Accuse me of schadenfreude if you must, but watching Scott Morrison repeatedly invoke ‘the pre-poll!’ like some kind of magic charm against the Labour swing is deeply satisfying.
Hung Parliament here were come!
Category: News and Events
Cunning, Flesh-Covered Androids
We have now entered the media blackout period for Saturday’s Federal election. Praise the lord for small mercies. If I had to watch another ad with Malcolm Turnbull droning …jobs. and. growth. jobs. and. growth… or Bill Shorten trying to convince us he’s not some sort of cunning, flesh-covered android I may well have gone spare.
It currently looks like the Libs will get back in, probably with a reduced minority. Not the ideal situation, but as long as they don’t get control of the Senate it won’t be a complete disaster. God alone knows what’s going to happen up there, what with the new Senate voting rules and the ever increasing numbers of insane micro-parties – let alone the fact that the double dissolution has put all the Senate seats up for grabs. Interesting times my friends, interesting times. Get your monkey paws ready.
I am currently in the last stages of preparation for my trip to the UK. Airbnb has decided that I am a human being rather than some sort of cunning, flesh-covered android which means I have organised some places to stay and will not have to sleep under a series of canal bridges. This, combined with getting enough stuff completed at work before I leave means I have not had time to do much else, hence the lack of updates.
I have started to develop the ability to recognise New Zealand postcodes. I’m not sure if this is for good or ill.
Brexit
Well, it was a nice global economy we had there once.
Thanks Mr Farage!
Party over, whoops, out of time
This year is really trying my patience.
Flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
Outrage
To everyone getting all bent out of shape, Captain Cook DID NOT invade Australia!
He merely did some light trespass. The invasion came 18 years later with the arrival of the First Fleet.
Get your facts straight! Sheeze!
Hunting for Witches
You know, I really feel bad for the right wing of the Liberal Party. The review they demanded into the Safe Schools program has turned out to be a balanced and fair investigation instead of the ideologically fueled witch hunt they were expecting. I mean, what’s happening to this country when you can’t even get a good, old fashioned, small-minded, hate-filled witch hunt going? Jeeze!
Do Over
First David Bowie, now Alan Rickman.
Can we start the year over again?
Please?
The Stars Look Very Different Today
I have decided that from this day forth into perpetuity the first new moon of each year shall be known as Jareth’s Moon.
As I have stated it, so may it be. That is all.
Incredible!
From that bastion of accurate and up to the minute reporting, news.com.au…
A MYSTERIOUS crack in the earth the size of five football fields has opened up in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains.
No one can explain the gigantic tear in the rock, which measures an extraordinary 685 metres long by 48 metres wide.
“The gash”, as locals are calling it, was discovered by hunting organisation SNS Outfitter & Guides, which posted a photo on Facebook in late October. An engineer from the town of Riverton went out to investigate, reporting that there appeared to have been an incredible 14 to 18 million metres of movement.
Incredible indeed!
It’s On!
Well, we’re all waiting with bated breath to see whether the utterly appalling Age of Tony will be ended by the people’s hero Malcolm Turnbull. Who – if he succeeds – will more than likely turn out to be just as bad. But hey! At least it’ll be a different kind of horror!
Of course, if Malcolm does get in it means the Liberals will have a chance to hang on to power at the next election. But maybe with him at the helm a continued Liberal government won’t be so bad. Alternatively, the fact that he (supposedly) disagrees with so many Liberal policies may just sow massive discord within the party and render them un-electable. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see, and in the meantime enjoy the Schadenfreude!
EDIT: I have been waiting two years to post this!
Goodbye Tony! You won’t be missed!
