Better Dead Than Redhead iirc
― They'll be dancing in the streets of Košice tonight (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 27 June 2010 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link
btw I don't think Tony Abbott "gets" irony after listening to him brag about how the Libs have got rid of one Labor leader
― They'll be dancing in the streets of Košice tonight (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 27 June 2010 02:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Dude the ALP is totally unstable. Abbott is setting an example by overseeing a party which has been kept stable under one leader for at least 12 minutes.
― Gary Sizzle (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 27 June 2010 02:10 (fourteen years ago) link
RED HEAD REDEMPTION 2010
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 27 June 2010 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i understand there was a solid zing by labor
― mookieproof, Sunday, 27 June 2010 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Labor Bloc Zing Crew
― They'll be dancing in the streets of Košice tonight (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 27 June 2010 03:21 (fourteen years ago) link
In the Lower House she shook hands with Tony Biggott and said 'game on'. The 'moll' was implicit.
― Gary Sizzle (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 27 June 2010 07:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Former editor of the National Indigenous Times explains in full why Rudd failed Indigenous people, and touches on one facet of Howard's racism. Vital reading.
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2937488.htm
― Gary Sizzle (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 27 June 2010 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Gillzo refuses to be religious
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/29/2939879.htm
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she has no intention of pretending to believe in God to attract religiously-inclined voters.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd was a regular at Canberra church services and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is known as a devout Catholic.
In contrast, Ms Gillard says that while she greatly respects other people's religious views, she does not believe in God.
― Gary Sizzle (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:32 (fourteen years ago) link
THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout
greens mp in melbourne ftw
love the huge posters of b4ndt on swanston st
― jo jo zeppelin (electricsound), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Ace.
Drove past Tanner's office on Saturday. Looked as glum as ever.
― Gary Sizzle (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Did anyone read this shit?
http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/politics/shacking-up-is-hard-to-do-why-gillard-may-be-leery-of-the-lodge-20100628-zexr.html
OK it is less to do with politics and more with value judgements but fuck me, was Bettina Arndt always this much of an A-grade cuntbubble?
The gist: Gillard is a bad rolemodel for women BECAUSE SHE ISNT MARRIED TO HER MAN.
What in the everloving FUCK.
― C.R.E.P.E (Trayce), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:43 (fourteen years ago) link
wow what a moron
― jo jo zeppelin (electricsound), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Only just read it. She also claims Pat Rafter was bad choice for Australian of the Year because he was not married and therefore an uncommitted father. Moments like this I have second thoughts about freedom of speech.
― Gary Sizzle (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
morelike bettina arsendt, amirite
― assiest boy in america (haitch), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
bettina arsebandt
― Gary Sizzle (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:52 (fourteen years ago) link
bettina ardnthole
― jo jo zeppelin (electricsound), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
bettenalady cumstain
― Gary Sizzle (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
buttina hurdt
― assiest boy in america (haitch), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
^^
― jo jo zeppelin (electricsound), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
http://inside.org.au/shoulder-deep-in-the-entrails/
i liked this
― assiest boy in america (haitch), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:57 (fourteen years ago) link
parents dragging children through a succession of chaotic ''blended'' familiesparents dragging children through a succession of chaotic ''blended'' familiesparents dragging children through a succession of chaotic ''blended'' familiesparents dragging children through a succession of chaotic ''blended'' familiesparents dragging children through a succession of chaotic ''blended'' families
― bettina colostomybag (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:57 (fourteen years ago) link
i think bettina arnottsscotchfingeruptheanus has confused real life with saturday kitchen
― bettina colostomybag (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link
bettina beats us all at our own game
http://bettinaarndt.com.au/aboutbettina.php
Bit of a Bettina Arndt
― bettina colostomybag (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Her brand new book - What Men Want – is being published in August, 2010.
oh this will be fascinating
― jo jo zeppelin (electricsound), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 04:04 (fourteen years ago) link
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Michelle Grattan and Paul Kelly join the crowd, waxy and wrinkled as exhibits in some glass case at Madame Tussauds.
^^ perfect sentence
― bettina colostomybag (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 04:04 (fourteen years ago) link
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Ways to promote a forthcoming book:
1. Write a controversial column two months earlier
― bettina colostomybag (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
A+ lol
― C.R.E.P.E (Trayce), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 04:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Guessing that Bettina's "Sex Diaries" features the not-having kind of sex.
Also...WTF??!!! Cannot believe she's sagely using Whitlam/Greer to bring her stupid argument "home". Yes, Bettina and while we're at let's examine this new trend of women wearing mens trousers and driving their own cars.
Gaaaaaaaahhh!
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 29 June 2010 04:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Love that Shane Maloney piece btw...
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 29 June 2010 04:25 (fourteen years ago) link
My mum went to school with ButtArndt.
Actually, come to think of it that explains a lot.
― C.R.E.P.E (Trayce), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 05:11 (fourteen years ago) link
in any case i look forward to this future of high-powered career women with loose morals
― assiest boy in america (haitch), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 05:20 (fourteen years ago) link
:D
― jo jo zeppelin (electricsound), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 05:21 (fourteen years ago) link
they can only be career women some of the time, clothes don't iron themselves
― bettina arnderpandts (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 05:23 (fourteen years ago) link
As long as career doesn't require shoes, being barefoot & preggers
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 29 June 2010 05:25 (fourteen years ago) link
If I start taking birth control pills does this mean I get to be Prime Minister now?
― They'll be dancing in the streets of Košice tonight (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks to King Boy Potato
http://www.smh.com.au/national/gillard-against-gay-marriage-20100630-zkcj.html
Dozy fucken bitch.
― bettina arnderpandts (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
See now, I dont read her saying "I'm against gay marriage" in that article, seems a bit shit stirry to me. Fucking papers.
― C.R.E.P.E (Trayce), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Labor policy on gay marriage will remain the same under her prime ministership, Ms Gillard told Austereo show today.
"We believe the marriage act is appropriate in its current form, that is recognising that marriage is between a man and a woman, but we have as a government taken steps to equalise treatment for gay couples," Ms Gillard said.
Asked if that was also her personal view, Ms Gillard said it was.
= against
― bettina arnderpandts (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
abolish marriage for heteros imo, this is a valuable step towards equality
― how much can a koala ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (sic), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
― you're the fucking treasurer (electricsound), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Abortions for some, tiny Australian flags for others!
― C.R.E.P.E (Trayce), Wednesday, 30 June 2010 04:02 (fourteen years ago) link
http://yfrog.com/0g96erj
― bettina arnderpandts (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 09:12 (fourteen years ago) link
(thanks to mr bidness)
― bettina arnderpandts (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 09:13 (fourteen years ago) link
...
― king solomon and the surrealists (electricsound), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 09:17 (fourteen years ago) link
erection erection erection erection erectnio erecirtonn eredcoifn
― bettina arnderpandts (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:27 (fourteen years ago) link
keating will shit this in btw
― bettina arnderpandts (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i better update the address on my enrolment innit
― iPrincess 2.0 (electricsound), Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Loving various TV stations insinuating the announcement is late because the PM and the G-G are having girlie-talk.
― bettina arnderpandts (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 17 July 2010 01:19 (fourteen years ago) link
You can’t judge someone on either comments they’ve made, or decisions they’ve done when they’re exercising their either personal conscience or their particular viewpoint.Just because someone’s got a different view to the ABC, respectfully, doesn’t make them terrible or wrong.It simply gives them a different view, and that has got nothing to do with the size of his heart or the quality of his character or the capacity of his intellect, respectfully.
Just because someone’s got a different view to the ABC, respectfully, doesn’t make them terrible or wrong.
It simply gives them a different view, and that has got nothing to do with the size of his heart or the quality of his character or the capacity of his intellect, respectfully.
stuart robert on new opposition leader peter dutton. not sure this is going to go well for them lol
― ufo, Friday, 27 May 2022 00:52 (two years ago) link
Unless the Labor govt is catastrophically incompetent (quite possible I guess), there is no way Peter Dutton can win a federal election. They'd have to win back at least some of those teal seats and he can't do that. My guess is he'll stick around for a couple of years and then they'll kick him out for someone more palatable.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 27 May 2022 01:05 (two years ago) link
yeah i think even abbott was only so successful as opposition leader because labor were disastrously tearing themselves apart for four years straight and dutton really just emphasises all the reasons morrison was hated
― ufo, Friday, 27 May 2022 01:59 (two years ago) link
there is no way Peter Dutton can win a federal election. Not so fast! They’re on the case, ready to reform:
The party’s internal analysis of its election performance will be led by Liberal elder statesman Brian Loughnane, who was federal director for more than a decade, and senator Jane Hume.
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Friday, 27 May 2022 02:23 (two years ago) link
Sorry estela but thank fuck🐦[Sorry guys, the Toto account is not being run by Albo, Albo’s team team, Labor or Toto.— Matt Burke (@matttburke) May 24, 2022🕸]🐦
― estela, Friday, 27 May 2022 08:17 (two years ago) link
In an extended interview with Nine Newspapers on Sunday, Ms Keneally was asked by columnist Peter FitzSimmons whether the loss was because she went up against a local candidate while she was a "wealthy white woman from distant parts parachuted in.""I think the impact of the COVID lockdowns had far more to do with it and was far more at play on the day," Ms Keneally replied.
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Sunday, 29 May 2022 06:11 (two years ago) link
Some wag has suggested that KK is a shoe-in for next Governor-General and that would be both hilarious & awful at the same time.
― Pre-Raphaelite Brah (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 29 May 2022 09:43 (two years ago) link
also props to Fairfax/Nine for letting Old Red Bandana Mate ask the softball questions, in case it wasn't enough of a wankfest with her Morrison-esque worldview
― Pre-Raphaelite Brah (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 29 May 2022 09:45 (two years ago) link
With Labor stuck on 75 seats it's becoming ever clearer what a monumental cock-up it was to parachute KK in
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 29 May 2022 09:49 (two years ago) link
they're more likely than not to get at least one of the remaining seats but it would be very funny if that was the decisive factor in them missing out
― ufo, Sunday, 29 May 2022 11:13 (two years ago) link
Kristina Marie Kerscher Keneally
https://frinkiac.com/meme/S08E13/91056.jpg
― Peter Greenaway's Fleetwood Mac (S-), Monday, 30 May 2022 03:08 (two years ago) link
I am wondering what kind of dirt she has on the Labor mavens, for them to repeatedly trot her out to an electorate which has demonstrated its dislike for her several times.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 30 May 2022 03:53 (two years ago) link
Worth adding: There is no Teals stealing seats from the Libs - they earned them. There is no Greens stealing seats from Labor - they earned them. If you can't mentally adjust to the notion that a diverse community believes in more than two parties can provide, get a new job https://t.co/9mBLRrMflB— Possum Comitatus (@Pollytics) May 29, 2022
A zillion times this.
Some days it feels almost like the ABC might even be the worst offender here with their "both sides of politics" and the sheer amount of staff and airtime invested in a stiff Labor vs Coalition "show-business for ugly people" contest forever. It may as well still be the '70s.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 30 May 2022 05:00 (two years ago) link
agreed, burn the parties to the ground, false dichotomy is boomer politics
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 30 May 2022 05:34 (two years ago) link
she only got her senate seat due to shorten's personal backing, and then didn't have enough internal factional support to keep a winnable spot on the ticket when actually up for election this time. she's close to albanese so he wanted her parachuted into a safe seat in the house so she could remain on his frontbench. it probably would have worked if a strong local candidate in dai le didn't see the opportunity to run against her, i doubt the lib candidate would have posed the same threat at all on their own.
― ufo, Monday, 30 May 2022 05:42 (two years ago) link
Even boomers had the aphorism of being team players in the lower house but voting Dems in the senate “to keep the bastards honest” - the sincerity of that principle has persisted but been wildly unfocused in this century, flickering wildly between Houses and a range of nutbars, grifters, sincere indies and Palmer. This election feels like a potential sea-change away from two-party domination for a generation or so.(And of course ppl have the example of our only functional legislature this century being a minority government…)
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Monday, 30 May 2022 05:52 (two years ago) link
tbf the other govts were flat-out shovelling grants and tenders to their cronies and enshrining generational inequity, you didn't expect them to *run the country* as well did you?
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 30 May 2022 06:27 (two years ago) link
dai le is a conservative ex-lib (she was suspended from the party for running against their mayoral candidate in the council she's on when she lost pre-selection) but has very strong ties with the local liberal branch still. the only reason she's stayed an independent is because she seems to see an advantage in not having the baggage of a political party, the libs have repeatedly tried to re-recruit her to the party as a star candidate, having been very willing to overturn her suspension. will be interesting to see how much she diverges from the liberal party line in parliament now that she's more than a councillor.
― ufo, Monday, 30 May 2022 06:48 (two years ago) link
i'm not sad i'm laughing actually
"I suppose you think I am sad. Not really." @Barnaby_Joyce #auspol pic.twitter.com/PzFG6fAQs1— Political Alert (@political_alert) May 30, 2022
― Ern Malley - "Blame It On The Rain" (King Boy Pato), Monday, 30 May 2022 07:34 (two years ago) link
congratulations to the future shadow treasurer of Austraalia
“I read about this numerology theory that if you add the numbers that match the letters in your name you can change your personality,” she told The Australian.“I worked out that if you added an ‘s’ I would have an incredibly exciting, interesting life and nothing would every be boring. It’s that simple.“And once I’d added the ‘s’ it was really hard to take it away.”
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Monday, 30 May 2022 09:42 (two years ago) link
no, angus taylor of a million corruption scandals fame is reportedly the likely shadow treasurer
― ufo, Monday, 30 May 2022 09:54 (two years ago) link
Fantastic. Great move.
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Monday, 30 May 2022 10:46 (two years ago) link
It was nice to have eight days of looking like we had the best-case-scenario result, but ABC has called 76 for Labor. Probably close enough to recount preferences in Macnamara, but if they're confident enough to update now, looks like it. (Lab also ahead 50.1% to 49.9% in Gilmore at current count.)
((btw ufo u may have missed my extremely elaborate joke about arithmetic))
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Monday, 30 May 2022 21:23 (two years ago) link
you meant shadow treassurer?
― ufo, Monday, 30 May 2022 22:03 (two years ago) link
Can't talk about a republic now (the Queen hasn't died yet and she's been Queen... well, for quite some time)Can't talk about a republic now (the Queen has just died, how distasteful)Can't talk about a republic now (he's only been the King for a few months, give him a chance)Can't talk about a repub--
― Keep the Aspidistra TikToking (King Boy Pato), Friday, 9 September 2022 10:30 (two years ago) link
Pull the fucking ripcord before kerchunking any Chazcoins ffs
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Friday, 9 September 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
But not before the public holiday!!
― Keep the Aspidistra TikToking (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 11 September 2022 10:57 (two years ago) link
Nothing was going to happen before the next election anyway. I'm not exactly optimistic, but Charles is a pretty odious character and if Labor can get a healthy majority next election who knows...
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 11 September 2022 11:26 (two years ago) link
Yes I saw some of the proclamation stuff and thought ugh, this guy? seriously? I would imagine with Liz out of the picture the monarch isn’t a popular notion any more.
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 11 September 2022 11:48 (two years ago) link
labor had previously announced that their plan is to hold a republic referendum during their second term (if they get one) because their focus re: constitutional reform at the moment is the indigenous voice, so it's not anything new that they're not going to have a republic referendum immediately. i do expect that once the voice referendum is out of the way we'll hear more about how they're going to go about holding the republic referendum, deciding on a republic model, etc.
― ufo, Sunday, 11 September 2022 12:30 (two years ago) link
I really hope they don't have anything to say about which republican model and just opt for an up/down vote on whether you want an Australian for head of state or not. Once that's done, the options for which model can be the subject of a further referendum. Putting a specific model forward from the outset just risks the disaster of 1999
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 11 September 2022 12:40 (two years ago) link
when shorten was labor leader he announced plans to do something like that, idk if exactly that is still their policy but i think they're well aware of the failings of the 1999 process at least
my preference would be to remove the governor-general/monarch or any equivalent completely, formally codifying all the unwritten convention of the current constitution, making the pm the head of state, & specifying reasonable procedures to deal with the existing grey areas that the g-g has responsibility over
― ufo, Sunday, 11 September 2022 12:49 (two years ago) link