Is Australia its own Worst Enemy?
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I don't think they read Shakespeare.
"Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy hand out of plackets, thy pen from lenders' books, and defy the foul fiend."
- William Shakespeare, King Lear, 3.4.96
(Plackets mean either slits in a skirt or pockets. Both make sense in this context
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P.S. Great clip, I'd never seen it before. Funny, funny man.
"Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy hand out of plackets, thy pen from lenders' books, and defy the foul fiend."
- William Shakespeare, King Lear, 3.4.96
(Plackets mean either slits in a skirt or pockets. Both make sense in this context
).P.S. Great clip, I'd never seen it before. Funny, funny man.
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The Labour Party?
Great job by Pete there, of doing a death throes skit on the demise of the ALP.!
Great job by Pete there, of doing a death throes skit on the demise of the ALP.!
As for federal Labor in general, I used to be a stalwart Labor supporter, it ran through my veins. But now you have a bunch of incompetent numbnuts lead by a red haired a#sclown loyally followed by Swanny, the 'faceless men' and a handful of former Union heavyweights who I voted for without a second thought, what a letdown. The stench around Labor is more putrid than what wafted around two of the greatest fukcfaces of all time - team Howard and Costello, the pompus arrogant trash. Dont mention Bob Brown and his hippy followers more concerned about the quality of fertilizer around Parliament house and what color the fu*king daffodils are !!
Unless Labor can get the red haired clown to resign soon and re-appoint Ruddy they are done for. Swanny doesnt have the testicular fortitude and Smith has the personality of a wet fart.
Either way we are up sh#t creek without a paddle. Decades of debt in front of us and the only Australians who truly benefit are the Political turds themselves or people like Clive Palmer, Dick's Smith and that greedy blood sucking parasite Gerry Harvey.
Now, who wants to debate the Australian cricket team..........
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Unless Labor can get the red haired clown to resign soon and re-appoint Ruddy they are done for.
Rudd managed to complete only one thing successfully during his (thankfully short) sorry reign - he said 'sorry', twice!, for things that neither he nor anyone else either alive or not long retired was in any way responsible for.
Similarly, Gillard has achieved only one thing of a positive nature since her coup - she has done the near impossible, and something I for one thought no one could achieve. She has managed to make Rudd look good.
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She has managed to make Rudd look good.
Then again, that was 36 years ago and memory does fade.
I wouldn't worry too much about a possible return of Kruddy. According to various un-named Labor MPs quoted in the media, the only person who wants him back is Krudd himself.
Labor would look completely desperate and without any clue if they ditched Juliar just to return the one she knifed.
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Australia headlines from the year 2030
Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world "Little India" formerly known as Australia.
Tasmania executes last remaining Greenie.
White minorities still trying to have English recognised as Australia's third language.
Children from two-parent heterosexual families bullied in schools for being 'different'. Tolerance urged.
Gay Marriages now overtake heterosexual marriages as preferred 'lifestyle' choice.
Kookaburra and platypus plague threatens North Western Australia crops and livestock.
Melbourne schoolgirl expelled for not wearing Burqa: Being a Christian is no excuse says school. Sharia law must be enforced.
Japan announces that they will no longer consume whale meat as whales are now extinct and the scientific research fleet are unemployed. Australian Government has told the Japanese that Cane Toads taste like whale meat.
Australia now has ten Universities of Political Correctness. Professor Goldman of ANU says there is still a long way to go in the fight to stop people saying what they think.
Australian Deficit 10 $Trillion dollars and rising. Government declares return to surplus in 100 years which is 300 years ahead of time. Prime Minister Mohammed Yousuf claims increased growth through more immigration is the secret to success.
Wall Street banks merge to form new super bank, Goldman Rothschild Ebeneezer Epstein Drescher (GREED): Huge bonuses paid to executives to celebrate launch.
Baby conceived naturally ! Scientists stumped.
Iran still quarantined. Physicists estimate it will take at least ten more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
France pleads for global help after being taken over by Islamic Countries. No other country volunteers to come forward to help the beleaguered nation ! Serves them right.
Castro finally dies at age 112. Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking..
Jose Manuel Rodrigez Bush says he will run for second term as US President in 2032.
Australia Post raises price of stamps to $18 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.
After a ten year $75.8 billion study, commissioned by the Labor Party: Scientists prove Diet and Exercise is the key to weight loss.
Average weight of an Australian drops to 115 kgs.
Global cooling blamed for citrus crop failure for third consecutive year in Victoria India and New South Iraq.
Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter speed they can now photograph a woman with her mouth shut.
Senate still blocking drilling in Canberra even though petrol is selling for 5,000 Rupees per litre and petrol stations are only open on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights. Victims to be held partly responsible for crime.
Average height of professional basketball players is now nine feet, seven inches.
New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters and rolled-up newspapers must be registered by January 2035 as lethal weapons.
Australian Tax Office sets lowest tax rate in decades at 75 percent.
Carlton won this years National Footy final beating the Hindu Hornets 20-11 to 13-18
Southern Asia (formerly Northern Territory ) voters still having trouble with voting machines.
If you're still around in 2030, I bet some of this becomes reality.
Tasmania executes last remaining Greenie.
White minorities still trying to have English recognised as Australia's third language.
Children from two-parent heterosexual families bullied in schools for being 'different'. Tolerance urged.
Gay Marriages now overtake heterosexual marriages as preferred 'lifestyle' choice.
Kookaburra and platypus plague threatens North Western Australia crops and livestock.
Melbourne schoolgirl expelled for not wearing Burqa: Being a Christian is no excuse says school. Sharia law must be enforced.
Japan announces that they will no longer consume whale meat as whales are now extinct and the scientific research fleet are unemployed. Australian Government has told the Japanese that Cane Toads taste like whale meat.
Australia now has ten Universities of Political Correctness. Professor Goldman of ANU says there is still a long way to go in the fight to stop people saying what they think.
Australian Deficit 10 $Trillion dollars and rising. Government declares return to surplus in 100 years which is 300 years ahead of time. Prime Minister Mohammed Yousuf claims increased growth through more immigration is the secret to success.
Wall Street banks merge to form new super bank, Goldman Rothschild Ebeneezer Epstein Drescher (GREED): Huge bonuses paid to executives to celebrate launch.
Baby conceived naturally ! Scientists stumped.
Iran still quarantined. Physicists estimate it will take at least ten more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
France pleads for global help after being taken over by Islamic Countries. No other country volunteers to come forward to help the beleaguered nation ! Serves them right.
Castro finally dies at age 112. Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking..
Jose Manuel Rodrigez Bush says he will run for second term as US President in 2032.
Australia Post raises price of stamps to $18 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.
After a ten year $75.8 billion study, commissioned by the Labor Party: Scientists prove Diet and Exercise is the key to weight loss.
Average weight of an Australian drops to 115 kgs.
Global cooling blamed for citrus crop failure for third consecutive year in Victoria India and New South Iraq.
Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter speed they can now photograph a woman with her mouth shut.
Senate still blocking drilling in Canberra even though petrol is selling for 5,000 Rupees per litre and petrol stations are only open on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights. Victims to be held partly responsible for crime.
Average height of professional basketball players is now nine feet, seven inches.
New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters and rolled-up newspapers must be registered by January 2035 as lethal weapons.
Australian Tax Office sets lowest tax rate in decades at 75 percent.
Carlton won this years National Footy final beating the Hindu Hornets 20-11 to 13-18
Southern Asia (formerly Northern Territory ) voters still having trouble with voting machines.
If you're still around in 2030, I bet some of this becomes reality.
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After Ovation's offering, I think we all need a bit of cheering up.
This dog is cool (no pun intended [see the middle bit]).
Surfin´ Bulldog (Beach Boys - Surfin´ USA) - YouTube
This dog is cool (no pun intended [see the middle bit]).
Surfin´ Bulldog (Beach Boys - Surfin´ USA) - YouTube
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According to various un-named Labor MPs quoted in the media, the only person who wants him back is Krudd himself.
Rudd still has a support base in Brisbane. I'm not one of them.
Bob Brown and his hippy followers more concerned about the quality of fertilizer around Parliament house and what color the fu*king daffodils are !!
True. They certainly don't make much noise about environmental issues. The recent swag of disasters up here had an enormous environmental impact, but there wasn't a chirrup to be heard from the Greens. Guess they're too busy running the country to be worried about rare frogs and dugongs.
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Watching the arrival ceremony of Her Imperial Majesty Juliar in New Zealand I am sure that the rest of us, like me, thought "why doesn't the tatooed bloke with hardly any clothes just follow through with the spear?"
Woulda saved us a lot of bother
Woulda saved us a lot of bother
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Gee, the Usual Suspects have been quiet of late!
Got a surprise reading yesterday's Australian; Saw the article written by that 'tired old leftie' (as I once saw him decribed) Philip Adams entitled
'Let Rudd resume rightful role' and started with the words
Julia, resign.
Anyone else a bit surprised over that? I mean, whoda thunk it??
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Yes, surprising that!
IMHO, after Keating (like him or loathe him) the ALP have not had decent leadership. They have relied on their rusted-on hard core voters and lots of spin and scare-mongering to stay in power. Which implies that your average Australian voter is pretty dim, I guess. Which is also why I disagree with compulsory voting.
IMHO, after Keating (like him or loathe him) the ALP have not had decent leadership. They have relied on their rusted-on hard core voters and lots of spin and scare-mongering to stay in power. Which implies that your average Australian voter is pretty dim, I guess. Which is also why I disagree with compulsory voting.
Adams' piece was surprising until you remember that he's a good mate of Kevin 11.
Has Laurie Oakes joined the chorus yet?
The leadership debate is a pleasant distraction but I fear that we are about to have unleashed upon us the mayhem that we predicted several years ago on the cane toad wheel.
Gillard and Brown will be rushing through as many of their progressive reforms
as they can in the time remaining to them.
Has Laurie Oakes joined the chorus yet?
The leadership debate is a pleasant distraction but I fear that we are about to have unleashed upon us the mayhem that we predicted several years ago on the cane toad wheel.
Gillard and Brown will be rushing through as many of their progressive reforms
as they can in the time remaining to them.
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Gee, the Usual Suspects have been quiet of late!
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Gee, the Usual Suspects have been quiet of late!
. I've got a couple of well meaning but deluded leftie mates who are about to be defriended if they keep it up. I guess once the newspapers, TV, radio and even crusty ol' bulletin boards are onto the fact that the federal ALP's going to need a decompression chamber to recover from this debacle, annoying people on Fakebook is all they've got left. If even Adams has been publicly critical (even if it's due to his mate Rudd, and IIRC he didn't stand up for Rudd at the time of his overthrow) I think the rusted on supporters are rapidly flaking off. Oakes is still toeing the party line and starting to sound really silly.
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Dr Death, aka De Facto Prime Minister, aka Bob Brown (now is that a good name for a gay or what?) reckons that the majority of Australians support the Greens policy on asylum seekers.
Oh boy, is he in for a shock at the next election.
Oh boy, is he in for a shock at the next election.
Par for the course for Brown and his somewhat tenuous grip on reality.
This is the man who thought Darwin was the best place to launch the Greens' anti-fishing and anti-hunting policies during the last campaign.
A real local vote winner - not.
Up here, the only time you're not out fishing is when you've taken the dogs out looking for pigs.
This is the man who thought Darwin was the best place to launch the Greens' anti-fishing and anti-hunting policies during the last campaign.
A real local vote winner - not.
Up here, the only time you're not out fishing is when you've taken the dogs out looking for pigs.
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I see Jools is back from Auckland (early) with an agreement to allow Pacific Islanders to come to Australia to work on farms.
Hmmmm.... a few years ago, they had another name for a similar scheme of 'hiring' Islander labour.
It was 'Blackbirding'.
I wonder if any of the cartoonists will pick up on that?
And I still struggle with the idea that we pay (quite a few) people long term unemployment benefits and then *****ing blithely announce we're IMPORTING labour from overseas.
Hmmmm.... a few years ago, they had another name for a similar scheme of 'hiring' Islander labour.
It was 'Blackbirding'.
I wonder if any of the cartoonists will pick up on that?
And I still struggle with the idea that we pay (quite a few) people long term unemployment benefits and then *****ing blithely announce we're IMPORTING labour from overseas.
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And I still struggle with the idea that we pay (quite a few) people long term unemployment benefits and then *****ing blithely announce we're IMPORTING labour from overseas.
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I should have said "And I still struggle with the idea that we pay (quite a few) people long term unemployment benefits and then *****ing blithely announce we're IMPORTING unskilled labour from overseas."
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Some of our long term unemployed are pretty much unemployable.
Some years ago I had experience with several 'work for the dole' people in a (non aviation) small business. They were basically free labour but even then only two out of six were keepable. The other four were so incompetent that their actions cost us money and we had to cancel the deal. The worst of it was, they all wanted to work but were such operational hazards that you just couldn't take the chance. This was basic unskilled office work; filing, answering phones, putting stuff away etc that the average ten year old could manage if you showed them how.
I didn't realise how stupid some people are until that experience. I'm not generally a fan of long term benefits, but with these sort of people, I dunno what else you could do with them unless you want them living in boxes on the street a la India.
Of course they all have a vote, too.
Some years ago I had experience with several 'work for the dole' people in a (non aviation) small business. They were basically free labour but even then only two out of six were keepable. The other four were so incompetent that their actions cost us money and we had to cancel the deal. The worst of it was, they all wanted to work but were such operational hazards that you just couldn't take the chance. This was basic unskilled office work; filing, answering phones, putting stuff away etc that the average ten year old could manage if you showed them how.
I didn't realise how stupid some people are until that experience. I'm not generally a fan of long term benefits, but with these sort of people, I dunno what else you could do with them unless you want them living in boxes on the street a la India.
Of course they all have a vote, too.