HECTOR THE GREEN TURTLE
Explanatory note: I thought The Boss was going to do this as the Friday post. However, it seems he is otherwise occupied – perhaps a little weary after the Cairns jaunt? – so I’ve taken the liberty of gazumping him.
Thank you so very much, Joe6pack, for doing the legwork!
My fellow Pubsters, this is our new friend Hector the Green Turtle:
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He looks like a really nice young chap.
Hi everyone! Back from the Gold Coast and the celebration of my eldest daughter’s wedding.
Currently 27 degrees according to BOM but still slightly over 30 degrees in my little den or office/study.
Dropped into Coolum hoping to catch up with Joe 6 Pack but unfortunately, the timing was wrong. Stayed overnight and visited their markets which were just down the road from where we were staying, arriving there half an hour after it opened.
Pulled up at the pedestrian crossing opposite the market and had Fiona Simpson and some of her crew decked out in blue T-shirts (seems to be standard uniform for LNP types in QLD now).
Temped to miss-judge my braking distance bur thought better of it. There were about half a dozen or so blue shirts waiting for her at what looked like a stall.
Checked out Clive Palmers Resort while there and took a few photos. Could only see one dinosaur there which disappointed Mrs Scorpio who wanted to give her new camera a good work out. (Santa Clause brought it for her)
Left the instruction book at home so has got some “very” strange results with a lot of very ordinary photos. 😉
I kept up with all your jottings as best as I could but it was a bit difficult when we were looking after Eli. He’s a darling but it is very labour intensive and exhausting keeping up with him.
My three daughters looked absolutely gorgeous all dressed up for the wedding, (stunning, actually) as did the mother of the bride, Mrs Scorpio.
Hope everyone had a good X-Mas and are enjoying the New Year so far.
Good morning Dawn Patrollers.
A new norm?
http://www.smh.com.au/national/sydney-siege-aftermath-muslims-feel-set-up-over-islamic-state-flag-request-20150111-12lyte.html
The more the cover up the greater will be the problem.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-divided-over-strategy-during-lindt-cafe-siege-in-martin-place-sydney-20150111-12lykf.html
Here’s Bob Ellis’s take on it via The Independent Australia.
https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/secrets-and-lies-from-the-lindt-cafe,7249
Canterbury Council is on the bones of its bum but this CEO’s actions don’t suggest it.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-king-of-canterbury-and-his-princely-50k-lunch-bills-20150111-12lukm.html
Surely these facts speak for themselves! The St Vincent’s Hospital CEO speaks out.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/lighten-cbd-booze-controls-at-your-peril-20150111-12k1jn.html
When one aspires to mediocrity . . . .
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/australias-internet-lags-behind-despite-nbn-20150111-12lugi.html
It won’t be long before Barnaby Joyce could get the gig!
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/nation-to-be-run-from-queensland-as-abbott-goes-on-leave-20150111-12m03p.html
Shorten says Abbott is in witness protection.
http://www.smh.com.au/queensland/queensland-state-election-2015/queensland-election-2015-tony-abbott-in-witness-protection-says-bill-shorten-20150111-12ly7v.html
Pyne splurges $8m on publicity for legislation that probably won’t fly.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-government-spends-8-million-on-higher-education-media-blitz-20150110-12lcb8.html
The Victorian Chief Magistrate is concerned that money and influence is being used to avoid criminal records for some.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/victorias-chief-magistrate-orders-diversion-review-20150111-12jnb5.html
Section 2 . . .
A consumer guide to the economy in 2015.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/a-consumer-guide-to-the-australian-economy-in-2015-20150110-12kwaa.html
The AMA blasts Abbott again over the Medicare rebate changes.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/last-minute-medicare-change-evidence-of-abbott-government-bungling-says-australian-medical-association-20150111-12lytn.html
How can we stop Larry Pickering?
http://theaimn.com/can-stop-larry-pickering/
Cory Bernardi just can’t help himself.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/11/cory-bernardi-says-18c-changes-should-be-revisited-following-attacks-in-france
The three worst things the Liberals did yesterday.
http://www.ellistabletalk.com/2015/01/11/the-three-worst-things-the-liberals-did-yesterday-164/
This bikie heavy might go down big time.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/former-bandidos-bikie-toby-mitchell-arrested-after-docklands-raid-20150111-12lr77.html
JK Rowling attacks Murdoch and his tweet.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/11/jk-rowling-condemns-murdoch-tweet-charlie-hebdo-harry-potter-news-corp-muslims-christian
How unemployment “disappears” and why it matters.
https://theconversation.com/how-the-unemployed-disappear-and-why-it-matters-35850
Alan Moir in Paris for the march.
John Spooner – the cartoonist’s revenge,
http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/federal-politics/cartoons/spooner-gallery-20090716-dmsv.html
A call to arms from Matt Golding.
http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/federal-politics/cartoons/matt-golding-20090907-fdh2.html
Just what we needed.
Paul Sheehan, confidant and private dinner party guest of Tony Abbott, calls for calm with conciliatory words.
With level-headed inspiration like this from senior commentators and friends of the powerful, we can’t go wrong.
That’s right: despite there being hundreds of millions of Muslims, just “thousands” of them have managed to start a “world war”. All other Muslims are part of it automatically.
People are murdered every day, tens of thousands of them in America alone, by gun-related and other violent crime, usually without provocation or warning, and usually for reasons known only to the criminal crazy wielding the weapon… but that’s just a police matter. Indeed it’s all about Constitutional rights to blaze away. Let’s celebrate our freedoms!
But when it comes to violent crime perpetrated by Muslims, hoping that quacks like Sheehan will take the bait and blame an entire religion… it’s a world war.
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss 2h2 hours ago
A French leftist who has read Hebdo for years educates those who discovered it three days ago: http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/olivier-tonneau/110115/charlie-hebdo-letter-my-british-friends …
cheers Fiona, was easier than i had thought.
have searched hard to find an appropriate pic of our ‘esteemed’ prime minister, this is the best i could do but i think the resemblance is spot on. haha
Phew! I think we have all dodged a bullet in Tony Abbott not attending the Paris rally.
I cringe just thinking about how he would of embarrassed us once again following so soon after his utterly appalling performance at the g20.
Swaggering alongside real world leaders in his simian/ John Wayne gait, leading from the groin, smacking his lips in that repulsive reptilian way he does, probably perving on any half decent female leader who unfortunately gets within ogling distance of that wanker.
No doubt lecturing world leaders on the ‘jihadi death cult’ Maybe even lecturing Hollande, Merkel, Cameron etc on gp co-payments again and turning back the boats. Imploring protestors to join ‘team Australia’
What a fucking joke our PM is.
Stony,
The Pending net caught you, hence publication only now – with corrected times.
Well done with the avatar. The resemblance is striking, and I like that “subtle” allusion to joho.
John Wayne didn’t swagger. He minced…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2903889/Asterix-cartoonist-Albert-Uderzo-pays-tribute-Charlie-Hebdo-victims.html
Ooops!
We are supposed to believe that this is the first holiday Abbott has had since he became LOTO in 2009. The PM’s office said so. Now some pesky journalist has blurted out the truth.
Of course Truzzzzz is running the country while Abbott is frolicking in the surf at Berrara Beach. Truzzzz is deputy PM, it’s what deputy PMs do when the leader is on holiday or out of the country. Honestly, what a dumb thing to say. It seems to imply that the PM gets to choose who will mind the shop.
Queensland Election 2015: Strong Choices will have ‘adverse impact’
“John Wayne didn’t swagger. He minced…”

Yep. Mr Wayne on holiday in Acapulco – love the espadrilles.
Roy Morgan: Unemployment at record high
http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/01/roy-morgan-unemployment-at-record-high/
Jeesus!…The “Pilgrim” looks high-camp in that pic!….village people where are you?
I just found out that one my nieces lives in Dammartin-en-Goële. During the raid, her little daughter, together with the whole class, were confined in the corridor of their school. They had to sit quietly, without light, their teachers with them. For several hours. In the evening, when the girl went to bed, she gathered all her teddy bears around her and covered them with her blanket, saying to her mum: “I cover them to protect them.”
Leone..: “…love the espadrilles.”…Geez! ..Leone..where are your eyes wandering to!!?
Gigilene,
What a moving anecdote. It also sounds like a very healthy for your great-niece to be “dealing” with her terrifying experience.
Ohh!…I see !
” Espadrilles | Classic Shoes for Men and Women Made in …Spain”
I don’t care if John Wayne swaggers or minces… I will forever be a fan of his.
BB is working out.
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Scorps
Congratulations on the family hitch-up. I bet your daughters were stunners and everyone enjoyed themselves. Many toasts to Bride & Groom I expect.
Thanks Puffy. They were stunners. The toasts weren’t overdone but were great and it was a wonderful occasion for members of two families to get to know each other a bit or a bit more and they “did” have a wonderful time.
The wedding and reception were held at the same venue with the ceremony on the balcony & the reception just back from it under cover.
I’ll E-mail you a shot & if you’re on facebook, then I’ll give you my title on facebook for you to look up some more great pictures.
Hi Fiona!
If you log onto facebook, you should be able to see a few pictures from the wedding if you are interested.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/fox-news-expert-concludes-birmingham-england-is-an-allmuslim-nogo-zone-20150111-12m8yz.html
Perhaps the so-called expert should’ve looked at this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_Birmingham#Religion
Some good news if you can call it that.
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/01/12/divers-find-black-box-of-airasia-plane.html
Brandis giving the dog whistle another workout! What a pack of bastards!
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/01/12/brandis-calls-for–urgent–metadata-review.html
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