It’s a tricky move to attach gender or race motives to an umpire officiating a tennis match between two women: one Afro-American, the other half-Japanese, half-Haitian but one by one, too many members of the commentariat to count worked overtime to pull it off.
In the morass of Op-Eds scrawled in the wake of the US women’s Open final, focus quickly became lost and one rather simple fact was ignored:
Take this tweet from ABC presenter, Virginia Trioli. She claimed to have read almost all there was to read about what had happened and only then had been moved to judgment by way of retweet with comment. The retweet was of a judgy columnist, Margaret Sullivan, who splatters words around for the Washington Post and the New York Times, sometimes in some recognisable order. She, in turn, was tweeting up a rapidly cobbled together think piece from Sally Jenkins at WaPo. Jenkins, Sullivan enthused, got it “exactly right.”
Full column here.
WINX wins George Main Stakes at Randwick for her 27th consecutive win, Mr. Insider, what a performance. She possibly reminds you of your Family’s Manikato
Possibly the Cox Plate late October and then maybe retirement?
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Jack, what is a nice God-fearing man like Mr. Morrison doing in politics, the work of the devil?
Jack, I had a chuckle when I read the image you created regarding your reference to the “human pit bull with an emotional range to match.” It crossed my mind that your colorful turn of phrase was perhaps largely influenced by the recent performance of the primary character in your most excellent piece.
Scandalous
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“Don’t worry, those dumb hossies will pay for it.”
Jeez, I’m on the email list for AusTender and no-one’s offered me anything like that!
“Everybody with any degree of commitment to the party and its long-term future wants to see this guy go, he’s just useless,” said one local member on Saturday.
Moderate Liberal Party members are deeply unhappy with Mr Abbott’s failure to honour his “no wrecking, no sniping, no undermining” pledge after being ousted by Malcolm Turnbull in 2015.
Abbott on the nose big time in his own seat, Mr Insider.
What a disgusting sight he is sitting on the Backbench, FGS go Abbott!
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Henry, If Tones got the push from the reps he would stand for the Senate and probably pick up 1.5 Senate seats.
Compare with Rudd and Turnbull he is a rank amateur.
Rumours have it that the Progressives in the Liberal party are thinking about destroying the party totally and then rebuilding it even if it means being out of power for many years.
It is all reminiscent of the Calwell period of the Labor Party when the factions were at each other throats all the time.
Don’t agree JS, those so called “progressives” are more often than not moderates and last I looked they were just as much entitled to an opinion, he keeps pushing his mate Villatora and keeps getting knocked back.
To get into the senate he’d have to push out Feverranti Wells, can’t see the Libs pushing out yet another female even though she’s useless, interesting that Abbott was all for transparency and democracy in the branches but nobody knows just what the exact figures on his preselection vote were.
The Wentworth pre-selection vote was made public
If he stood stand alone Tracey – not as a liberal
The person who made most of the noise was a staffer from another pollie if the rumours are orrect
Get your drift JS but I think Abbott is so on the nose it’s a tough one to call.
The electorate has changed, he hasn’t and his total lack of self awareness really makes you wonder about his state of mind.
Margy Abbott must be dreading the day he’s home 24/7 don’t see her around as much.
68 -30, Abbott’s way.
Be quiet Henry. My new fave pol Tony Abbott is doing a wonderful job on the Liberal Party.
He should be reinstated as leader. God likes him better than Scotty, He told me. God is an old fashioned fire and brimstone type of dude, He thinks Scotty is a beige grinning born again dolt. I wouldn’t lie to you Henry.
To the umpire’s credit, despite the verbal barrage unleashed by Williams, he remained adamantine. They usually do.
That Cartoon….just about the most honest cartoon I have seen this year and puts Knight amongst the doyens. Interested to see what Grinsiders say ’bout it on Sunday.
I see Tones is in deep shit in Warringah. They don’t like him! Problem is, Tones is unemployable outside of ‘Tics.
A good ‘real Liberal’ independent could unseat Tones. I don’t think Malcolm’s money will be there to save him this tyme. But wait. Would Labor want him gone? He is Labor’s best asset.!Abbott is at odds with his own voter base in Warringah re SSMarriage, renewable energy and climate change. Abbott has single handedly destroyed the Liberal Party. You can trace all of this turmoil back to the day he said “No wrecking, sniping, etc etc”. Just like his promise “No cuts to the ABC, no new taxes” blah blah b;ah. The bloke is a serial liar!
Watching Abbott being defeated in Warringah would be the delicious encore to seeing the defeat of the worst government in our history with a bonus defeat of Dutts in Dickson. This will be unlikely though as Dutts has amassed heaps of bread ($600,000 and growing) to buy his seat. That and the redistribution in his favour should see him home. But not Homeland.
GLORY GLORY to SOUTH SYDNEY BASSY 🐰🐰
What a great game mate. 🐇
I think Dean Harris (labor candidate) will give him a run for his money.
Already campaigning and getting himself known, may not be enough but if Tones needs a change of underwear on election night it will be worth it
That’s funny Tracy. I look forward to the expression on his face, the poor deluded twit.
Pauline Hanson – Shaz or Shazza
Julie Bishop – I’m with stupid
I think she’s usually Jewellery Bishop Milt, do like the pearls though.
As for Serena, retire, go away it’s not the first time she’s been abusive. She excellent form in that area
On nicknames I’ve got:
Morrison – he’s no Gillespie; the night watchman; Walmington-on-Water
Dutton – PC Plod; The Au Pair’s Tale; Not waving, drowning
Shorten – The shit eating grin; The Manzier
Burke – Burko; read my lips
Joyce – the should be cut snake; Florid; Mr Spittle
Abbott – Chucky
Pyne – Mr Sheen
Credlin (?) – Why the long face?
McCormack – the Silver Areolar
I like the Nightwatchman, Milton. A lot.
funny game politics, they all thought Henry Bolte was a nightwatchman when he got the gig
Bolte had a disintegrating party to defeat. Morrison is part of one.
Cheers Jack.. I put a lot out there so it’s nice to get a thumbs up from a pro.
Morrison has always reminded me of the Skipper from Gilligan’s Island. Come to think of it, Freidenberg doesn’t make a bad Gilligan either. I can just see them squabbling over climate change: ScoMo takes off his Sharks hat and whacks Josh over the head with it.
And no perfesser. More importantly though, who’s Mary-Ann? I bet Milton’s got an opinion!
I gave up watching tennis because tournament officials across the globe have failed to stamp out grunting. Grunting is cheating. It’s purpose is to put the opponent off, and mask the contact noise of ball on racket, to try and induce a mistimed hit. There are times you’d swear the competition was actually a grunting competition, and it infests both genders. Nadal is a horror to the same extent as the Williams sisters. I’ll follow croquet – it’s quiet, they play this at Wimbledon too.
Agree. It can be unwatchable. Sharapova is the worst.
When people have to take ear plugs to a match that they paid money for it is time to do something about it – eg Sharapova.
I think they are stamping it out gradually.
I just turn the sound off.
Well said Wissendorf, totally agree me old china. I might go as far as to say, even though she was very easy on the mince pies, Miss Sharapova diminished my interest in watching tennis on the telly, and completely destroyed my penchant for perving in one foul swoop!
Oh well, at least one can’t get into trouble with ‘er indoors.