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August 13, 2014

The lying king2

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  1. egg permalink
    August 13, 2014 12:13 pm

    Funnily I see him like this.

  2. August 13, 2014 1:36 pm

    …. and, with a supporting act from the Wolf …….

    http://cartoonmick.wordpress.com/editorial-political/#jp-carousel-859

    Cheers
    Mick

  3. Tom of Melbourne permalink
    August 13, 2014 3:27 pm

    I started to make a list of the things I’m really, really sick of, but I didn’t get past –

    1. Lying, conniving politicians

  4. August 13, 2014 4:05 pm

    Utopia? No a really bad way to spend public money and a pocket lining exercise for fiberal brackers. West Connex is bound to be a huge failure of fiberal pork Barrelling.

  5. August 13, 2014 4:10 pm

  6. egg permalink
    August 13, 2014 5:17 pm

    ‘a really bad way to spend public money’

    I agree, but Utopia should be a successful satire.

  7. Neil of Sydney permalink
    August 13, 2014 5:29 pm

    There is a budget emergency as there always is after the ALP has been in power.

    However it seems that the majority of the Australian people do not care. They want this, that or whatever. Stuff the deficit ,just lay it on me brother proclaim the immoral scum from the ALP.

    ALP supporters care about nothing but themselves and their giant bellies.

  8. Walrus permalink
    August 13, 2014 5:31 pm

    That Sydney Park view of the Zenix looks familiar. It does have a great view of the City , the Blue Mountains and the Airport I must say

    I hear the 2 top floor Penthouses are quite nice but with strata levies of $3,800 per quarter they’d wanna be. But it does have pretty expensive Lifts, a gym, and a rather large pool with rather large landscaped gardens to maintain.

    Now I’m not really into videos of bearded men in rather awful shirts preaching a 30 minute message.

    What exactly has he got to say ?

  9. Walrus permalink
    August 13, 2014 5:59 pm

    Ricky

    That second video is absolute amateurish crap. I’ve driven those roads frequently in peak hour to and from the airport. Peak hour in Sydney starts at 6:45am and finishes around 9:45 am as all the tidal flows are taken out at 10am.

    I especially note when he goes past Canal Road travelling North after meeting zero traffic the video suddenly cuts out. That’s because he doesn’t wanna show the huge fucking tailback that occurs just after he passes the McDonalds on the right of traffic struggling into Newtown or going right down Sydney Park Road going into the city.

    Just a junk video by an amateur who claims to show the facts but actually shows everything but the facts.

    Total crap !

  10. egg permalink
    August 13, 2014 6:28 pm

    I demand a cost benefit analysis of the project or some kind of due diligence.

    The shortlist of 3 consortia selected to tender for the design and construction of the M4 East are:

    Future Connect Joint Venture with Acciona Infrastructure Australia, Obayashi Corporation, McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd and Ghella Pty Ltd

    Lend Lease Bouygues Joint Venture with Lend Lease Engineering Pty Ltd and Bouygues Construction Australia

    Thiess Samsung John Holland Joint Venture with Thiess, Samsung C&T Corporation and John Holland.

  11. Walrus permalink
    August 13, 2014 6:30 pm

    Did I say Peak Hour starts at 6:45am ?

    I meant 5:45am.

    It starts up again around 2:45pm and pauses around 4:45pm then restarts with a vengeance around 5:30pm until 7:15pm

  12. August 13, 2014 6:31 pm

    yeah whatever Walrus…

    #whogivesafuck

  13. TB Queensland permalink
    August 13, 2014 6:33 pm

    TREASURER Joe Hockey today argued his fuel tax increases weren’t unfair to low income earners because they couldn’t afford to own cars anyway …

    … “They say you’ve got to have wealthier people or middle-income people pay more.

    “Well, change to the fuel excise does exactly that; the poorest people either don’t have cars or actually don’t drive very far in many cases. But, they are opposing what is meant to be, according to the Treasury, a progressive tax.” …

    “I am warning the people of Australia that if we do not take action now, we are going to end up paying $3 billion a month in interest alone. Seventy per cent of that goes to people living overseas because they’re the people that the Federal Government is borrowing from.”

    http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/treasurer-joe-hockey-tells-low-income-households-they-would-not-be-bothered-by-petrol-excise-rises-because-rich-will-pay-them/story-fn84fgcm-1227023274589

    1) Tell that to the Grey Nomads … or the people who don’t have decent public transport … or work odd shifts …

    2) Take action by all means but not at the poor and the sick and the weak … (negative gearing and family trusts are a good start)

    3) If the “fuel excise” targets the middle/upper class then the same argument applies to ALL the other measures aimed at the poor …

    What a fkn arrogant moron! That silver spoon is sticking right out of his fat (______) arse now …

  14. Neil of Sydney permalink
    August 13, 2014 7:00 pm

    “What a fkn arrogant moron! That silver spoon is sticking right out of his fat (______) arse now …

    Maybe so. But he is trying to clean up a mess you created by voting for Rudd in 2007.

  15. TB Queensland permalink
    August 13, 2014 7:18 pm

    Maybe so. But he is trying to clean up a mess you created by voting for Rudd in 2007.

    Get fucked, Kneel, you know nothing …

    If you want to clean up the real mess work on the profiteers you voted for … the mining companies, the banks, the insurance companies, the telcos, the media giants, the supermarkets, the retailers, oil companies and most of all LIberal politicians …

    … little people don’t cause this shit … YOU do by supporting the leeches that suck the life out of little people because of your rampant ignorance!

  16. Neil of Sydney permalink
    August 13, 2014 7:26 pm

    TB

    YOU created the budget mess because you voted for Rudd in 2007. How about taking some personal responsibility for once.

    The ALP tries to make out how caring it is by spending taxpayers dollars willy nilly. And now Hockey is finding it hard to put Humpty Dumpty back again.

  17. egg permalink
    August 13, 2014 8:42 pm

    ‘Changes to fuel excise from August 1 will cause the price of a litre of fuel to rise by the rate of inflation every six months.

    ‘Experts say that’s likely to mean a rise of about one cent per litre every year.

    The fuel excise has been locked at 38.1 cents per litre since the Howard coalition government froze automatic indexation in 2001.

    ‘However, this extra excise cost will probably not be as significant as the effect of the predicted rise in global crude oil prices and the likely falls in the value of the Australian dollar … all of which will likely mean sharply higher fuel prices in the months and years ahead.’

    The Grey Nomads

  18. egg permalink
    August 13, 2014 8:56 pm

    The poor, sick and weak probably don’t own cars, but even if they do then they won’t be travelling far, especially if the Australian dollar loses its value.

  19. egg permalink
    August 13, 2014 9:02 pm

    Fuel excise should target the greater middle class, because they are the hardworking backbone of the country and can afford to pay.

  20. Walrus permalink
    August 13, 2014 10:13 pm

    yeah whatever Walrus…
    #whogivesafuck

    Tell it to your Leftie mate Ricky. He made the big 30 minute video link of it.

  21. August 13, 2014 10:18 pm

    There is a budget emergency as there always is after the ALP has been in power.

    Any university you like anytime troll… The only emergency we have is that Abbott and his coalition of the shilling is running the joint into the ground… oh and their is the one happening in your short circuited feeble brain fucktard.

    Yeah Walrus granted…actually is there not a peak our on Sydneys bottlenecks?

    The Point was this is a fucking albatross idea,,,
    1: The so called business case is locked up tighter than Francis Abbotts Scholarship

    2: Infrastructure NSW id just a lobby group to build shit and fleece the public purse lining fiberal pockets

    3: They are gonna build this anyway against all empirical data ( Specifically by DR Ziebots) that it would make the problem worse for the interest groups Leighton, westconnex, macquarie and all the same old culprits.

    4: It aint gonna help your run Wally… Use public transport .

  22. August 13, 2014 10:20 pm

    Leftie? fuck off wingnut I’m left of you out in the boondock outa limits of teabag nirvana.

  23. August 13, 2014 10:23 pm

    Willy Nilly? wheres ya frock sweetheart? actually thats a good handle for fucktard broken record squeal
    Willy Kneily

  24. Walrus permalink
    August 13, 2014 10:39 pm

    Ricky

    Don’t you find it a bit strange that he’s travelling along the Princes Hwy when the extension is actually linking to the M5 which is about 3kms away.

    It’s got nothing to do with the highway.

    Have you ever seen an electrician, plumber, carpenter, drainer, roofer, bricklayer carrying his tools on a bus or a train ?

    And there’s also that pesky thing called Port Botany .

    I’d like to see you cosying up against a 40 foot shipping container on the bus seat opposite you.

    Let the road be built

  25. August 13, 2014 10:50 pm

    `teh-Budget emergency` is a stinking, rotting carcass the teabags tied around their own necks, along with `deficit` which the the teabags doubled, $9-bill given to reserve? bank, and $21-bill on flying trash-cans, only imbeciles still believe those that continually cry `wolf`

  26. egg permalink
    August 13, 2014 10:50 pm

    ‘Let the road be built’

    Alright, I have no real objection, its pretty much user pays.

    —–

    A NSW Government media release issued on 31 October 2013 stated:

    “The NSW and Australian Governments are providing $3.3 billion in funding for the $11-$11.5 billion project, with the remainder to be financed by tolls

  27. August 14, 2014 1:04 am

    Walrus as a former tradie you would not want me as transport minister.. Only essential vehicles for mine.. most of the cars I see passing the bus or on the rare occurrence I use a car (fuck you Joe I have a driver Hokey) have one lazy fucktard in then on the way to a parking station complaining about the price of keeping the car on the road and the extortion of the parking accommodation.

    I’d say 50% of the traffic on the road does not need to be there. I dont have any substantive proof of that other than lots of empty cars with empty headed fucktards driving them.

    This road is not going to solve anything especially considering that the knobs building it seem obsessed with getting people out of the city while they build roads to the city..

    Build this road? You right wing pingers seem so ass inflated about public spending on infrastructure, yet you want to build useless shit based on yester year thinking that all evidentiary factual analysis deems it an expensive motorbike ashtray to line the coffers of the fiberal donation club…

    User pays…fuck off Egg easy see you have never driven a service vehicle in the metro of Sydney… my flatmate spends $!50 to $200 a week on tolls…fuck off.

  28. Neil of Sydney permalink
    August 14, 2014 3:39 am

    Well the worst govt in Australian history strikes again

    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/blackest-day-in-sport-exposed-as-overcooked-stunt/story-e6frg75f-1227023539328

    THE “blackest day” in Australian sport was always an overcooked stunt, designed to provide a distraction for the struggling leadership of Julia Gillard but which turned ugly for the then Labor government. ………….The Labor government made its political wishes clear, wanted the whole process “expedited” and offered financial assistance to ASADA to nail Essendon and get the whole scandal solved before the finals.

    This was all to clean up a political mess Labor created, denied and finally tried to short circuit. In the scheme of things it was a lesser political folly of the Gillard government but typical of the media manipulation, denials and political distraction of the time.

  29. egg permalink
    August 14, 2014 7:21 am

    ‘fuck off Egg easy see you have never driven a service vehicle in the metro of Sydney…’

    Sydney is a madhouse and I agree that public transport is best, but if the upper middle class are prepared to foot the bill for another toll way, then who am I to stop them.

    As you know I live in the bush.

  30. Walrus permalink
    August 14, 2014 9:27 am

    “………..to a parking station complaining about the price of keeping the car on the road and the extortion of the parking accommodation.”

    LOL

    Actually parking spots, if well located, can be very useful investments in an SMSF. Much less capital intensive than say an apartment.

    But that’s another story

  31. August 14, 2014 9:32 am

    Upper middle class foot the Bill? Derailing whist contradicting yourself again Miss Egg?

    Willy Kneily

    you are kidding right? I remember Hadley and Jones going feral that it was political opportunism when Cronulla were caught cold and closed ranks at the time the fiberals making political capital from it….

    What a hypocritic little troll you are fucktard.

  32. August 14, 2014 11:16 am

    The Fiberals have put a Gag order on the press in light of a large corruption scandal… Protecting free speech aye?

    http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/tony-abbotts-gag-order-reflex

    https://wikileaks.org/aus-suppression-order/press.html

  33. TB Queensland permalink
    August 14, 2014 11:33 am

    Abbott’s Battelines … even Abused News Ltd is getting a bit concerned at the Prodigy …

    http://www.news.com.au/national/pms-comments-on-possible-military-intervention-raise-questions-about-his-temperament/story-fncynjr2-1227023821523

  34. egg permalink
    August 14, 2014 11:54 am

    ‘Derailing whist contradicting yourself again Miss Egg?’

    My worldview has not changed, bullet trains under the sandstone curtain is the only sensible way to alleviate Sydney’s congestion.

    In the meantime, putting vehicle thru traffic underground should produce humungous savings.

  35. armchair opinionator permalink
    August 14, 2014 11:55 am

    The working poor don’t live in inner city housing, it tends to be outer suburbia where its cheaper. There is poor public transport servicing those areas so they have to drive or spend hours taking numerous buses and trains to get to work. Just out of interest, I speak to people about their transport to work. My young hairdresser told me that she takes three buses to get to her employment and starts out at about 0500 hrs with about four-five hours daily travel. Talk about the daily grind!

    I have always been annoyed by the parking at hospitals. Nurses have to pay to park, quite a lot to a private firms, just to be close to work and safe. In my workplace it’s not a system where they are debited for each time they park, that would be too reasonable, they have to pay a fortnightly amount whether they use the park or not and they have to pay to ‘keep their place’ even when on holiday. I think that is extortion and private enterprise demanding a guaranteed income. There are many free parking spaces dotted around the hospitals, these are all taken up by paper pushers, admin workers or hospital management, allied health etc. These people usually work 0800 – 1630 every day and they travel alone in a vehicle. I feel they could easily come in by bus or train [usually well accessible to hospitals] but they are all ‘too important’ to have to pay for parking. Nurses get no free parking even when finishing late at night or the middle of the night. Some nurses park in the surrounding streets to save money and there have been attacks on nurses walking to and from work and also not unusual to finish work to find their car stolen, very upsetting after a busy shift! My daughter [nurse] had her handbag stolen by a walk-in pretending to be a visitor [this happens frequently in hospitals, they run through the wards nicking everything they can] So, late at night, she finds she has no bag, no car keys and her credit card had $3,000 debited within 30 mins of the theft. The hospital refuses to be responsible for any recompense of personal items.
    But, the doctors are well looked after, they get free parking at the private car park provided by the hospital, apparently it’s in their contracts!

  36. armchair opinionator permalink
    August 14, 2014 12:06 pm

  37. armchair opinionator permalink
    August 14, 2014 12:13 pm

    cripes, even cory bernardi is on abc24 saying that poor people spend more of their income on fuel and daily living costs than the wealthy!

  38. Walrus permalink
    August 14, 2014 12:30 pm

    Pity Joe didn’t actually say “”the poor don’t have cars.””

    He actually said “”the poorEST don’t have cars.””

    But don’t let that stopyas

    LOL

  39. egg permalink
    August 14, 2014 3:31 pm

    I agree with Joe, its common sense.

  40. Walrus permalink
    August 14, 2014 4:51 pm

    You gotta wonder if the instant reaction from the various Twitter and Facebook sites plus the internet media and the responses that governments must make is making governing almost impossible no matter if you are LNP or ALP

    Just saying

  41. egg permalink
    August 14, 2014 5:25 pm

    Are you suggesting that democracy might become unmanageable because of the communications revolution?

  42. Walrus permalink
    August 14, 2014 5:31 pm

    No

    Politicians don’t curently know quite what to do in the face of 24/7 media and now instant social media reaction from voters.

  43. Splatterbottom permalink
    August 14, 2014 5:52 pm

    <i"You gotta wonder if the instant reaction from the various Twitter and Facebook sites plus the internet media"

    It’s just astro-turfing.

  44. egg permalink
    August 14, 2014 7:14 pm

    ‘Politicians don’t curently know quite what to do in the face of 24/7 media’

    Avoiding corrupt practice would be a start. A lot of these clowns from the left and right are a disgrace and should be exposed.

    Social media cannot be managed or controlled, which is good for democracy.

  45. egg permalink
    August 14, 2014 7:20 pm

    ‘Online astroturfing campaigns may ultimately have a substantial influence on both Internet users and society. Thus a clear understanding of its characteristics, techniques and usage can provide valuable insights for both practitioners and scholars.’

    Zhang et al

  46. TB Queensland permalink
    August 14, 2014 8:10 pm

    Pity Joe didn’t actually say “”the poor don’t have cars.””

    He actually said “”the poorEST don’t have cars.””

    But don’t let that stopyas

    LOL

    You really are a rich dick, defending the indefensible with inane comments … I had more respect for you until you started blathering like, Kneel … are you his dad?

    No

    Politicians don’t curently know quite what to do in the face of 24/7 media and now instant social media reaction from voters.

    Yer dead right. But its quite easy … tell the truth, do your duty, remember you are a servant of the people … NOT yourself …

    But I thought you were a champion of recording metadata … guess what social media is? DUH!

    even egg gets it!

  47. egg permalink
    August 14, 2014 8:25 pm

    ‘tell the truth, do your duty, remember you are a servant of the people … NOT yourself …’

    Amen to that.

  48. egg permalink
    August 14, 2014 9:15 pm

    And be above criticism, Cred should have warned him to show a little restraint. The twittershere thrives on this …

    ‘The poorest people either don’t have cars or … don’t drive,’ Mr Hockey says

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724463/nside-privileged-life-Joe-Hockey-doesnt-think-poor-people-drive-cars.html#ixzz3AMbOjOsy
    Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

  49. Walrus permalink
    August 14, 2014 10:39 pm

    “You really are a rich dick, defending the indefensible with inane comments …”

    Well what did he say ?

    When you awake from your sleep about 11am tomorrow please quote back to me what he said.

  50. August 14, 2014 10:44 pm

    “But I thought you were a champion of recording metadata … guess what social media is? DUH!”

    If you actually graduated in primary school comprehension you’d notice I am discussing storage of metadata not if it should be recorded or not.

    Recording it is necessary just to send out a telephone bill.

    Oh that’s right being an extremist you’d prefer everything was free.

    Ever been to Dan Murphys and paid by card. You don’t think they record your purchases.

  51. August 14, 2014 10:48 pm

    The Greens are thinking of changing their name.

    I think we should have a competition to come up with a new name for those scum loving antisemetic anti car fuckwits and their team of parliamentary fucking morons.

  52. egg permalink
    August 14, 2014 11:17 pm

    Watermelons

  53. Meta permalink
    August 15, 2014 12:38 am

    (Agreed. Green Meanies have issues. With wardriving. And, ‘Manipulation and the politics of fear’: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-14/green-manipulation-and-the-politics-of-fear/5669614 )

  54. August 15, 2014 12:54 am

    Predictable sloganeering from predictable quarters.

  55. August 15, 2014 1:03 am

    As far as ‘musicals’ go, bluegrass (like sundry other things) I’d never heard of until I heard it here…which in turn inspired me to check this out.

    http://lastrit.es/reviews/6749/panopticon-kentucky

    It’s even become its own thing, ‘blackgrass’, apparently. YomM will hate it because it’s about the long struggle of Kentuckian (?) coalminers (hardly the usual fodder for heavy crossover).
    this guy is a one man band; does every instrument & vocals himself.
    Unfknblvbl. Never heard anything like it.
    The unique thing about it is the mismatch (which proves to be a match of utter hybrid vigour!) of bluegrass & black metal (seriously, WTF).

    I don’t expect anyone to look, but if you do, you’d find the first track is entirely comprised of banjos & shit.

  56. August 15, 2014 5:34 am

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    .

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  57. August 15, 2014 6:01 am

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  58. Meta permalink
    August 15, 2014 6:04 am

    (I must be the odd one out, again; I don’t really mind El G’s Quadrantic references to newzealforrisingtidesofbeijingsmogandcoalfiredpowerstationbanningrefugees.tk as an incongruent means to exploration of ideas and events, nor intelligence gatherings about the Tombora Eruptions of insight into Solar process occurring within the PM’s Business Advisory Council.)

  59. Meta permalink
    August 15, 2014 6:07 am

    (Tambora*)

  60. August 15, 2014 6:31 am

    ””””””””””””””””””’I feel they could easily come in by bus or train [usually well accessible to hospitals]””””””””’

    l hear ya`armchair, but l think a lot of the problem is lack of `timely` services in the outer-burbs, l`ve lived in several places around the country, and most of“em miles from the rail, sometimes 2-buses to get the train,

    ,

    also `rail` has become even more useless, not running on time/canceled, which has rapidly put people off using it for work, a friend said they sacked the ticket-sellers years ago, people now have to go find the `shop` to buy some `credit-card`like ticket, but if ya`cant get to the `shop` you will get fined by the `rail-cops` for not having a damn ticket, but they won`t sell you a ticket(fcuking-dumb won`t have ticket-vendors, but have rail-cops) and also said they can take the fine immediately, if you want to pay it, or they fine you `about` triple, if they mail the fine to you,

    how fcuked-up is that,(assuming my friend didn`t get it arse-up)

  61. egg permalink
    August 15, 2014 6:33 am

    Thanks Meta, I appreciate you too.

  62. TB Queensland permalink
    August 15, 2014 8:46 am

    If you actually graduated in primary school comprehension you’d notice I am discussing storage of metadata not if it should be recorded or not.

    Pedantics … you need to record it to store it … like your “poorest” not poor …what nonsense …

    And the superfluous personal insults are back again? If you actually graduated in primary school comprehension you’d notice

    Kneel’s uncle?

  63. August 15, 2014 11:06 am

    As far as ‘musicals’ go, bluegrass (like sundry other things) I’d never heard of until I heard it here…which in turn inspired me to check this out.

    I play in the three Marketeers, bluegrass is my passion can’t wait for all the summer festivals. Next gig is on the 26th.

    The ridiculous stating the sublime.

    Christopher Pyne “Champion of the bore” defending Joe Hockey “Champion of the poor”

    http://www.afr.com/p/national/joe_hockey_champion_of_the_poor_c0YiMS175PV4MxTqHwpqyI

  64. armchair opinionator permalink
    August 15, 2014 11:36 am

    they won`t sell you a ticket(fcuking-dumb won`t have ticket-vendors, but have rail-cops) and also said they can take the fine immediately, if you want to pay it, or they fine you `about` triple, if they mail the fine to you,

    I’ve read something like that, seems a completely ridiculous bureaucracy.

    As far as ‘musicals’ go, bluegrass (like sundry other things) I’d never heard of until I heard it here…which in turn inspired me to check this out.

    it sounds very different toiletboss, judging by that passionate review, I’ll have to have a listen.

    GP co-payment and a healthier economy are polar opposites:
    http://www.smh.com.au/comment/gp-copayment-and-a-healthier-economy-are-polar-opposites-20140814-103xrj.html

    …As the government prepares to take its GP co-payment policy to the Senate for approval, it is vital our nation’s lawmakers give genuine consideration to the gravitas of Professor Owler’s outlook. This is not a proposal involving a simple $7 impost on Australians; it’s a scheme that could shake the very foundations of our egalitarian society, which is celebrated internationally as a beacon of light…

  65. armchair opinionator permalink
    August 15, 2014 12:19 pm

    Don’t Give The Parties More Money, Send The Cheats To Jail:
    https://newmatilda.com/2014/08/14/dont-give-parties-more-money-send-cheats-jail

    …A prominent legal academic has blasted calls for state election campaigns to be fully funded by taxpayers, arguing such a system would be open to abuse by the government of the day and that tougher criminal penalties would be a preferable response to NSW’s current corruption crisis…

    …“Until we see the first property developer and the first Member of Parliament behind bars there is not going to be a sufficient deterrent,” she said.

  66. Neil of Sydney permalink
    August 15, 2014 1:00 pm

    Looks like in NSW we have a choice between two parties. One that is totally corrupt and one that is just corrupt.

    What i don’t understand is why property developers are banned from making donations but mining companies and Unions are allowed to donate money?

  67. Non-green permalink
    August 15, 2014 8:40 pm

    I knew nothing about Bluegrass music till I saw O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    These two Aussies might have discovered it the same way …

  68. Grass Cutters permalink
    August 15, 2014 8:42 pm

    Oops. I meant these two …

  69. TB Queensland permalink
    August 16, 2014 7:31 pm

    You have to be jokin’ … this prick can’t run Australia but wades into another country’s most important political decision in 500 years …

    An independent Scotland would not be in the best interests of the international community, Australia’s prime minister has warned.

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/tony-abbott-tells-scotland-a-yes-vote-for-independence-is-not-in-worlds-interest

  70. TB Queensland permalink
    August 16, 2014 7:33 pm

    As fer music … AC/DC … Fins …

  71. TB Queensland permalink
    August 16, 2014 7:47 pm

    Best drummer ever?

  72. August 21, 2014 6:06 pm

    Oh how we laughed and laughed and laughed….!

    Tony Abbott says Muslim leader called him captain of team Australia

    “As one of the leading imams said to me after one meeting, we’re all part of Team Australia, and you’re our captain.”

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/aug/21/tony-abbott-says-muslim-leader-called-him-captain-of-team-australia?CMP=soc_567

  73. TB Queensland permalink
    August 21, 2014 7:40 pm

    LOL! @ sreb!

    Having just spent an hilarious oh, how we laughed and laughed and laughed at GC watching The Expendables 3 … the Abbott would last all of a millisecond … on the “baddies side” … wouldn’t get a look in with The Expendables” … chortle …

    Anyway … Review

    The Expendables 3

    Watch Expendables 1 and 2 and 3 is the same …

    Me: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

    The Minister: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (but then she giggled most of the time)

    The GC wagyu sliders were really good but I’ve asked if they can recommend Mumm to replace the Moët & Chandon … (they did get Wild Turkey in when I asked) … and we got chilled glasses this time too!

    Pays to be friendly with staff … you get gold class … 😆 😆

  74. August 23, 2014 3:51 am

    Really Tony? I think you speak with forked tongue porkie pies,,,,
    Longbow rhetorical nonsense from a complete loon.

    http://m.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/terrorist-beheadings-could-happen-in-australia-tony-abbott-warns-as-he-pushes-tougher-security-laws-20140821-3e2fl.html#ixzz3Azwc9Z5V

  75. egg permalink
    August 23, 2014 8:03 am

    A year ago there was that horrific situation where an off duty soldier had his throat cut in London, so that’s probably what the monk is thinking could happen here too.

  76. TB Queensland permalink
    March 12, 2015 1:50 pm

    Get Qualified Australia is not an RTO. We enter into partnership agreements with Australian RTOs and conduct training and assessment services on their behalf. The RTO conducts a full review of the RPL assessment undertaken by Get Qualified Australia and issues the Nationally Recognised Qualification.

    From GQA …

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