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.
Dismayed honey your SA power problems are almost over with the arrival soon of Elon Musk and also our own sweet PM’s new Snowy Hydro 2 scheme. Hang in there sugar the lights are going on soon n SA.
I see Coopers have caved in to the crazies.
Some may consider it corresponds with their brew – piss weak.
Concur. Might have to start drinking it, just so I can boycott. They seem to be running away from the Bible Society as well, which engages in the nefarious act of–giving away free Bibles. The Gideons better be wary!
Westy highlighting the issues again.
http://www.michaelwest.com.au/gas-the-crisis-of-guile-and-greed/
SA leading the Way with Jay.
Couldn’t agree more Mr Dismayed. Finally Jay’s admission that SA never had enough base load power being too reliant on renewables is a credit to him. This would have taken a lot of guts. We need more politicians like him!
SA have had an interconnector with Vic for decades. The Gas option is curious as the Owner and Operator of the Pelican Point gas plant will only run part of it because the rest loses money most of the year. At times they are paying the NEM to provide power into the grid and of course charging the domestic users for that privilege. Renewables have nothing to do with the lack of base load. Without Renewables at times SA would have nothing. The problems have been caused by unreliable, poorly maintained Fossil fuel generation plants and storms knocking over power lines. I do not see screaming headlines about the power failures in QLD and NSW yesterday? Why is that. The phoney ideological campaign on Renewables highlights all that is wrong with the coalition and its supports. As soon as the cons have changed their investment mix it will cease.
I see your excellent point Mr Dismayed but wasn’t Mr Weatherall saying not so long ago that all was good and SA had everything including the mix right?
Yeah, the 19th century is just around the corner!
The Age of Enlightenment, Dwight instead of the Age of Light Entertainment, Dwight?
Elon Musk is coming to your rescue honey. Poor Adele no power for her show in SA a few nights ago. SA the blackout state sweet lamb.
The breakdown was a mechanical issue, lack of maintenance from the East coast company doing the stage. Try some facts with your sour grapes.
My my Mr Dismayed you really do have all the answers to the issues that SA are having. It’s typical of this Murdoch press to push the anti renewables line. Why does Jay need to do anything at all then? Wouldn’t he be better off leaving things as they are. As you said storms come and go.
I know you should never do it. Once you decide to go, just go. But I did, I came back and read the comments, and now I have to defend myself, again, on a few points.
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First of all, Im not wallowing on a couch anywhere. MY meds are working thanks. I have a job. The hours are not great, sales are not good, and they are cutting back staff. Frankly Im a bit worried. But, as dear old Razor said at the time, it was great someone took a chance on me, and gave me a job, considering my health history. Ive only hit the floor twice in the shop, and both times I felt it coming and managed to close the door before I blacked out. The boss doesnt know, and I was back into consciousness in a few minutes anyway, so, no harm done.
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My comments on people with depression or mental illness were not about me, and dont reflect my life. I was defending everyone else. The mothers out there with a child who isnt ‘right’ and is out of her mind with worry. The dads, who know something isnt good with them, but they have to keep going. Then you hear they shot themselves one afternoon on the farm. Spoilt for care? I dont think so. The poor bastards who just dont understand why they end up running from the sandstorms in their heads, the black dog victims.
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Not me, Im fine thanks. Better than either Yvonne or Swantoon. Empty angry vessels who dont like to see anyone geting something that they dont think they should get. I stand by my comment, all you two need is a nasty current affairs show looking for cheap ratings and you are in like a pair of pig dogs. Is that personal abuse enough for you, or does it just describe your behaviour in general, and over a long time.
And as for Milton. God was that ugly or what?
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Now, if you all dont mind, Im going to let the door hit me in the arse on the way out.
Honey you are back already care to tell Kathy the real reason you are copying Dame Nellie Melba? Seeking attention sugar?
Razor pops in irregularly for a read Wraith. He actually manifested as Rupert for a couple of days and had a bit of fun. JB was particularly gushing in his praise!!!!!!
On your other comment as you know I have a keen personal interests in mental health issues. Unless you have been the relative or friend of a magnificent person with so much to give, but for their illness, then you cannot hope to understand. I’ve said it before Wraith, as you know, mental health just ain’t sexy enough for Pollies.
Keep on fighting girl and never let them beat ya!
Cheers,
Razor
Having weaned myself easily off q&a after their break, with no ill effects, I read this mornings headlines and took another hit. I think it was Trivalve, via his wife’s experience, who alluded to the all too human characteristics of Mem Fox. Anywho, at one stage she says, after outlining her experience entering the US, post Trump, “Please don’t ask me to comment on Tony Abbott, and our own border protection, because there are not enough expletives in Roget’s thesaurus”. Noice one, Poss. And within an half hour, Mem on the subject of 18c/d questions “why would people want to be insulting and offensive…what good did hate do anybody .. and there is another simple word for political correctness and it’s called politeness..”.
Hello! Mem’s politeness is the result of Roget’s inability to come up with enough expletives to describe old mate Abbott and his border protection plan, that was successful? (She failed to mention Howard/Rudd/Gillard/Rudd and a thousand or so expletive deaths at sea.
The hypocrisy would be funny if it wasn’t scary. It is neither left or right, it’s myopic or worse.
And if dear old Mem had gone on on the appropriate B-1 visa, nothing would have happened. You’d think Molly being sent back in 2004 would have been enough warning for the cultural types. But, it’s all Trump’s fault–for everything.
Poor Mem, the vixen becomes the victim. Perhaps she should have made herself aware of Trump’s recent “The fox in the Henhouse” regulations designed to prevent another GFC.
It’s no wonder they quizzed her about her finances.
You hate women don’t you sweetie tell Kathy all about it petal.
Can’t believe this…LEIGH SALES just interviewing Looter front bencher. Mathew Canavan. He says with the straightest of faces the abolition of the carbon tax resulted in the biggest reduction in electricity prices in Australia. Hang on, prices have DOUBLED under the Looters since Labor was in power!! Leigh just let him blatantly lie and get away with this statement without picking him up. This has been reported all over the media-obviously Leigh is not doing her homework….AMAZING. Then he said new coal fired powered stations reduce emissions by 30%. No coal fired power station in the word reduce emissions by 30%. Bring back Sara Ferguson.
Clive Hamilton has resigned from the Climate Change Authority in disgust & delivers this scathing assessment of the puppet-on-a-string that Malcolm Turnbull is now on Climate Change.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2017/mar/10/its-a-tragedy-says-clive-hamilton-of-turnbulls-climate-transformation
So not a man of conviction. Sad how people sell their souls for power.
I knew they could do it! The DDR has managed to politicise a storm warning. Nothing is beyond them:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/weather-set-to-bring-supercell-thunderstorms-flooding-in-nsw/news-story/1075eade29862a61f9104a32df3b8662
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWo5rvpnb0Y
You aint seen nothing yet.
You sure it wasn’t filmed in a Hollywood studio JB?
They get up to all sorts of tricks in them thar places. Been in one yourself me old mate?
DDR?
Daily Drilling Report
Tanks!
You of all people Dwight? If the comments section of Jack’s column is referred to as East Berlin, then the wider comments on all articles in The (online) Australian must be the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, nein?
Natürlich!
Richardson has nailed it in today’s Oz. “Whoever negotiated that (preference deal with ON) deal for the Libs stuffed up big-time and should never be allowed near a negotiating table again.”
Cormann is still trying to defend the indefensible today. This is what happens when instead of just providing good government, political players like Cormann try to scam the system. He’s lost a fair bit of skin over this misjudgement.