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Random Notes - Idle ThoughtsRandom Note — Latham and Hanson — In politics as in life, it is all about the timing.
Latham hasn’t changed, Labor has. It’s quite apparent that Latham is the one that has remained true to Labor values and the neophytes and parvenus like Chris Bowen et al with their trendy inner city values are now the the LINOs. (Labor In Name Only)
read moreRandom Note — Turnbull’s demise. A primer for the slow learners
Just a reminder for the slow learners at the back of the class as to why Turnbull is no longer PM. For starters, in a ongoing display of his appalling lack of political judgement, his inability to read the room and in an act of dopey, MALadroit and ham-fisted political self harm, Turnbull called the initial spill himself.
read moreArmistice Day — Pozie by Sara Storer and John Williamson
Today is the 11 of the 11th, Armistice Day. This is the song that I think best captures the essence, the mood and the spirit of an often forgotten element of war.— The aftermath of all wars in fact for those on the front line and that lives for decades after the guns...
Random Note — The truth is….
The corollary of destroying or reworking the basic and fundamental concept of truth is of course that without such a thing as truth, there can be no such thing as a lie. And that is exactly what this is all about.
read moreTaken For Granted, Phillipa Martyr — Quadrant Online
A rather longish essay on academic research grants (or boondoggles). You may want to scroll down a bit and go straight to the meat and potatoes to see how you tax dollars are being sprayed around on the obscure
read moreRandom Note — Nauru
It’s not as if those kids and their parents on Nauru have ever set foot on, lived in, or have any emotional or psychological connection to Australia and therefore pining to be reunited with something they have never known or experienced. More to the point, where is the cri de coeur of these activists when it comes to the rape of two year old children in remote Aboriginal communities
read moreTasmania and the gender warriors
If gender is deleted from birth certificates in Tasmania, why not names. Generally, names are a dead set giveaway as to the gender of a child.
read moreRandom Note — Climate change — Science Or Theology
Ten years ago I read a very lengthy column by Ian McFadyen “Our New Established Religion” in Quadrant where he compared the climate cult with organised religion. Reading it again, it is a very dense essay but his overall concept and comparison is brilliant and...
Random Note — The Victoria Cross
The reference to “winning” is tacky and cheap, making it sound like a contest worthy of Eddie McGuire and late afternoon television.
read moreRandom Note — The Climate Hustle
Since the dawn of time, humanity has experienced all manner of likely lads, con artists, tricksters, spivs and purveyors of easy fixes and get rich quick schemes from the tulip bubble of the 16th century and Papal indulgences to assuage and ease the burden of guilt allowing the sinful to carry on sinning at a price, (think, carbon tax)
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