The Australian Zeitgeist Tracking Thread

ruh roh

john faine on the wireless before on the greg ham tip, "we'll talk about a man who was responsible for songs that were part of the aussie vernacular", it's obviously awful what's happened to him but raking over someone's depression and alcoholism and bigging him up as a genius for playing on two big hits (one basically a novelty) is seriously NAGL

australian media, amirite

John Faine is spectacularly annoying I have come to realise, and Im a fan of left wing talk radio. But geez he is sanctimonious. And he always takes over ppls stories and tells his own! Fuckin.

He ran a guest lecture in my media degree in the '90s and was really impressive cf. the smug jock he is now.

Newton goin' ham. AGAIN. Second or third time in a week now?

Wait no, theyre just re-reporting the same incident a week later just to confuse me.

i idly wondered the other day if 'going ham' might take on a new meaning in the light of the greg ham thing but it was decided by all that it might be "too soon"

loolllll

Have they said what did for him, yet? Seemed like an OD on armchair guess.

that would take quite a lot of armchair

Baha :) That will teach me for dashing of a gramatically shite post before work.

also it does indeed look like bert jr was up to his old trix again

Yeah I misread too, this *is* second time since he's been in Miami. As well as the current court action here for earlier shenaigans. Poor bastard. He's clearly p ill.

At least he's taking the appropriate steps to deal with it.

official interest rate cut 50 basis points to 3.75%

important, apparently

now suddenly i can afford a $650k loan for a 2br flat

you go girl

fuck this country

pyne really is the biggest creep in politics

^^^^

he really is a massive [REDACTED]

I have to admit I really havent been paying this Slipper crap any attention. Politician gets accused of grubby tactics/cheating/spending govt money, news at 11. Who cares anymore, they all do it.

this one has added 'frission du gaylord', as the french should say

loll

also his disgracing removes the goverment's balance of power, that's a minor thing that probably won't affect the country in any way though, nbd who cares

well, there is that

Well again, tbh I dont care, not because its nbd but because honestly, we have zero good governance on either side of the fence anymore and it is utterly depressing.

That said I do NOT want Abbott being PM, that makes me feel sick even thinking of, jesus why couldnt Turnbull be their leader if idiots insist on voting Lib idk

at this point i'd almost prefer the mad monk, at least then he might stfu

Well again, tbh I dont care, not because its nbd but because honestly, we have zero good governance on either side of the fence anymore and it is utterly depressing.

What do you think the Gillard government - separate from the internal powerplaying of the Labor Party - is doing wrongly or ineptly

To be honest, in actuality probably very little (though the mining tax backdown pissed me off). But Gillard is giving the perception, at least, of being incompetent and not in control. Wether it is true or not, the rabble are buying it, and people who would probably have voted lab for years are gonna vote lib (or *maybe* greens?) out of disgust. She has no command, no real strong leadership vibe. Which I hate saying, because it comes over as "lol girl" which isnt why. She's just... gah. I dont know. I'm really not well versed in political details, I'm happy to admit that.

giving the perception, at least, of being incompetent and not in control.

is probably #1 in what they are doing wrong, for me

The NBN is another example of "things people just dont understand". You see tons and tons of people angry about it, blaming Gillard (christ knows why), thining its a "waste of money" and will be "redundant" soon which is laughable, because as people point out, unless someone comes up with a way to go faster than light, it wont be.

giving the perception, at least, of being incompetent and not in control.

see this was the thing I was specifically caveating - imo this perception is coming 100% from Labor powermavens and especially their press stooges (and whatever Grattan is), not from anything to do with Gillard's actual policies or parliamentary process

THE PYNE TEST
===============

IF person A says 'i like christopher pyne'
THEN person A has brain damage

What do you think the Gillard government - separate from the internal powerplaying of the Labor Party - is doing wrongly or ineptly

- marriage
- boats
- always responding to abbott as though he is running the country and she isn't
- total lack of consistency, leadership and vision

and especially their press stooges

Yeah there is definitely something very on the nose with the way politics and related is being reported in all the media here, in recent years. Perhaps ever 'twas thus, and I'm just noticing it now, I dont know.

the whole politics-as-soap cottage industry has definitely exploded since kevin 07

especially their press stooges (and whatever Grattan is)

lol, wish she would fuccc right orf but apaz she is 'untouchable'

lollll

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/no-its-not-a-cockup-its-luke-leaving-20120503-1y1bg.html

EDITHBLISS-DEFCON1.jpg

80s pop singer turned TV Edith Bliss has died after a long illness, aged 53.

you'd have to say that's a pretty nifty trick tbh

the beat thing is easily the best cover on any australian periodical ever

I cant say I ever heard of this edith bliss lady, and I watched WonderWorld heaps as a kid.

she was the one with the big woolly hair

that turned into a TV

beat copyeditor is a hero

Yeah thats so awesome. So all the actual print copies are flying around in the street now with his wang out? I havent spotted any just yet.

wait we are seeing wangs out on the beat