Brilliant.
He sounds like his throat is lined with poo when he talks, so perhaps it counts as substantiated recourse.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 00:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Do you think Rudd will match the pensioner spendfest?
― moley, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 00:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Indubitably.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 00:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Yesterday's Newspoll showed -- for the first time -- Rudd gaining on Howard in terms of economic approval. He absolutely does not want to lose this momentum, however transient it might have been. Economic management wins elections in this country, fact.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
70% of the Labor front bench is ex-union officials.
Did I read somewhere that the appropriate response to this is that the liberal front bench is dominated by silver spoon private school nancies who have never done a hard day of work in their lives?
― badg, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 00:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Pretty much.
Also that 70% figure is wrong, as Costello admitted on national television on Sunday morning. Not that it's stopped the bastards using it ever since with increasing saturation.
By the criterion these arsewipes are using, *I* was a union official because I was a member of student union.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 00:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Wasn't joining the student union compulsory up until a few years ago?
― badg, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Yep. Not that it stops Howard et al calling me an ex-union official.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link
btw I adore the thread title.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
By christ if I really was a union official I would have banned hacky sack on the lawn outside the arts common room.
― badg, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 03:25 (sixteen years ago) link
If I were a union official I would've banned meetings to discuss the end of year office party using STRONGARM tactics if necessary.
― moley, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ THIS
― haitch, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 04:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I MEAN CHRIST I AM ONLY HERE TWO DAYS A WEEK NOW AS IT IS, YOU THINK I HAVE TIME TO PUT ASIDE MY REAL WORK AND ATTEND A MEETING FOR A PARTY THAT NO BASTARD IS EVER HAPPY WITH JUST SO I CAN GET THE BLAME FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, YEAH THX.
― haitch, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 04:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Imagine what it would be like if Labor got in with its OMG GIANT UNION SPATULA.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 04:33 (sixteen years ago) link
In fact I'm tempted to start a picture thread depicting the disastrous consequences of union power.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 04:38 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.happyworker.com/smile/be-a-happy-worker-m.jpg
― Kate, non masonic, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 04:55 (sixteen years ago) link
That happy worker in the cubicle on the far right is checking ILX!
― badg, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 05:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Which one, Snooze Bloke or Cheeseburger Girl?
― King Boy Pato, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 06:19 (sixteen years ago) link
TS: Snooze Bloke or Cheeseburger Girl?
― moley, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 07:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Remember those ads where various worker bots are relieved that they can ring the fairness hotline and have their contracts assessed under the 'Fairness Test'. What a joke. My partner rang that hotline yesterday because she'd been asked to sign a 2 page contract which effectively had her as a contractor working a 60 hour week for this company. The first thing that happened was that a recorded message told her that nothing she was told could be relied on as legal advice. The second thing that happened was that she was put on to a 19 year old stoner who told her 'Gee, I don't know. You're a props builder? I don't know. Do you carry things or build things? Both? Well which one, it can't be both! Maybe you should have a look at our website. Hang on, I'll speak to me supervisor. *click*'
― moley, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 22:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Sounds fair.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Last month my work compulsorily sent us all an official government information bulletin explaining the fairness test and what our rights are. The salient points were (a) the bulletin contained fuck-all information, providing only the useless phone number that your partner called and (b) IT WAS OBVIOUS POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING. Even the HR manager who sent it agreed that it was just an ad for the government.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/10/25/wbRATES_wideweb__470x314,0.jpg
loooooooooool
― haitch, Thursday, 25 October 2007 00:31 (sixteen years ago) link
70% of a Labor government would be former trade union officials.
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 26 October 2007 23:40 (sixteen years ago) link
But did any of them live at home until 32 like our beloved PM?
― King Boy Pato, Saturday, 27 October 2007 07:12 (sixteen years ago) link
"70% of a Labor government would be former trade union officials."
That ain't the half of it - 100% of ANY Rudd cabinet, INCLUDING the PM, the Deputy PM, the Treasurer, the Foreign Minister and the Attorney General, would ALL be CARD CARRYING MEMBERS of the AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY!!!!!!!!
― Fred Nerk, Saturday, 27 October 2007 07:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Watching the news this evening my mother says "that Joe Hockey is such a lovely man"
... she wasn't being sarcastic. God.
― Trayce, Saturday, 27 October 2007 08:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Regardless of your political philosophy, moral philosophy, sexual orientation or even your species, Joe Hockey is NOT an attractive man.
Not even in comparison with John Howard or Peter Reith or Fabulous Phil Ruddock or Wilson Tuckey.
(But given the choice between the Hockmeister and Bronwyn Bishop....)
― Fred Nerk, Saturday, 27 October 2007 08:33 (sixteen years ago) link
The Australian 'Big Brother' grand poo-bah has been given the elbow and replaced with two dimwit morning DJ's.
All Rudd/Howard has to do now is convincingly pin the blame on Howard/Rudd for this development, and all other issues will become instantly irrelevant.
― Fred Nerk, Sunday, 28 October 2007 05:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll vote Liberal if they ever introduce the death penalty for Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O. Or, even better, Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald.
― King Boy Pato, Sunday, 28 October 2007 06:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Who's up for an ARIAs running commentary tonight?
― moley, Sunday, 28 October 2007 06:49 (sixteen years ago) link
No thanks, I think I've put up with enough Silverchair this year already.
― King Boy Pato, Sunday, 28 October 2007 06:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Well my daughter is adamant we're watching the Veronicas. As for the Chair, cheer up - this is almost certainly the last year.
― moley, Sunday, 28 October 2007 07:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Back to POLITICS, I was driving past Yatala Prison today - proud home of Evil Terrorist Mastermind David Hicks. I seriously lolled at all the Liberal posters on Grand Junction Road on the other side of the jail, like that's going to do them any good.
― King Boy Pato, Sunday, 28 October 2007 12:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Now, if you're planning a little Election Night shindig, maybe I humbly suggest that you put this record on to get the party started?
http://www.triplem.com.au/media/shows/getthis/images/getthis_johnlawscover_400x.jpg
― King Boy Pato, Sunday, 28 October 2007 12:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I HAD that record! I SAMPLED it on the I&S track 'Point of No Return'!! Oh jeez, what happened to it? King Boy, do you have the inner sleeve photos?! Can you put 'em up??
― moley, Sunday, 28 October 2007 12:34 (sixteen years ago) link
No, unfortunately not - I found this gem lying around on the internet!!
Golly, I really wish I had it through (and the rare Alan Jones cover of Spandau Ballet's To Cut a Long Story Short).
― King Boy Pato, Sunday, 28 October 2007 12:44 (sixteen years ago) link
That doesn't exist, you made it up.
― edwardo, Sunday, 28 October 2007 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link
It exists. It's a compendium of his poetry, read by him, and interspresed with whimsical arranged music peices that would not be out of place in a Neil Diamond or Englebert Humperdinck middle eight. I found it at folkways. My dad probably sold it at a Bondi sale for $1 along with all my other valuable records. Someone out there has it.
― moley, Sunday, 28 October 2007 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Your father is the worst man alive.
― King Boy Pato, Sunday, 28 October 2007 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Fuck politics, this is fascinating.
Did anyone ever see that christmas album he put his arse face to? That was bad enough.
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 28 October 2007 22:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Because I'm home sick today I can watch the debate and relay information to you all LIVE, including what the worm's doing.
Dat crazy worm.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 01:33 (sixteen years ago) link
12:34 Old bloke is talking about nothing
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 01:34 (sixteen years ago) link
oooh they're shaking hands
they've lost the coin!!! OH NO
Wayne Swan won the toss and will speak first
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Swan's worm is flatlining, going up slightly
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 01:36 (sixteen years ago) link
why is the debate in the middle of the day?
― electricsound, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 01:40 (sixteen years ago) link
"economic plan for all australians" "enhance national prosperity" "investing in people" "climate change + water = challenges yu0" "downward pressure on interest rates" "economic conservative" <-- worm dipped at this point "low taxes" "economic wankspeak blah blah" "market reforms" "prosperity" "mining boom" "golden opportunity being squandered" "11 years of inaction on hospitals/schools/infrastructure" "inflation & interest rates rising" "skills crisis" "rba has warned you fuckers Y0U DO NOT LISTEN" "education and training" <-- worm loves this, goes spastic "broadband" "fair + balanced" <-- OH NOES SHUP YOU MENTAL "enterprise level bargaining" <-- worm dipping, probably bored "working families have never been better off my arse" <-- paraphrasing "my package is enormous"
Worm moderately positive most of the way through. Costello looks like jabba the hut for some reason.
He's STILL talking and I need to go to the toot.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 01:44 (sixteen years ago) link
-- electricsound, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 12:40 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
Because it's in the normal press club luncheon slot, and because nobody wants to see accountants talk for 90 mins
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 01:46 (sixteen years ago) link