Oz media made a desperate grasp for vested “meaningfulness” by deciding to manufacture a “contest” of the 2010 Australian Federal Election.
Whoopee doo.
Enter stage left ex-PMs: Big Mal, Silver Bodgie, Ruddbot The Loyal, but not Keato.
Enter stage Right: Mad Mark, El (Murali’s a chucker!) Rodentino and Bobby Santamaria’s Ghost.
The impact going forward (Newtonian Politics) of the above celebrity fringe dwellers was boosted with appearances by assorted shit-kickers of marginal relevance. Feel the surge, Ticsters. The “swing is on” but it’s “too close to call”. From coast to sea-girt coast across our sunburnt land, cliffs are being pre-emptively cordoned-off from potential hangers. And be consoled men and women of Australia that as we go forward, no child will be left behind. Touching, really, the certainty and comfort of cliches.
Who knows why the MSM did it. In the mood for a little revenue-raisin’ and funnin’ I guess. Citizen Rupert of Delaware, dear old Auntie and Fair(and balanced)fax are generally so even-handed in matters of national importance that the savaging of Julia “I’m a Ranga” Prole came as a complete surprise to many seasoned election watchers and more than a few political junkies.
Hugh Mackay reckons the last four weeks have been a beat-up monumentale.
Can’t disagree. Hugh, who has a finely honed professional schnoz for these things, can’t perceive the whiff of imminent national change. Next Sunday morning Australians will awaken to the reality of a female Prime Minister who is an unmarried atheist and we, preferentially, will have elected her over a bigoted neo-neanderthal who will comfortably retain his seat of Warringah.
It is so luvly.
http://www.followthemedia.com/fittoprint/now08092010.htm
And speaking of musicals…..Firstdog has produced a true epic for the stage today.
Starring the amazing ABC dance bandicoot. It’s a classic.
http://media.crikey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Closure2.jpg
Would it be wonderful nailing Murdoch?
Also, there a fascinating piece by Guy Rundle on WikiLeaks and the Assange rape charges in today’s Crikey.
http://bit.ly/cb0dt4
No sub req.
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Paddy
Brilliant as usual.
Jen
Have you still got dry feet?
Everything ok at Wang?
Gee guys. It seems like Rupert Murdoch is running one big conspiracy.
ROTFLMAO
The unhinging of Wilson Tuckey.
http://bit.ly/9bqTwf
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Chris
Either that or he wants to be kingmaker all over the world.
No second prizes for Roo.
Here’s a lovely pic of the maddest Uncle saying goodbye.
http://twitpic.com/2mm67x
Dear Wilson….Don’t let the door hit you on the arse as you depart.
Good riddance to toxic rubbish.
Annabel Crabb is many things. But stupid is not one of them.
She’s first off the rank when it comes to recognising that it’s going to be a very different parliament and will require a different approach from reporters.
Never mind the conflict, let’s report the parliament
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/09/3007376.htm?site=thedrum
Where was this information during the election?
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“Next generation broadband could produce economic benefits of $12-30 billion per annum to Australia”
Australian Government
Broadband Advisory Group 2003 Report
Australian FTTH News.
Now I find this useful NBN news.
http://ozftth.blogspot.com/2007/10/white-papers.html
paddy @ 1311
That’s a great piece by Ms Crabb.
Possumm posted this comment on his great unhinged thread. An excellent addendum….
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/09/08/let-the-great-unhinging-begin/comment-page-4/#comments
all good Gaffers- thanks for asking.
The world is a happy and wonderful place full of rainbows, ( and Brain May is up there with George C. for me. )
Also a bit pleasing that the Red River gums are twinkling with delight at the drenching they are finally getting.
And Fielding and Tuckey are Toast… what more could a woman want?
…apart from not gagging on my toast when CB posts something about faecal matter first thing in the morning. …
honestly Chris.
Jen. Imagine how the Christians would re-act.
When finding it in Google.
don’t care about the Christains… what about the atheists trying to eat toast and vegemite???
…have to do it.
Christians.
Wilson Tuckey wants to start a blog!
Sponsored by Kimberley Moron and the W.A.T-party I suppose.
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American Reichstag Burning
http://www.salon.com/entertainment/comics/this_modern_world/2010/09/07/this_modern_world/index.html
Difficulties encountered in educating bad mugs.
http://www.salon.com/entertainment/comics/this_modern_world/2010/09/07/this_modern_world/index.html
Oh dear! Ross Garnaut pwned on the 730 report.
Being the director of a gold mine spewing toxic waste into the oceans off Papua New Guinea, is not going to help his future career choices.
The chances of him being new govt’s golden boy of environmental and CC issues just dissolved in a cloud of cyanide tailings.
Paddy, for environmentalists that’s like discovering Santa Claus is Chester the Molester. Many of his ideas will remain but someone else will have to sell them.
TF Tony Winsor is hip to “renewables”. Oakers too from memory.
Makes you wonder whether old Ross was being a bit too lenient on the realities of CC..
In this case Ecky….Santa IS Chester the molester.
I’ve never found Ross Garnaut particularly impressive or inspiring when it comes to CC or environmental issues. He always struck me as Kevin Rudd’s chief poster boy. Devising better ways to wedge the Libs and offer the polluters a fairly painless way skim billions off the taxpayers.
Not a fan!!!
Grog’s got a new post up and what a cracker it is.
(Mainly because he agrees with me.)
http://grogsgamut.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-world-and-old-sigh.html
Interesting stuff from Grog. The editorial from the Oz is quite remarkable. The most interesting ramification I can see is that it’s no longer possible for any ABC program to have these News Ltd. people on and claim they are offering an objective, critical analysis to the ABC audience. So is the ABC willing to continue with the charade? Of course they are but then what does that tell us about the ABC?
Damn and blast! It appears (from word over the fence) that Laura Tingle has opened up with both barrels on the partisan stance of the Oz in today’s Fin Review.
I guess I’ll have to actually buy a copy.
(It’s really against my religious beliefs to give money to Fairfax. But I’ll force myself to suffer for the greater good. )
During the campaign I refused to buy a dead tree OO even on Saturdays when full enchilada Newspolls were published. We descendants of Bog Irish and Lowland Krauts have an epigenetic predispostion to loathing Uber-Mammonists and worshippers of Moloch like Murdoch. Christ only knows how many wars he has used his organs to propagandise)
http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/wp-content/uploads/moloch.jpg
Glommed Newspolls from the blogs as a C&P soonafter anyway. Always difficult for a pol. junky to delay gratification, but especially rewarding when snubbing a Murdoch owned organ.
Sep-Citizen Rupert is the puppeteer of Glen Beck (cf. today’s LNL at 4PM on RN).
The former Adelaide copyboy-made-good has transmogrified into Capo di Tutti Capi di Newsi Cornutto. In the process he has destroyed the lives and reputations of countless good women and men. Rupie almost got his boy Rabbott up in August.
I’m extending my boycott to Mr. Murdoch’s hopelessly inadequate online offerings also. The Dirty Delaware’s dross is not even gonna get a stray click from my side of cyberspace.
Fuck him, his myrmidons, his minions and his mates who profit from mass deception, wars and human misery.
Don Wigan and Merc are going with the boycotting of News advertisers on LP.
http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/09/09/16675/
Ticsters, we battle for the heart and soul of of our Great Southern Land. Rupert has meddled in the affairs of dozens of other countries, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could *do him slowly* in his Land Of Origin?
Post Script. My best mate is a Ltd. News subby and dropped a spot to me backing Tone over Jules for PM. We had a long phone debrief (at Rupert’s expense of course) on the election yesterday. His son, (my godson) is about to celebrate his 21st so I asked dad to pass on the hunded dollars as part of godfather’s gift.
For me, it was one of the sweetest moments of our lifelong friendship.
Paddy, can you type us a little taste of the good bits pleez?
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Fuck that, scan it and post it all for us cheapskates.
And also EC Roo has his fingers in the “movie’ world pie as well. Avatar for eg so best to wait and burn a copy and give it away.
I stopped buying The Australian during the lead up to the Iraq war and have never gone back. Though I do read George Megalogenis online.
That editorial – the comments on the Greens being bad for the nation etc – is shocking. Makes me wonder whether The Australian has given up on its core demographic of tertiary educated people, ‘coz that’s who votes Green (not all, of course).
Joyce pours scorn on ‘rubbish’ Oakeshott.
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Yeah! Joyce is shooting himself in the foot.
More here..
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-election/joyce-pours-scorn-on-rubbish-oakeshott-20100910-153n8.html
Abbott wanted them to be nice to the Indies. Just in case they changed their mind.
Timber giant concedes defeat in decades-old logging war .
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Well done Jen. Well done The Greens.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/timber-giant-concedes-defeat-in-decadesold-logging-war-20100910-153fm.html
Cheapskate bastards the lot of you.
Haven’t got a friggin scanner so the juicy bits willl have to be manually typed.
(Never my strong suite.)
Anyway, here goes.
Paul Begala, Democratic Strategist, On A GOP Government Shutdown: ‘Bring It On’.
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Its all coming together so nicely.
More here…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/09/begala-shut-down-government-gop_n_710785.html
Courtesy Jonathan Green on Twitter, here’s a scan of the Laura Tingle article today, though you’ll need to work out a way to zoom it up a bit.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathleenjoy/4975677542/
“Melbourne Storm’s No 1 ticket holder is Julia Gillard.” Since when does being a number 1 ticket holder implicate anyone?
1339
Beat me to it KL
Isn’t it interesting, how even those in the business of journalism are ignoring the paywall restraints and demanding the brightest and the best be heard?
Good to see.
Super PACs Multiply as Companies Freed to Give.
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As long as their funding is reasonably balanced. It should be OK. As of the parties The Democrat Party has twice as much money as The Republican Party. So they do have a bit of catching up to do. The Democrats have the added advantage of the Presidency behind them.
Full article here…
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-09/super-pacs-flourish-to-influence-u-s-vote-after-companies-freed-to-give.html
1339 Katielou Thanks Katielou. You can zoom in to full size by clicking the boxes in the top right hand corner. Then choose Original 4299 x 3035 I have saved a copy. Right click on the image and select save image as for PC users. Just in case it is removed due to Copyright Issues. I don’t know how quickly Flickr responds.
Oh squee! Laura Tingle and George Megalogenis on Lateline tonight.
Meanwhile the heater has been turned up a notch as Roo starts to freeze a bit.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/09/rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking-mps
Oh what a treat. Tonight on lateline with Leigh Sales.
The lovely Laura T and Mega George!!
Should be a cracker of a show.
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ROTFLMAO We must stop meeting like this KL
1345
gaffy
That is such a lovely story.
The fall of the house of Murdoch is a movie we are all dying to see.
(Preferably d/loaded from the pirate bay!)
ABC News 24 is getting 3 times as many viewers as Sky News. I like that.
1330
Oh yes….speaking of punting Ecky.
Those scum sucking bastards at the TAB are refusing to pay out till Julia signs in the cabinet next week.
Sheesh! They are nothing but a bunch of b(w)ankers!!!
To be fair Chris B, you have to pay to watch Sky News on TV.
I have Foxtel but only occasionally watch Sky News. But I feel pretty disappointed with ABC News 24 as well. As many have pointed out before me, I think the ABC budget is stretched too thinly. I wish they’d put more into investigative journalism over a 24 hour news channel. Case in point – Four Corners has absolutely gone to pot. I don’t watch it anymore. It used to be great. Sigh
I want one.
My little terrorist pony http://tinyurl.com/2d84xc7 (via dlisted)
“Cheapskate bastards the lot of you.
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Gaffy, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to maintain ideological purity ’round this joint without being cravenly subjected to the opprobrium of one’s peers !
“And also EC Roo has his fingers in the “movie’ world pie as well.”
The facts and physics of NBN mean that punters will be able to download Sony faster than a phalanx of hopped-up electrons and a whole lotta other non-Rupie stuff too!
Holy Croessus, Batman! If this trend continues, the Mongrel Mogul might have to bunk down in Lachlie’s Bondi doss house when the power-hungry prick deigns to descend downunder.
“TIMBER giant Gunns has broken ranks with Tasmania’s forest industry and confirmed it will pull out of native forest logging altogether.”
“Well done Jen. Well done The Greens.”
Aye, wot Chris sed. Abso-bloomin-lutely. Or to quote Ferny, “Fuck, Yeah!!”
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And on behalf of all the card-carrying “cheapskates” of Ticsterdom, please accept our eternal gratitude for your theft and dissemination of valuable intellectual property blong Fairfax.
Seriously, thanks.
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As Kath & Kim usta say:
She’s….. such…. a…… girl!
(Naturally, I’ll cop an optic’s worth too.)
Paddy, Priness Sparlke Pony is simply devastated by the premature demise of her good friend, The Little Exploding Terrorist Pony. She feels it’s best if Special Ponies are always matched with the right Jihad Jockey before connections nominate for the Ka-Boom Encourage.
Have only used Betfair for the World Cup and our recent elections and thanks to the Flying Teapot of the Punt have collected from both events.
Was impressed that they paid up when the Indies cast their lots. Honourable even! The TAB are not only collecting interest every day on the dosh that is rightfully yours, if any of Ranga’s 76 are subject to (touchez le bois!) misadventure, the mean-spirited grafters will say it’s legal to keep the money until after the bye-election.
And it’s not the roughest that if said seat was marginalish, it could go the other way in which case you’d lose the lot.
Besides, their odds are were tight as a fish’s arsehole, notwithstanding the “5% tax on winnings” which btw goes down the more you do bidness with ‘em!
With a hat tip to over the fence.
This little youtube of how to kick a Murdoch minion is pure gold.
Skynews pwned again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDYalpZhG_8
How the ALP should treat Roos Journos.
Chris Bryant tears into Kay Burley on Sky News
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDYalpZhG_8
Paddy
Snap
Another link from over the fence.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/commons-declares-war-on-media-barons-and-their-redtopped-assassins-2075474.html
Voinovich Breaks Ranks, Says Small Biz Bill Must Pass.
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Now that will be very handy!
more here…
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/voinovich-breaks-ranks-says-small-biz-bill-
A special event beckons this Sunday morning.
http://media.crikey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/TalkingPictures.jpg
1351 Katielou I agree with everything you say. What I am trying to say is that people will gradually drop the paid stuff for free to air. There are still a lot more channels to start yet. 2 or 3 SBS including HD, 9 HD plus a standard. Seven Mate, Seven HD. They are doing the Grand Final in 3D. Plus 1 or 2 stations from Ten. They a gradually chipping away.
Now *THIS*…….Is just too good not to share.
From today’s Crikey tips and rumours.
Who ever said Melb was boring?
1355 paddy & gaffy. He really rips into Kay. Great stuff.
1358 gaffhook Great news. I wonder if anyone has thought that the same thing could be happening here. After all there were leaks in the federal election.
I hadn’t realised this speech received wide coverage.
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more here…
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/megyn-kelly-wanted-make-fun-obamas-s
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules.
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more here….
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/09/dont-ask-dont-tell-unconstitutional-ruled-judge_n_711508.html
Republicans????? That confuses the issue.
LOL From Possum on twitter.
Tomorrow’s Oz Today: “Oakeshott Snubs Prime Spinster”
Austan Goolsbee. Stange name. But boy, is he good. [See videos]
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This guy is very good. See the Jon Stewart videos.
Maybe a game changer.
more here….
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/09/obama-to-tap-goolsbee-as-chair-of-council-of-economic-advisers.html
Austan Goolsbee doesn’t talk political speak. Just treat us like real people. Which is why Austan is in big demand from the cable networks.
Hmm….Looks like Julian Assange and wikileaks aren’t going to be shutdown by a “sex-scandal” sting.
oops!
“Massive Cache of Iraq War Docs to Be Published by @wikileaks”
http://bit.ly/diM76r
Lovely Yarra City tram exchange, Paddy.
Now if only the Swannies can give Barry and the Dogs something to remember tomorrow.
Oakers made the right call on a Ministry gig. Too many hairs on it for my liking. If he’d taken Ranga’s offer, The Mongrel Mogul’s myrmidons would have shredded Robbie O. to his long bones before dropping them from Icarine heights to shatter far below on the rocks of political oblivion.
Then they would skirmish for position like jackals before sucking the last of Oakeshott’s marrow.
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Paddy
Bring it on i say. Nothing like a bit of transparency after the events so that history can be correctly written.
Especially in a fucked out trumped up war which our scumbag prime minister at the time falsely led us in to.
Tram conductors have no sence of humour.
Got on a tram in St Kilda once with a couple of mates and a skinfull.
Conductor; Tickets to where fellas.
Us; no mate the Lord Mayor has give us the keys to the city.
Conductor; Well i suggest you get off now or pay for a ticket as the keys he has given you don’t open the doors at Pentrige.
Trams are great.
I want Julia and Bob Brown to jump on the bandwagon of the UK parliament and start hassling Rude Roo.
Bob is in the right spot to do it but maybe better off waiting till July next year and in the meantime collect all the ammo to shoot him down with when they have BOP.
I have to say, I find this story rather sad.
I’d hoped that Lindsay might have gone down a different path.
Lindsay Tanner goes to the private sector
Lindsay Tanner has been appointed to a job with the investment bank Lazard.
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s3008776.htm
Sad, indeed, Paddy. Applying Ockham’s Razor, a lotta folk reckon he leaked to Big Laurie during week one of the campaign.
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http://www.truthdig.com/cartoon/item/light_my_fire_20100909/
Sept 9:
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/mike-luckovich
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Yep, gaffy, Uncle Bob should hold-off on THAT Roo shoot till the second half of next year.
Meanwhile, Laura and teh lettle payple of teh blogs are gonna go teh scoundrel scone hot!
Lateline 10:10.
From the remarkably reliable GhostWhoVotes on twitter
NYT on the mad pastor and the media.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/us/10media.html?_r=2&hp
Methinks there might be a fearsome backlash when the first US troops/citizens get slaughtered by an angry mob in any one of a dozen Muslim countries. If the book burner goes through with this. Then it will be patriotism Vs Religion, with the US Constitution in the middle. What a mess!!
BTW Grogs got a lovely Friday night relaxer blogpost up.
Well worth a look and don’t miss the the Pantene ad.
Magic!
http://grogsgamut.blogspot.com/2010/09/friday-night-relaxer.html
Megaman pwned the ABC.
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Yep Hussey He looked bloody embarrassed too.
He’s taken the 40 pieces of silver and it must really hurt to be the last one standing of Rupert’s minions who has *any* of his (rapidly diminishing) credibility left.
Tonight’s performance left him painfully exposed.
Obama Press Conference: President To Take GOP To Task On Economy, Tax Cuts.
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Now if anyone is not sure if the election battle has started. This will answer your question. David that means you too.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/10/obama-press-conference-pr_n_711857.html
Take note of where the polls are sitting at present.
I’m not sure if I follow all that, but it *sounds* bad.
Entertainment, information, and an edu-ma-cation in the one sentence Eccy. Well done!
The tentacles of the Malevolent Mongrel Mogul’s Myrmidons octopus must have reached in to every nook and public cranny as though it was feasting on all those delicious crayfish. The ones it thought were an arse full of meat and a head full of shit and would never find out.
What a delicious morsel twill be if the crayfish decide to go on the march with a class action for a measely 1mil pound each in damages.
That would be 4,332 times 1 mil pound. That would go close to wiping out the profits from Avatar would it not.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/sep/10/phone-hacking-victims-list.
As Audrey would say;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q671QIDeH-U
Have to help this grow legs out there. Coulson must surely be now tainted and hanging on by …………..fill the blank.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/10/phone-hacking-scandal-andy-coulson
How fucken cute.
Fox and henhouse springs to mind.
Love the photo of Roo when he ws 28.
And this issue is being ramped up in the US as their Novembers come close. Will not be a bad thing for Barry to discredit their news services as severely tainted.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i93d84615e6fca146a5e0af2c0cd168d9
Hope Bob Brown is taking it all in.
When the UK tories are mentioning press regulations i wonder if abbort concurs here in Oz.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/10/alastair-campbell-tories-phone-hacking
Stewart teaches MSNBC to selectively edit clips like Fox News.
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more here…
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/stewart-how-msnbc-can-selectively-edit-clips
Gaffy, great stuff on the Mongrel Mogel’s “Gotcha!”. The Seps actually locked up another media mega-malfeasant, Conrad Black for lesser crimes. NYT havn’t taken on The Delaware without doing their homework first. They are ready for the shitstorm. So heartening to see Bob Brown and Tingles et al. ready to at last confront him in Australia.
It’s alive!!
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/conroys-net-filter-still-alive-and-kicking-20100910-1540s.html
Thanks, Flanners, always nice to know you’re lurking.
Hell yeah, Hussey! Time to stop the waste and wowser-pandering!
Bring it all out in the open and bring it now you weak bastards.
Drill Noos Ltd until it explodes like BP’s gulf well and foires burn it to the ground.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/10/mps-backed-down-rebekah-brooks
Julia’s full ministerial list here.
http://bit.ly/d3DYKO
Hmmmm Peter Hartcher goes to great lengths to say what a great bloke Abbort is for pulling his Myrmidons back in to line after they are calling the Govt Illegitimate, and how he at no stage started the illegitimate meme.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/coalition-lets-it-rip-but-the-spray-is-too-ferocious-20100910-154v1.html
Only for Tim Dunlop to shit on his parade;
http://tjd.posterous.com/the-teflon-opposition-leader
http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/90398/
http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/90443
We don’t burn no steenkin’ Korans in Anchorage!
“Awww…..shucks, it’s just a lil’ ol’ co-incidence. Like Glen Beck and his pals at the Lincoln Memorial, that’s all. People need to respect us more as Patriots!”
~ Fox News Spokesrobot
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/beck_and_palin_together_again_on_9_11_20100909/
Looks like Conroy is still in communications.
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Afraid so, Chris.
Hopefully, they’ll listen to the Indi’s and ditch the filter asap.
BTW
I notice that Jules is also keeping a sharp eye on the digital stuff.
As Conroy is also Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity.
I suspect the filter will be given a quick and painless death when she gets a moment.
OK then. Now for a bit of in depth analysis from Grog on who gets what and why in the cabinet reshuffle.
(You’d have to say, he’s a lot smarter and insightful than most of the Canberra press gallery!)
http://grogsgamut.blogspot.com/2010/09/cabinet-picks-and-pans.html