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Open Thread – Mon 30 Dec 2024
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Ms Deeming stands tall amid the dross
Moira Deeming is back. Reportedly, the vote in the Liberal’s party room was 23 to 4. Who are the Gang of Four this time around? I don’t know. Nor do I know who the other ten are who previously voted to keep Deeming out just eight days before; apart from Pesutto. Nor do I know…
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Open Thread – Christmas Day 2024
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Open Thread – Mon 23 Dec 2024
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No, it is not all of the above, stupid!
When it comes to energy generation, ‘all of the above’, gets my prize for the dumbest comment by centre righters / putative conservatives during the past year. Sky presenter Steve Price and National’s senator Matt Canavan come to mind, but there are numbers more. The difficulty for me is that these guys are on the…
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Open Thread – Weekend 21 Dec 2024
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Open Thread – Thurs 19 Dec 2024
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Open Thread – Mon 16 Dec 2024
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All for a few lousy seats
Supercilious: “Having an air of contemptuous superiority.” (OED) I don’t know, but when I see Tanya Plibersek cavalierly cancelling a gold mine and Penny Wong continually dissing and deserting Israel in favour of Islamic terrorists, the descriptor supercilious springs to my mind. Is it just my male perspective or is it in fact hard to…
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Open Thread – Weekend 14 Dec 2024