https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2023/05/therapeutic-albanese-on-aboriginal-sorry-day-the-darkest-chapters-in-australias-history.html

I dont know why we need to be sorry for taking children out of dangerous environs?

The ten year old girls, who contracted venereal disease, after being prostituted by their loving parents, to the crews of the North West pearling fleet would probably agree with you.

Fear porn:

https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/the-next-pandemic-even-deadlier-than-covid-is-coming-warns-who/news-story/20be6a458bf55b01143d752b2b0fa1d6

China has blown up a USS carrier in an online simulation.

In reply, the United States blows up Three Gorges Dam, in an online simulation?

Proof of malicious manipulation of data to support their agenda

Flavonol-rich foods like apples and blackberries can lower chances of developing frailty

No exaggeration.

Brilliant thread replacing the words ‘trans women’ with ‘men’ shows what trans-activism is REALLY about

There’s no real justice any more.

Biden’s DOJ drops all charges against Soros-backed Massachusetts DA caught lying under oath

Some good news, at last.

Schumer rips ‘MAGA’ Supreme Court after 9-0 vote on EPA waters rule

Pity it’s not the whole interview.

Former UN Exec Dir Calin Georgescu: The Oligarchs Who Rule the World Use a System of Pedophilia

A speech to the UN parliament.

David Martin: Covid Is ‘Premeditated Domestic Terrorism’, an ‘Act of Biological & Chemical Warfare’

Indians are not all bad. Sure, some are incompetent or lazy, but you could say that of any group. I know some Indians who are hard-working and nice people.

I have a soft spot for Indians. I worked for one many years ago – he expected a lot, but was supportive of hard working and conscientious staff. Husband also had dealings, as a property owner, with a high ranking Council engineer – & found the same – hard working and respectful of others who are honest and hard working. More recently, we had Indian tenants in one of our properties – my God the cooking odours were hard to remove – but they were nice people.

She is one of this country’s greatest assets, in my humble opinion, and many love to criticise her.

I’ve heard she gives shitloads of money to charity but does it more privately than Twiggy…

I loved that Putin speech so much, I watched it twice!

Remember that self-important NSW plod chick-in-charge who went home while an islamic lunatic was was killing hostages in Martin Square?

She wasn’t the only one to do that, also the Premier (Mike Baird-time) & the Commish (Skippy-owny)

Multiple Sclerosis after mRNA Vaccine (Mechanism Discussion)

DHS funds program that classifies Republican Party as “far right extremist” organization with links to Nazis

Heston Russell is selling “Not My ABC ” Bumper stickers…

Did not know that
In December 2020 Georgia succeeded where police had failed. Brisbane terror suspect Raghe Abdi had cut off his electronic ankle monitoring device, allegedly murdered two people – Maurice Antill, 87, and Zoe Antill, 86 – and was later shot dead by police.

I’ve heard she gives shitloads of money to charity but does it more privately than Twiggy…

She was supposed to have spent big money refurbishing two private hospitals, but, yes, she does give shitloads more privately then Twiggy does.

I have a soft spot for Indians.

You, me and lots of us Aussies, I expect.

Just remember if they ever attack you, put the wagons in a circle.
per Control’s Manual.
M. Smart.
Agent 86

Nah, I’m sure Kevin with the ulcer is real, it’s clearly somewhere in a five hour radius of Dubbo, even if it’s not Wilcannia.
the Gulgong story he referenced is true

Don’t get me started. I cannot believe that the public are now being encouraged to “idolise” celebrities such as “Lizzo” who are morbidly obese. It seems only yesterday that “fat” was unhealthy. Yet these days TV commercials are replete with obese individuals being promoted as exemplars.

Sometimes I feel I am going “bonkers”, such is the cognitive dissonance overwhelming our lives.

Vicki, you are right, just saw an antiperspirant ad with a fat chick gyrating in an exercise class front and centre.

When thin models were required we were told how those images are dangerous and encourage anorexia yet here we are viewing images which by that logic are expected to lead to more obesity.

Have a great weekend Catters… stay civil and play nice (unless Munted turns up of course, or Ed for that matter)…

Bought this album recently. Some very beautiful neofolk.

I wonder if Hans Blix is going to write another angry letter.

The Indigenous ABC star appeared at the Sydney Writer’s Festival on Friday afternoon

The “Indigenous” ABC star appeared at the Sydney Writer’s Festival on Friday afternoon.

Juvenile malice it is, calli. It pisses me off because of the abject childishness. I would imagine Dover should be able to know who the retard is.

Over two years of trying to scorch another woman both here and the other blog (on most days) and Karen Blix is now the most behaved little girl here demanding the blog owner accede to his demands. You gotta laugh.

Rita Panahi:

The fix is in.

The backers of the so-called “Indigenous Voice” are not content with the top end of town – including corporates, sporting organisations, celebrities, academia and the bulk of the media pushing the “yes” vote.

They want to fortify the referendum by using taxpayer money to push their agenda. If you’ve passed a TV or radio in recent days chances are you’ve seen or heard commercials that are meant to be impartial and purely information based, but are nothing of the sort.

Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney promised “neutral civics information”, but what we are seeing in TV and radio commercials looks like it’s been written by a pro-Voice campaigner.

Even the normally squeaky clean Australian Electoral Commission stands accused of underhanded bastardry in pushing the race-based referendum under the guise of lifting Indigenous participation in the electoral process.

Right now, the AEC is pushing ads that are meant to lift Indigenous representation on the electoral roll, however critics say the ads are a pro-yes vote in disguise.

“Australians are calling into question the independence of the AEC,” Nationals senator Matt Canavan said. “The AEC has to be beyond reproach … they have made a massive error here and they should pull this ad immediately.”

The AEC’s use of the slogan “Our Vote, Our Future” has also come under fire for being too close to the messaging pushed by the “yes” campaign. Support for the race based referendum is dropping, according to a number of recent polls, and it’s clear that many pro-Voice advocates are becoming increasingly nervous.

Apologies if posted but she nails it. Again.

Stan Grant fights back tears at Sydney Writer’s Festival

Jeebus. That should help tiny violin sales in Glebe.

More Stupid Phucking Liberals noos:

LIBERAL state president Greg Mirabella has been subjected to a withering online attack by a senior member of the party’s powerful administrative committee.

Senior Liberals on Thursday lashed the scathing tirade by veteran Ian Quick, calling for him to be suspended for breaching party rules.

In a post published to his private Facebook page – that was shared widely by Liberals – Mr Quick wrote a top 10 hit list critiquing Mr Mirabella’s work since taking over the presidency in August.

The attack, in which he called for Mr Mirabella to resign, came just days after Mr Mirabella urged 400 members at the party’s State Council conference to stop airing the party’s internal feuds in the media.

It was posted hours before Mr Mirabella was set to chair a meeting of the admin committee.

“He is a well known trouble maker, but this is unprecedented,” one senior Liberal said.

“The admin committee should be seriously considering suspending him.”

Work to oust Mr Mirabella from the top job by a group of the party’s conservative members escalated last month following the party’s shock loss in the Aston by-election.

Mr Mirabella later told members the party was being crippled by a major brand problem that had made it unelectable.

“In the last 12 months the people of Victoria have made it perfectly clear that we are not electable,” he said.

“I think the major problem remains: us. Brand Liberal.”

In his 700-word missive Mr Quick accused Mr Mirabella of failing to assist the party’s state election campaign, and negatively interfering in the failed federal Aston by-election.

He also accused him of failing to follow party procedures, and criticised his refusal to conduct a review into the November election.

“Greg was the President for the final three months of the state campaign, but did not seem to positively contribute to the campaign,” he said.

“Issues brought up were not addressed, including the postal vote mistakes that cost us at least 3 seats.

“He also cancelled regular admin meetings during the campaign, and even told the media that admin had no place in the campaign.

“There was no State election review. Greg refused to have one, saying the problems were well known. I disagree, there were a number of different issues in the 2022 State Election and specific things that need to be investigated.

“Greg then wrote his own review of the State Election, not show (sic) to or approved by admin, and sent it to the Federal Exec.

“Greg took no responsibility for anything at the State Election, saying he ‘was a bystander’!

“This turns out not to be the case, as the party President he could have directed the State Director to do/fix things, and if that didn’t work called an Admin meeting to pass motions.”

Mr Quick accused Mr Mirabella of being overly friendly with the media, failing to intervene in staffing issues, and bypassing proper process.

“Greg keeps saying he is a ‘reforming President’,” Mr Quick said.

“Yet in nine months he hasn’t changed anything, or suggested any changes! He appears to still be just complaining – including in the media – of all our problems and saying that we are unelectable.

“But no solutions or way forward has been suggested as far as I am aware.

“Unlike a previous president, Greg isn’t using admin as a rubber stamp, but it is worse as he is just bypassing it and assuming he has the authority to do whatever he likes.

“I disagree; the President is the Chair of Admin, not a sole autocrat.”

Addressing the party’s State Council conference on Saturday Mr Mirabella said warring factions within the party had to stop airing their grievances publicly.

“There is a cancer in the Liberal Party, it has been there for a long time,” he said. (not you Mr Mirabella?)

“It is the propensity with which Liberals take their disputes, their grievances, their dislikes, to the media.”

Mr Mirabella said members generated tens of thousands of dollars worth of free advertising for the ALP through trashing the Liberal Party brand.

“This is a message that all members and all members of parliament must hear and must begin to act on. Now,” he said.

Another day ending in y. Liberals fighting each other. FMD

That saving was worth over half a bill to the Australian tax payer.

And the bastard’s support of alarmism and ruinables and opposition to fossils and nuclear will cost us about a trillion.

When looking at the Rich List published in the AFR, the secret of real wealth (for most of them) is to…..inherit it.

Somebody’s got to earn it at some point. Lang’s estate wasn’t in great shape but I was told every train out of Tom Price was $300k I the bank. Don’t know how accurate that figure was.

Lang’s estate wasn’t in great shape

Wasn’t it bankrupt?

Bankrupt is on the continuum of not in great shape. I think it was for what it’s worth. The other half of the iron ore riches are still waiting on the Supreme Court I believe. Certainly kept lawyers busy over the years.

Mr Mirabella later told members the party was being crippled by a major brand problem that had made it unelectable.

What did I write here a couple of weeks ago, to some objections?

The Liberal Party back room operatives are obsessed with “branding.”

They could just as well be selling ice cream, and hopefully soon will be.

Stan Grant fights back tears at Sydney Writer’s Festival

If Stan doesn’t get the Gold Logie we know why.

feelthebern says:
May 26, 2023 at 7:03 pm
When I look at the Rich List, Frank Lowy is the stand out.
Came to Australia with nothing.
Limited English.
Was a visionary.
Built an empire.

Bern, not sure if Dick Pratt was born here but his story is comparable.

Maybe the cause of a teary eyed Tan is that the program he was hosting is a bust and if he didn’t do a sob story, he would’ve been fired.

With a move to Thursday night, an unpopular choice of host, and the ratings hitting rock bottom, Aunty looks for…feedback…

After a diabolically low 233,000 viewers nationally (165,000 5CM/68,000 Regional) for Thursday’s edition of Q+A, the ABC has moved swiftly to try to understand why the audience is no longer tuning in.

TV Blackbox has learned on Friday all members of the online feedback group “YourSpace” received an invitation asking them some very specific questions about Q+A including “What do you think of the host?” and “Is the show getting better or worse?”.
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TV Blackbox understands the YourSpace surveys ask for feedback on a broad range of shows and topics including viewing habits, though until now the panel have never asked for in-depth feedback on a specific show as they have on Q+A. This is the first time they’ve asked direct questions specifically about a show and its host, and suggests the ABC is re-evaluating the future of the program that once helped set the weekly political agenda.

In 2019 Erin Vincent was appointed the new executive producer of the show after creator and founding EP Peter McEvoy stepped down. Vincent has a solid resume, working as Executive Producer on Insights and ABC Breakfast in the past, however the program has struggled since that time.

The program’s lowest ratings previously were 168,000 5CM from March this year after an episode hosted by Virginia Trioli. The week before was its previous lowest, with 175,000 5CM for an episode chaired by now permanent host Stan Grant.

The live panel show (which encourages live social media commentary) has seen its ratings crash after the move in 2021 from its flagship Monday 9:35pm spot to Thursday 8:30pm, and the revolving host role after original host Tony Jones was replaced by Hamish Macdonald who served from January 2020 and quit in July 2021 due to trolling from social media. The revolving trio of hosts was implemented as a result.

Last month Grant was appointed sole host after sharing the role with Trioli and David Speers for most of 2021 and 2022, and was pilloried on the very social media it courts for the decision.

Of the three hosts trialled the episodes with Grant as host were consistently the lowest rating of the three, however all would be considered low in comparison to episodes previously aired in the Monday night timeslot.

A very angry ABC has been in contact this morning to say:

Q+A’s average national audience is more than 500,000 viewers per program. Recently Q+A started an exciting new chapter, including moving to a single host with Stan Grant. As we said at the time, the team is continuing to explore ways to further develop Q+A, including how to get audiences even more involved.

TV Blackbox’s report of the audience survey is completely wrong. The ABC regularly asks questions about specific programs. These surveys cover a wide range of topics and are designed to help the teams to understand their audience perspectives and refine accordingly. Listening closely to the audience and public at large is at the heart of what the program does.

Note from Rob McKnight: Using a national average and still only getting to 500,000 is desperate spin from the ABC and an attempt to change the narrative that QandA is failing – which it is.

Yes, the ABC does ask for feedback on its programs but our understanding is not generally through the method as described in Steve’s story.

As for the report being ‘completely wrong’ – are the numbers wrong? Is the ABC concerned about the numbers? Is the future of QandA under doubt?

These are the questions we put to the ABC that remain unanswered (except for a snippy response claiming our report was ‘wrong’):

Are the ABC concerned about the shrinking ratings for ABC, especially given Thursday night’s was the lowest ever?

Will the ABC be renewing Q+A for 2023?

Are the ABC happy with the performance of Q+A with Stan Grant as host?

Will the ABC be replacing Stan as host of Q+A?

That was last year, but it appears to show is terminal.