“Steady, Eth ” . . .

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(Image Credit: BBC: Take It From Here – The Glums)

So many Captain’s Nose Picks bleeding – haemorrhaging even – in such a short time:

The Elder Bishop and her sudden relegation to cattle class

Marriage Equality over abbott’s decaying corpse (okay, that may alter come Wednesday – but I suspect too little too late)

Dyson Heydon and cognitive ease (failing to be cognizant of bias when it’s in your comfort zone)

A brand-new Speaker who wasn’t Captain Nose-Pick’s choice – much to Captain Nose-Pick’s wattle-wobbling fury

That brave whistle-blower, Kathy Jackson, and the missing $million plus (“Whaddaya mean, that $1.4mill was supposed to go to the *sharply indrawn breath* plebs?”)

The ABC will be Killing Bill next Monday (Typical lefty ABC – too little too late)

Not to mention ongoing security warnings about DEF KULTS in front of a gazillion or three Union Jacks Australian flags (Who the hell do these uppity colonials think they are, pretending to have their own flag?)

Oh, and who let the cat out of the bag about that thoroughly dee bloke Heydon being on the selection panel to choose the only possible candidate for the Rhodes Scholarship? Heads will roll.

* * * * * * *

Oops, someone seems to have gatecrashed the séance through the Ouija board’s back gate. Sorry about that . . .

I keep telling myself to calm down; it’s too early to order nonstop popcorn; almost anything could happen – but we might, just possibly might be on the cusp of viewing the Great Unhingement.

Or not.

Whateves.

Sit back, folks (fasten your seatbelts – it could well be rough) and enjoy.

(Though I still and really want him to stay until we hear those words that will be ripped from his guts – when he finally gives his post-election concession speech . . .)

462 thoughts on ““Steady, Eth ” . . .”

  1. That disgusting entitled creep, Michael Kroger, was effectively asserting a little while ago that Kathy Jackson’s misdeeds were revealed because of the TURC.

    Has he read Heydon’s interim report?

    What was said about Ms Jackson’s “misdeeds” there?

    Crickets.

  3. As Peter Wicks said (BK’s links this morning) KJ was treated like a visiting member of the royal family by Heydon at TURC.

    Kroger should shut up and concentrate on working out where that missing $2 million has gone.

  10. “Speaker Tony Smith chips Tony Abbott for comments about “spreading racist lies”. Smith says there’s a long history in the Practice of that being unparliamentary.

    Smith looks a tad nervous as he does so.”

  11. The current position the LNP. find themselves in (one that no self-respecting animal would want!) can be shelved home to it’s taking up of the IPA. foolish wish-list.
    High on the hubris of an unearned election “win”, the thankful crowd of h”hopeless-gutless-useless LNP. leadership was over keen to be seen pushing the agenda of their naavys..; Newscorpse and the IPA. goons!
    Now, there being only sound and fury in their tactics and no depth of public policy, they have run out of steam and fuel. They are a gone for all money concern.
    No policy worth a damn. No leadership worth a cracker and no future worth a look!

  13. When LNP mention terrorism in the HOR, everyone on both sides is very quiet. It’s possibly the only time the HOR is orderly. Labor doesn’t want to be wedged, so it remains completely silent.

  14. Julie Bishop – the Gypsy Rose Lee of Australian politics.

    Ms Lee never revealed all, she teased her audience, but always kept the essentials covered up.

    Julie Bishop is doing the same thing with her stance on same sex marriage. She hints at support, but refuses to go the Full Monty and reveal her true feelings. She takes things a bit further than Ms Lee though. Ms Lee was a lady, Jules is just a media tart.

    Julie Bishop hints at support for same-sex marriage
    http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/julie-bishop-hints-at-support-for-samesex-marriage-20150820-gj3n8b.html

  18. BK
    About the RIP Alpaca, sounds like you need some rocks. (not for throwing ).

    Seriously, that would be upsetting. some rocks or a bit of a fence might help.

  19. Hi Puff
    Mrs BK has spoken to the owner who said that it had answered the question of why her dogs were so fat and smelly recently.
    Once the thoroughbred horse leaves the paddock I’ll get a trailer load of filling and sort it out. We had a temporary fence around the grave but only to stop the horses from going over it.

  20. If anyone wants instructions on how to dig your own bore let me know. Got a quote for $1800 from local bloke, thought to myself I have time and after getting instructions from the net and a bit of trial and error now have a functioning bore7.5 mtrs deep done by hand. Total cost $95 for the drilling rig I made and $250 for a good pump.

    Job offers accepted

  25. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-20/abbott-facing-rebellion-on-indigenous-recognition/6711708

    http://annesummerspull.issimoholdingspt.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/GovtBoardsScandal.pdf worth a read

    http://www.afr.com/news/politics/opposition-to-medibank-privates-hospital-insurance-strategy-grows-20150819-gj322u?stb=twt note, may want to try this article from the link in the tweet first, may be easier to dodge the paywall via that link

    http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/lnp-secret-donations-may-be-seized-by-state-20150820-gj3fg6.html

    http://www.themandarin.com.au/48664-power-states-fix-education/

  26. There’s a bit of an update on the work being done on Wikipedia. Me and another editor have finished doing the lower house elections for South Australia as early as 1950, so for those curious about the Playmander, that’s the details of that mostly fleshed out.

    Upper house elections are still in progress, although the playmander was worse for them, basically every election Labor only held on to around 2 seats while the LCL won 8.

  27. HoJo repeats the “10,000 jobs lost if the Adani mine in Q doesn’t go ahead” and once again he isn’t pulled up on it. When will msm do their job?

  29. joe6pack
    How do I work out if there is water down there, or is it just luck? I could end up with a lot of holes in my front yard!

  31. Hey, I got an A+ for my latest writing assignment. It must be getting time for me to start to put together another PUB thread starter. Now I have said it I must do it.

    Might need a red or two to get the imagination flowing…..

  36. Calling on collective memory here please- I made a note (Very obscure) relating to a 12metre ketch found drifting with a body aboard and a drug haul. It was few years ago – but was quite a mystery- can anyone recall any more about it?

  37. haveachat –Thanks for that great footage.

    Puffy. a bit of research through council records should reveal where the water table is

    Jaycee.. AsI live approx 250 mtrs from the ocean and at the base of a small mtn I was pretty confident of striking water fairly quickly so a water diviner was not needed. As a matter of interest do you have bores on your property or do you get your water from a creek /river?

  38. Joe…there is no bore water around here of any consequence..none on our property..the gov’ drilled the whole area back in the seventies for coal deposits and found no water except a small, irregular aquifer down the road a way and it now is running saline at 6.5 thousand parts per mill’ , so it is no good even for older sheep..
    We get our water from stored rain and a big mains pipe from the Murray at Swan Reach to the Barossa Valley.

  39. ” Jaycee,
    Do you nose of one?”
    Puff’…modesty forbids me waxing too lyrical about my skills in this area, but I would like to believe that armed with only a couple of lengths of bent 12g. wire and my acute senses, I have been known to detect a spill of water from a tea-cup from last weeks outdoor wedding reception !…I’d like to believe that!

  40. Ye gods there are some dozy students around!

    Just had an email from one asking whether there were lab classes this week (yes there are), followed rapidly by another email asking where she could find out when lab classes were held.

    There’s a little document on the subject intranet called “subject outline” that contains all this interesting information.

    Anyway, I responded to both emails with due politeness.

  44. Josh Frydenberg suggested today that Tony Abbott could be a John Howard. I assume he means a sitting Prime Minister who loses his own seat.— Dave Donovan (@davrosz) August 20, 2015

  49. Just wondering.

    Is the use of so much dark eyeliner an attempt to indicate the pits of despair?

  50. Of course, for students of body language, the closed direction of their neighbouring arms is decidedly amusing.

    “I’m not with him/her . . . “

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