Here I was all set to knock out a Christmas column full of cheer and bonhomie but life, or more accurately, Daily Life has intervened.
I normally disapprove of intra-media byplays but Fairfax Media’s Daily Life section has become so full of cranky third wave feminism that someone needs to hold it up to the light. Among this waste of ink and kilobyte street corner psychobabble, comes a contribution from self described feminist Polly Dunning who tells her harrowing tale of giving birth to a shame boy. The good news is she’s slowly getting over it.
I’m not allowed to swear anymore, at least not at volume but this is sorely testing my already fragile grip on self-control.
At first blanch this was merely another addition from women who have recently given birth and have come to believe that having done so, they have unlocked the secrets of the universe. But on further reading this is a tale of a woman not just at war with men but also her own male child.
Full column here.
Jack, could you please give me a link to a ‘safe’ site to put up some pictures on your blog. Or if the others can let me know how to attach them on your site.
I would try cutting and pasting them into the comment area, Wraith. I think that should work.
Tried that, the paste won’t work. Whack it up on Twitter or somewhere and drop in the link here probably the best.
Right, ok. Yes, that’s probably best. Or Wraith you could email them to me – jacktheinsider@gmail.com and I can post them, if you like.
R.I.P. Carrie Fisher now.
Yes, the Hollywood child who never stoped poking fun at Tinsel Town. Her writing about her own battles with mental illness showed great courage and helped many people. Vale.
And a day later, her mom, Debbie Reynolds.
Yes, very sad.
Now this bloke is a leader.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2016/dec/28/bob-hawke-sings-waltzing-matilda-at-woodford-folk-festival-video
infidelity wise
I agree.
Yeah, Bob’s up there to get his annual ego boost. He was a good PM, pity about his treacherous adultery though, I always liked Hazel. Seems to be part of the ALP rulebook, backstab anyone, even if it is your wife and the mother of your children. Just ask Bill Shorten, he runs by the same rulebook.
I can’t put my finger on it but it always surprises me that Bob Hawke attends the WFF. At this year’s Talks he covered a wide range of issues including immediate climate change action, advocated nuclear power suggesting Australia store nuclear waste for a price (which drew a rousingly negative response) and the real dangers of a man like Trump to international trade & Trump’s apparent relationship with Putin. He also touched on the obvious lack of real democratic leaders for the last few decades which was fairly depressing really.
In person he does seem quite frail however it may only be my perception of a true leader I recall being so sharp and strong.
Regards, Bella
Bella, I think we should store the Nuclear waste. We sell the Uranium we should store the waste. It is a huge economic opportunity. We have one of the best places to store it. We are one of the most secure places on the planet.
Hydrogen is the next step in power generation. Small commercial units then household in the next decade to come. I agree he does at times look frail that is why I thought his rousing rendition was great. It is not easy to sing like that at any age. Since Hawke and Keating the country has not really had leadership and forward thinking. Howard was not a forward looking or proactive PM.
You got that right dismal. Lots of money can be made and who knows a couple of decades down the line and this waste could be worth a lot of money if it is required for some future technology
Hydrogen units are here now and will take big strides into the market in the next couple of years. A local company has made major breakthroughs in the hydrogen space in the last couple of months.
Bob’s wearing out Bella. I happened to pass through Barcaldine on May 1st this year and missed the May Day parade by about an hour, since we wasted time sipping latte and chardy at an Indian cafe in Longreach (??) Apparently Bob was perambulated in a wheelchair at the front of the parade, chauffeured by Anastasia Pal-a-shay.
Jean Baptiste (28/12, 11.43am)
says: “They are limp wristed girly men tho …”
On behalf of the women folk here and elsewhere, I take umbrage at your inferring (by association) that “girls” have “limp wrists”. It is fairly clear what you are hinting at JB and only a boofhead would include such a disparaging, offensive comment, as you have. Your inappropriate slur is exacerabated by it being included in a response to one of Bella’s earlier posts, however inadvertent it may have been.
Bella of course being the antithesis of what you are implying, and one of the strongest and least ineffectual advocates for her various causes bar none.
Have you taken leave of your senses me old mate?
hey this Wahab is pretty quick of 19 yards eh?
RAT:-Now these Muslims are knocking up double centuries at the MCG ! They’ll stop at nothing! ! Eye blame the Carbon Tax .
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Look how the Liberals go after the weak and poor…
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/dec/28/call-to-suspend-centrelink-system-after-single-mother-receives-24000-debt-notice#comment-90121553
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I am currently under investigation myself for the third time…I won the other 2 in court. They say I did not advise them I was not working some years back and are taking me down for $1066…how could I work? They have all my medical records showing 5 vertebrae removed from my spine in a 5hr operation. I was on a disability pension. This one is currently in the court too. I am sick of them. They won’t go after the billion dollar companies not paying tax. I once went on a cruise. They stopped my pension because I was supposed to have left the coun try. I did NOT leave the country. They had to pay me back. BAH!
You say you went on a cruise but did not leave the country? What aussie river did you cruise or did your cruise ship sit in port for the duration?
Did not go into international waters. Stayed in Australian wayers
My son and his girlfriend just went on a 7 day cruise up to the barrier reef without leaving the country.
You’re not a very good troll Kathy
She is probably better at defending bridges tho
🙂
Carl on the Coast 12:25PM
The connection you were making was obvious, to a satire, but why were you making it? Simply connecting two things doesn’t further your argument.
As to your churlish suggestions how I might celebrate Our Saviours birthday Carl, I assure you I do so in a solemn and respectful way. Flibbertigibbets like yourself no doubt imbibe, gorge and giggle and carry on like children but such behaviour is not tolerated at the Sacred Cur.
Again, I link to the official organ of the organisation with which we are affiliated. I draw your attention to the photograph of “Santa”, as a salutary warning to mend your ways. The end times are nigh , I expect to see a contrite and sober Carl in mufti (civvies , not the other) next year.
http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news1299/santy.html
Razor 12:32 PM
He who knows all and knows that he knows all is a know all but you should follow him.
Juxtaposing “Rodent” and “mental health” in the same sentence evokes instantly and simultaneously an overwhelming range of powerful emotions, the effect momentarily profoundly disturbing and confusing. Whilst it is undoubtedly an insight into how Rodent feels all time, once is quite enough. Thank you.
Jean Baptiste – to even suggest as you have, in the ever so transparent and flimsy attempt at humour, that the behaviour of our nation’s children may be characterised as simply being gossip-babblers who “imbibe, gorge and giggle” is sacrilegious in the extreme!
What on God’s earth were you thinking JB?
Some easily see the obvious most deny it out of fear.
Everything, in retrospect, is obvious.
Will you soon be regaling us with fanciful waffle on climate change Jean Baptiste? We need some cheering up this Christmas season and a little fantasy will do the trick.
Hot Cross Easter buns on store shelves now Mr Insider and my what a “religious” country we are as we have just finished celebrating the birth of Jesus on 25th December, never mind of course no one really knows when he was born! But strewth and crikey, Hot Cross buns in late December is really testing we ‘religious” types to the girth. Haven’t seen a Christmas message from Cardinal Pell as yet, he most likely still hiding in his grotty bedroom, a man of the cloth my arse!
Jean Baptiste (27/12, 11.13am)
asks: “Why on Earth you would to go onto a bizarre critique (satire goes over your head obviously) of another subject altogether is beyond my ken.”
The answer is simple JB.
Given your perceived tendency, JB to eschew most things having a spiritual celebratory flavour and your obvious glee in being able to tangle your own comments with those of your man Bierce, I find it ironic (but completely understandable) that you appear not to have appreciated and recognised that Bierce’s sentiments re Christmas eg. “men making God’s of their bellies and then these Gods ordain festivals of consecrated gluttony and drunkenness”, are not unlike the flesh and food cavorting that took place during the rites and rituals of the Pagan festivals to which I previously referred in my earlier post.
I couldn’t make it any simpler than that JB, and I am miffed that you missed the connection.
Whilst I do concede that Bierce does make a pertinent point about the actions of some of the hoi polloi and others, I take it you’d be a bread-and-water soul mate of Ebenezer Scrooge (ie. until he saw the light) at this time of the year me old mate.
Dismal is there anything you are not an expert in? A short review on here shows, macro economics, education, cricket, climate change and renewable energy, the Middle East and dear Rodents mental health no less!
It does not take an expert to see the obvious. Your only expertise is trolling.