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.
One last Christmas comment: (OK, a few)
Malcolm was king of the kids because he appealed to those from the “other side” who were centre-left on social issues. Internal coalition politics means that unless he grows a pair, he’s gone.
Shorten hasn’t got it. If he can’t prosecute a case that shows Labor have been better managers of the economy (or at least as good as) over the last decade than the coalition, he’s gone too.
I love Milton – there, I’ve said it!
Tracey, Grizzly et al, thanks for the tipping comps
Richmond 50/1 for next year’s flag – yeah, I’ll have some of that.
Carlton $2.64 against Richmond $1.49 in the first game of next year on 23/3/17. Nah, give that a miss. We’ll be 1/3 after 4 rounds.
Trump will either be the best president the USA has ever had or disappear up his own bum (even money)
Andrew Bolt will write a column that doesn’t talk about immigrants, aborigines, freedom of speech or the million dollar art works he’d love to own etc,etc,etc,etc : 1,000/1
The world needs more JB’s to keep it honest.
If someone in your life is important and getting to the end of their life, tell them now – face to face- what they’ve meant to you instead of reading a eulogy at their funeral.
And I love you too, Mac. Good comments all round, though one Jean Baptiste is sufficient!
Just saw Turnbull on the Tele commenting on this alleged planned terrorist attack: ‘what these terrorists seek to do… is to kill… but they also seek to frighten us”, Malcolm said, thereby frightening the bejesus out of everyone. ..
You know it makes sense….
darren says:
December 23, 2016 at 1:36 pm
Try Daniel Kahneman’s stuff
Any particular book Darren?
The stuff that I am reading has “experiments” such as only showing photographs of the eyes of people and asking them what the person is feeling to prove that females are more empathetic than males. It was a selection of 40 and the females came out marginally ahead. Whole lot of drivel..
Have a Great Christmas and an even better New Year.
I refuse to say Happy Holidays as the Greens do 🙂
Thinking fast and slow is probably his most accessible, JS. His other books are on behavioural economics. If you like that stuff (I do) they are a good read too.
I would send you to some of his seminal papers, but Darren’s point is well taken. Try Kahneman, D., Slovic, P., & Tversky, A. (1982) Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases. New York: Cambridge University Press.
a happy christmas to youse all, I’m rather looking forward to it myself, it will be somewhat more festive than the last outing, and then after a couple of days to recover i get to return to the wide brown land for the wedding of my eldest.
all five of us siblings, wives, husbands, and offspring, a very rare treat.
cheers
Something to really look forward to, mate. Have a good one and best wishes to your clan.
Merry Xmas Jack, and best wishes for the nuptials.
I hope you get a gig at the event that is better than the 2 minutes I had at daughter two’s wedding. But then again most ads go for 30 seconds.
Best wishes for your reentry to Aus, spend those Honkie dollars like there is no tomorrow.
All done! Crowd manageable, good weather, never had an easier shop. Getting the prawns and a few other things tomorrow may be different. The worst part is the crazed drivers!
Ah you sound in the holiday mood Milton, despite your earlier off piste work.
For me it was go early, had the family over for Pre Xmas seafood last night. Oysters and caviar, prawns, bugs with mango dip and Thai Snapper, followed by wife prepared ice cream cake.
Everyone very happy, why it could even lead to congugal rights in coming days if I play my cards right. Oh not tonight, the grandson’s staying over!
Gee Lou the food you mentioned has whipped the appetite into a frenzy. Have a good and safe one, Lou and to your crew as well. From now on in i’ll be on piste! Matter of fact I got it now.
Credit where credit is due. Kudos to the Senator for Moscow and her team for finally taking off the green tights and facepaint and being true to their vision.
Someone must know the words to the Red Flag? JB? I tease.
I was delighted to see this Dwight. What a piece of work she is,
How long before they end up either utterly sectarian or like a version of the odious former UK pollie, George Galloway’s RESTECP, or the Momentum faction in Jeremy Corbyn’s UK Labour?
well yes dwight, she is now and always has been a commo, with all that entails.
just not a person or a party that a sane person could support.
better be #fake news
http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/hilton-cartwright-is-already-getting-sledged-ahead-of-a-potential-test-debut/news-story/ae227ca9e788e1bd9f3685a7a97402db
HENRIQUES damn you
Thanks for another great year JTI and everyone else who makes this the only blog worth interacting with. We’re off to Melbourne to see the outlaws and have arranged takeaway Thai for Christmas lunch. We might even use paper plates!!
Cheers, Mac. Knock yourself out. Have a good one.
As for boys and presents, Rod Culleton just got what he didn’t want. The judge declare him bankrupt, with a stay of 21 days on the orders.
There will be a few twists and turns, Rod saying he’ll appeal and take it to the Senate. Hmmm. Pauline I’ll want to directly replace him, others will want an electoral solution, and Malcolm I’ll be counting his remaining fingers and toes.
Makes for a great start to 2017, don’t you just love politics?
The big question is who might replace him, Lou. Traditionally the next name on the ballot would get a guernsey but that is Culleton’s son-in-law and PHON may not want him. It’s the WA Government’s call and my understanding is they would consult with the party before making a decision. The preselection process of Culleton was a beaut, huh?
Well done again Jack. The first question is why the hell some dropkick editor at SMH Fairfax thinks this is in the community’s interest, or of any interest to any other than the feminazis? It belongs on the the back of the Dunny door, in pencil.
Second question relates to the sanity of the author. You have raised the ogre, I have one of these for a sister in law, god help us. Needless to say we don’t get on all that well, and my wife abandoned her long ago. She had two sons, insisted on them playing with dolls etc, until I gave them noisy toy tanks for Xmas and her androgynous plot was foiled.
Most mothers of sons would enrol them at the MCG or SCG at birth. This poor bugger will be registered for the pre-school safe schools program, or the inevitable La Trobe Uni equivalent.
I never had a son, just two lovely daughters, but some people don’t deserve either in my view.
Back to the brighter side of life, thanks again for another great year, and for recreating the Blog. I’d be lost without it for entertainment. Here’s hoping Santa can get down your chimney with multiple bottles of good red or Scotch, and you have cleared the runway for takeoff.
Cheers.
Thanks, Lou. Good on you. Have a cracker yourself.