chucking it straight in the bin unopened.
I wonder who really wrote the thing. It might be signed by Abbott – one of those computer-printed jobs pretending to be ‘real’ – but I bet he’s never seen the original.
Anyway, it’s going back, with a cover letter pointing out the lies. Both papers will be placed in the largest envelope I can find and mailed to his Parliament House office – without a stamp.
For anyone else wanting to do the same the address is –
The Hon. Tony Abbott, MP
Prime Minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
That will save you contaminating your IT gear by accessing his website.
Leone
Won’t that mean the we taxpayers will be paying. Someone here suggested that it be sent to Lib HQ so they have to pay themselves.
Peter Dowling – would anyone seriously believe that a man who sends his mistress a photo of his dick in a glass of wine would NOT access porn sites and ‘like’ them on Facebook?
2gravel
Good point. Although considering the rorting the Libs do I think we would still end up paying.
Who ends up paying doesn’t really worry me, I just want Abbott to get the thing back. I did the same thing with Howard’s fridge magnet mail-out but I actually used a stamp for that. A recycled stamp so it cost me nothing. There’s always that option.
Hypocrite of the Year Award candidate –
RET Review panel member wants solar subsidies to end, installs own system
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/ret-review-panel-member-calls-solar-subsidies-end-installs-system-14407
Ned turned 6 today.. He seemed thrilled.
Happy birthday to Ned.
And Gigi, stay well.
Good afternoon all,
It can be taken as a certainty that the Channel 9 news tip re the “burqa protest” was a deliberate attempt to manipulate the news cycle on that day.
The film crew was there ready and waiting so they thought they would ramp it up and create some news to make it all worthwhile.
And they were successful. A bit of proactive boot strapping by our esteemed media which lead to a dangerous and over the top response by the ‘grown ups ” in charge.
It helped Abbott at the time as well with his “terrorist threat ” rhetoric but that must surely be nothing more than a coincidence ?
” But as a private individual, if there are incentives around, I respond to them.” “…an’ every lock that ain’t locked an’ no-ones around…I’m a..man of means by no means…king o’ th’ road…”
ctar1
I’ll do my best.
Happy birthday to Ned
CK – Re: “Evidence. Based. Policy.”
Where did Ch9 get the tip from? I’m sure there’s a missing link – an “ape man” if you like.
Happy Birthday to Ned our doggy overlord.
Jaeger
I have no reason to think anything other that they made it up on the spot just like everything else in the (so called) news.
The really idiotic thing about the burqa ban – the powers that be thought it was perfectly OK to put these allegedly dangerous people in an enclosure with school children.
leonetwo
That is a excellent point. Why haven’t the msm picked up on that?
joe6pack
I dunno. Not in the Press Gallery information handout from Ms Credlin?
happy birthday Syd.