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August 27, 2012
Douchebag Obama/Muslim conspiracy theories, this time with the fresh new taste of outer space and pissing on the corpse of a pioneer. (Gawker) Leave a comment
...huh? Vice-chancellor uses secret underground escape tunnel to evade students. (ABC) Leave a comment
...huh? | WTF? Pregnancy begins 2 weeks before pregnancy begins, according to that queen of hipster politician, Arizona’s Jan Brewer (The New Civil Rights Movement) Leave a comment
/sigh Judge planning for Obama’s handover of power to the UN, and the resulting civil war. Yeah, it’s just that kind of day. (ABC) Leave a comment
*twitch* A poll? Yeah, okay, this is just too much stupid for one day. I’m out. (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
Obvious Australia sucks at dealing with refugees (The Conversation) Leave a comment
August 24, 2012
Obvious UN: “We want fuck all to do with Australia’s bullshit abuse of refugees”. #notarealquote #hashtagsoutsidetwitter (ABC) Leave a comment
Self Godwin? Soldiers build camps for the arbitrary detention of undesirables. I really don’t want to Godwin, but this is uncomfortably close… (ABC) Leave a comment
FFS Objective headline is objective, certainly not emotive click-bait (The Age) Leave a comment
Wait what? | WTF? Government plans to save money by expecting unemployed people with kids to live on the same amount of money as unemployed people without kids   (The Age) Leave a comment
August 23, 2012
Overdue Refugee intake increased (human rights abuses to continue) (ABC) Leave a comment
It's fucking patriotism! Aunty is watching (New Matilda) Leave a comment
Environment | FFS Fracking to go ahead in Sydney (SMH) One comment
Bravo | Classy | lulz Journalism! (ABC) One comment
August 22, 2012
Health | Well Played Tasmania looking into banning anyone born after 2000 from buying tobacco. Ever. (ABC) Leave a comment
Hypocrisy Turnbull invests in the technology he’s been campaigning against in parliament. Leave a comment
Facepalm | lulz This is not how one campaigns for editorship of a student magazine. If one is sane. (A Source) Leave a comment
August 21, 2012
Overdue Remember that time Tony Abbott wanted to get thrown out of parliament? This wasn’t it. (ABC) Leave a comment
...huh? | Education Private schools continue to be persecuted by their wealthier, more attractive, public school counterparts (The Age) Leave a comment
Media Politician wants people to stop lying, calling him a black kettle. (The Age) Leave a comment
August 20, 2012
Obvious Banks full of shit. Who knew? (Aside from everyone…) (The Age) Leave a comment
N.T. Country Liberals jerk off all over NT Labor (SMH) Leave a comment
*speechless* “Legitimate rape” victims don’t get pregnant, according to some Republicans. (Newser) Leave a comment
Deeeeeeeerp | Fallacy Lyle Shelton admits that the gay marriage argument is lost and that he’s on the wrong side of history (The Paunch) Leave a comment
Education If only there was a political party with a civics education policy… (Conversation) One comment
August 17, 2012
It's fucking patriotism! | Meta-journalism Seeking asylum is not illegal, Mr Abbott (ABC) Leave a comment
Environment Marine Climate Change report card – CSIRO (CSIRO) Leave a comment
Human Rights | World Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange – transcript (Wikileaks) One comment
Douchebag Like the lower house, the Senate passes offshore processing legislation, while voting against added human rights protection and review of the policy. Greens only dissent to violating international obligations. (ABC) Leave a comment
Bravo | Classy Tony Windsor being awesome, and a better journalist than pretty much anyone working at the majors. (The Age) Leave a comment
Bravo Ecuador gives infinitely better consular support to an Australian citizen than Australia. Then goes even further. (Bonus: snide jab at Australia’s human rights record) (The Age) Leave a comment
*speechless* | Well... shit. The UK comes close to demolishing the foundation of basic diplomatic relations, and might still. This isn’t an exaggeration. Seriously, this is massive. (Craig Murray) Leave a comment
August 16, 2012
/sigh | FFS While the UK threatens to violate the Vienna Convention, Syria quietly goes on its merry way, pissing all over the Geneva Conventions. (ABC) Leave a comment
Overdue Renewed calls for inquiry into lies that sent the ADF to Iraq, including Malcom Fraser (continuing to be legendary) (ABC) Leave a comment
Wait what? Philip Morris vows ongoing legal challenges to plain packing laws. Seems to miss the part where a decision by the High Court can’t be appealed because it’s… the High Court. (ABC) Leave a comment
Douchebag | FFS An expert case of burying the lede. Outright say that it’s the carbon tax’s fault at the start, then mention at the end that someone (and the facts) disagrees. (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
*speechless* UK threatens to effectively invade Ecuador to kidnap Assange. Yeah, it’s totally just about extraditing him so Swedish police can ask him questions. (ABC) Leave a comment
August 15, 2012
Pot - Kettle Abbott complains about the prospect of the Gillard government doing something his party did twice in three elections, while he was a minister. (The Age) Leave a comment
Bravo Former Liberal PM calls bullshit on “racist” anti-refugee policy. (The Age) Leave a comment
Facepalm Let’s pretend that the refurbishment of an almost century-old building teeming with asbestos is all about Gillard. That’ll be fun. (The Age) Leave a comment
*speechless* | /sigh | Australia | Douchebag | Facepalm | FFS | Human Rights | It's fucking patriotism! | Predictable | This is why we can't have nice things | Well... shit. Labor and LNP agree on something. Having arbitrary, indefinite (potentially lifetime) detention for asylum seekers. (National Times) Leave a comment
Hurrr | Obvious Even Republicans think Romney’s VP pick is a disaster waiting to happen. Leave a comment
Huzzah High Court tells tobacco industry “Stick that in y0ur pipe and smoke it.” (ABC) Leave a comment
August 14, 2012
Science Obama hints at being a little bit giddy over Mars awesomeness (ABC) Leave a comment
/sigh | FFS Gillard panders to religious extremists (ACL) Leave a comment
August 13, 2012
Not News Japan to detonate bombs near Darwin (bullshit headline writing: amIdoingitright?) (ABC) Leave a comment
WTF? According to QANTAS, all men on planes are pedos. (The Age) Leave a comment
Deeeeeeeerp Romney selects viciously anti-gay running mate (and all-round moron) (Gay Star News) Leave a comment
Bravo | Overdue Dems add marriage equality to official plaform (Gay Star News) Leave a comment
August 12, 2012
Overdue Catholic church joins the 20th century, reluctantly. Maybe. (The Telegraph) Leave a comment
August 10, 2012
/sigh Firing someone for rescuing a stray apparently not just dickish, also illegal.
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/sigh | Derp Coalition can’t agree on which truth is most truthfully expedient. Politically speaking. (Bonus: Ian MacFarlane looking like he wants to eat babies) (The Age) Leave a comment
August 9, 2012
Obvious | S.A. “…the Liberals appear to have a problem with women.” (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
Pot - Kettle Champion of the media’s right to question, News Ltd, dodges questions from the media. (ABC) Leave a comment
/sigh Opposition declare NBN a failure because it will cost more than originally claimed. Except, the 4% increase in estimated cost is nothing for a massive public project, and the total cost is still less than initial estimates. (ABC) Leave a comment
August 8, 2012
...huh? I feel like this is some kind of reverse-Godwin (the headline is borderline, too… I don’t see Abbott’s racism being labelled as “Christian call to curb compassion”) (The Age) Leave a comment
Obvious Punch commenters aren’t racist, but… (Punch) 2 comments
August 7, 2012
Predictable Newman has shortest honeymoon ever. Tends to happen when you kill jobs, funding for breast cancer screening, etc. (Brisbane Times) Leave a comment
/sigh | Stupid Coalition’s plan to tackle climate change: Pretend to do something now, and “Let future Ted deal with it” (The Age) Leave a comment
Obvious Coalition full of shit on carbon tax… (The Age) Leave a comment
Overdue … and voters seem to have started noticing. (ABC) Leave a comment
/sigh | Stupid NSW Police Chief demonstrates his fundamental lack of clues (MCV Pacific) Leave a comment
August 6, 2012
Douchebag Opposition uncommits to NDIS (The Age) Leave a comment
Wait what? Abbott accuses Gillard of waging “jihad” on miners (ABC) 2 comments
Bravo Voting is Deadly (AEC) Leave a comment
It's fucking patriotism! Can someone please tell me why the fuck it matters if we get medals at the Olympics, let alone why that’s more important than academic studies? (ABC) Leave a comment
Well... shit. Downer touted to lead SA Libs. (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
/sigh Drink manufacturers say nation-wide deposit scheme would hurt consumers. Also shown to have jacked up their prices more than the cost of deposit, blaming it on the deposit. (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
*speechless* What the fucking fuck? (The Advocate) Leave a comment
August 3, 2012
Derp Herpity Derpity Dooooooo! (CanDO) Leave a comment
*speechless* The important thing about this teenage Olympian is her hair (Yahoo) Leave a comment
Wait what? “Stand Up to Anti-Christian, Anti-Chicken Heterophobic Bigots” (Fox) Leave a comment
FFS For anyone who thinks equality has been achieved so we should shut up about gay marriage… (NY Daily News) Leave a comment
August 2, 2012
...huh? | WTF? QLD conservatives think voters like it when people lose their jobs (ABC) Leave a comment
/sigh Shifty market manipulations by power generators (The Age) Leave a comment
Predictable Independent review finds Labor’s IR laws that were going to destroy productivity did not, in fact, harm productivity. (ABC) Leave a comment
...huh? Actual conversation: “Urgent tweets?” “Urgent tweets” “O.o” (CNN) Leave a comment
August 1, 2012
Deeeeeeeerp “Social media expert” fails. (The Age) Leave a comment
Bravo ACCC smacks carbon tax liars (ABC) Leave a comment
/sigh | WTF? Newman arbitrarily strips job security protections from public sector (ABC) Leave a comment
July 31, 2012
Predictable Climate change deniers do research without the ‘flaws’ in mainstream climate science, get the same (or more significant) results. Other deniers stick fingers in ears and yell “LALALALALA”. (The Age) Leave a comment
Glass houses Guy who accused Slipper of sexual harassment under investigation for sex with underage boys (ABC) Leave a comment
July 30, 2012
/sigh Well if the Sri Lankan government, with its long history of human rights abuses, says it’s not abusing human rights any more, who are we to argue? (The Age) Leave a comment
FFS Coalition commit to National Disability Insurance Scheme -and promise funding by cutting other services (The Age) Leave a comment
Overdue Polls show people noticing the world didn’t end with the carbon tax Leave a comment
Suuure Mal Brough helps attack Slipper, wins preselection for Slipper’s seat, claims it’s unrelated and he’s telling the truth, despite initially denying involvement. (The Age) Leave a comment
July 27, 2012
Obvious If Abbott doesn’t want to bring back Work Choices, why no details on his proposed IR reform? (The Age) Leave a comment
July 26, 2012
Facepalm The comments, they burn (Salon) Leave a comment
FFS Why the fuck wasn’t this front page news everywhere? Oh, Liberal Senator eh? Carry on. (The Australian) Leave a comment
July 25, 2012
This is why we can't have nice things Really, now we’re body-shaming Olympic athletes? FFS. (The Age) Leave a comment
Obvious Christopher Pyne: full of shit (The Conversation) Leave a comment
July 24, 2012
Huzzah Solar Thermal all kinds of popular (ABC) Leave a comment
July 20, 2012
FFS While technically accurate, “school shooter” is not what is implied by someone who fires a gun without intent to hit someone. But SCHOOL SHOOTER! is a sexier headline, so fuck the truth, right? (The Advertiser) One comment
Obvious | Overdue Human rights commissioner suggests that maybe we should allow refugees some human rights (ABC) Leave a comment
Stupid Google giving Sex Party the shits (The Age) Leave a comment
bored now Slow progress on Slipper case, Opposition thinks everything as a reason for a new election (The Age) Leave a comment
Overdue Solar thermal set to replace aging coal plant (ABC) Leave a comment
duh Wind Turbine Syndrome is a crock of shit, who knew? (Conversation) Leave a comment
July 19, 2012
/sigh | lulz Media fails at pedobear (The Age) Leave a comment
/sigh Male Olympians get business class, females get economy. (The Age) Leave a comment
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