It is fair to say the Right has been feeling the ideological pinch lately. While the fussing and feuding has been going on, the Hard Left in Australia continues its moral decay at an impressive clip with hardly a mention.
Take the animal liberationist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Usually PETA spends the bulk of its energy and time routinely supplying the ABC’s Four Corners with free footage, allowing the current affairs program to work within its budget. It’s a win-win, provided you’re a card-carrying member of PETA or a journo with an insatiable thirst for a gold Walkley.
Yesterday it surfaced PETA had written to the management of Hunters and Collectors urging the band to change its name to something less violent and antagonistic. The thought being the band, first formed in 1981, might now be inadvertently encouraging young kiddies to load up the shotties, the pig dogs and several cartons of Emu Bitter and go out blasting away at ecosystems various in a frivolous manner.
Full column here.
Mitchell Marsh out of the series with shoulder injury.
carried it goin’ in man….pleeeeth heksplain
Yeah. Now Stoinis on his way over. Very good in the ODI’s but is averaging about15 in the shield. Henriques averaging 65 coming off a big ton last match cant get a look in and did OK in India last time. Again it appears ODI and T20 cricket form is held above the shield form. Reports the big show Maxi wont get a game. Wade and the Captain not keen on the him.
More bullshit. Wade and Smith aren’t selectors.
You’ve had another memory loss on the very pointed comments directed at Maxwell and his chances of playing test cricket.
LoTD pure a simple you are a Fwit and again highlight you know nothing about the game. The Captains thoughts have always been taken into account on selection for years on away series they were on the selection team. The article I read on a cricket site stated what I commented. You live in a vacuum. you are just another angry old arsehole who is irrelevant and needs to attack people to try and make yourself feel relevant. you have taken over from razor as the chief Fwit troll. Yes I want Maxwell to be selected if the captain is not keen on him he will not be selected. Get your head of your arse.
You cheeky bugger. Stop winding the old blokes up. Nah, hang on, do!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWIJOU44Vc
The Boss rocks.
The One Nation vote in WA going through the floor as the Party implodes there, Mr Insider. Poor old WA Premier, Colin Barnett, desperately searching for a “life raft” reached out for the One Nation one only to now find it had more holes in it than a block of Swiss cheese! You are stuffed Colin, nowhere to run buddy.
http://tinyurl.com/h428p2l
In Toowoomba it really is 1984. “The technology, sold by a company called iOmniscient, includes facial and number-plate recognition technology and touts an ability to anticipate antisocial behaviour in crowds, such as vandalism and other crimes.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/08/queensland-council-trials-iomniscient-surveillance-to-anticipate-antisocial-acts
Judging by the clothes and haircuts I saw when I was there last in the mid-2000s, you could be right.
Toowoomba has had quite a growth spurt the last couple of years I was out there late last year and was surprised how much it had grown. At times though it did look a bit like Hay and Murray streets Perth with people hanging around looking like they had seen better days. Strange considering there is a church on every second corner then again maybe not?
Lucky they don’t have it where you live Dismayed, they would spot your sour disposition and think you were up to no good.
Mack the Sniper. You really are a piss weak old man sniping from behind your keyboard. I see you to feel empowered by JTI.
Footy tipping comp.
http://www.footytips.com.au/comps/TheIn7
Password: 532111
I’m in. Get on this folks.
I think I’m in Gryzly – Boa or Tassiemaiden. Not sure who I am these days really. I have an identity crisis
…bbbbbbbut its not real footbal…something called “rules”.
I know Bman.
I’ve heard there’s another game aside from League but are they as good as my Cowboys? Sorry about Inglis mate.
Regards, Bella
Thanks for the timely reminder.
I’m in Gryzly….but to be on the safe side I’m in the other ESPN one as well. It’s going to be my year this year….oh and my team as well.
If Mick Gatto has anything to do with it?
Yep, they’re blurring the Essendon faces on TV again. Never ending.
yes, i am in
Thanks Gryzly,
I’m in.
Thanks Gryzly – I’m in.
@ Penny
“oh come on BLS we dont want these people in the workforce”
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These people? As opposed to… other humans with real illness? Who are These People? Not ‘people like you’. Its not like you Penny to be sucked in by low class media looking for a cheap shot story and the even lower class on this blog adding their own cheering to it.
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Could we go with blacks or the blind next do you think? Or maybe women, those bitches shouldnt be in the workforce either.
jesus penny
I agree with you Wraith, maybe I didn’t express myself properly. I think the whole thing was supposed to be a joke.
Hey Penny.
I did present the story in a humorous way (which obviously placed it beyond the comprehension of certain humourless regulars) but the examples I used were true and more or less accurate. Obviously they dress up their issues a bit more to get a medical sign-off but that doesn’t make it any less stupid.
There’s actually a great cure for the bulk of anxiety-related illness – it’s called the threat of starvation. I think we would be amazed at the miraculous recovery of a vast number of supposedly “disabled” people if it became a credible threat.
But while we have the current crop of Lenin’s useful idiots running the show, gee’d up by soft-headed halo-polishers that’s not going to happen.
Starvation for mental illness? First you say you are joking, then you drop in a statement like that. Shows who you really are.
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I have a sense of humour, I just don’t laugh at pigs.
TBLS, you did present it in a humorous way. I also understand your sense of humor and don’t think there was anything wrong with the story. I know Wraith is sensitive about these issues and rightly so, but on this blog a sense of humor goes a long way, let’s face it JTI manages to keep us all laughing, despite the “stuff” he’s gone through over the years.
Just as an aside Wraith, I communicate privately with TBLS quite often and he is one of the good guys. He’s got a pair of gorgeous dogs for a start.
We all have personal issues on this blog, some more so than others, but as you yourself have said, there is no point in calling people names.
Good comment, Penny. I think Bowie needs the dog to keep warm. And as you say we all have our own shit to deal with and we all do it in different ways.
So his one up there is meant to be funny? People dress up mental illness to do what, have it on your CV for the rest of your days? Live la Vida loca on two hundred and fifty bucks a week?
EMPLOYER: why have you had so much time off?
What you going to say? Say goodbye to the job.
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And Swantoon and the blog troll feel the need to screech about the “zillions” spent on disability. Because they are sooo bloody funny. It makes them feel big and important picking on others who are not here to defend anything.
I wouldn’t hang in a “live” room with people ‘ like these’. This answer is in politeness to you.
Welcome to the dogbox, TBLS. Never mind, you’re in good company.
Is that about your breeding again?
It may be a coincidence BLS but i’m pretty sure that a lot of 3rd world countries don’t cultivate the obese and the depressed and anxious like we do in the supposed 1st world. Survival tends to focus the mind. Idle time leads to idle self absorbed minds. Norman Gunston in his real life self suffers depression and anxiety and recommends a good walk.
Nice one Bleak!
And to all the international women, have a nice day.
And the same to all our aussie sheila’s.
Thanks Milton. I was just given a RM10 ($3.00) voucher to spend at our local supermarket for IWD….well, now I’ll have to go back there before Friday when it expires…
@ BLS & Yvonne
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I have often wondered just how much it takes to make an empty vessel ring like a dull tone. Apparently the answer is ‘just one whack from a current affairs show looking for shlock ratings’.
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I was going to have a go at you both for being who you are, but then, Im just going to let the people who read this blog take a second look at your posts on people with depression. All the good people here who have dealt with it themselves, watched a beloved child go through it, or worse, as a child suffered through seeing it in a parent, scared, because the world with depression is a scary place.
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But you Yvonne, and Swantoon. You watch a tv show and know everything.
I don’t watch television so I have no idea about the show to which you are referring. Maybe if you didn’t watch TV you wouldn’t get so wound up.
The thing is, wraith, I don’t let what I know about depression – which is a lot, from personal experience – turn me into a soft-headed gimp with a chip on his shoulder, such as forms the core of people who believe that civilisations ultimate purpose is letting melancholics and malingerers lie about crying and letting everyone else pay the bills. We’re all adults. We all make our own decisions.
We also all of us die; some early, some late, lots unfairly, often unpleasantly. There is no rhyme or reason to it. There is no purpose to any of it. My life and your life are no more significant than our deaths and for most of us that makes it entirely forgettable. If you want to spend your life, however long it lasts, sitting about in your own mess I absolutely support your right to do it. Just don’t ask others to pay for it because we all have our own shit to deal with and ours stinks just as much as yours.
Bullshit. If you knew anything about real mental illness you wouldn’t be such a mean spirited arsehole. Your prose shows who you are.
Wraith says: ”your prose shoes who are are”
…..and yours doesn’t, Wraith?
Try not to pass judgement on those you do not even know. There are many, even on this blog perhaps, who deal with personal stuff of some sort, be it illness, depression, grief etc, who choose not to make martyrs of themselves and wallow in self pity. Instead they chat lightheartedly about other stuff.
That Yvonne/Boadicea is a very crappy thing to say to Wraith. Try just for once to show some empathy for people….geez
No Penny, Sorry I stand by everything I have said.
My comment originally was that IMO I did not think depression, whilst a distressing illness, is an illness and can be treated with counselling and medication nd activity – all of which are available via systems in the health systems here other than NDIS.
That brought a heap of personal abuse from Wraith. Everyone here is entitled to an opinion without copping personal abuse.
I appreciate, from her comments,that Wraith may, or may not have, a troubled life. I have not met her and no nothing of her.
However, how does anyone on this blog know of what troubled lives others have had on this blog? I’ll include myself in that remark – a childhood that would make your hair stand on end – believe me.
However I rose above it, made my way in life virtually single-handed, and do not discuss it. I do not feel the need to take it out on others who may make comment on circumstances that I may have experienced. But I do take exception to being told I have no empathy.
Don’t judge a book by its cover – ever. Very unwise.
Wraith he is projecting his own fears and tries to hide it behind false bravado, fear and apathy towards people. Basically as good old Bob would say a “silly Old bugger”
What nonsense Dismayed. I’m sure TBLS has more self-esteem than that
So says the lumberjack philosopher with a chip on each shoulder and a bee hive in his bonnet.
Yvonne your previous comments to Dr Penny highlights the same thing. You project apathy and anger towards others to hide your pent up fears and anxieties. Apparently you know better than the health professionals? You are the first to attack people adn as always then claim to be the Victim. It must get tiring dragging that placard around all day everyday. Again I now know this Victim status comes form a dark place but it does not allow you to make ignorant comments without evidence. I have posted an article with data on this subject you should read and digest it as it illustrates just how Wrong you are.
Don’t defame me Carl. Practical advice from a pragmatic person. I may be built like a lumber Jack but I have never felled a tree without reason. I am yet to be stumped by your group think sheep like responses.
Good God, Dismayed. You are seriously weird. I don’t need your advice buddy. I am who I am, and very happy with who I am – but thanks anyway. Apply your advice to yourself – you may benefit from it.
I don’t believe in personal abuse and never do when someone has a different opinion than mine – I believe this blog is for comments on current affairs or threads.
God, it will be good to get into the wild next week and hug a bloody tree or two………………….
Good comment TBLS.
I thought you weren’t reading my posts anymore, Wraith? As you exhorted to dismayed to do likewise. Why not stick to your plan? You’ll save yourself a lot of aggravation.
You can have a go at me for being the dull, vacuous, empty-headed, current affairs-watching imbecile that I am if you like.
I’m actually quite happy with who I am which is none of those. But you are welcome to your opinion. I take it from whence it comes.
But try reading the comment more carefully before you jump in. There are lots of different health services available. For instance, let’s take depression. Are you aware that Medicare provides at least 10 absolutely free counselling sessions a year, more if deemed necessary, in the mental health scheme? As I said in my post, depression is distressing – there is treatment available via the counselling and medication. . I am querying whether it should be justified as a disability for NDIS.. I know people with clinical depression who struggle at times, but woukd not consider applying for NDIS.
There are schemes for new mothers and babies. Equally impressive totally free service. Tell you what, there is a lot that is fantastic about the health systems in this country. We are spoilt.
International women’s day today, hope all you ladies have a great day.
As for the pedestrian crossings, I wonder if getting rid of the words woman/women/female is on the agenda. That would be sad, they are 3 of my favourites.
Aw, that’s sweet MtK!
Aw shucks Boadicea, I’m a sweet kinda guy.
Yeah I know 🙂
Crikey, the pic of Christensen was a bit of a shock – but this morning we have a pic of Clive looking positively slim!!
He’s lost 30kgs. Must be the stress – or maybe lack of funds for restauranting.
Hmmm, turns out the ”house” that deputy speaker in Victoria claimed $100k allowances for is actually a caravan at Ocean Grove! What a bloody rort. And he refuses to pay it back. At least the other one paid back the $40k they had rorted.
Well WA may go Labor, but Victoria will go Liberal – or anything but Labor Victorians have had enough of Dan the Man
Not until the internal problems within the Victorian Liberal party are sorted. Peter Reithntaking on Michael Kroger….hmmm
Quite liking Daniel right now Boadicea.
A total ban on fracking will do that to a girl.
My best, Bella
Bella, at the risk of starting a thread about a subject which 99.5% of people know nothing about including Danny boy, you should steer clear of Gasland type pseudo-documentaries.
I don’t want to start a thread either MtK but if you’ll forgive me, nobody will ever change my mind on the biggest scam ever perpetrated on the people of Australia.
If anyone’s after ‘alternate facts’ on fracking ERIC is your friend.
Hydrogen Sulphide anyone?
Dan will be pleased to hear that Bella!
Every Victorian I speak to is totally disillusioned with the man and his government.