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Coalition voters wanted, apply within

By Phil on September 28, 2008

Eric Abetz is at it again. Senior Liberal Eric Abetz believes the ABC TV political talk show Q&A has failed in its attempt to provide a representative cross-section of the community because the audience was overwhelmingly made up of Labor [...]

Posted in Film, TV, Video etc, Media | Tagged abc, bias, Coalition, conspiracy, Eric Abetz, Erica Betz, greens, Labor, Q&A, Qanda, statistics, Tinfoil | 23 Responses

Alarmism 101

By Guest Poster on November 11, 2007

(Cross-posted at Larvatus Prodeo in exile) I’ve been reading another bad book over the past week – a really bad book. It’s a long spray at consumerism and urban sprawl. It follows a fairly familiar formula – after the introduction [...]

Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Levity, Media, Science | Tagged Asshattery, Tinfoil, Writings | Leave a response

Media Watching fun: The Oz V Akerman

By Phil on October 20, 2007

One of the more entertaining episodes to observe in the recent attempt to resurrect and pursue the Heiner “Shreddergate” affair and Kevin Rudd is the battle that has developed between the Telegraph’s crazy uncle in the attic, Piers Akerman, and [...]

Posted in Levity, Media | Tagged Asshattery, Coalition, Kevin Rudd, Tinfoil | 23 Responses

The friends you keep

By Phil on October 5, 2007

Pauline Hanson backs Kevin Andrews on migrants. PAULINE Hanson has endorsed Kevin Andrews’ views on African migrants, saying the Immigration Minister was right to be concerned about crime and other issues. Far Right behind Shreddergate bid. A COALITION of right-wing [...]

Posted in Levity, Politics | Tagged Asshattery, Coalition, Tinfoil | 56 Responses

Yup, peanut butter convinces me!

By tigtog on September 27, 2007

This argument is so bizarre it’s not even wrong: it’s wrong’s cousin who’s never been the same since that nasty accident with the Klein bottle..

Posted in Levity, Religion, Science, Sociology | Tagged Asshattery, Tinfoil | 77 Responses

Liberal denialism still on show in Senate

By Robert Merkel on September 16, 2007

The good Professor Quiggin said a few months ago that greenhouse denialism has “has collapsed so completely in Australia”. Sadly, that doesn’t seem to be the case in the parliamentary Liberal Party. The context of the lunacy is a Senate [...]

Posted in Climate change, Environment, Levity, Science | Tagged andrew bartlett, Asshattery, Australian Democrats, Australian Greens, Coalition, Tinfoil | 45 Responses

Bewdy Norm!

By Gummo Trotsky on September 11, 2007

Questions over [Osama bin Laden's] beard cropped up at a Congressional hearing Monday featuring top US security experts, including Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell.”First, is this his beard?” Republican Senator Norm Coleman asked the spy chief. “Do we expect [...]

Posted in Levity, Terrorism, USA | Tagged Asshattery, Tinfoil, war & conflict | 11 Responses

Not a Major Headline

By Gummo Trotsky on September 4, 2007

Here’s a report from Natalie O’Brien of News Limited that you might have missed:

Posted in Government, Howardia, Law, Levity, Politics | Tagged Asshattery, politics&govt, Tinfoil | 24 Responses

F-18's, troop checkpoints to guard APEC summit

By Robert Merkel on August 9, 2007

According to the Oz: A DETACHMENT of F/A-18 fighter jets will be deployed along with 1500 Australian Defence Force personnel to bolster security at the APEC leaders’ meeting in Sydney next month. The troops would provide general support to the [...]

Posted in Foreign policy, International, Levity, Sydney, Terrorism | Tagged Asshattery, John Howard, Tinfoil, war & conflict | 69 Responses

F-18′s, troop checkpoints to guard APEC summit

By Robert Merkel on August 9, 2007

According to the Oz: A DETACHMENT of F/A-18 fighter jets will be deployed along with 1500 Australian Defence Force personnel to bolster security at the APEC leaders’ meeting in Sydney next month. The troops would provide general support to the [...]

Posted in Foreign policy, International, Levity, Sydney, Terrorism | Tagged Asshattery, John Howard, Tinfoil, war & conflict | 69 Responses

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