both kinds of politics

October 24, 2012

Grats someone on breaking the law and sending out paper that’s probably covered in your fingerprints. And being a douchbag; grats on that, too.

September 5, 2012

Fuck.
You.
Jim.
Wallace. (Brisbane Times)

August 7, 2012

/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
/sigh \| Stupid	NSW Police Chief demonstrates his fundamental lack of clues (MCV Pacific)	Leave a comment

July 20, 2012

Google giving Sex Party the shits (The Age)

July 3, 2012

Talk about how much carbon tax will hurt one guy, but don’t mention how much he earns (if he’s not getting any compensation, “a lot”) (The Age)

June 14, 2012

Children hugging each other is bad, apparently (The Age)

January 20, 2012

December 2, 2011

Stupid | WTF?

Another News Ltd paper exposes politicians using allowances for their intended purpose. Shocking. (The Advertiser)

November 11, 2011

Entitled upper-middle class housewife cries poor (Pure Poison)

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October 13, 2011

Want to hear Abbott’s call for a return to McCarthyism? Skip to 44:58 (mp3 warning) (ABC)

August 16, 2011

Barnaby Joyce : “I’ve been kicked in the head by a horse.” (Christian Lobby)

August 11, 2011

Pretending to apportion some blame to policy-makers, then mostly just blaming poor people for being poor (The Australian)

July 26, 2011

Pay no attention to the disturbing pattern of far-right extremism: Norway doesn’t count because mainstream political parties are denouncing it (Good news for anyone worried about Al’Qaeda: they don’t actually exist, because mainstream Muslims condemn them) (Sydney Morning Herald)

June 23, 2011

Telstra and Optus to engage in meaningless internet censorship (news.com.au)

June 8, 2011

Media obviously left-biased for not comparing sexism to not-sexism. Dirty lefties. (The Punch)

May 30, 2011

Labor “heavy” more concerned by jobs subsidised by problem gamblers, than curtailing problem gambling (The Australian)

May 19, 2011

Actual headline: “Julia’s tax will be worse than herpes” (Herald Sun)

May 5, 2011

Stupid	Sheehan: I don’t like Islam, or know the difference between bigamy and polygamy (Sydney Morning Herald)	Leave a comment
Stupid	O’Farrell calls himself #43. Because leader #43 worked out so well for the US? (The Daily Telegraph)	Leave a comment

April 27, 2011

Cloud computing sucks cos everything’s in one place to be stolen (like say, a bank, which is much harder to break into than “under your matress”) (The Age)

April 20, 2011

McCrann: Hey guys, we climate change deniers aren’t wingnuts, it’s the ones who follow established scientific consensus. Just keep saying it until you believe! (Herald Sun)

April 15, 2011

Abbott: Please ignore the terrible infrastructure investment from last time I was in government, and blame it all on Labor. Also, continue to believe made up stuff about how terrible the (overwhelmingly successful) BER program was, and that a fiber optic broadband network is shit compared to a wireless one (The Daily Telegraph)

April 14, 2011

Coalition promises Labor the chance to say “WorkChoices” ad nauseum at next election (The Age)

April 7, 2011

ADF continues a long proud tradition of victimising the victim (ninemsn)

April 6, 2011

Stupid	Kelly: Gillard is a poopie head for having to deal with minority government, and PMs who didn’t have minority government would have done things differently (The Australian)	Leave a comment
Stupid	In defence of racist defamation (complete with getting the basic facts of the case wrong) (The Australian)	Leave a comment

March 29, 2011

Seems a sizable chunk of regional NSW likes the smell of bigotry in the morning (The Courier Mail)

March 28, 2011

Abbott: Climate change is not not crap, and the carbon tax (not NSW Labor) killed NSW Labor (The Age)

March 25, 2011

Akerman: WHARRGARBL (The Daily Telegraph)

March 18, 2011

Oh look, an American who doesn’t like the UN (see comment #1 for rebuttal) (Sydney Morning Herald)

March 17, 2011

Gillard: Greens are extreme. Abbott: brown and yellow people will steal your jobs. (The Age)

March 11, 2011

The Oz demonstrates FAIR AND BALANCED schadenfreude, and criticises Labor for… I’m not sure, not reinforcing unconstitutional behaviour by the US by further undermining natural justice? Bastards. (The Australian)

March 4, 2011

But of course Queensland is pissy about having to be responsible instead of just mooching from the Feds (Courier Mail)

March 1, 2011

Stupid	Admitting you’re wrong is a horrible thing to do. Just stick to your guns, regardless of the consequences, right Penbo? (Daily Telegraph)	Leave a comment
Stupid	Islamophobia not quite as rife as Morrison would prefer (still pretty rife, though) (The Age)	Leave a comment

February 28, 2011

If (when) Labor loses NSW election, it’s because of the carbon tax, not the fact that they’ve been on the path to losing for years. Obviously. (Daily Telegraph)

February 18, 2011

Coalition MPs deny Morrison wanted to go after Muslims, concede Bishop, Ruddock response (the one that would only make sense if Morrison had suggested going after Muslims) (The West Australian)

February 16, 2011

Stupid	Reagan’s ghost being unavailable, Bolt settles for fellating Abbott. (Herald Sun)	Leave a comment
Stupid	Call for DNA testing of all newborns. Why? Money. (The Australian)	Leave a comment

February 11, 2011

Stupid	News Corp. rules of editorialising: in a negative story, use the most left-wing of the people involved as the thumbnail, regardless of seniority or importance (Thumbnail) (The Australian)	Leave a comment
Stupid	News Corp. rules of editorialising: when a public servant is in trouble, exaggerate. For example, someone suspected of accidentally sparking a fire suddenly becomes an arsonist. Ignore that arson requires intent, making public servants look bad is more important. (The Australian)	Leave a comment

February 8, 2011

The Oz turns it’s Fox-quality journalism on Independents (because getting donations is just plain wrong. or something) (The Australian)

February 4, 2011

Nationals probably know what “Independent” means, but it won’t stop them from lying through their teeth to scramble for more power (The Australian)

February 1, 2011

In full campaigning swing, Chris Pyne demonstrates his suitability to comment on the national history curriculum by showing how poor his understanding of history is (The Punch)

January 27, 2011

New flag? Political leaders say: bugger that, I’m busy waiting for the other lot to do something new so I can bitch about it (The Age)

January 25, 2011

Labor’s conservatism hurting vote with progressives (duh) even though the headline makes it sound like it’s the fault of Labor Left (The Australian)

January 24, 2011

Stupid	Apparently helping repair flood damage is “an opportunistic attempt to fill the coffers” (Read: don’t balance the budget, we want to be able to attack you for not doing it. Selfish pricks.) (The Australian)	Leave a comment
Stupid	Queensland Opposition doing their bit to make Bligh look good (‘I don’t like this, but I don’t have a better idea’) (The Age)	Leave a comment

January 21, 2011

Pokie barons complain that regulation could limit their ability to bilk copious amounts of money from people (no shit) (The Age)

January 20, 2011

Stupid	Herpa (Pure Poison)	Leave a comment
Stupid	Derp (Pure Poison)	Leave a comment

January 17, 2011

Ms. Gillard not emotional enough (or some shit) (The Australian)

January 10, 2011

Stupid	Ruddock: Gillard sucks for not redirecting the boats so the refugees down on the way to somewhere else. And I miss being important. (The Australian)	Leave a comment
Stupid	Downer: That guy who wasn’t a terrorist shouldn’t get compensation for being arbitrarily locked up, tortured, and given bugger all support by the Australian government (The Australian)	Leave a comment

January 7, 2011

Gerry Harvey: “Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh” (The Age)

January 4, 2011

The Oz’s latest anti-NBN tirade: OMG Chinese cyber-spies! (Ignoring that fibre is more secure than copper, of course) (The Australian)

January 3, 2011

Philip “I got kicked out of Amnesty International for being a heartless monster” Ruddock calls for us to redirect (“stop”) the boats, so refugees can drown somewhere else (The Australian)

December 23, 2010

Please, someone tell me how attacking a military base would be a terrorist act (illegal, sure, but terrorism?) (The Australian)

November 29, 2010

Abbott: royal wedding fever is cos we’re rabid monarchists (not down to a lust for celebrity gossip, no siree) (The Australian)

November 26, 2010

Penberthy: I don’t care if that’s how parliamentary democracy works, I hate unions! (The Punch)

November 17, 2010

When reality doesn’t support your prejudice, just make a bunch of shit up. Right Janet? (The Australian)

November 16, 2010

Comm Bank is screaming about the Greens being dirty commies (The Age)

November 12, 2010

Intellectual honesty? Why would we need that in a law professor? (Sydney Morning Herald)

November 11, 2010

Garu Johns: Here, have a thought arresting cliche about savage and immoral natives (The Australian)

November 10, 2010

Bolt: Why apples are just like oranges, and how this proves lefties suck (Herald Sun)

November 9, 2010

Fraser pushes false dichotomy of “obscenely profitable or economy-ruining weak” banks (The Age)

November 5, 2010

ACL worried about The Gay encroaching on its “pandered-to minority” turf (The Age)

November 4, 2010

Facebook will reveal indiscretions and ruin political careers (because Obama would never have been elected if people knew about all the drug-taking he did… oh… wait) (The Punch)

November 1, 2010

Labor no longer a progressive party? Thanks for the update, would you like to hop back in the TARDIS? (The Australian)

October 25, 2010

John Howard: blurring the line between delusion and revisionism since 1939 (The Australian)

October 19, 2010

Sure, Hicks was abused, but he’s AN EVIL LYING DIRTY TERRORIST, A TERRORIST who probably didn’t deserve it (researching someone’s claims is apparently only easy when that someone’s not a Liberal) (The Australian)

October 18, 2010

Apparently using rhetorical devices in a speech makes you more of an idiot than saying that being able to see Russia from your house makes you qualified to comment on foreign relations (and other ridiculous misrepresentations of the US political landscape) (The Daily Telegraph)

October 13, 2010

Bob Brown walks on water. Andrew Bolt accuses him of cheating in Big Bay swim. (Bolt)

October 12, 2010

Abbott: Gillard shouldn’t have kept quiet about my travel plans. I had to because of security issues (so really, I’d be whinging about her endangering me if she’d done what I said she should have) (Sydney Morning Herald)

October 7, 2010

Stupid	Devine: Dumb ad proof that people who follow the science on climate change are NAZIS! (Herald Sun)	Leave a comment
Stupid	Dude with creepy mo: Aussie troops shouldn’t be subject to international law cos the Taliban doesn’t recognise it (The Punch)	Leave a comment

October 6, 2010

Stupid	GILLARD TRIED TO KILL ABBOTT! (because that’s for more plausible than Abbott just putting his foot in it again) (Bolt wing of the Liberal Party)	One comment
Stupid	Rutledge: It’s not the media’s fault we’re fearmongering arseholes, you ask for it (The Punch)	Leave a comment
Stupid	Janet Albrechtsen pines for a Tea Party in Australia and neglects two crucial elements. 1) There already is a Tea Party here, and 2) she has no idea what the Tea Party in ‘Murica is about. (SMH)	2 comments

October 5, 2010

Stupid	Want some journalism? Too bad! Here’s some navel-gazing instead. (Punch)	Leave a comment
Stupid	Oz Editor: Write the article as though Greens voters hate Labor, then hide the fact that there was only a 1% change deep in the article (The Australian)	Leave a comment

October 1, 2010

Need an idea for an article? Steal a joke that’s been old for weeks. (The West Australian)

September 29, 2010

In the land of Andrew Bolt, upholding one’s end of a bargain is more like breaking a promise than breaking a promise (so long as he doesn’t agree with your) (Hurrrrrrrr)

September 24, 2010

Malcolm Farr informs us he doesn’t understand the phrase “constitutional crisis” (The Daily Telegraph)

September 23, 2010

Feminists should… agree with… Fred Nile? Huh? (Sydney Morning Herald)

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September 22, 2010

Albrechtsen defends the paper that declared itself partisan against criticism about being partisan (The Australian)

September 9, 2010

Stupid	It takes 3 ‘journalists’ to work out what the Greens and Independents had openly admitted, and call it ‘cracks appearing’ (The Age)	One comment
Stupid	Hard hitting: Unlike the Queen and Maggie Thatcher, Gillard doesn’t carry a handbag! (The Australian)	One comment
Stupid	Yet more complaints about the Westminster system working as intended (Sydney Morning Herald)	Leave a comment

September 8, 2010

Stupid	Barnett: I have a very poor understanding of both history and the term ‘left wing’ (The West Australian)	Leave a comment
Stupid	The inevitable Andrew Bolt butthurt, as usual, delivers the lulz (Herald Sun)	4 comments

September 7, 2010

Katter: Discrimination not a big deal (but those Filipino bananas? National crisis!) (Sydney Morning Herald)