The Australian Zeitgeist Tracking Thread

all those years as an ACA groupie were a giveaway imo

Yeah good point. Forgot all about that.

CARBON TAXXXXXXXXXXXX

bodies, bodies everywhere

Abbott pinned his political future on blocking the carbon tax so, um, WHOOPS. Also Rudd has been parading a hell of a lot recently.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3552838-3x4-340x453.jpg http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3552838-3x4-340x453.jpghttp://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3552838-3x4-340x453.jpg

rudd ain't coming back. it's a liberal fantayzee, they want ~~revenge~~ but it ain't gonna happen.

Hartcher disgrees

hartcher's got no fukkkkn idea. the press pack's infatuation with rudd vs gillard, abbott, and 'leadership wars' in general is basically because a) they're all vain, lazy and stupid, b) they don't like actually doing any work to get their stories if they're not being fed to them by party hacks and c) conflict is 'interesting' to write about. labor haven't forgotten how badly rudd treated everybody, and how he amassed all the power at the top and then froze and didn't get anything done. they might not like gillard but hey, guess what, they're actually passing bills through the house and stuff - and in six months' time abbott's parroting about it being a 'do-nothing govt' won't hold water, and he'll be fucked because he's got no backup strategy other than being a sexist pig.

I wish being a sexist pig (and a religious nut) was enough to stop idiots voting for him tho.

There was a poll on Whirlpool that overwhelmingly said ppl "used to vote labor but wont anymore" for one reason. The freaking censorship internet filter. WTH, idiots?

xp God I hope you're right about Abbott collapsing.

In any case, Rudd's approval rating is so far above Gillard's (or anyone's) that his return is not outside the realm of possibility. Remember this is a party that's fuelled by focus groups, not ~common sense~

There was a poll on Whirlpool that overwhelmingly said ppl "used to vote labor but wont anymore" for one reason. The freaking censorship internet filter. WTH, idiots?

― Occupy Kelly St (Trayce), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 10:44 (48 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'm 100% behind that sentiment tbh, although I won't vote for Abbott either. Informal votes indefinitely, unless we ever get a political party that's cunceless and responds to what actual human beings want.

Oh and last week Grattan made a very good point about Rudd, basically that his massive support will dry up the second he opens his mouth and people remember what he was like.

listened to an old Get This the other day with Rudd trying to clown Howard for his reactionary pre-election announcements, and sounding so hilariously bloodless that he was like a washed-out ghost of Howard, not an exagerrated parody

you know something? you're right

the press pack [...] they're all vain, lazy and stupid

this is my t-bomb 4 thee day, btw

protesters in parliament question time chanting "democracy is dead"

in parliament

during question time

this is akin to the convoy of no confidence, in which four protesters descended on the nation's capital

aforementioned protesters of change the carbon tax:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3553804-3x4-340x453.jpg

presumably heading out to the greyhound bus that will take them home

alzheimer's support group

"what do we want"
"can't remember"

"when do we want it"
"before church"

perhaps they're angry about being taxed to save the planet from something that they won't live to see

selfish pieces of shit

Guy front centre already looks like a walking zombie.

lol @ the one dude on the left who's younger than seventy.

CURTSYGATE

Governor General Quentin Bryce, who also met Queen and Prince Philip as they stepped off the plane, chose the more traditional curtsy and also wore a hat, while Ms Gillard did not. "Fuck wearing a hat," she said.

gabriel 'curtsy' gaté

butthurt out of hell

ha

woman = prostitute
man on bike = seeking prostitute

lool

man driving bus = seeking 50 prostitutes (c) someone on twitter

wtf

bali ain't no place for a single lady dontchaknow

http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/bali-why-bother-20111024-1mfiz.html

ew

but loooool at poll at bottom

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2011/10/25/is-this-the-worst-travel-article-ever-published/

loooool

lol I was more amused by the indignant comments than the article itself (bali sounds like a shithole I'd never go near thanks to aussies). Some guy was all over the comments saying this woman should be spoken to by the editor, that she'd attacked Bali which was just Not Good, and what would this mean for the poor 14 year old in jail omg THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!ONE

in a few weeks we're going exactly where she set that article, and tbh i'm glad it's not a comfortable first-world experience full of aussie bogans

(we are skipping all the bogan areas entirely)

i do not give a single shit about the fucking queen

so the bloke who blew the bum off that peaCOCK in that ARSon attack is from POOwong

My friends had a GO at me for laughing about that vandalism. I'm like "come on, they fucking blew the bum off a statue, its FUNNY" but apparently I am a horrible human being, wont somebody think of the workers at gumbaya park etc ... humourless prix

feel like they should commemorate that once it's fixed by dressing the bird in assless chaps

fucking abbott, unfettered access to pokies obviously much more important than climate change action

ITS-UNAUSTRALIAN.COM.AU

If ever my secret ice lab is under threat I'll just donate 2.5% of my profits to an AFL youth league