Further to Mark’s thread on what swung the Gippsland by-election, I have an alternative theory.
It wasn’t the journalists - it was Ute Man. Glenn Milne told me so.
Ute Man is the right-wingers’ preferred choice of Noble Savage. Read more »
Further to Mark’s thread on what swung the Gippsland by-election, I have an alternative theory.
It wasn’t the journalists - it was Ute Man. Glenn Milne told me so.
Ute Man is the right-wingers’ preferred choice of Noble Savage. Read more »
5 minutes worth of classic cricket catches in this YouTube montage:
Share your favourite sporting memories in comments.
Maybe they were inspired by the Harold Holt Swim Center, or maybe they wanted to get in before Grover Norquist’s happy crew named it after Ronald Reagan. In any case, the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco wants to ensure that George W. Bush is remembered in a manner appropriate to how the majority of San Franciscans felt about the man. Read more »
So, it’s June and time again to condemn. Here’s a twentieth open condemnation thread. What’s getting up your goat this month so far? Which evil political, cultural, social, musical, religious and other phenomena need condemnation? (Or loud denunciation?)
You can condemn anything you like except Steampunk videos. Read more »
I don’t believe I’ve ever contributed to the Wikipedia’s article on Mick Keelty. But I wish I’d written this version.
(From The Age, obviously written by a reporter who has no idea about Wikipedia…)
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
I went to see the Kransky Sisters yesterday. And I have the souvenir tea towel.
In a previous LP discussion, I made the claim that we were almost certain to be materially better off in 2030 than we are now. When challenged on this topic, my big mouth stayed flapping long enough to offer an inflation-adjusted $500 bet on the topic, which was duly taken up by LP readers Paul H and David R. Read more »
The Political Compass is a now-venerable internet quiz of people’s political leanings. But, like certain public broadcasters we know, it is vulnerable to accusations that it fails to give full voice to the rich panoply of views that are vital to any living democracy.
If, like me, you are annoyed by the lack of representation for respectable conservative opinion online, you may find the corrected Compass over the fold more to your liking.
Hint: The correct answers are (c) and sometimes (d). Read more »
Gather ’round, ye lovers of the ludicrous, ye delectators of demonologie! I have for you a tale as twisted as a fakir’s rope, as misconceived as Leda’s progeny, as labyrinthine as the guts of a gorgon!
Do not lightly look upon this miasma of misappropriation! It hath rendered dark the brightest of minds, and driven the most sanguine logicians to babbling madness! Read more »
Sadly, Dustin the Irish Turkey will not be taking the Eurovision Song Contest final stage tonight, after being eliminated in the semi-finals. But there’s still plenty to look forward to - awful Europop, truck-drivers key changes by the bucketload, hosts who can mangle an autocue in two languages, and some fairly bizarre pieces of surrealist theatre to accompany the inane tunes. Read more »
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