Category: Truth in Humor

Rossleigh Remembering My Love For Linda Reynolds…

Linda Reynold’s mother testified that it was very hard for her daughter going from “being universally loved and respected to becoming a pariah.”

Undoubtedly it would be a very hard thing when this happens to a person. Although, in the interests of clarity, I must say that I’m having trouble remembering my respect and love for the woman. I guess that must just be one of those things that happen with age when you forget someone who meant so much to you and it’s very, very distressing for them… not so much for you, because you can’t remember them and you don’t understand why they’re having heart palpitations and all those people who still remember how much they love them are worried that they may not last the night… which would be terrible because they have a speech the next day!

Anyway, notwithstanding my inability to remember the Linda Reynolds that I loved universally, I must say that I’m a little confused by much of the testimony at the trial. Perhaps wiser legal heads than mine can explain why Senator Reynolds health is of so much importance in this trial…

Remembering My Love For Linda Reynolds…

`Why Trump Should Drop J. D. Vance But That May Not Be Why He Does…

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However, if Trump does dump Vance, I suspect it will be because he’s started to out-do him and get more publicity. Remember that the main focus for Trump has always been ratings or numbers in the crowd. If Vance starts to get more quotes than he does, it might be too much to accept.

Why Trump Should Drop J. D. Vance But That May Not Be Why He Does…

Every Picture Tells a Story- Truth in Humor

The Potential Labor Landslide… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

I once wrote that the Liberals would be releasing their policies closer to the election and, by closer, I mean a few weeks AFTER the election.

Source: The Potential Labor Landslide… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The Strangest Things About The Liberal Party This Week! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

At least he’s safe from a spill for the simple reason that nobody wants the job. And at least he can content himself that he’ll be able to run a better campaign than Rishi Sunak, who announced the election in the rain and managed to get himself photographed standing under an exit sign.

Source: The Strangest Things About The Liberal Party This Week! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Why I’m Confused By Peter Dutton And Other Strange Things… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Anyway, there’s heaps more strange things like Tony Abbott being Minister for Women or Peter Dutton having perfect eyesight until he lost his hair but there’s a limit to how much strangeness you can have in a day… It’s true: the communist Albanese government has imposed it and I read it on X!

 

Source: Why I’m Confused By Peter Dutton And Other Strange Things… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

US Threatens to Respond to Middle East Crisis With Massive Escalation of Meaningless Statements — The Shovel

Joe Biden has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back attacks on civilian areas in Gaza, or risk a barrage of empty statements, the likes of which have never been seen before.

Source: US Threatens to Respond to Middle East Crisis With Massive Escalation of Meaningless Statements — The Shovel

Monarchists Demand Say In GG Appointment – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Ok, ok, I’ll take my tongue firmly out of my cheek and say quite clearly that I don’t believe that the head of state should just be at the whim of the PM of the day…

Of course, it should be someone who can achieve the consensus of both of the major forces driving decisions in Australia: Rupert and Gina.

P.S. Is it true that Dutton has been staying at Gina’s place in WA so that he can work out an acceptable plan for the election?

 

Source: Monarchists Demand Say In GG Appointment – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Why A Punch In The Face May Be Good For Civil Discourse! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Like I said, I don’t condone violence. However when I first heard the German word, “backpfeifengesicht” meaning a face that needs to be slapped, the face of several politicians and commentators came to mind.

Source: Why A Punch In The Face May Be Good For Civil Discourse! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

I’m Not A Racist Butt… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Yes, I know people tell me that I shouldn’t call Dutton by that name. It has been pointed it’s upsetting and cheap and commenting on a physical resemblance that he can’t help is not fair. However, I simply reply by reminding people that Voldemort is a fictional character and therefore won’t actually be upset by the comparison…

If you look at the position Dutton takes on just about any issue, it’s worth asking who is actually going to be swayed into voting for him based on what he’s said.

Source: I’m Not A Racist Butt… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Thug’s army – » The Australian Independent Media Network

 The Thug. His embrace of autocracy, his inherent peeing-in-the-hotel-kettle nastiness, his rigid adherence to Tory dogma and a wit that is a 3G modem in a 5G world makes him entirely predictable. A national leader? He is more out of his depth than Harold Holt. In naval terms he’s a rudderless shit. He will never be PM.

The L/NP tree-house club, like many RWNJ organisations, is defined by what it’s against rather than what it’s for – where conservatism is a constant battle for preservation of the status quo; where anti is easy, and initiative is hard. It’s where bias beats brains.

 

Source: Thug’s army – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Peter Dutton’s Unequivocal Position! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Now, I know that some of you are thinking that – after the years from Abbott to Morrison – it’d be a much bigger shock to find that there wasn’t a liar in the Lodge, but that’s not what I’m finding so perplexing about the latest attempt by the Coalition to gain some political traction.

Source: Peter Dutton’s Unequivocal Position! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Empathy And The Unfortunate Few Who Own Your Home… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

It’s not true that the Liberal Party don’t know how to show empathy. The trouble is that they’re giving too much of their empathy to landlords, self-funded retirees and those with incomes over $150,000, rather than the unemployed, the homeless and those struggling who’ll be glad of the Stage 3 changes. Nothing wrong with that, but I suspect it’s no way to win an election.

Source: Empathy And The Unfortunate Few Who Own Your Home… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Schrodinger’s Cat, Trump And Tax Cuts – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Charities too shouldn’t be political. The Coalition passed legislation forbidding charities from getting political. Pity Josh Frydenberg didn’t understand that it also referred to people from the Guide Dog Association endorsing him. He thought it only applied to ones critical of the government.

Churches also shouldn’t get involved with politics unless they’re endorsing the Coalition. Any of this bleeding-heart lefty nonsense isn’t a position that a church should involve itself in.

So the list of people who shouldn’t be political includes ABC presenters, the Public Service, big corporations, unions, teachers, local councils, charities, students, universities…

Oh, and Marxists.

Yep, the only people who should involve themselves in politics are the people who agree with what the Murdoch papers are telling us…

 

Source: Schrodinger’s Cat, Trump And Tax Cuts – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Peter Dutton And Albo’s Special Sort Of Weakness… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Dear: Good evening. Yes, it’s a shameful decision and a weak decision. I mean we’ve never turned our backs on the United States. Whenever they’ve asked us to be involved in any war anywhere we’ve always done what we were told and anything less is, well, pretty weak, frankly.

Dear: It’s just typical of you lefties! You have nothing to offer so you attack the person. It’s pathetic! It’s weak, just like the PM is weak. You resort to name-calling like when Albanese said: “Sit down, Boofhead!” to Mr Dutton. I mean, he was terribly upset and it took great courage to sit down after that. Mr Dutton is a lovely man and insults hurt him…

Source: Peter Dutton And Albo’s Special Sort Of Weakness… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Marxists, Liberals, Socialists And Education Are A Poor Mix… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Is a Marxist, a socialist? And If the Nazis were the National Socialists does that mean that they were left wing because they had the word “socialist” in their name? And if the Nazis are socialists, does that mean that US Republicans should despise the Liberal Party because of the word “Liberal” in their name and we all know that liberals are responsible for evils like women’s rights and books in libraries? And should we consider that Nationals suspiciously because they share at least part of their name with the National Socialist Party or Nazis?

Source: Marxists, Liberals, Socialists And Education Are A Poor Mix… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The Middle East Explained As Simply As Possible… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Although we did have one of the anti-woke crusaders, Mr Howard, telling us: “I have my doubts about multiculturalism, I believe that when you migrate to another country you should be expected to absorb the mainstream culture of that country!” So I guess that means that if he were to have moved to certain islands of Vanuatu, he would have renounced his suit and tie and dressed in nothing but a namba (penis sheath). Two tribes on one island were respectively named as either Big Nambas or Smol. I suspect Little Johnny would join the Smol tribe in order to absorb the culture.

Source: The Middle East Explained As Simply As Possible… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Three Cheers For Albanese For Stopping The Voice! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

So if – as looks likely – it’s defeated, then I’m sure we’ll hear from Mr Dutton that it was because of Labor and that Albanese should step down because…

Because the Voice was defeated?

But wasn’t the Voice a bad thing?

And if it’s Albanese’s fault then shouldn’t all those people who voted against it be giving him three cheers?

Or was Dutton’s stance against the Voice just a cheap attempt to gain a win against Labor by taking the low hanging fruit of ensuring that a Constitutional Referendum is defeated?

Trying to find a consistent pattern to the Liberals has been difficult over the years, but I’d have to say that Dutton has raised it to a whole new level. Let’s take their position on the repeal of 18C. Georgie Brandis asserted that people had a right to be bigots and the general position of…

Source: Three Cheers For Albanese For Stopping The Voice! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The Admirable Demonstration of Dan Tehan And Other Cunning Liberal Plans! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

We can analyse and cast blame all day long, but if we have Hanson and Bolt and various others celebrating the defeat with the sort of hyperbolic nonsense about apartheid, then it probably doesn’t actually help Dutton win support for the next election. His cunning plan may hurt Albanese, but it will also leave him in a limbo with nowhere really to go. Will he support a legislated Voice that isn’t in the Constitution? Will he support “practical solutions”? Will he call for the army to go Alice Springs?

Source: The Admirable Demonstration of Dan Tehan And Other Cunning Liberal Plans! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The Clear Bias Of The Labor Government! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Yes, it’s getting very strange. I was out walking my dog and whenever he does his business, I give him a little treat. I guess that’s the business model of Murdoch. Whenever Andrew Bolt or whoever puts out some shit, they get a little treat.

Source: The Clear Bias Of The Labor Government! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

If You Don’t Vote Yes, You’ll Have To Vote Again… Pete’s Genius At Play – » The Australian Independent Media Network

I mean, the slogan “Don’t Know, Vote No” has a subtext that if you’re ignorant, come and join Pauline and Andrew Bolt and Tony Abbott because you’re our sort of person…

Source: If You Don’t Vote Yes, You’ll Have To Vote Again… Pete’s Genius At Play – » The Australian Independent Media Network

From national embarrassment to personal humiliation – » The Australian Independent Media Network

His shamelessness has survived his ostracism to the opposition backbenches where his unemployability stands out like a hi-vizzed walrus at a choir practice – the guy whose smarm included “if you’re good at a job you’ll get a job“, the guy who initiated the dob-in-a-bludger hotline. This is schadenfreude tied in a big, pink bow.

The denigration from his Tory cohort was shrugged off:

He fucked us and his fingerprints are absolutely fuckin’ everywhere on that. The bloke thinks he is a master strategist. He is a fuckwit.” (Anonymous federal Lib MP).

Everyone wants him to piss off. But people don’t want a by-election,’’ a senior Liberal source told news.com.au. (Julia Banks, ex Lib MP – “menacing controlling wallpaper”).

Catherine Cusack ex Lib MP – “… it’s just all come a bit late for the Liberal party. The party I joined 40 years ago and loved. The party he has ruined.

Concetta Fierravanti-Wells – an autocrat [and] a bully who has no moral compass,He has used his so-called faith as a marketing advantage.”

Gladys Berejiklian – “a complete psycho”.

 

Source: From national embarrassment to personal humiliation – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Dudded: Peter Dutton in No-man’s land – The Shot

Don’t wait for Peter Dutton to tell you what Peter Dutton thinks, he’s still waiting on his “Advisors”, they’re feeding him the bullets. Meanwhile the real history of the Dutton years in Australian politics will be that new lows can always be found and regardless of the question, No is always the answer.

Source: Dudded: Peter Dutton in No-man’s land – The Shot

Unsmoking the World: The Philip Morris Rebranding Effort – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Yes, Philip Morris is the world’s biggest Quit campaigner and BP is the world’s biggest anti-fossil fuel campaigner, and the world is expected to drink this Kool-Aid and join the theatre of the absurd?

Safran identifies an absurdist language at play, a vulgar negation of meaning. Philip Morris, for instance, envisages a future without cigarettes and intends to “unsmoke” the world.

Source: Unsmoking the World: The Philip Morris Rebranding Effort – » The Australian Independent Media Network

We All Like Democracy Until The Voters Get It Wrong! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Gladys Berejiklian shows she knows Morrison will push her under a bus.

As I mentioned at the start, I’m out of the country but we did receive our energy bill while away making us wonder if it would be cheaper to extend our holiday indefinitely even if it meant moving to a five-star hotel. I do remember sometime last century, Jeff Kennett privatising everything he could manage in order to make it all more efficient and cheaper. Imagine how expensive it would be if it were still in public hands…

Source: We All Like Democracy Until The Voters Get It Wrong! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Silence of the damned – » The Australian Independent Media Network

When the Liberals run out of money they come after the poor

Source: Silence of the damned – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Gee, Mr Morrison, We’re Not All Goldfish! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Morrison also added that he didn’t hold a hose, telling us: “The proposal was initiated within the public service and was not a government-initiated measure by ministers. It was initiated by departments before I became the minister for social services.” See, nothing to do with him; he was just standing there waiting for a photo…

Source: Gee, Mr Morrison, We’re Not All Goldfish! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Public Bathrooms Or “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell!” – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Truth in Humor or anything else. Something Sky News, Andrew Bolt & Paul Murray are incapable of.

Anyway, as to the whole issue of trans women in female bathrooms, I’d like to announce I am a completely disinterested party here because a) I’m not a female; b) I’m not trans and c) I’m not a bathroom.

Having again said something that I’m sure will upset people so much that they’ll attack me so much that even if I don’t get to take over Bolt’s spot at least more people will respond than listen to his show on Sky After Dark (SAD, as I call it).

Source: Public Bathrooms Or “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell!” – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The toilet police are here and they want you to know they are very serious – The Shot

If your whole life is devoted to policing toilets, you’d spend a lot of time trying to convince everyone that toilets need police, and it’s an important and serious thing to do, rather than something obsessive and creepy and weird.

Source: The toilet police are here and they want you to know they are very serious – The Shot

How The Voice Will Force Us All To Become Vegans! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The recent proposal for legislation to require social media companies to crack down on misinformation and disinformation has some positives but it’s also something that needs careful consideration. For a start there’s a big difference between misinformation where a person is just repeating incorrect information because they believe it to be true and disinformation….

So leaving aside the areas of dispute, it does seem strange when Sussan Ley gets up in Parliament and asks if the Voice will be able to advise the Reserve Bank… I mean, leaving aside the whole idea that the Reserve Bank is independent and doesn’t even have to listen to the government and the Voice is a voice to Parliament and the Executive and it doesn’t mention the Reserve Bank anywhere in the Referendum so you might as well ask, “Will the Voice be able to give advice on what shows I should watch on Netflix?” or “Will the Voice be able to give me advice on whether I should add any extra letters to my name in the hope that it gives me extra ssuccesss?”

But apart from Sussssann’ss absurdity, there does seem an underlying element of the Voice being just a bit too uppity. You know, stepping outside their area. You know, giving advice to more than just, well, things that should concern them… You know… like well, I’m not racist but we know that some of those people, you know… And, you know, if they were to express an opinion, you know… I mean, as if they’d know, you know… As if it’d be worth listening too…

Well, I’m not racist but…

And as for Peter Dutton, well, he’s a swell guy who just wants what’s best for everybody and the idea that foreigners could come here on boats and disrupt the whole way of life for those living here is something that only convicts from a couple of centuries ago should be able to do. As for African gangs, that wasn’t racist because we all know that African gangs are scarier than Caucasian gangs… Don’t believe that leftie stuff about Dutton! He’s a swell guy with a great sense of humour… Don’t you remember his great joke about Pacific Island people having no sense of time with water lapping at their door? Not racist at all.

Source: How The Voice Will Force Us All To Become Vegans! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

RBA Cleverly Responds to Business-driven Inflation by Increasing Struggling Family’s Mortgage by $150 a Month — The Shovel

Airline price gouging, Gas and oil Price Hikes,…..someone has to pay!!

The Reserve Bank has acted decisively on data which shows that excess company profits are largely to blame for inflation, ingeniously upping the monthly mortgage repayments for a family who can’t afford it.

Source: RBA Cleverly Responds to Business-driven Inflation by Increasing Struggling Family’s Mortgage by $150 a Month — The Shovel

Introducing ‘The Defo Awards’ for Services to Defamation Fuck-Ups — The Shovel

Dutton spent years perfecting his hard-man, free-speech warrior character – once noting that criticisms were like ‘water off a duck’s back’. But in an impressive display of his range, he was able to quickly pivot to a thin-skinned, hypersensitive litigant, when he was told someone wrote a five-word mean tweet about him. Utterly convincing.

Source: Introducing ‘The Defo Awards’ for Services to Defamation Fuck-Ups — The Shovel

Ben Roberts-Smith Suddenly Remembers He Initiated This Fucking Trial — The Shovel

After another harrowing day in court that revealed yet more horrific detail about his time in the Middle East, former Aussie soldier and all-round family man Ben Roberts-Smith remembered that he was actually the fucking idiot who started all of this.

Source: Ben Roberts-Smith Suddenly Remembers He Initiated This Fucking Trial — The Shovel

“If The Voice Loses It Will Be Albanese’s Fault!” – » The Australian Independent Media Network

“If The Voice Loses It Will Be Albanese’s Fault!”

Yep, I saw that on the front page of “The Australian” a few days ago and I was tempted to steal the paper but then I remembered that theft is one of those Ten Commandment things that still gets enforced by law and, more frightening than any jail term is the fear that I could go down in history as someone who thought that one of Murdoch’s papers was worse stealing.

Source: “If The Voice Loses It Will Be Albanese’s Fault!” – » The Australian Independent Media Network

In A Break With Past Liberal Policy, Dutton Opposed To Apartheid! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Yes, when Peter Dutton says that we don’t want a Canberra voice, I wonder if he realises that one of the voices from Canberra that most people don’t want to hear, is his!

Source: In A Break With Past Liberal Policy, Dutton Opposed To Apartheid! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Government Engages Consulting Firm PwC to Investigate How Confidential Treasury Information Was Shared by Consulting Firm PwC — The Shovel

Source: Government Engages Consulting Firm PwC to Investigate How Confidential Treasury Information Was Shared by Consulting Firm PwC — The Shovel

Lucky There Isn’t a Cost-Of-Living Crisis, Otherwise Parading About With a Diamond Encrusted Orb Might Look Out of Touch — The Shovel

As King Charles arrived at Westminster Abbey on a $4 million hand-crafted carriage pulled by six horses, he would have been relieved to know that his citizens are flush with cash and doing things easy, otherwise the whole thing might have come across as insensitive.

Source: Lucky There Isn’t a Cost-Of-Living Crisis, Otherwise Parading About With a Diamond Encrusted Orb Might Look Out of Touch — The Shovel

The Weak In Politics! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

these days parody is just as plausible as reality.

For example, take Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s praise for Lachlan Murdoch:

“Of course Lachlan Murdoch, whose family have provided a beacon of light in a sea of woke darkness, via the necessary media platforms that deliver genuine, common sense and fact-driven News reporting for our benefit.”

Source: The Weak In Politics! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Dominion agrees to pay Fox News $787 million, Fox News reports | The Shovel

Proclaiming that it would never lie to its audience, Fox News has told viewers that Dominion Voting Systems has dropped its defamation case, issued an apology and agreed to pay the news network $787.5 million.

Source: Dominion agrees to pay Fox News $787 million, Fox News reports | The Shovel

Why I Support Liberal Values… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

when it comes to Liberal values, I must say that now that I’ve looked, I find that there’s a number that I’d find it hard to disagree with… It just makes me wonder why on earth the Federal Liberal Party ignores most of them, most of the time.

Source: Why I Support Liberal Values… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Why The Liberal Party Can’t Win Elections And Other Predictions That Will Looks Silly One Day… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

That was one of those strange little bits of hypocrisy that the Liberals are so good at: in 1972 they opposed lowering the voting age because people under 21 weren’t mature enough to consider the issues but they were old enough to be conscripted into a war… or rather, “police action” because there was no war declared so that’s why it took so long for the Vietnam vets to get recognition from the government for many of their issues…

Source: Why The Liberal Party Can’t Win Elections And Other Predictions That Will Looks Silly One Day… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

How transphobes held the door open for literal fucking Nazis | The Shot

The Reality is they reflect the true nature of the current LNP

Australia recently saw the public return of desperate and dangerous bigots we once naively thought gone for good. I do not mean Kyle Sandilands on Australian Idol. I am referring to the Nazis saluting and salivating outside Victoria’s Parliament.

Source: How transphobes held the door open for literal fucking Nazis | The Shot

Calls to ban drag shows targeted at children | The Shovel

ENLIGHTENMENT

USA: There are mounting calls for a blanket ban on shows performed by men wearing dresses and jewellery, particularly when children might be present.

Source: Calls to ban drag shows targeted at children | The Shovel

The importance of unclear communication at work | The Shot

Clear and effective communication is a key concept in any workplace culture. Unless you can identify clear, effective communication and get rid of it, your colleagues will quickly see you for the fraud you are.

Source: The importance of unclear communication at work | The Shot

Peter Dutton’s review of War & Peace: “Needs more detail” | The Shovel

The Opposition Leader has revealed his thoughts on Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, saying the Russian author was being tricky with the reading public by only publishing 1,225 pages of detail on the impact of the Napoleonic era on early 19th Century Tsarist Russia.

Source: Peter Dutton’s review of War & Peace: “Needs more detail” | The Shovel

Labor victories in every mainland state a clear sign that Australians want more right-wing governments: Sky News | The Shovel

A panel of Sky News commentators says that Labor’s victory in NSW is proof that Australians are leaning more to the right.

Source: Labor victories in every mainland state a clear sign that Australians want more right-wing governments: Sky News | The Shovel

Climate denier says it’s suspicious that every single scientist says EXACT same thing | The Shovel

A climate change conspiracy theorist has uncovered a set of strange patterns and repeated terminology in research papers, which he says is highly suspicious.

Source: Climate denier says it’s suspicious that every single scientist says EXACT same thing | The Shovel

Australia declares war on China in 2045 | The Shovel

Source: Australia declares war on China in 2045 | The Shovel

Rutger Bregman And Why I Am Less Angry Than Sometimes… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

#Just like “The Project”, I feel that I should offer an apology. People can’t help the way that they look and if Nosferatu is offended by being compared to Stuart Robert, I must say that I’m sorry.

Source: Rutger Bregman And Why I Am Less Angry Than Sometimes… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

RoboSuper OR “When Labor Run Out Of Money They Come After Yours”! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

So now that there are rumours that there may be some changes to the taxation benefits to people with superannuation balances of over $3 million, it’s Labor who’ve run out money and not the Liberals who doubled the debt BEFORE Covid hit and tripled it after. No, Labor have run out of money and they’re looking to raise revenue to balance the budget! Outrageous. The Liberals never worry about balancing it; they just tell us that they intend to because that’s what good housekeepers do.

Source: RoboSuper OR “When Labor Run Out Of Money They Come After Yours”! – » The Australian Independent Media Network