Comments on: Saturday Salon http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/ Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:31:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: boredinHK http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-402394 boredinHK Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:31:39 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-402394 One last kick from the corpse of the current government. Abdel Bari Atwan banned from visiting Australia. He had been invited to Brisbane. http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2007/files/pdf/InternationalBios.pdf One last kick from the corpse of the current government.

Abdel Bari Atwan banned from visiting Australia. He had been invited to Brisbane.

http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2007/files/pdf/InternationalBios.pdf

]]> By: silkworm http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401278 silkworm Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:58:21 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401278 When Howard leaves the top job in a few weeks time, will he convert to Catholicism like Blair? When Howard leaves the top job in a few weeks time, will he convert to Catholicism like Blair?

]]> By: Mark http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401272 Mark Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:33:19 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401272 Or, in her absence, I'll do it with just a bit of brick dust! Peter, please post the (uplifting and toast-worthy) result of the Nielsen poll to the election open thread! Or, in her absence, I’ll do it with just a bit of brick dust! Peter, please post the (uplifting and toast-worthy) result of the Nielsen poll to the election open thread!

]]> By: CK http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401252 CK Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:07:25 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401252 Careful Peter. Any discussion of politics on this thread and Kim The Merciless will be down on you like a ton of bricks. Careful Peter. Any discussion of politics on this thread and Kim The Merciless will be down on you like a ton of bricks.

]]> By: steve http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401247 steve Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:18:35 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401247 Checkout the latest <a href="http://mashable.com/2007/09/08/5000-resources-to-do-just-about-anything-online/" rel="nofollow">web tools.</a> Checkout the latest web tools.

]]> By: Peter Kemp http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401231 Peter Kemp Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:01:52 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401231 Nielsen/Herald poll has been leaked, at the smh: <blockquote>Labor's two-party preferred vote rose two points to 57 per cent. The Coalition fell 2 points to 43 per cent. [compared with 55-45 last month]</blockquote> Liberal doses of ratsack that keep piling up--what a joy to behold. As Lenore Nicklin said on Insiders this morning, this is no joke by potential voters, it's deadly serious. (And too late for Howard to step down, as it should be, we need and crave public humiliation of Team Rodent!) Nielsen/Herald poll has been leaked, at the smh:

Labor’s two-party preferred vote rose two points to 57 per cent. The Coalition fell 2 points to 43 per cent. [compared with 55-45 last month]

Liberal doses of ratsack that keep piling up–what a joy to behold. As Lenore Nicklin said on Insiders this morning, this is no joke by potential voters, it’s deadly serious.

(And too late for Howard to step down, as it should be, we need and crave public humiliation of Team Rodent!)

]]> By: red wombat http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401167 red wombat Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:27:07 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401167 APEC....$180 million in security.....to watch this! I watched in disgust as a 92 year old man was forced (after consultation by himself and his family with the police for them to allow him through their line) to walk up approximately 15 stairs into the park, down a steep grass slope and then to be helped down off the park wall by his family just so he could exit the park. This enabled him to be just metres from where he originally was! APEC….$180 million in security…..to watch this!
I watched in disgust as a 92 year old man was forced (after consultation by himself and his family with the police for them to allow him through their line) to walk up approximately 15 stairs into the park, down a steep grass slope and then to be helped down off the park wall by his family just so he could exit the park. This enabled him to be just metres from where he originally was!

]]> By: Bob Gosford http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401126 Bob Gosford Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:36:33 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401126 FDB - no idea - I missed the original broadcasts on the ABC's Message Stick on the box but have a copy from Warlpiri Media, who should/may be able to sell you a copy (see link at previous post)...otherwise petition the ABC to replay it during mainstream viewing time...I didn't see any promos for it - one reason I missed it on the box FDB - no idea - I missed the original broadcasts on the ABC’s Message Stick on the box but have a copy from Warlpiri Media, who should/may be able to sell you a copy (see link at previous post)…otherwise petition the ABC to replay it during mainstream viewing time…I didn’t see any promos for it - one reason I missed it on the box

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401110 FDB Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:49:32 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401110 Bob G - any idea if that's going to be on TV again? In Melbourne? Bob G - any idea if that’s going to be on TV again? In Melbourne?

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401108 FDB Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:46:49 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401108 WTF? An Wet Toast bashing thread on LP? YAY!!! I lent a mate my projector for Friday's game and his 30th birthday party, then had to pretend to be upset when his team got beaten. The urge to sing that godawful Power song was nearly irresistible. Go Dockers! [<strike>next year</strike> <strike>the year after that</strike> somewhere, over the rainbow. WTF?

An Wet Toast bashing thread on LP? YAY!!!

I lent a mate my projector for Friday’s game and his 30th birthday party, then had to pretend to be upset when his team got beaten. The urge to sing that godawful Power song was nearly irresistible.

Go Dockers! [next year the year after that somewhere, over the rainbow.

]]> By: Bob Gosford http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401084 Bob Gosford Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:53:54 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401084 Oh, and CARNA PIES!!!! What an absolutely glorious win over the scum from my home town. The local TV broadcast was delayed by about a quarter so listened to the call on ABC Radio and watched the delayed broadcast - talk about time shifting. All the way this year boys...though with the usual Pies Fans qualifications of 'if we don't choke. stumble, wobble, if Nate's hammies stay intact etc etc ad infinitum... And here in Yuendumu the TWO local Magpies teams playing in the Finals in Alice Springs today will continue their usual September marches to glory...see <a href="http://www.aboriginalrules.com/" rel="nofollow"> and </a><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/message/tv/ms/s2016584.htm" rel="nofollow"> for REAL footballs with NO bogans...</a> Oh, and CARNA PIES!!!! What an absolutely glorious win over the scum from my home town. The local TV broadcast was delayed by about a quarter so listened to the call on ABC Radio and watched the delayed broadcast - talk about time shifting.

All the way this year boys…though with the usual Pies Fans qualifications of ‘if we don’t choke. stumble, wobble, if Nate’s hammies stay intact etc etc ad infinitum…

And here in Yuendumu the TWO local Magpies teams playing in the Finals in Alice Springs today will continue their usual September marches to glory…see and for REAL footballs with NO bogans…

]]> By: Bob Gosford http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401083 Bob Gosford Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:43:19 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401083 Can we start a 'Chiller Green' appreciation society? From an article in to today's Age: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/nation-of-larrikins-well-yes-and-no-/2007/09/08/1188783558424.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1" rel="nofollow"> "The term "larrikin", first popularised in Melbourne around 1870, originally referred to groups of cocky, irreverent, working-class men. Chiller Green, the archetypal larrikin of Edward Dyson's Fact'ry 'Ands (1906), is admired by his workmates because he respects no one, including the boss. Chiller could easily be said to be conducting, like the Chasers, a war on everything." We need more of 'em. And BTW - we forgot the 'forgeddabudit' New Joisey speak...</a> Can we start a ‘Chiller Green’ appreciation society?

From an article in to today’s Age:

“The term “larrikin”, first popularised in Melbourne around 1870, originally referred to groups of cocky, irreverent, working-class men. Chiller Green, the archetypal larrikin of Edward Dyson’s Fact’ry ‘Ands (1906), is admired by his workmates because he respects no one, including the boss. Chiller could easily be said to be conducting, like the Chasers, a war on everything.”

We need more of ‘em.

And BTW - we forgot the ‘forgeddabudit’ New Joisey speak…

]]> By: anthony http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401056 anthony Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:05:11 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401056 <blockquote>*idiot children of the rural aristocracy in perth?</blockquote> oi!

*idiot children of the rural aristocracy in perth?

oi!

]]> By: jo http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401047 jo Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:10:26 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401047 re-thinking geelong...i was in melbourne for their 92/94 defeats at the hands of the weasels. maybe i should be putting money on the roos tomorrow.. wot.. there are *idiot children of the rural aristocracy in perth? i would have thought lang hancock's evil spawn is closer to the mark. *PJK on Dolly. re-thinking geelong…i was in melbourne for their 92/94 defeats at the hands of the weasels. maybe i should be putting money on the roos tomorrow..

wot.. there are *idiot children of the rural aristocracy in perth? i would have thought lang hancock’s evil spawn is closer to the mark.

*PJK on Dolly.

]]> By: Frank Calabrese http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401046 Frank Calabrese Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:08:10 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401046 <blockquote> look forward to the front-page story, centre-spread, and several sports pages at the back of Teh Waste telling us how the Pies achieved their magnificent victory. </blockquote> Nah, they'll blame it on JIm McGinty for leading Neale Fong astray...., or even Alanah for stuffing the trains taking the Weasel Fans to Subi Oval along with Kobelkie for not allowing Subi Oval to be redevolped - in short it's the State Govt's Fault :-)

look forward to the front-page story, centre-spread, and several sports pages at the back of Teh Waste telling us how the Pies achieved their magnificent victory.

Nah, they’ll blame it on JIm McGinty for leading Neale Fong astray…., or even Alanah for stuffing the trains taking the Weasel Fans to Subi Oval along with Kobelkie for not allowing Subi Oval to be redevolped - in short it’s the State Govt’s Fault :-)

]]> By: CK http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401044 CK Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:04:04 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401044 Love it Frank. The omens are everywhere! I look forward to the front-page story, centre-spread, and several sports pages at the back of <em>Teh Waste</em> telling us how the Pies achieved their magnificent victory. Same as today's PP coverage, actually. Love it Frank. The omens are everywhere!

I look forward to the front-page story, centre-spread, and several sports pages at the back of Teh Waste telling us how the Pies achieved their magnificent victory. Same as today’s PP coverage, actually.

]]> By: Frank Calabrese http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401040 Frank Calabrese Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:46:41 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401040 CK, Kerry Stokes is a supporter of John Howard and a member of the Liberal Party 500 Club, CH 7 Perth sponsor the West Coast Weasels - if the Weasels get knocked down by Eddie Everywhere's mob, will this be an omen of the Election result ? :-) Also, I compare Ben Cousins to Downer, both dimwitted fools. CK,

Kerry Stokes is a supporter of John Howard and a member of the Liberal Party 500 Club, CH 7 Perth sponsor the West Coast Weasels - if the Weasels get knocked down by Eddie Everywhere’s mob, will this be an omen of the Election result ? :-)

Also, I compare Ben Cousins to Downer, both dimwitted fools.

]]> By: CK http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401037 CK Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:30:31 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401037 <blockquote>CK - i’ll have regained my sense of historical proportion (ie. swans not winning) by next week and will look forward to barracking with eddie’s lot….fair dinkum bogans taking down uppity bogans (perth being uppity bogan HQ, in my book).</blockquote> Default position for Dockers supporters in case of inevitable 3rd quarter choke is, of course, South Melbourne. Well anybody who can beat the other team here, really. Uppity bogan doesn't quite capture it. Think of a team supported by Alexander Downer were he to live in Perth.

CK - i’ll have regained my sense of historical proportion (ie. swans not winning) by next week and will look forward to barracking with eddie’s lot….fair dinkum bogans taking down uppity bogans (perth being uppity bogan HQ, in my book).

Default position for Dockers supporters in case of inevitable 3rd quarter choke is, of course, South Melbourne. Well anybody who can beat the other team here, really.

Uppity bogan doesn’t quite capture it. Think of a team supported by Alexander Downer were he to live in Perth.

]]> By: jo http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401026 jo Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:39:35 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401026 CK - i'll have regained my sense of historical proportion (ie. swans not winning) by next week and will look forward to barracking with eddie's lot....fair dinkum bogans taking down uppity bogans (perth being uppity bogan HQ, in my book). i've got my daughter's soccer grand final at some unholy hour tomorrow morning...so until then, fab freo fan...i say again - go the handbaggers. .......and cousins' will have required alot of ice last night... some of it on his hammy. CK - i’ll have regained my sense of historical proportion (ie. swans not winning) by next week and will look forward to barracking with eddie’s lot….fair dinkum bogans taking down uppity bogans (perth being uppity bogan HQ, in my book).

i’ve got my daughter’s soccer grand final at some unholy hour tomorrow morning…so until then, fab freo fan…i say again - go the handbaggers.

…….and cousins’ will have required alot of ice last night… some of it on his hammy.

]]> By: CK http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401017 CK Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:05:10 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/08/saturday-salon-115/#comment-401017 Oh yes jo, the forthcoming Weasel humiliation at the hands of Collingwood should be excellent fun! Oh yes jo, the forthcoming Weasel humiliation at the hands of Collingwood should be excellent fun!

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