Tag: Irony

Truth in Humor

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

Truth in Humor

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

Informed Comment

The Strange Case Of Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Now when it comes to her performance, we have a whole strange series of alternative facts here. While it may seem like just getting media attention is the name of the game when you’re not in power, the fact remains that Pauline has managed to get media attention since last century but she’s still a long way from forming government and some of the comments Senator Price have made don’t make your average voter think that she has a strong grip on what needs to be done. Her attacks on the AEC and her comments on how great colonisation was are the sort of things that make the daily news, but they don’t make most people immediately go: “Wow, there’s a future leader!” And it begs the question, “What’s wrong with the current Liberal talent that you have to go outside the party and outside the House of Reps to find a worthy candidate?”

So in answer to the question that a newspaper recently asked, “Should Jacinta Nampijinpa Price run for PM?”, I’d merely say: I don’t know, so I’ll say no.

Source: The Strange Case Of Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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Old Dog Thought-AUSTRALIAN SHAME 1788, 1901, 2023  RAPED and INVADED for a turd time

Fighting Fake News with REAL,15/10/23, Invasion Days 1788; 1901;,2023, IRONY, Now Preferred Historic Asshole, The third Invasion, News Corp appoints Abbott as Governor,

Truth in Humor

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

Australia's pride, Australia's Shame

Everything you need to ‘No’ for the Voice Referendum

 Peter Dutton in the footsteps of Donald Trump has been shown at rallies suggesting that if Yes23 succeeds Indigenous Australians will be saying “If you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line. ” That any positive discrimination is discrimination against white people and therefore Racist. The far-right of the LNP are against the immigration of colored people other than for temporary labor. They are ideologically aligned with the “great replacement theory” that contends white privilege and power is being radically displaced by immigrants.  The No campaign underlies an ever-fiercer defense of so-called Christian nationalist identity. Let’s not forget just how Dutton laughed at Pacific Islanders, at Boomgate. Was anti-Asylum Seekers Muslims and Africans. No matter their religion they were the new gangs in Australia and has even maintained that racial discrimination going on right now in this country was the action of the Yes campaign. Until the Voice was proposed there was no racism in this country. For Christ’s Sake Australian Indigenous peoples in the main are far more practicing Christians than even whites and fail to be listened to. Here are a List of claims by the no-voters in 2023

The key to clickbait is to give an odd-number, single-digit list of things to confirm prejudices.

Source: Everything you need to ‘No’ for the Voice Referendum

Truth in Humor

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

Truth in Humor

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

Informed Opinion

I willingly watched Channel 7 and didn’t even regret it – The Shot

Australia can change, and for the better. It happened this month on the back of the mighty Matildas and it can happen again in October.

Let’s just hope it doesn’t involve watching any more fucking Channel Seven.

Source: I willingly watched Channel 7 and didn’t even regret it – The Shot

Israel

What Will Happen to the Refuge That Is Israel? | The Smirking Chimp

 

These are Israelis who serve in the military and pay more taxes because they are employed. If more secular Jews flee Israel, who will be left to protect the Orthodox and fund Israel’s treasury?

Right-wingers really think ahead, eh?

It is cruel irony that Israelis are preparing to move to Germany or Poland where their parents or grandparents survived Hitler.

“They’re willing to accept a drop in their standard of living because they’re so worried that their freedom of movement will be curtailed,” Shay Obazanek told The New York Times. “…they’re scared of a dictatorship, and they worry that if they wait, it may be too late.”

Isn’t that what many Jews in Nazi Germany thought 80 or more years ago? Israel was established to serve in part as a refuge for any Jew who asks for it. As of last week, many Jews now think of their designated “refuge” as a potential gulag.

Source: What Will Happen to the Refuge That Is Israel? | The Smirking Chimp

Truth in Humor

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

Truth in Humor

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

Truth in Humor

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

Truth in Humor

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

Truth in Humor

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

Fight against Fake News, Fighting Fake News

Old Dog Thought- Albo’s shows he governs for ALL Australians and asks Dutton to spit it his racism out

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 2/2/23, The Shovel & Irony, Albo’s handed the reins to Dutton. Democracy and 2 Party Politics,

Truth in Humor

Mr. Fish: What’s the Alternative? – scheerpost.com

“Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”  – Mark Twain

“This is where we are at right now, as a whole – no one is left out of the loop,” said Bill Hicks thirty years ago to an audience where only a few had come to think and the overwhelming majority sat staring at the stage, perplexed and disappointed at having paid for the opportunity to disappear for a time into the disorienting spectacle of dick jokes and the confectious escapism of folly while the world burned. “We are experiencing a reality based on a thin veneer of lies and illusions. A world where greed is our God and wisdom is sin, where division is key and unity is fantasy, where the ego-driven cleverness of the mind is praised, rather than the intelligence of the heart.” Then there came the pause that elucidated the significance wherein self-reflection is supposed to happen and didn’t. “This is the material, by the way,” Bill continued, “that has kept me virtually anonymous in America for the past 15 years. Gee, I wonder why we’re hated the world over?”

Then there was another pause. And lucky for us, it’s still with us, but just barely. And it won’t be around much longer.

Source: Mr. Fish: What’s the Alternative? – scheerpost.com

Climate Change

In Irony, $9.7 bn. GigawattFactory Hub for Battery, Renewables, to be Built by Coal Firm on Wasteland its Open Mining Created

“The GigawattFactory combines innovative storage solutions, green hydrogen and future-proof power plants and makes environmentally friendly energy available as a secure service – this is a whole new quality in energy supply,” said LEAG CEO Thorsten Kramer, presenting the plan at the East German Energy Forum in Leipzig. “This will make us a pioneer in the safe energy transition.” The project will also be a powerful job engine for eastern Germany and help make energy affordable again, Kramer added.

Photovoltaic and wind power turbines will also be installed in LEAG’s former mining sites. The 7 GW hub will be able to supply four million households with green energy, said the company.

 

Source: In Irony, $9.7 bn. GigawattFactory Hub for Battery, Renewables, to be Built by Coal Firm on Wasteland its Open Mining Created

Truth in Humor

The Upside Of Scott Morrison Winning The Election! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Yes, I could go on pointing out the differences and it wouldn’t soothe the nerves of those who fear that Morrison will do it again. And who knows, he might. So with that in mind, I thought I’d concentrate on the upside of Morrison’s win. He’ll destroy the Liberal Party.

Source: The Upside Of Scott Morrison Winning The Election! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Truth in Humor

Breaking: Scott Morrison Had A Shave This Morning! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

He and Tony Abbott lead Australia’s most Don’t-Do Nope Nope Nope Governments ever. They get’s paid $500,000 for Doing Nothing. It just Won’t Do.

I think it’s very much a case of what Scotty said about how problems would be solved by “can-do capitalism; not don’t-do governments”. Yes, well, just as he doesn’t hold a hose, he can now add that his party “don’t-do government”.

Source: Breaking: Scott Morrison Had A Shave This Morning! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Truth in Humor

Gladys Behaves With Integrity And Other Stories For Journalists – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Gladys, whose involvement with a corrupt boyfriend where she either deliberately ignored his behaviour or was dangerously incompetent at noticing, resigns before an investigation and there’s a general bashing of teeth at the unfairness of it all. This is the middle of a pandemic and changing leaders is not something anyone should want. Dan, who may or may not be appearing in an IBAC investigation which may or may not be about his behaviour, is « refusing » to stand aside and « stubbornly » continuing to lead his state and refusing to answer questions that may be a breach of the law were he to talk about the inquiry which may or may not exist. We’ll probably know more in the coming days. And if it’s discovered that Andrews has appeared then it’s only right that he should be placed in the stocks and publicly flogged, even if he was only appearing as a witness where he is cooperating to help bring to light branch stacking in the Labor Party. (Branch stacking doesn’t occur in the Liberal Party; they only have aggressive recruitment).

Source: Gladys Behaves With Integrity And Other Stories For Journalists – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Uncategorized

Abbott Suggests Following Britain By Reintroducing Imperial Measurements! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Speaking of submarines, Christian Porter has resigned. I know that previous sentence may not seem to make sense to those of you who don’t follow politics closely but the current modus operandi of the government is to distract us from the previous disaster by pointing us in the direction of another disaster until one of them has something that we can focus on where there is more than one side of the argument. To demonstrate with a complete hypothetical:

Source: Abbott Suggests Following Britain By Reintroducing Imperial Measurements! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Informed Comment

“Mr Speaker, This Is Coalvid, Don’t Be Afraid, Embrace It, Step Toward The Light!” – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Like the people who seem to be able to embrace the idea that we need to worry about mental health while not actually doing much to help people with mental health issues, as well as feeling like the budget has to get back to surplus but we need to give high income earnings tax cuts, as well as telling us that we can’t afford the NDIS but franking credits refunds to people who don’t earn a taxable income are no problem*, Gladys seems to be able to hold two seemingly contradictory positions at the same time. Yes, she was unlucky in love and that Maguire guy pulled the wool over her eyes, but she should stay Premier because she’s very astute and makes good decisions.

Source: “Mr Speaker, This Is Coalvid, Don’t Be Afraid, Embrace It, Step Toward The Light!” – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Truth in Humor

Gladys, Climate Change And Why Some Days Everything Is So Obvious… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Like I said, it’s obvious really. I once said that when I first bought a home, I one day hoped to live in a million dollar property. Little did I realise that it would happen without me moving. I also imagined that it would be a beachfront property. Given the way climate change action is happening, that might also happen without me moving, too

Source: Gladys, Climate Change And Why Some Days Everything Is So Obvious… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

COVID-19

A Guide To Covid Vaccinations OR Naked Men Startle Deer… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The stroll-out by Hunt and Morrison

Like the vaccine rollout, someone else will need to take over if it’s going to be finished any time in the near future.

Source: A Guide To Covid Vaccinations OR Naked Men Startle Deer… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Informed Comment

If The Morrison Government Had Been Historical Figures… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

As we seem to have entered a phase where the level of spin in the country is so great that Shane Warne would have struggled to get a game in Prime Minister’s Eleven, I’ve started wondering how the various politicians in the Morrison government had been born in previous times.

Source: If The Morrison Government Had Been Historical Figures… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Israel

Top Ways Israel’s Netanyahu Torpedoed Mideast Peace and Harmed Israel and America

Ironically, that coalition only reached a majority in parliament by accepting for the first time as a silent partner a small Palestinian-Israeli party that is the equivalent of the Muslim Brotherhood. Netanyahu had regularly run against Israelis of Palestinian heritage as terrorists and disloyal, playing fear politics there the way the odious Trump did in the U.S. Netanyahu denounced the move as a fraud, again, imitating Trump.

Source: Top Ways Israel’s Netanyahu Torpedoed Mideast Peace and Harmed Israel and America

Informed Comment

Why The Media Is So Unfair On Scott Morrison… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Spokesman: War with China is practically inevitable. I mean, just look at all the people saying it. If we don’t declare war on them soon, they’ll think we all talk and no action and refuse to take us seriously. Rossleigh: Well, if we’re going to war with them, why are we still selling them iron ore? Spokesman: I’m sorry, but I must take this phone call.

Source: Why The Media Is So Unfair On Scott Morrison… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Informed Comment

Dumpster fire of the vanities: A reality check for the born-to-rulers – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Could it be a wank that brings Scooter Morrison undone? Not the metaphorical kind of Scooter’s self-indulgent posturing or his constant, carefully crafted photo ops but rather a literal wank – a hairy-palmed Lib staffer interrogating the prisoner in a female MP’s office and depositing a pearl necklace on her furniture.

Dumpster fire of the vanities: A reality check for the born-to-rulers – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Humour

Democracy Is Really Just Mob Rule And Why I’m Innocent Of Everything – » The Australian Independent Media Network

If you take the personalities out it and ask yourself the simple question: Who is more worthy of being listened to? A family who has been put there by Divine Right, or an actress from a television show. You realise that it doesn’t matter who’s telling the truth because the Queen and her family are our heads of state and we should never question anything they say even if it is a complete load of bollocks and we know they have a history of racism and historic support of the Nazis. Yes, we should support the Royal family whatever they do because otherwise, it’s just mob rule… Or as some like to call it, democracy.

Democracy Is Really Just Mob Rule And Why I’m Innocent Of Everything – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Uncategorized

Law And Order Takes Over The Speaker’s Chair! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Law And Order Takes Over The Speaker’s Chair! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

I felt that I should make sure that I didn’t resort to the echo chambers of my own like minds, so I did the unthinkable and I watched Fox News for a while.

Law And Order Takes Over The Speaker’s Chair! – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Humour

Man Lines Up For 11 Hours For Chance To Vote In Greatest Democracy On Earth | The Shovel

She said other countries paled by comparison. “In other countries they only get to spend five or ten minutes voting – they’re not engaged in the process at all”.

Man Lines Up For 11 Hours For Chance To Vote In Greatest Democracy On Earth | The Shovel
Humour

After a brief interlude the Tories are reverting to type – » The Australian Independent Media Network

At least in his Budget reply Albo showed signs that he’s re-discovered his mojo. Keep it up please, Albo – these are dark days getting darker.

After a brief interlude the Tories are reverting to type – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Informed Comment

Reducing Energy Prices And Getting The Debt and Deficit Under Control or Back To The Future XXIV – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Anyway, this latest proposal should go a long way towards helping get us out of the current recession. There’s nothing like a power plant that hasn’t been built for bringing down energy prices. I can’t work out why some people are being cynical about it! Ok, back into the Delorean. I’d make a little trip into the future to see when the plant is actually built, but there may not be enough fuel in the universe to get there and back!

Reducing Energy Prices And Getting The Debt and Deficit Under Control or Back To The Future XXIV – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Informed Comment

The Important Thing Says Scotty Is That The Wheels on The Bus Go Round And Round… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

PRIME MINISTER: Well the bus is going all the way up to Rockie and that’s where it was always planning to go. I mean, it’s a big state and I need to cover as much of it in four days as I can. So we were never planning to take the bus to Townsville, we’d always planned to take that last leg up to Townsville by plane because that was the most effective way to get there and to spend the most time there with people on the ground. I mean, these visits aren’t about sitting on a bus. They’re about actually engaging with small businesses and our supporters and the people of Queensland and listening to them.

JOURNALIST: Then why have the bus?

PRIME MINISTER: Because it gets me from A to B.

JOURNALIST: Will you be taking the bus to Rockhampton from here?

PRIME MINISTER: Yes. The bus will be going to Rockhampton from here. That’s right.

JOURNALIST: With you on it? PRIME MINISTER: I’ve got to get there earlier than the bus tonight.

The Important Thing Says Scotty Is That The Wheels on The Bus Go Round And Round… – » The Australian Independent Media Network
LNP Government, Uncategorized

Failing Uni students will lose access to HECS, says government that MISCALCULATED BUDGET SPENDING BY LITERALLY $60 BILLION | The Shovel

via Failing Uni students will lose access to HECS, says government that MISCALCULATED BUDGET SPENDING BY LITERALLY $60 BILLION | The Shovel

Humour, Uncategorized

“When It Rains Everyone Gets A Rising Tide To Lift All Boats!” says Scott Morrison – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Anyway, back in Canberra the Saviour was able to quickly explain the situation in aged care facilities:

The challenges are not unique to Australia so don’t try and blame the Federal Government who is responsible for the regulation of aged care.
It’s inevitable that Covid-19 will get into aged care facilities because of the high rate of community infection.
It’s being brought in by staff and not spontaneously appearing in the residents who are under lockdown and not allowed to leave.
Brendan Murphy still agrees with Morrison even though he’s no longer CMO but he’s always available for a press conference.
“When it rains, everyone gets wet.” This I presume is because the profit motive is so strong and the regulations so lax in Aged Care Facilities that there’s no necessity to fix the holes in the roof.

via “When It Rains Everyone Gets A Rising Tide To Lift All Boats!” says Scott Morrison – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Informed Comment, Uncategorized

PM Scotty Joins The Commentary Team! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Anyway, it’s good to know that Scotty will be providing commentary from now on. I look forward to his take on such things as how the Liberals manage branch stacking when they don’t – as Malcolm told us – have factions. Or perhaps commentary on Bridget McKenzie’s skill that enables her to criticise Labor for inappropriateness, while keeping a straight face. I look forward to him providing a running commentary on exactly why he rejects the premise of any question that doesn’t suit him.

And I particularly look forward to his commentary when told about an upcoming leadership challenge or Liberal Party scandal…

No, I don’t know anything but it’s been over eighteen months since the last change of PM, so surely someone must start spreading rumours soon. And it’s been over a week since the last suggestion of Liberal Party corruption… Or clever politics, as the MSM refer to it.

Surely something must be about to happen.

via PM Scotty Joins The Commentary Team! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Humour, Uncategorized

They Tell Me The Internet Is Down; I Know Bill Gates Is To Blame… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

It does strike me as a little premature for the Treasurer and others to start saying that whatever we spend now will have to be paid back. While we need a nuanced discussion about the best way to get the economy roaring along like the turtle it was pre-Coronavirus, to tweet something like that seems a bit premature. Like a doctor telling a family just before someone has surgery that the bill will need to be paid even if the patient dies.

It’s true, but it does make him sound as though the main thing on his mind is the health of his bank balance rather than the health of his patient.

via They Tell Me The Internet Is Down; I Know Bill Gates Is To Blame… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Informed Comment, Uncategorized

Please, won’t you just say it as it is? – » The Australian Independent Media Network

In the interests of length I have omitted Angus Taylor’s alleged Cayman Island company, Peter Dutton failing to register one of his companies, and George Christensen summoning the Chinese Ambassador before a Senate Committee.

via Please, won’t you just say it as it is? – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Truth not found in media, Uncategorized

AFP Finds No Evidence That Malcolm Roberts Exists – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Of course when I say that the Australian Federal Police found no evidence of the existence of Malcolm Roberts, I have to be fair and point out that they didn’t look for any. As with the Angus Taylor case, they saw no need to waste valuable resources when there was very little likelihood of finding any evidence. And there was obvioulsy almost no chance of finding any evidence because they weren’t going to look.

via AFP Finds No Evidence That Malcolm Roberts Exists – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Humour, Uncategorized

538 Polls Show Donald Trump Winning In A Landside in 2020 | Trump supporters fail at spelling.

538 Polls Show Donald Trump Winning In A Landside in 2020

President Trump practices his A-B-Cs

via 538 Polls Show Donald Trump Winning In A Landside in 2020 | Trump supporters fail at spelling.

Humour, Uncategorized

As An Old White Male, Nobody Listens To Me But You Can Read My Column… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

There’s a rumour going around that Scott Morrison is in Hawaii staying in a Trump hotel with his wife and family, which includes the Hillsong guy who may or may not have been uninvited to the Whitehouse. This has caused some criticism from people who think he should be providing some sort of leadership because there are one or two fires burning round the country.

via As An Old White Male, Nobody Listens To Me But You Can Read My Column… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Humour, Uncategorized

2019 Loogy Awards for Excellence in Feculence – » The Australian Independent Media Network

 

via 2019 Loogy Awards for Excellence in Feculence – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Fight against Fake News, Fighting Fake News, Uncategorized

Old Dog Thoughts- Humour, Irony, Reality & Murdoch Promise of Bullshit

Fighting Fake News with REAL,13/12/19; Irony, Humour, and a view of reality not found in Murdoch Media;

Humour, Uncategorized

Journalists Need To Remember That Nobody Is Above The Law! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

via Journalists Need To Remember That Nobody Is Above The Law! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Humour, Uncategorized

Sometimes Even Censorship Doesn’t Help… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

via Sometimes Even Censorship Doesn’t Help… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Humour, Uncategorized

Ita, Tim Wilson, Peter Dutton And The Water Boy… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Anyway, I couldn’t help but feel that there was a little bit of inconsistency being shown here. I don’t just mean because Dutton is suggesting that we should be arresting our own protestors, while Wilson is disrupting traffic in another country. I’m talking about our position on China.

via Ita, Tim Wilson, Peter Dutton And The Water Boy… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Humour, Uncategorized

The Best Form Of Charity Is To Be A Billionaire… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

When the Liberals suggest that the best form of welfare is a job, they are using the word “welfare” in a way that suggests that the health and happiness of someone unemployed would be better if they were to have a job, rather than “welfare” meaning financial support given to someone in need. While this is obvious enough, it’s only when we stop and use the word “welfare” in the question and replace the ambiguous word with something else that we get the full subtext.

“Will you be increasing welfare payments to the unemployed?”

“We believe that the best way of improving their situation would be to get them a job.”

“So how will you be getting them a job?”

“By telling them that if they have a go, they’ll get a go.”

“But what about the ones who still don’t get a job? Will you increase welfare payments to them?”

“No, because only a job will help them. Giving people financial support when they’re out of work is no substitute for that.”

“But what if they don’t still don’t get a job?”

“Look, unemployment support is only meant to be a temporary thing, so if people don’t get a job, it’s their problem.”

via The Best Form Of Charity Is To Be A Billionaire… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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How Good Is Communism? OR ScoMo The Trotskyist – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Mm, and then there’s Gladys Liu. While she may not be a card carrying member of the Chinese Communist Party, she’s certainly belonged to organisations which are meant to advance China’s interests in other countries. When Scottie hears this, does he announce that he’ll ask the security forces to check it out? No, he calls her a great Australian and accuses people of racism for even suggesting that there are questions to answer.

Good on him, says the Chinese newspaper. (This is real, I’m not making it up).

Now imagine if Jeremy Corbyn or Bill Shorten had introduced a card to control people’s spending, presided over raids on journalists and then was praised by the Communists for standing up for a possible Chinese propaganda stooge. Yeah, I can see the Murdoch press calling for their extradition to Guatanamo Bay as a threat to the nation.
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But Scott, it seems, is ok right up until he says, How Good is the Socialist state?

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