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In the interest of saying something if I see something, I would like to report that I have seen something. Something really disturbing. In the Herald Sun.
Australian politics is weird at the moment, and getting weirder with every day. And every new gaffe by Abbott.
It’s like living in a different world, or a different planet, as every day we find out about something Abbott said or did that makes no fucking sense.
It was bad enough when he mentioned women doing ironing, in an somewhat insulting context. Then he said it again!
It was bad enough when he brought back Australian knighthoods.
Then he ...
Australian political satire at its best during the G20.
TV Reviews with our resident TV Reviewer, Squarebutt Flatass.
Brisbane welcomes the Ghost 20.
With the blanket sycophantic media coverage of the G20 taking place in Brisbane, I find it really jarring to hear reporters refer to the attendees as "economic leaders".
It’s jarring because it implies they have a credibility they haven’t earned and don’t deserve. For one thing, apart from Germany, most of the countries represented have debt-ridden basket case economies. Or at least economies with vast problems these "leaders" are not addressing, because to do so would be ...
They say people get the government they deserve, in which case the current sad state of politics in Australia is an indictment on our apathy and low standards. Behold exhibit A: Craig Thomson. Whether he is guilty of what he’s accused of I’m not sure I care. Or that it matters. Well, it matters from a legal point of view, because it appears funds were misused/stolen/pissedupagainstawall — whether it was Thomson or not. But even if it ...
I rarely go to the movies. I might occasionally watch one on TV, if something happens to be on that looks interesting. But I rarely go out of my way to sit down and watch a movie. It’s not that I don’t like movies. It’s just that it’s rare that I see a movie that really grabs me and leaves an impression. Too often, they just feel like a mindless diversion — which perhaps is the whole ...
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