You may have heard the phrase, much-beloved by corporate types and politicians alike, “in the space”.
During question time this week, the Minister for Social Services, Dan Tehan, in receipt of a Dorothy Dixer from the member for Tangney, Dan Morton, lauded his colleague for having “a keen interest in the welfare space”.
If you keep an eye on reporting of the corporate world the same phrase pops up with monotonous regularity. A bloke who works in a bank is almost invariably described as having a “long history of working in the finance space”.
It’s an annoying phrase, vague and faddish, and I regret having to use it – but I fear I must because there is something deeply, deeply wrong in the Canberra space.
Come yesterday, the crazy-meter was already quivering at the red extreme after government senator Michaelia Cash’s outburst the previous day. It slipped into “dangerously unhinged” when Labor senator Kim Carr reached deep into his Godwin’s Law sack of epithets to refer to Liberal senator James Paterson as a member of the Hitler-Jugend.
Full column here.
Wissendorf says:
MARCH 4, 2018 AT 4:11 PM….RE YOUR LINK ON SOLAR PANELS.
https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/laser-boron-fusion-now-%E2%80%98leading-contender%E2%80%99-energy
Tell ’em they’re dreaming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msmnb676RxI
Dismayed says:
March 5, 2018 at 1:31 pm “cotc. as usual you show you have NO FN clue. …. You are the worst kind of barracker… Stick to your blue rinse brigade carl people like you keep me Dismayed I don’t understand how you and yvonne and milton and other on here choose to be so wilfully ignorant. You are an oxygen thief.”
There you go again Dismayed; as per usual you grab straight for your character disparagement kit when confronted with a contrary comment couched in the most mildest and deferential terms offering even the slightest difference of opinion to your own. You completely ignore the very significant investment in clean coal power plants around the world and you dismiss out of hand the ongoing interest our own CSIRO scientists have in such technology for possible future use in our country.
Your negative bluster and bombast is apparently all you have to offer. Its clearly a camouflage, and it continuously demonstrates what a very insecure chap you obviously are.
Bluster! Look at you! Why don’t you just return that oxygen and say sorry instead of launching into a prevaricating, scolding diatribe of a smoke screen to deflect attention from the fact! You completely ignore the issue while strutting about haughtily chastising while dispensing red herrings hither and thither with gay abandon.
No need for CotC to replace the hurtfully consumed O2 when he can just hand me over. I’m happy to convert that nasty CO2 into something all SA folk can appreciate by just taking in some rays, filtering the air and soaking up some healthy royalty free minerals.
No, he stole it, he gives it back.
Moi, “strutting” you say JB? As in confidently striding forward with an appropriately controlled air of immutable optimism. Yeah!…. I’ll go along with that.
Unlike that seemingly confused little roustabout mate of yours JB, who tags along and gets a giggle out of slipping in what appears to be the occasional oblique racist-like slur towards those with whom he struggles to adequately communicate with. Perhaps we should cut him some slack. Especially if he’s in the process of privately attempting to reconcile his lifetime of exploiting fossil fuel with his now apparent current belief that his actions may have contributed to dangerous AGW. A personal dilemma no doubt, and for which we wish him all the best, eh me old mate.
PS. to my 4.44pm JB – whether I’m “dispensing red herrings hither and thither with gay abandon”, multi-coloured fundamental orifices or puckered rosebuds, I should be widely applauded given the huge success of the recent $122 million postal plebiscite.
What say you me old mate?
What say I? I think you are positively, incorrigibly, bona fide weird.
In other words, you’re speechless.
If I was speechless it would be blank wouldn’t it? I am however astounded that you claim credit for the success of the poll based on my use of the words “gay abandon” to describe the manner in which you dispense red herrings.
You don’t have delusions of grandeur, you have delusions of omnipotence!
But then again, your extrapolations are the equivalent of turning water into wine.
May I call you Jesus, just to be on the safe side?
Whoa up there JB! No need for that high horse routine. You’ve offloaded plenty of over-sized kippers yourself and most of them have been well past their use by date me old mate
Actually, “to walk with a vain pompous bearing……………………….. “
Move along carl. I have no use for your ridiculous victim rubbish. Are you Seth Efrican?
He’s a racist little twerp, Carl. I’ll leave you to deal with him. I couldn’t be bothered!
Ah yes Yvonne the typical Seth Efrican whinger with a siege mentality, hard done by always picked on. It is not racist to point out the fact you Africaans are arrogant and whingers all in one. No surprises
Oh toaster this is knot like you!
Particularly as he was referring to the cricketers, not any individual on here. Mind you I’m not sure young Warner behaved in the most gentlemanly way possible, but what happens on the ground should stay on the ground/pitch/whatever…
Sounds to me, Warner’s reaction aside, like Quinton de Kock might be more a description than a name.
Why so Triv? He could quite possibly be a very nice guy ho took exception to being called a fu74king sook when walking off the field after the game. Warner started it.
Sad that the game has come to this sort of stuff.
In the SA space, SA Labor pledges for . As a leaner with a stoop I’m moving to Adelaide ASAP
For any new players to the AFL footy tipping comp.
http://www.footytips.com.au/comps/TheIn7&p=532111
Returning players just log on, update and away you go.
Lookout tippers, Perentie has joined the fray. I don’t worry about “space” anymore, it is now how things get “unpacked” or having someone “unpack” it for you. Sick to death of it.
Feeling confident. Last time I did any good in an AFL tipping comp was after returning from 4 years in Rugby League states. Just as out of touch now.
As for people “unpacking”, I like to respond with “Well, if you had of packed it properly in the first place…”
Just go to the sports pages and copy the tips of pundits.
Like hell. Guaranteed fail.
China’s National Party Congress will open the way to a dictatorship for President Xi Jinping, Mr Insider. Lets give Xi baby the clap, the clap he so richly deserves. Shocker!
https://tinyurl.com/y7amvktw
Blofeld disapproves! That will stop the politburo farting and scratching their bums and wipe the inscrutable looks off their clocks quick time chop chop.
Get right up ’em Henry. They don’t like it up em you know.
Bless you Mr Baptiste we all know you are in the “red” camp but no crime committed there. Your humble correspondent loves Democracy dear chap, its a breath of fresh air. Cheers
“Democracy” is a fairy tale Henry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ4SSvVbhLw
SA continues to generate and export 25% more power back into the NEM that it is using. It has done so for most of the last year except for those days over 40c. don’t see headlines all over the news about it though? . Hard for the cons to understand. No surprises.
Just let your batting and fielding do the talking, Warner.
Quite so. Especially the fielding, peg the bugger in the kidneys with the nurry when they go for a run.
Here we have more evidecne of this corrupt government. No surprises.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/02/deeply-regret-australias-apology-to-landholders-suspected-of-planning-unlawful-clearing
evidecne – enthusiastic, keen, dedicated but severe pimple condition when spoken with a Seth Efrican accent.
MTK, is that it. Pointing out a typo? Usual weak effort. Some of us have hands like men some like you with little boys fingers don’t have a problem on small keyboards. Like a little boy you have come in too quickly again. No surprises.
Just to get it straight. You are supporting the illegal land clearing supported by the LNP. No surprises.
Where is your sense of humour?
CoHD, good to see you back. I have allowed it to be whittled away by the cons wilful ignorance. As it was years ago I have continued to let myself down by responding to their rubbish. I know you have offered advice over the years and I do try but geez man some days?
Sense of humour bypass surgery, bulk billed.
Quite so MtK – non-existent.
Gary, why not stop letting yourself down and just quit the constant nasty slagging off of people with differing opinions.?
CoHD….there are some on here that seem to think you and Dismayed are the same person
Dr Penny, I don’t think the esteemed CoHD will like that. From my perspective it is a complement for me.
Ditto Penny..☺
Goodness, Mr Insider, Barnaby Joyce has caused much “salty” language to be used, your humble correspondent did indeed “blush”.
http://junkee.com/barnaby-joyce-shut-up/149296
Tony’s out of his box again with the usual little vindictive snipes and gripes, he won’t give up until this government is torn down. He only knows how to wreck.
Its exquisite irony Tracy as Trumble ooops Turnbull approaches 30 Consecutive Negative Newspolls, the “place” is jumping! Cheers
https://tinyurl.com/ya7oytrl
Splendid chap that Abbott. Go Tony, go go go. Thou art a loose canon/cannon sent to us from God.
Can you hear the trumpets Antonio?
http://biblehub.com/luke/21-6.htm
Or is that just you passing wind
Could be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFLw8aH-M2w
Would Abbott know the difference? Sounds a little bit like the trumpets of Jericho don’t it?