If you grow weary of the inescapable wall-to-wall coverage of the royal wedding, just imagine what the bride and groom are going through.
I can’t be absolutely sure of this but faced with the enormity of their undertaking, Harry and Meghan might secretly be pining for a quick escape to Vegas where they would be privately married by an unconvincing Elvis impersonator.
The media frenzy means republicans can’t ignore what to us is a grim, long and drawn out piece of bad theatre but we might have some fun tomorrow by musing darkly on such regal conundrums like, what happens if Harry and Meghan have twins? Will the second born be whisked away to a distant castle with an iron mask placed on its bonce?
Full column here.
This is what happens when you don’t carry the party line, I know JCU well and it pretty much exists on funding for reef studies and climate. Not to go with the ‘consensus’ would be the end for them.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/sacked-academics-160000-legal-bid/news-story/1e5c5896be30d2be852cefdd402edac1
Academic freedom is being put to the test daily…..
Sad to say, no comment!
I’ve got less than zero interest in the royal wedding. However , I’m concerned that Trump is directing the FBI to investigate his enemies.
When will the GPO cut loose this maniac?
He’s done well with Korea and has secured some better trade deals. His vote is also approving ahead of the mid terms. Maniac possibly, but sitting back and watching some of the elite being proved wrong and screaming has been a joy to watch.
I’ve got less than zero interest in the royal wedding. However , I’m concerned that Trump is directing the FBI to investigate his enemies.
Wash your mouth out with soap, Mr Outsider, and please get a wheel alignment on your “vehicle” it’s pulling sharply to the “left” dear chap or chappette! Cheers
Accidentally saw about 2 minutes myself but now he wants the FBI to investigate the FBI. Nothing surprises me about the GOP. Look how religious they have to pretend to be. Any resemblance to anything Jesus would have done is purely coincidental. Praise the Lord and pass the altar boy.
How much did Beria in the Stalin movie remind you of Darth Cheney?
Bollocks COHD, your extreme left wing bent clouding your comment as always. Cheers
Henry, why don’t you give us all a break, by taking a small break yourself. You consistently keep updating us with news that we are all aware of. Now you’ve decided to criticize someone like COHD. If you had your wits about you Henry you would realize that COHD has probably done more good within his community than you ever have. Grow up Henry and stop continually stating the bleeding obvious
Pushing it uphill Penny. We’re dealing with a very strange beast here.
I have to confess that I did get to see the replay (commentary turned off)- had to listen to a few criticisms of THE dress – needs a tuck here and a tuck there. Me? I just watched the pageantry and the good looking young couple displaying themselves to the world.
I had no idea of the bride’s heritage until I saw her mother who, I thought, carried it off superbly.
The horses stole the show though.
Question? Does Harry. really drive an electric E-Type?
On another subject. Came across a farmer’s markets at Tea Gardens. I had forgotten that Ice lettuce has a sweetish taste, bananas tasted like the bananas of years ago, the tomatoes had a taste that exploded in your mouth, although I did not get many of those as grand-daughter developed a taste for them and pretty well knocked the lot off, and the little cucumbers were delicious.
When did we, as a nation, decide that the taste of food does not matter?
JTI, having read your nightly regime, you have my fullest sympathy. It must feel like torture on a grand scale.
Harry definitely has an electric E Type. He bought it from the deceased estate of a rock star, Toby someone from a band I can’t pronounce or spell (Jamir – something) for reported 350,000 Pounds. This car has been around for a while now. Jeremy Clarkson wrote it up about 6 years ago. The car was down on power, and unbalanced, and didn’t handle well Clarkson reported. Harry bought it, and sent it back to the motor makers, Rimac, from Croatia. Jaguar Landrover took it back to the factory and rebuilt the coachwork, trimmed it out and worked the suspension. Rimac replaced the original motor with a hairy-chested unit boasting 1915 HP. Not a misprint! Accelaration is reported to offer 0 – 100 kph in 1.85 secs on street tyres. Top speed unknown. Harry’s E is a hypercar in sheep’s clothing.
Toby Smith, Jamiroquai. Died last year of cancer aged 46. The Jag is a 1968 Series 1.
In the scheme of things, this is rather trivial, but on Sunday morning, both our cars were written off. Our small old Holden Barina was parked on the roadside and I had just parked our SUV behind it while I went in to get a couple of things from the house before we went out for the day. We live on a street with a 50 km/hr speed limit, but a woman in her 80s, certainly at a speed in the 80s, rammed into the back of the SUV with such force that it wrote it off and propelled it in to the Barina, writing that off too.
Nevertheless, I am looking on the bright side. The driver was not injured, other than minor shock. Given that she was nowhere near any sensible route from where she lives to where she claimed to be going and could not spell the name of the road she lives on, there is a good chance that writing off our cars has saved a child’s life. I console myself with that thought. And having police, ambulance and traffic control in front of our house gave our dogs the time of their lives for a couple of hours. They have never known such excitement.
I just came across a ladder sprawled across Lady Denman drive in the dark. Cars going everywhere to avoid it. Yes, I parked the bike and got it. Bloody tradies!!
“Position Vacant, US Ambassador to Australia”, Mr Insider as Bob Corker declines the offer. 2 down and still no takes for this plum position. Hope its nothing we have said or done and am sure they can find us on a World Map? What about Hilary Clinton, a Democrat I know, she was here a short time ago telling us all sorts of things, then again.
https://tinyurl.com/y86n2bju
I’ll send my name to the White House if that will help things. The job comes with a nice place to live–but it’s in Canberra. After 20 years here I guess I qualify as an Australia expert.
You would be then an excellent choice imho Dwight as long as you are a US Citizen, alas I am not. Cheers
They have an ambassador here. His name is Henry Blofeld. Don’t tell me you’re not being paid Henry, I wont believe you.
Alas Mr Baptiste I fail the Citizenship Test and we know from experience here how important that is. I do however consider the USA my “sister” country as such, my Brothers in Arms as Dana Loesch. Cheers
I lost all interest in the wedding, and lost another modicum of respect for our newspapers, when I spied a line in a news article that referred to Ms Markle as being of “mixed race”. ‘scuse me? What century is this? Does the sub ed who passed that for publication still have a job? That should have been sent back to the author with the offensive line circled in red crayon, and one word scrawled across it – ‘RELEVANCE’?
I saw another variation on that theme, I think it was “mixed heritage”. It wasn’t that long ago when half-caste got a run. Which half is referred to? Anywho, the main thing for the Royal’s is to have “mixed family” as JtI gave a nod to the problems that can arise when marrying into one’s own family.
Just as well that assemblage of inbred aristocrats and royals couldn’t tell us what they really thought. What century is this? About the 18th at the latest for that lot if they could have their way.
Relevance? Sadly for the purists, a great deal.
Someone was asking. 47% of jobs created in the last 5 years are part time. Employment to Population ratio has only risen 0.9%. More jobs were created between 2007/13 even with the GFC. The number of Adults employed full time has fallen since 2013. Of all jobs created in the last 5 years only 25% are Male full time jobs. Average monthly hours has dropped. When you consider last year was a record year for immigration as have all of the last 5 years the government “jobs” claims look very ordinary.
Now we have the ridiculous, but not unexpected situation, where the Energy Security Board have asked Energy Companies to send staff to write the NEG policy, the ESB has asked the Business Council of Australia, the Australian Industry Group, Australian Energy Council, the Clean Energy Council as well as big Energy Companies, including Origin Energy – all of whom have a stake in the outcome of the NEG. WTF is wrong with this Government they are captured by their benefactors and running purely on an outdated ideology for political gain only. F the National interest they want to line the pockets of as many donators as possible. Another disgrace. No Surprises.
To quote Saint George, “It’s a big club and you aint in it.”
The average working class stiff can always be manipulated into voting against their own interests. Their brains were born into captivity. If they could not be so manipulated by the elites we would never have been permitted an ,ahem, democracy.
Theres your upsides, it aint never going to change but the mugs can enjoy the illusion of democracy and anyone who can think for themselves can “give ’em heaps.” unless you get good enough at it to have serious influence, then you better put your head between your legs and kiss your date goodbye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YuUAiPqs4s
Loving your work Dismayed.
Yep, Cyril Kornbluth got it right over 60 years ago
No Surprise. In the budget the government has gifted half a $billion$ dollars to a not for profit group with 6 staff. Supposedly for the crown of thorns starfish issue on the GBR. No tender process, no discussion with the group, no idea if they even have the capacity or expertise to do anything. The government has now decided to do some due diligence? WTF? OH yes, the Chairman is a former managing director of Esso, while the chairman’s panel includes the heads of BHP, Shell, Peabody Energy, Orica, CBA, NAB, ANZ, AGL and the Business Council of Australia. Disgraceful. No surprises.
The whole concept is a con Dismayed, which is why there are no details.
The Fibs & your aforementioned benefactors wouldn’t know the first thing about conservation nor do they care.
It’s a vote-buying con & it IS disgraceful, I agree.
Actually, I find it quite surprising