Christmas is just over a week away and as Pubsters will be busy or going away I thought I would start this Christmas post now.
First of i would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a Happy new year. I hope you all have a safe time over the break and enjoy this special time of year.
Bugger what the experts tell tell you Eat and drink as much as you want
If you have been good You’ll probably get some nice presents .
If you have been bad you may get a call from Malcolm.
If your driving anywhere please be careful. It’s a nuthouse this time of year.
A great deal of thanks must go to Fiona whom without her invaluable input “The Pub” would not be what it is.
Have great time and enjoy yourselves.
THE PUB 
leonetwo
As someone on the wrong side of 50 employment wise I was until the start of the year wondering if I would ever find a full time job again. Younguns get the demand to be 20 with 5 years experience whilst I got “oooh, you are too qualified it would bore you” . After 18 months of dealing with the effing job agencies i can declare they are only there to make money for their shareholders. Another rat turd left by The Rodent.
In 2004 Kodak closed up shop and I had to register with the then relatively new you beaut agencies thanks to Howard. They did ZERO as I was supposedly highly employable. They got the government money for me though and I did not hear from them from the time of registration until…………………..a month after I had got a job oin my own steam with SGS.
“job agencies do not exist to help the unemployed find work”
They help, as most private enterprise do, to help themselves.
I have yet to see, by any metric, how private enterprise works more effectively and more efficiently than public.
Gippsland Laborite
“It is designed to firstly, give a financial windfall to the crooked job service providers”
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Damned EFFING right. A year or so back I read an article listing the 10 most expensive house sales in Sydney. Golly Gee! No.1 and something like 7 of the top ten were described as “employment agency” chappies, they were all chaps.
There is a notable chappess – married to a former federal politician – who ran a very successful employment agency or three.
When I went onto the Disability Support Pension I was assigned to an agency to make me “work ready” tho how that could be done without a hip replacement I don’t know.
A colossal waste of time and tax payers money.
Just watched it on the ABC
Sammy J’s Playground Politics Christmas Special.
He is a natural for Playschool.
Bill Shorten went along with the gig …
A natural for Playschool?
Maybe a tad too sophisticated (though many of the watching parents would enjoy him immensely) – but very clever indeed, as well as most entertaining.
Fiona,
It was not so much the content as the delivery.
Lots of kindies would lap up the dolls and how the grown-ups talked to them.
Facebook users can follow Sammy J and keep up with his work.
Then watched Walliams And Friend
The BBC does comedy like no one else.
I don’t know how old Joanna is but she will be beautiful till the day she dies.
She is 70, and still gorgeous.
And a dead-set charmer.
The way she has been doing her Viet Nam programs is truly astounding. The way she teared over the “kids” in the tunnels who died when the government opened the sluices …
Ducky,
I understand: it’s possible to draw an analogy between Sammy J and the inimitable John Hamblin, whom both very young DD and I adored.
PS
Didn’t your mother tell you that when you yawn you should cover your beak with your wingtip?
Last night Peta Credlin said the split would happen in February.
Stephen Mayne has tweeted a link to something he gets as a subscriber to The Oz. Its a preview to their front page tomorrow. Open the link within his tweet. Check the story at the top of the page, you can zoom in & read the text, its hi-res. Bernardi just upping the stakes (I still think that may be the case) or would he really go?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/21/dont-let-new-money-for-family-violence-fool-you-community-legal-centres-have-been-gutted
And on a lighter note…
Leroy,
I think corgi is just upping the ante, and will in all likelihood fold – once he gets whatever concession he’s aiming for at the moment.
It’s obvious Bernardi wants a ministerial position in the next reshuffle. Give him what he wants or he will split is the threat.
I’d let him split, but the jellyfish masquerading as a prime minister will most likely cave in and give Bernardi whatever he wants.
That must be very cold on the paws.
Leone,
In that case, it depends on how reliable a judge we can consider Credlin to be. If she is right, however, the current mess will definitely be a minority gummint.
Oh, the humanity . . .
Leone,
“Whatever corgi wants, corgi gets”?
No room for Perth Baby Jesus
https://revivemagazine.org.au/2016/12/21/no-room-for-perth-baby-jesus/
Leone,
One of the many tragedies surrounding this time of year is that shopping mall owners – and therefore their managements – don’t want uncomfortable reality intruding upon the schmaltzy pablum that is inflicted on the denizens to persuade them to spend above their means on things none of them or their recipients really want.
Good morning Dawn Patrollers.
The retired Independent Tony Windsor has launched an extraordinary spray, daring the conservative Cory Bernardi to do Malcolm Turnbull a favour and quit the Liberal party while urging the Prime Minister to “piss” and kick the outspoken Senator out of the party or “get off the potty.” Great stuff from Tony.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/do-turnbull-a-favour-windsor-urges-bernardi-to-defect-and-says-malcolm-turnbull-should-piss-or-get-off-the-potty-20161221-gtg617.html
The Australian is all over the potential Bernardi split. Google.
national-affairs/cory-bernardi-on-brink-of-liberal-party-split/news-story/f05f47e0e086bd3408cb8c42f498edb6
And more from The Age on the Victorian Liberal Party’s lurch to the right.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/liberal-right-pivot-flagged-amid-one-nation-panic-20161221-gtfplj.html
Andrew Street asks a good question. “If the SSM plebiscite is now unfunded how come it’s still Turnbull’s policy?”. And if senatorial rejection is reason to remove the cost from the budget why is that the savings from the “zombie bills” are still included I wonder.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/view-from-the-street/the-samesex-marriage-plebiscite-is-finally-unfunded-so-why-is-it-still-malcolm-turnbulls-policy-20161221-gtfkuo.html
The inability of Australians to afford their own home is shaping as one of the most contentious political issues of 2017 as new evidence shows house prices are growing increasingly out of line with people’s incomes. Google.
/real-estate/housing-affordability-shaping-up-as-key-issue-for-2017-20161218-gtduvu
The states do not benefit equally from Federal GST infrastructure funding, which is allocated according to electoral gain. Playing favourites with infrastructure.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/myefo-and-playing-favourites-with-infrastructure,9861
More fallout from the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/12/21/the-subpoena-that-rocked-the-u-s-election-is-legal-garbage-exp/?utm_hp_ref=au-homepage
Stephen Koukoulas writes that Australia’s economy faces significant downside risks early in the new year.
https://thekouk.com/item/436-aussie-economy-faces-significant-downside-risks-in-early-2017.html
UK MPs aren’t enamoured with the prospect of Macquarie Bank taking over the Green Investment Bank.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/worst-kind-of-company-alarm-in-britain-over-macquarie-banks-proposed-takeover-of-britains-green-investment-bank-20161221-gtg55k.html
There might well be a number of explosively bad tapes of Trump that could get released.
http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2016/12/21/donald-trump-tape-racist-the-apprentice/
I wonder what the story behind this attack on the ACL’s building in Canberra will be.
http://www.smh.com.au/act-news/van-drove-into-australian-christian-lobbys-canberra-headquarters-and-exploded-20161221-gtg6et.html
A reminder from the AFR to Morrison that he’s by no means in the clear. Google.
/news/policy/budget/dear-scott-enjoy-your-break-youll-need-all-your-energy-next-year-20161221-gtfka1
The government’s proposal on fuel standards would lead to further socio-economic division.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australias-most-popular-type-of-petrol–unleaded–could-be-phased-out-within-two-years-20161221-gtft1v.html
Section 2 . . .
Telstra’s piracy block was beaten within minutes of its deployment.
http://thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2016/12/21/telstra-block-pirate-bay/
Notwithstanding what we see in the accompanying photo this CEO is gutless!
http://www.theage.com.au/business/dairy-boss-antonio-esposito-fails-to-show-at-meeting-with-farmers-owed-millions-20161221-gtg052.html
How Germany has put itself back on the path of extremism.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/berlin-attack-how-germany-put-itself-back-on-the-path-to-extremism-20161221-gtflug.html
Here’s an tem to NOT buy.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/ban-slapped-on-decorative-alcoholfuelled-burners-after-more-than-100-injuries-20161221-gtfkk5.html
The RSL has broadened the scope of its inquiry into financial funny business by its hierarchy in NSW.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/rsl-broadens-inquiry-into-allegations-of-financial-misbehaviour-in-nsw-hierarchy-20161221-gtfnpa.html
Australia’s peak body for architects wants controversial plans to build a new 2.6-metre fence around Parliament House put on hold and reviewed immediately. That’s understandable.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/deeply-concerned-architects-demand-new-parliament-house-fence-plan-be-put-on-hold-20161221-gtfs0c.html
Jacob Saulwick says it’s nice that Turnbull travels on trains but it would be nicer if he builds them!
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/its-nice-that-malcolm-turnbull-catches-trains-it-would-be-nicer-if-he-built-them-20161221-gtfv4p.html
The four types of idiots in Donald Trump’s America.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-four-types-of-idiots-in-donald-trumps-america-20161220-gtfhec.html
Will Northern Ireland be hung out to dry when Brexit occurs?
http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/on-brexits-front-line-a-city-of-conflict-is-worried-once-more-20161221-gtfpuq.html
Nathan Tinkler’s audacious bid to escape bankruptcy has fallen at the first hurdle after he failed to post the $1 million he proposed to settle debts of more than $550 million before a creditors’ meeting on Wednesday. What a shocker!
http://www.smh.com.au/business/mining-and-resources/tinkler-bid-to-escape-bankruptcy-fails-first-hurdle-20161221-gtfzqf.html
Section 3 . . . with Cartoon Corner
An interesting essay from John Warhurst on the concept of representation and its importance to us.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/mining-and-resources/tinkler-bid-to-escape-bankruptcy-fails-first-hurdle-20161221-gtfzqf.html
Poor quality buildings will be a scourge for future generations. Maybe it’s this that governments should turn their attention to instead of obsessing over construction unions.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/poor-quality-buildings-will-be-a-scourge-for-future-generations-20161221-gtfq1r.html
Lessons from 2016 and what we can learn from them. Getting facts and evidence into policy making is the big one.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-lessons-of-2016-and-how-we-can-learn-from-them-20161221-gtfl5z.html
How legal aid funding is being slashed.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/21/dont-let-new-money-for-family-violence-fool-you-community-legal-centres-have-been-gutted
David Pope takes us to what’s left of the North Pole.
Mark Knight on the demise of the house that featured in “The Castle”.
http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/8d656ae548e3b82eb6380395aa376972?width=1024
Ron Tandberg with a good shot at electors.
Bernsrdi …. Bernadi ….. Bernardi.
What a hoot! Just two months ago Mark Kenny was telling us the Christmas break would save Turnbull by giving him time to reset.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/malcolm-turnbulls-consolation–christmas-is-coming-20161020-gs6p1v.html
Fat chance of a reset now. Every galah in the MSM pet shop will spend the next few weeks squawking about Bernardi. Will he go? When will he go? Who will jump ship with him? Turnbull will spend his summer break wondering if or when Corgi will jump. Will it be the first sitting week of 2017? Will it be sooner? Will it be before Easter? Fizza is going to need some special, calming herbal tea if he is to get through the next few weeks or maybe months without imploding or/and having a nervous breakdown. He will be so upset he won’t be able to enjoy his Christmas dinner truffles.
Here’s a thought. The worry, strain and nail-biting might make Fizza finally decide to chuck it in, using the tired old ” I want to spend more time with my grand-kids” excuse. It would be a lie, of course. We all know he’d be spending more time planning a way to become the Republic of Australia’s first president though, don’t we. But seriously, now would be a great time to resign. Of course the problem with that is who would take over. The MSM are going to have so much fun this Christmas!
Funny how the article in The Oz used so much dating talk to describe what’s going on. it’s actually a really good way to look at this. First Corgi’s ‘flirtation’ with his desired new party, then the’ active dating’.Has he reached second base yet? Third base? Will his ‘home run’ be the final split from the Liberal Party?
Where there’s dating there’s always a jilted party. This time there are two and oddly for the devoutly heterosexual (or so we are told) Corgi they are both male. Malcolm, the rejected suitor, who never really got anywhere near a relationship with Corgi, and Barnaby, rejected by Corgi’s new inamorata..
Poor Barnaby. Thrown over by Gina for a younger, better looking man. Gina, the hussy, after a romantic interlude wining and dining Corgi in New York has allegedly decided to take her billions and bankroll Corgi’s new party.You have to wonder who seduced who – did Gina, newly slim, fall for Corgi’s crazy-eyed charm (ugh) or was Corgi seduced by Gina’s wealth and powerful contacts? We’ll never know.
WTF is Barnaby going to do for election campaign funds now? It will be a miserable Christmas in the Joyce household too, this year, with Barnaby grumping around like a bizarre Krampus, snatching back Christmas gifts and whining about the need to save money.
Maybe there is a Santa Claus after all. Maybe he has a Christmas gift for us all – the death of the Liberal Party. If only …..
This govt is in a real Christmas mess:
Gigilene the Christmas mess has some logic to it, everyone knows what they are doing and don’t U-turn or backflip
He’s having so much fun! Love the little roll down the hill at the end.
Animal enrichment is one of my dream jobs. Imagine spending your working days thinking up new ways to keep your charges happy, entertained and stimulated.
http://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/sites/explore-the-zoo/animal-enrichment/animal-enrichment
That was delightful – thank you so much, Gravel!
Leone
I think you’ll be disappointed. The msm, so far, is playing it down. More interested in the ACL stuff.
Dunno about that, Gravel. Eventually the
sharksmsm will be unable to resist the scent of political blood in the water.For now. i’m very suspicious about that alleged ‘bombing. Especially as that Shelton creep is raving on about it being an ‘attack on free speech’.
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2016/12/22/acl-s-offices-targeted-by-suspected-car-bomb.html
I think death threats and bombings are much more likely to come from Shelton’s mob rather than from those who don’t like ACL’s nasty ideas.
The whole thing is very suspect.
Fiona
How many times have we thought that? I’ve lost count.
The 7:30 interview with KRudd was obviously well rehearsed.
He gets asked about Trump and Foreign Policy. He says we should always question the US as though he was always doing this. I don’t recall any signs of that while he was PM or FM.
When the question on the ANU report on the ‘collapse of trust in democracy’ came up Sales didn’t mention that the downward spiral started when KRudd decided that Climate Change wasn’t as important as staying in government.
But the quid pro quo then turned up. KRudd supporting funding for the ABC … no mention, of course, that he’d had two goes at giving the ABCs ‘Australia Network’ to Murdoch only to have that fiercely opposed by Conroy. (Tones later solved the Australia Network ‘problem’ by de-funding it.)
No mention of that collapse in trust being pushed on by Krudd’s machinations against Julia Gillard, I suppose.
This is a good read.
Turnbull hangs on to the keys of the Lodge, but only just
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/turnbull-hangs-on-to-the-keys-of-the-lodge-but-only-just,9862
It would be “funny/sad/weird” if it turned out that the gas cylinders were on their way to a barbecue this weekend and it was merely an ‘honest to god’ accident.
carrt2016
I’ve always wondered if the AN was part of a pact between Rupes and KR. Nice coverage in return for Rupes longed for foothold in Asia .So when PM KR failed to deliver Rupes set Mordor Media on to him.
kk – I don’t wonder about whether KRudd was trying to do Murdoch a favour.
Apparently the government is very cross with Their ABC for running investigative stories about Adani and money hidden in the Caymans.
So – here’s some more from Stephen Long on Adani and corruption.
Adani companies facing multiple financial crime, corruption probes
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-22/adani-companies-facing-multiple-corruption-probes/8140100
Fairfax will be in trouble too, for this –
Adani’s Carmichael Mine is unbankable says Queensland Treasury
http://www.smh.com.au/business/mining-and-resources/adanis-carmichael-mine-is-unbankable-says-queensland-treasury-20150630-gi1l37.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_9kk0hz2EQ
Charles Aznavour: Les Émigrants.
Beautiful lyrics:
Home Charles Aznavour lyrics The Emigrants
EMIGRANTS SONGS – CHARLES AZNAVOUR
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How do you think they came?
They came, empty pockets and bare hands
To work at arm’s length
And clearing an ungrateful soil
How do you think they stayed?
They remained, trimming like damned
Without having to look up
To feel close to God
They see you, full of fervor and virtue
Build a lost temple
How do you think they held out?
They held, being believers and stubborn
Determined for their children
To make a different world
The emigrants
How do you think they ate?
They ate, this sacred rabid cow
Who completes you or makes you strong
Either we die or we get away
How do you think they liked it?
They loved, blessing their first born
Who was mixing their blood
Their traditions and their accents
They soon created a new world
Without holocaust and without ghettos
How do you think they won?
They won, when it was necessary to designate
Men who had guts
They were all in the front row
The emigrants
How do you think they have suffered?
They suffered, some describing hell
With pen or brush
It earned us Picasso
How do you think they fought?
They struggled, having the love of the trade
Until they sacrificed their lives
Remember Marie Curie
With their hands
They worked for tomorrow
Serving as an example to mankind
How do you think they’re done?
They finished, leaving a little of their genius
In what man has at all times
Made of the finest fact of greater
The emigrants
Magnificent voice, wonderful words.
It’s hard to believe Aznavour is now ninety-two. I seem to have been enjoying that voice for most of my life. One of the ‘good guys’ when it comes to support for refugees, immigrants and also, through his parents, Jews during WWII.
Small, discreet update on The Travails Of HI….
There has been a move made by management, behind the scenes, via an intermediary, very hush-hush, to effect a settlement. All completely unofficial at the moment and nothing happening for the time being.
They have admitted that their case does not hold water and that they can’t sack HI, or even warn her. In other words, they failed, but are too gutless to admit it. So they shit in their own nest and declare the employer-employee relationship irretrievably broken down (it does not matter in law that it’s their own fault).
At least, some progress, even if on a position that qualified for the Oscar for Best Bleedin’ Obvious Soap Opera Screenplay Of The Decade. “And the winner is…”
In the New Year, I will be taking lessons in how to play a thousand tiny violins simultaneously.
Settlement as in ‘large amount of go away money’?
The 2016 Crikeys: Arsehat, Person of the Year and Sexiest Pollies are …
Person of the Year – Gillian Triggs. (Yay!)
Arsehat oif the Year – Dutton.
Sexiest politicians – Scott Ludlam and Tanya Plibersek – 4th year in a row for Ms P.
Free article.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2016/12/22/the-2016-crikeys-arsehat-person-of-the-year-and-sexiest-pollies/
I award The White Feather to Fizza.
LNP Senator in full outrage
and there’s lots more
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/22/federal-resources-minister-accuses-abc-of-fake-news-over-adani-coalmine
Yes. The amount to be negotiated, although I’ll bet they STILL try to stand over us. It’s in their nature. They’ll make it seem like they’re doing us a favour. In our view that attitude costs money.
TLBD
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I,m off to another xmas party now . Should be fun it,s on a converted prawn trawler. Taxi companies and uber love me over the festive season.
(Prawns not so much.)
Barbara Jatta, the next head of the Vatican Museums:
http://www.thelocal.it/20161221/first-woman-named-vatican-museums-rome
At risk of sounding like a Philistine, I have to say that after an hour in the Vatican Museum, in the eyes of this particular punter when you’ve seen one priceless 15th century masterpiece, you’ve seen ’em all. It then becomes a matter of massaging swollen feet and staying awake.
Being surrounded by loudmouthed Yanks, all squabbling for position in front of the more famous pieces, only puts you in a more fatalistic frame of mind.
The Sistine, though, is truly wonderful. There is the added excitement when you realize that the attendants angrilyclap their hands and yell “Silencio!” every three minutes and forty-three seconds, in a real “Ol’ Faithful” style performance.
For sheer grandeur that cannot be bored out of you, try the piazza out the front of St. Peters. Only then do you comprehend the enormity of it and its utter beauty and magnificence that never wears out, no matter how jaded you are.
For an elsewhere indoor gasp of pure pleasure, the Pantheon always works to delight and strike awe in the most barbaric heart (which is probably why the barbarians left it standing).
Yep, the Pantheon is my fave – I thought Rome’s marble got ransacked to build St Peters. My sin of omission was declining a photo op with a debauched looking Centurion.
Sistine Chapel struck me as a vault or sixteenth century panic room – the treasures on the way into the Sistine Chapel were magnificent
This is the only christmas carol, sung like this, that I want to hear.
Wow.
Mind you, this version is pretty awesome as well …
John Farnham with fellow LRBers Beeb Birtles and Graeham Goble at Carols by Candlelight..
Fantastic 🙂
…or, if I’m feeling sentimental, my favourite tenor Fritz Wunderlich and his friend Hermann Prey singing it in German 😀
http://blog.thomsonreuters.com.au/2016/12/high-court-year-review-2016/
http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/12/how-mike-cernovich-is-pizzagating-his-latest-victim.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/trump-voters-planned-parenthood_us_585ab7cde4b0d9a59456bfb8 there will be more of this, on many policy areas
It will be interesting to see if there’s any mention of Adani on 7:30 tonight.
The ABC seems to be sticking to their guns so far today.
It’s almost (but not quite) enough to make me want to watch their news.
If Adani does get a mention Matt Canavan will become apoplectic.
Jamala Wildlife Lodge – I sneak off for a quiet pre-Christmas break and you lot have to blow my cover.
Leone
But….but….but…..we missed you and wanted to drop in.
Didn’t I read the word “Krampus” today. Had no idea what it was. Here is an Austrian Christmas tradition:
http://www.thelocal.at/20161221/things-you-only-get-once-youve-celebrated-christmas-and-new-year-in-austria
You did – that was me, referring to Barnaby, and it was a deliberate choice of word.
leone
I had a feeling it was you. I just couldn’t find that particular post. I suppose it’s something like the boogey man. Scary indeed. Frightening children has always been a fascinating pastime of adults.
I did my Christmas meal shopping today and it’s my casual observation that the price of cherries has doubled because of the Free Trade Agreement with China.
With respect to the truck exploding in the Australian Christain Lobby office at 4am this morning, was the driver sleeping rough, trying to commit suicide, or what?
Cherries have always been expensive, especially when they’re out of season, and they’re being imported. The Tassie ones in spring are delicious and a little cheaper for a week or two.
There is a national shortage of cherries because of unusually cold weather when the fruit was forming.
But – China is certainly snapping up as much of our crop as they can. China is buying up Tasmanian cherry orchards too.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/chinese-interest-blossoms-in-tasmanias-cherryripe-exports/news-story/4195ded42158ec6c3bb7efcfc28ec54a
I bought cherries today – I didn’t even look at the price. It’s a Christmas treat, so hang the cost.
Australia has exported the best fruit for a long time. Thirty years ago I had a small retail business. Every spring a man would arrive from somewhere down near Young to take orders for Christmas fruit deliveries. He only approached retailers because they could claim they were buying stock from him. At least, that was his story. We always ordered cherries and peaches and when they were delivered they were sensational. He told us his fruit was export quality and would never be seen in the shops in Australia and I believed him. Even when I lived in a fruit-growing area we saw nothing like the quality of the fruit he sold us.
One of the joys of living at Kersbrook in the Adelaide Hills was the delicious, locally-grown cherries.
Cherries from a supermarket don’t hold a candle to them 😦
Apparently this is is a bogie tipper truck. Strange …
ABC TV news Canberra.
Adani got three minutes 16 minutes in. Stephen Long went in hard. Seems a “suspect” Adani company has the “environmental rights” for their business here.
Big news on 7.5 is Ashby sideling Pawleene.
The new David Oldfield.
As I hinted yesterday evening.
Good point:
Any god worth its salt would be ashamed of being linked to that lot.
A bit of Divine Retribution.
Hang on a second … a religious organisation is refusing to accept expert advice (in this case, from the police) on what us or isn’t religious or ideological motivation for a crime and which, by such refusal, coincidentally enables them to both claim victim-hood and to further bash Teh Gays?
Colour me amazed.
Or, shorter ACL: we want to prove that people hate us as much as we hate them. Because if we can’t fo that then all we have is our own hate, exposed for exactly what it is …
They’re quick!
A ref to the bombing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Christian_Lobby
7.5 is a bit behind the times.
Channel 9 did Ashby and Hanson last night. There are claims he is the power in the party and she takes advice only from him.
http://rock.ly/jspia
7.5 was pushing the line that he does not consult her and just does what he wants.
Would the two that are left (and Her Ladyship) be a tad touchy about that?