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.
Just a further little underline of the difference between western society today and our future oriental masters. Replace the word American with Australian. It works just as well. Don’t bother going to this if you don’t like swearing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG_EfQZy69s
Thanks TBLS.
TBLS, this does make a fair point about the every player wins a prize education which is all the fashion these days, but i doubt that they will become our masters.
they have some very serious challenges to face.
For all the miserable bastards on this blog, and for those with a sense of humour, a reposte from the legendary Sir Les at Bill Leak’s book launch. I love the reference to the pink canoe.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/bill-leak-book-launch-sir-les-patterson-joins-legendary-cartoonist/news-story/4c2547d44d83f081ffde3fa2749a3338
Yes indeed, it seems apparent that ‘International Women’s Day’ has been reduced to a minor exclusive and privileged rump in first world countries, flexing their “muscles” rather than their minds, in a futile attempt to demonstrate they have an entitlement to occupy a higher rung on the ladder than they see themselves presently occupying.
It seems they are unaware that their IWD protestations will be further diluted when the fruits of the continuing promotion and celebration of intersex and gender diversity programs in our safe sex schools fall from the tree.
You don’t like Women do you sweetie, tell Kathy what’s wrong honey, what happened.
Ripper Carl. You fall just seven points out of two hundred for the record for the winner of the “Combined Weirdest and Maddest Post in History”. You did smash the record for the “Weirdest Post’ however. You have issues.
Your gullibility is showing JB.
Your apparent failure of social intelligence and being unable to read between the lines in this instance (as in other failures I’ve noted recently) may be a sign that you should get out more me old mate.
But there’s no need to rush out and go gamboling all over the place; just take it easy lest your banter trips over your balderdash.
I’ve read between the lines Carl. I amend my judgement, definitely the combined weirdest and maddest passive aggressive post in history. Don’t try the old “between the lines” stunt on.
You’re “gamey” and you have issues.
Unlike yourself JB, I don’t claim to have a mortgage on “perfect”.
Also, I note there appears to be a hint of hostility creeping into some of your posts. So perhaps it may be time for you to have your own perceived blemish-free persona re-evaluated. Let me know how you go me old mate.
And as for your number one cheerleader, he’s obviously on another planet altogether.
OK, I’ll play your silly game. I’ve had my blemish free persona reevaluated and according to the science I’m as near as perfect as can be expected.
I’m 86% smarter than you, 68% more intuitive than you and 90% more charming and personable.
No 1 rule Carl, don’t call for a survey unless you already know the answers.
No 2 rule Carl, if you’ve dug yourself into a hole, stop digging.
In light of those stunning results you should probably not pursue this matter.
I’ve been very lenient with you up till now. You are testing my patience.
I say JB, did your shrink suggest you may need a decent dose of teff flower in your diet?
They say that South African lovegrass does wonders for those who have lost their patience.
No, my shrink said “If you have read more than a dozen of Carls posts it’s a miracle you haven’t succumbed to fits of banging your head against a brick wall. You are a remarkable human being Jean.”
Oh my goodness CotC have you ever heard of Irony? I think not.
Taken in isolation Dismayed, your “I think not” is quite appropriate for your personal circumstances.
CotC. With you in bizzaro world with your all powerful “gods” I am on another planet to you. It is called Planet Earth.
So Xenophon reckons that Victoria will follow SA down the energy gurgler when the Hazelwood power station is shut down.
Well that will definitely finish off Dan the Man.
will they? are they silly enough?
In the long run Smoke, no I don’t think they are silly enough…
IT will be interesting, smoke. With Andrews, anything is possible.
From what I’m reading, unless we keep the coal fires burning, this country is going to have power issues.
It seems ridiculous that some move is not being made towards nuclear power. As an academic friend of mine says – the risk associated with nuclear waste (which is minimal these days anyway) is far outweighed by the risk of not going in that direction.
Fukushima
And his opinion of Fukushima?
Fukushima was built on a fault line. I am no expert. But I am told there are no such fault lines in Aust – nor will a tsunami reach outback Australia.
Bo – Fukushima was built on a fault line? I hadn’t heard that but that is a common cry of whatever group is anti whatever the offending structure is. The Lake Edgar dam (Lake Pedder) is over one such celebrated fault and the Lucas Heights nuclear facility is also claimed to be on top of one. Is it a problem? The first issue is: is it an active fault? Or is there any chance of it *becoming* active? What type of fault is it? What would happen if it moved? In reality, faults of varying size are very common indeed.
Japan is in a tectonically active region. Isn’t that why they used to build houses out of paper? There will be earthquakes. Better not to build stuff at all?
Don’t know enough about it all Triv. I’ll take your expert knowledge. but I still think it’s the way to go! It woukd probably take longer to irradiate ourselves out of existence than our demise through catastrophic GW.
Where is the water required for your Nuclear power station in the “outback” coming from? If there was not enough water for a Hot rocks generation plant how could there be enough water “outback” to run a Nuclear plant? ? I am sure Trivale could tell us about fault lines that run through Australia.
One for my self agrandisment Jack, grandchild number three arrived Monday. Mum and Bub doing exceptionally well.
Named Harrison Louis (after me) and spookily the exact same birth weight and dimensions as his two cousins now 2.5 and seven months. Please no mention of baby factories.
The concept of life going on, and having your existence count for something, is pretty powerful. God bless little children.
Nice work, Lou.
Hey Lou, wel done, nothing like grandchildren to give you a different perspective on life.
heartiest congrats mate
Always been my concept of a “life hereafter” Lou. The genes that carry on down generations.
Congrats! Enjoy
Good onya Lou. Another good excuse to put your culinary skills to good use. Kids are lovely as bubs. My eldest got his p-plates yesterday – oh the worry.
This is just because.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vQpW9XRiyM
Boring.
Does one presume from your musical tastes you are tone deaf just like Alice?
Mack the Dinosaur. I put both sorts of music, country and western in there for you. All you do is snipe.
1. He is miming is this clip for a start.
2. Been trying to get into Springsteen for years-I have listened to his catalogue. I don’t deny he is a good musician but I find the songs he has written for other people e.g. Fire (Pointer Sisters)/Sandy, Blinded by The Light, Because The Night, much better than the stuff he writes for himself. Born in The USA rates as one of the most boring songs I have ever heard.
Wild, the Innocent & the E-Street Shuffle best for mine. Loud.
This for the rest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnmfbLiRng
this is for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj4nJ1YEAp4
these are for the ladies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7jYw4VZC0c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTx6S4kXbXc
What about “Sisters are doing it for themselves”…..my personal favourite Dismayed
I did not want to start a long raft of LGBTI “jokes”.
The Looters are hitting WA with a mining tax. The WA Nationals Leader Brendon Grylls’ latest pitch is a new mining tax.
When Labor does this, the Murder Press run a daily campaign of terror and lies
The Looters do it…not a word!
Will the miners spend $21million on a TV ad campaign like they did when Labor proposed a similar tax?
Pigz arse they will. They will sit back and cop it.
Why do you suppose that is, Bassy? Serious question – it’s quite interesting.
Simple:-Bias!
Yeah, but they will land up paying tax! I would have thought they would object to that regardless of who was imposing it?
will he hold his seat?