Apparently, the rest of the country doesn’t need to vote during the next two and a half years – Gippsland is doing the job for us.
Archive for June, 2008
Let the referendum begin
Posted in Australian politics, tagged by-election, Gippsland on Saturday, 28 June, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Pathetic little boys
Posted in Politics abroad, tagged David Addington, John Yoo, torture, US politics on Saturday, 28 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
… playing silly little games – yet they think they are so very clever. The weasels who have thumbed their noses at the US Constitution, the Geneva Conventions, and fundamental moral decency are not the slightest bit concerned about screwing around with Congress.
Victory!
Posted in Politics abroad, tagged Andrew Bolt, Iraq, Senlis Council, terrorism on Saturday, 28 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A question I would like Andrew Bolt to answer – what happens next?
Gerard Baker surveys the state of the war of terror:
We are prevailing in this struggle. We know it. And everywhere: in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and among Muslims around the world, the enemy knows it too.
For a moment, let’s do what Andrew does [...]
Welcome to last week
Posted in Australian politics, tagged Christopher Pearson, Kevin Rudd on Saturday, 28 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The OO kicks off the weekend by repeating last weekend’s scandalous revelations. Chris Pearson has the scoop. Did you know that Kevin Rudd works hard? And he employs young people? It’s a shambles – what will happen when the terrorists attack?
Honeymoon over
Posted in Australian politics, tagged polls on Friday, 27 June, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Morgan’s latest shows the 2PP at 61-39. Discussion at The Poll Bludger, where BillBowe also has a breakdown of the results in a poll by Essential Research (59-41).
Brendan – it’s time.
GOSSIPS LOBOTOMISED
Posted in News, Politics abroad, tagged Andrew Bolt, Iraq, Lara Logan, Michael Ware, Tim Blair on Friday, 27 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Influential right-wing bloggers Timmy Blair and Andrew Bolt pick up the scent of a new scandal with a link to an old target. Says Bolt:
Was Lara Logan, a former swimsuit model, just training for her new job?
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Tim Blair notes the involvement of our dubious friend, Michael Ware, the terrorists’ favorite conduit.
The story relates to reports [...]
A considered response
Posted in Australian politics, tagged Andrew Bolt, emissions trading, Kevin Rudd, petrol on Friday, 27 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a difference between giving a non-committal answer because you don’t want to tell people where you stand and giving a non-committal answer because you haven’t made your mind up. But as dumb as Andrew Bolt is, he is also manipulative enough to ignore that distinction and play, “What is Kevin hiding from us now?“
A [...]
Bad Moon Rising
Posted in Australian politics, tagged Brendan Nelson, emissions trading, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Lenore Taylor, Libs, Paul Kelly on Friday, 27 June, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not surprisingly, the OO’s theme du jour is that energy policy will be the bane of the Rudd Government’s brief existence. Of course, the OO also stakes out its own position, which is that the future must be radioactive. We were all just too stupid to listen to John Howard.
The Editor-at-Large exemplifies the Oz’s current [...]

