Yes, I am a bit conflicted about watching Bolt in full flight denialism on Insiders, on my ABC, but on the other hand, the prospect of seeing a full-splatter head explosion keeps dragging me back.

Most of the other guests, like Annabelle, Brian and George (and surely Matt if he was still with us) have finally got his mark and with all the head-shaking and eyeball rolling are slowly but surely hoisting him on his own petard…

Not that I’d have a problem with that.

as one who has linked for years, as you well know Kim, I don’t make it a habit of linking to many News Ltd sites…;)

“I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.”

Thomas Jefferson

Kim is aware of all internet traditions.

It’s interesting how many of the former Apollo astronauts have gone quite wacky in different ways. I think it was Aldrin who became a fundamentalist Christian, and I vaguely recall a few other nutty post-career moves to add to these two.

Sure, the occasional analysis & querying of their approach, assessments/defining of topics/issues is fine. Valuable. But it can end up like a manufactured Blur VS. Oasis type tit for tat…and you can end up spending far too much time focusing on their agenda?

And it’s the linking to them that particularly bothers me Kim. It creates income for them by way of advertising dollars. Doesn’t it? Aren’t the advertisers looking at how many visits they receive? (perhaps i’m wrong, feel free to correct me)

Can’t you just use a quote or such Kim? Or is Murdoch charging these days for that as well? I’m not bothered if you link to Tim Dunlop’s Blogocracy ’cause I’m hoping he’ll have a positive effect on their choice of topics/tone etc. But I’m buggered if I wanna assist Bolt & those other war-mongers by clicking on their articles/blogs.

Just sayin’. It’s your post, so do as you see fit.

agree w/ you adrian…& other interesting, insightful comments above. Altho, I must admit that sometimes I’m not good at picking up the sarcasm in comments. It’s difficult when you’re not seeing the paralinguistic & facial gestures…nor hearing the tone of voice & such. I’ve walked into a few cyber walls because of it…:) And there are some comments that need a translation tool.

Lyn, I reckon the Libs are trying to take as many positions as possible in order to have at least one high-profile character who is on the right side of the global warming, clean energy issue by the time the new US President has begun to set a course in tandem w/ the EU & such. Just in time for the election here. Leigh Sayles seemed to be thinking along those lines based on her questions to Julie Bishop on Lateline the other night. Lotta guesswork out there right now…depending on who wins the US election & how many energy sources are found to be easily obtainable. And corporate amalgamations & such based on the financial determinants (US mortgage/investment/market downturn), course of the War in Iraq, China’s stance post-Olympics etc.
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He of course links to Mad Mel (hugely entertaining) here: http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/

But for true, complete, batshit, wingnut insanity you really should visit Pam Atlas.

Barking mad crazy doesn’t even begin to cover it: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/

Apologies for the slur on batshit.

Indeed.

There is a bit of an argument around that when you mention these creeps you just give them oxygen.

Stare ‘em in the eye an’ remind them how irrelvant they are i reckon.

“Reason and evidence will not convince the likes of Andrew Bolt because he is not interested in the truth, only in preserving his own elevated position in the media-constructed “debate” on climate change, as one of the best paid and widely broadcast “sceptics” in this country. And this man has children.”

Quite so, Grace. Got it in a nutshell.

The hilarious thing is, though, is that whe he’s outside the element of his blog and actually has to engage real non-nutters in person, he falls flat on his face.

Witness his performance on Insiders last week. Not to mention the giant Hindenberg flambe that was his effort on the panel after the Great Global Warming Swindle.

Oh, the humanity!

But I forgot. It was all Tony Jones fault.

And Jon fucking Faine is a fucking fascist and so is Ellen fucking Fanning and Virginia Triolo sucks fascist ass…and these ‘intelligent’ and ‘ enlightened’ dickheads are surely, SURELY, far more dangerous than all the knuckle-dragging Troglodytes from the Moloch press and the Lunar Right… imho, fwiw, etc.

Stop holding back Kim - start running dead pools* on some of these arseholes. ( My $2)

* Prediction pools on when person X permanently retires from politics.

You FOCUS on specific News Ltd. characters & related topics a fair bit too Kim.

Critically, nasking!

While I’d agree that News Ltd appears to be setting the Lib’s agenda for them, and that assorted narratives do tend to culminate in a hey presto, I can’t see it happening for Brendan. If they were all united behind the same figurehead, yes, but News Ltd media are as divided over the Lib leadership as the party is.

Exactly my sentiments. The more DIVERSITY in the media the better.

“On the basis of his perfotmance last night on Q&A one wonders what strange place Nick Xenophon is coming from.”

I’m not sure about the Canadian project…but I found many of Nick Xenophon’s comments to be well considered and he displayed compassion & insight. Particularly compared to much that came out of ‘bully boy’ Barnaby Joyce who showed his true colours last night. He demonstrated his lack of respect for women last night, particularly those who differ w/ him ideologically.

The Laborite made sense when he actually piped up. Lindsay Tanner, the previous week, demonstrated how Labor can grab attention gracefully & clearly get their points across. Thought his speech at the Relationships Foundation was illuminating & good humoured…but also delivered w/ an appropriate tone of gravitas.

It seems to me that Q&A is often biased towards the RIGHT of politics & has focused on bashing Rudd & Labor, promoted the potential lineup for an upcoming Coalition front bench & their Senators…& put the SPOTLIGHT on News Limited characters (bloggers, journos, related writers) at the expense of alternative media.

You FOCUS on specific News Ltd. characters & related topics a fair bit too Kim.

Imo Tony Jones is a lousy moderator.
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We certainly are well-served by our organs of public record, are we not??