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.
BASSMAN (30/12, 12.15AM)
says: “Check the time people on a disability can spend o/seas. It has been cut under your Looters.”
Now your attempting to qualify your earlier incorrect assertion re overseas travel conditions for pensioners. But your unhelpful, confused bias toward governments in general and your various juvenile descriptors continues to cloud your ability to convey undiluted facts.
Pensioners can travel and stay overseas for as long as their host country allows. Full stop.
Reference to the Australian Government proviso re whether pensioners will continue to receive a benefit after a specified period overseas was not included or made clear in your earlier snipe. You may think I’m nit-picking Bassy, but I think your various sloppy comments are worthy of attracting the appropriate rebuke.
No personal hard feelings mate, just tidy up your scrapbook, eh.
What I have said is quite correct and you know it. Just keep voting for them Toaster…they love you!
Stick to the FACTS.
Bassman ,..Rat apology mate .
Ammendment on Rudd after many calling him a moron, change to 130 million Rudd funding chief!
BTW,…settle down, don’t stress , I may need you around later on more political bets and extract another 100bux off you,.Bass!.heeeeee.
Bassman .
All these programs of sport and docos etc , would not be cut if management last decades left ABC as it was steering clear of bias idealogy .ABC had good constructive programs in reference to many good stories and much on the land programs , Mark Scott chased the” weirdo inner city people” to boost the Labor profiles and political leanings of crazy Greenie stuff that now sees people backing off watching .Yes some good stuff , but this station took the left turn far too often .It was credible over the past till Mark Scott aggressionn turned it on its head.
No good blasting away at Abbott , your mob destroyed ABC installing” ambitious bias idealogy “sending out hate with their declaration of destroying conservatism .This was the begining of the end of management having initiatives not in the public interests and suppose to be impartial in its reporting, When Paul Keating Richo and Warren Mundine speak out on news services not up to the standards , something is drastically wrong.
Just herd a caller saying we are not a clever country having ghost flights costing $6 00 000 picking up politicians and Julia Bishop has been named costing $25 000 from Perth .That is no surprise from her.
Maybe this ABC should chase stories like this instead appeasing inner city yuppies and joining in mad uni protests who are not up to date on detention centres seeing Dutton has cleared these kids , now free.
Where is ABC on Dutton passion on this Bassman ? We get the left ranting media tuning intk Dutton as a criminal but can’t show evidence after Labor locked up asylum seekers and 8880 kids in total ., nothing comes out of ABC on this .
The ABC ran a repeat Australian Story episode today about the “Heart of Australia” truck. It was an excellent show about excellent work being delivered with no Government funding into Western Queensland. Your delusions are becoming very sad.
Bassman 11:17pm.
As for the tax payers ABC , you mentioned the additional Rudd waste 500 million on the likes of that pathetic washed up Paul Barry snout in the trough wage $ 180 000 waste a year salary for 15 miniutes work a week. It is the researches doing the work where many times he had to apologize on incorrect reporting to other media outlets.
I agree some reports are good for us over years , Australian stories, some 4 corner programs while others gone off the rails.
Mark Scott was a “total disaster” with his hardline left wing idealogy taking the ABC below the standards into fake stories .Remember the navy getting the blame for burning the hands of the boat arrival people , that false .
The ABC earlier years put out some good reports on the land , but many faded away into blatent lies to destroy the conservative with Paul Keating last month with Warren Mundine serving them up on not keeping up the standards on news services. This is where cheque book Rudd ticking up as usual for the conservatives to pay for all his debts , eg,..317 billion debt he left with 249 billion deficits.
The ABC we all want it a alternative service with reviews into quality and get the” bias hatred “eliminated forever.
You can’t run a business Bassman just throwing tax payers money around like we see in the ABC like Paul Barry who is not worth feeding. His big mistake that back-fired tearing into Andrew Bolt just to name one of his pet hates over Bolt’s wages 3 times greater him receiving.Bolts said .”At least tax payers don’t pay my wages like they pay you Paul Barry”! This is why the ABC needs a broom through management to bring quality services back again to the public and get rid of those ranting lunatics who don’t deliver a balance to the public. This is why public are resenting ABC going into political failed programs like Q&A many now turned off as results showing due to quality of the panel .This bias stacked crowd and prepared bias questions , has now destroyed AbiasC having criminals this year stacked in the audience.Remember that Zackie clown set up to deliver lies and hate , he had a VIP car pick him up , yes Bassman tax payers money .Now do you see why waste must be attended to on this pathetic run management and your 500 million from Rudd started all this off. Why you praise Rudd who voters destroyed , is very puzzling indeed.
Rodent. Does your dyslexia cause you to read everything back to front or do you just not have any ability to comprehend what you read? or is it a combination of both? You are basically wrong on just about everything.
I think we all get Rodent here and are happy to have him as part of our crew. Very thoughtful and hateful comment dickhead! Jeez I’d love to have you in my public bar one day………
You are Pathetic What is the point of an old man like you making threats over the internet? Your pathological dishonesty stems from your cowardice. You make veiled threats gladly knowing you would never be able to back them up. Pathetic.
I’d suggest we are about the same age………
Carl on the Coast 3:24PM
Finally we are on the same page. I have no idea what you are talking about, and neither do you. Seems like an “I’ve won and I don’t have to give any reason why gambit” to me” Carl.
As for your “waffly shot across my literary bows” ……. That’s it? Our intercourse complete so far as you care, now you’re just going to roll over and go to sleep! You heartless beast!
Well you’re right about your “waffly shot”, and “waffly” is over rating it more than somewhat. I’m gonna find me a brand new box of matches Carl, what they know you aint had time to learn.
There are real men out there in the literary world, anything but “waffly” in their shots*.
For more information your reading for today is Ezekiel 23-20.
* Metaphorically of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyhFTB3hAMM
And yer Santa Claus outfit too!
You tell us Baptiste you had intercourse with that Coast chap now did you both have a ciggy afterwards or would that have contributed to global warming?
Bella says:
December 29, 2016 at 1:07 pm
Shocking news, Bella and a wake up call for us all on perspective. I hope your young man gets through unscathed and you can carry on with whatever semblance of peace of mind a parent can have. Best wishes, love and happy new years to the both of you.
ps agreed, Carl has a good heart and a sense of humour (fine qualities methinks).
BRADMAN:-instead of 5 days of waste, the MCG could be packed out easily on Friday…how? On Friday, forget the match. It is a drawn out bore-draw that looked to be a fizzer at the end of day one….SO…. Have a day nite game where the 2 captains pick a side from all the players (Pakis and Ozzies in mixed teamz) like we did when we were kids “Your pick, my pick etc”.
The food outlets would make money, the ACB would make money. There would be all smiles instead of the loooooong faces and the frugal attempts by Tubby, Slats, Healz and Co trying to talk up the game and say what a great match it has been. Yep it has been entertaining in parts…..BUT…..no result. Not good for cricket. SAD CAFÉ!
Have you moved from pot to the white stuff?
Just logged on and not so sure about the draw Bassy
Please help me (and millions of others) wipe the egg off my face…massive batting collapse
that no one could predict! Well done Ozzies.
That’s why test cricket is/was always the pinnacle of the game
Great suggestion Bassy. How many slices of pie would you like?
BTW Thay actually do a form of that pick-a-side thing. It’s called the IPL.
Can the Looters gut the ABC anymore than they have already?
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Since the election of The Looters the ABC has lost:- 1. $500million in funding and 500 jobs 2. The Australian Network (ABC Broadcasts into Asia and The Pacific), 72 jobs gone! 3. Much of the reach and diversity of Radio Australia 4. TV Production facilities in Hobart, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
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Cutbacks:- 1. Televised Sports Broadcasts 2. 50% of Classic FM Broadcasts 3. Foreign Correspondent 4. Regional News Bulletins and State News Rooms 5. Regional Radio-12 stations closed down. 6. 50% of Specialised Programming Units closed down.
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Also Axed:- 1. State 7.30 Report Programmes, 2. At the Movies 3. Radio National Specialist Programmes including-Bush Telegraph, Hindsight, Encounter, Poetica, First Bite.
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As Well As:-Into The Music, 360 Documentaries, By Design, The Media Report.
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ABBOTT:- on the eve of the 201 election “No cuts to education, no cuts to health, no change to pensions
No change to the GST AND NO CUTS TO THE ABC or SBS”
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Just to remind punters, the Rudd/Gillard Government increased ABC funding by $130million whilst the Looters have CUT funding by $500million!
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This is a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad government.
At this point in time it seems all governments are bad Bassy, except for Tasmania maybe, don’t hear much from them……..as that famous 20th century philosopher John Westy used to say, “Come the revolution”. Or maybe it was Boris.
Gillard only increased their funding due to the partisan editorial line they were taking.
PM Turnbull’s government spends a record amount on digital advertising, we read Mr insider. Not to mention flying government Jet Aircraft all over Australia with no passengers! What a sham Turnbull is and how unlucky is Australia to have a dimwit like Turnbull for PM at a time when we need real strong leadership!
http://tinyurl.com/ztev6ra
No one comes near Howard on advertising…he spent $2billion during his term…a heap of it on promoting himself and his Looters,
Yes Howard was a big spender BASSMAN but overall a sound chap compared to the dregs we have today and have had over the last 5 or so years. Schoolboys all. I think its time government waste spending was brought to a sudden halt imho. $600k to fly an empty Jet around Australia to pick up hardily any persons!
If they have worked 35yrs in this country what is the problem? Not a racquet?
You shld be able to do what you like with your pension…it is YOURS that U have paid taxes for as Menzies said…”Menzies comments on unemployment and sickness benefits 29th March, 1944. “People should be able to obtain these benefits as a matter of right, with no more loss of their own standards of self-respect than would be involved in collecting from an insurance company the proceeds of an endowment policy on which they have been paying premiums for years”.
Sorry…wrong comment…meant for RAZOR…this one for you on Howard. Howard governed in good time, no GFC had a 334billion resources boom which he pissed up against the wall, taxed our arses off and sold off all of the family silver INCLUDING our gold for SweetFALL and then told everybody what a wonderful surplus he created-no fiscal wizardry in that. Bald Then he left Gillard, Rudd, Abbott and T.Bull with a $90billion structural deficit which is causing us all of our debt problems now. But wait…there’s more!!
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If government revenue in Costello’s time had been 23.6% of GDP, as in 2014-15 what Rudd had,, nine of his budgets would’ve been in deficit. Labor suffered a $160billion loss of revenue during the GFC.
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Who were/are the highest taxers? Here in order, are the highest tax to GDP ratios that have been recorded. These are the Top 10
in order from 24.2% to 23.1%
2004-2005 Howard (24.2%), 2005-2006 Howard (24.2%), 2000-2001 Howard (24.1%)
2002-2003 Howard (24%), 2003-2004 Howard (23.9%), 2006-2007 Howard (23.7), 2007-2008 Howard 24% (still their budget),
1986-1987 Hawke (23.2%), 2001-2002 Howard (23.2%), 1987-1988, Hawke (23.1%)
The top 7 go to the Howard government which takes the cake for the highest taxing and biggest spending government in Australia’s history. Average tax to GDP ratio was 20.8% of GDP in 3 yrs to 2012-13 under Labor. The last time a Coalition government had such a low tax take was 1979-80. The Howard government was the highest taxing government of all time. Actually, there have been only 7 yrs in budget history where the tax to GDP ratio has been over 23.5%. AND YES, ALL 7 WERE UNDER LIBERAL GOVERNMENTS.
It appears we have reached a time in human history where humans have actually defied all the efforts of those that came before them along with the technological and scientific advancements to a point of stagnation. Human behaviour, progression, inclusiveness, opportunity for more, improvement has stagnated. It has stagnated due to those revisionist klans that are desperately trying stop progress through division, through false misleading rhetoric and outright dishonesty, klans trying to kling to old world hatreds.
Dismayed (5.59pm) – Chaps with black beards may come after you for making inflammatory comments like that. I’d keep an eye out if I was you mate.
Don’t defame me Carl. Nothing inflammatory in presenting facts. The biggest concern is the government PreCrime police unit monitoring all data.
Couldn’t agree more! The identity politics being played out by the left is atrocious! Finally you get it.
Your confusion and pathological dishonesty continues . There is one side across the globe that attacks anyone and anything that may offer a different view or new perspective and it is NOT the progressive’s.