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September 6, 2012
Overdue | Pot - Kettle Meanwhile, Turnbull takes a very delicate swing at his party’s politicking. (ABC) Leave a comment
Australia | Follow Up Gillard finally finds Jim Wallace offensive. (The Age) Leave a comment
Science Germany’s power generation becomes more reliable as it adds renewables, not less as is generally claimed by di… fossil fuel proponents. (Renewables International) Leave a comment
September 5, 2012
*twitch* | /sigh | Deeeeeeeerp | Derp | Douchebag | Facepalm | Fallacy | FFS | Health | Human Rights | Hurrr | Moral Panic | Predictable | Sad | Stupid | Suuure | This is why we can't have nice things | VAGINA VAGINA VAGINA VAGINA | Wait what? | Well... shit. | WTF? Fuck.
You.
Jim.
Wallace. (Brisbane Times)		 Leave a comment
FFS Being hit on by someone of the same gender is comparable to finding someone sexually assaulting your child, according to Classy Campbell. (Star Observer) Leave a comment
Well... shit. | WTF? ‘Christian’ wingnut GP prescribes chemical castration as cure for The Gay, without mentioning that it’s chemical castration. Is no longer a GP. Leave a comment
Predictable Gina Rinehart apparently unhappy she can’t pay her staff $2 a day (ABC) Leave a comment
Predictable Katter’s party in meltdown (according to KAP candidate) Leave a comment
September 4, 2012
FFS Yep, it’s official: Abbott supports racist deportations. (For those who say it’s a country not a race, we know you have-black-friends-and-are-not-racist,-but) (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
September 3, 2012
Douchebag | Hurrr Coalition wants Sri-Lankan refugees arbitrarily denied asylum for the crime of… not being at war? Last I checked, not being at war doesn’t prevent government persecution (If we got out of our wars, would Australia quit persecuting minorities?) Leave a comment
Predictable Countries acting as fronts for corporations… not scary at all. (The Age) Leave a comment
August 31, 2012
Wait what? | Well... shit. | WTF? Holy fucking what the fucking shit!? (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
/sigh | Facepalm Oh right, Adelaide. (The Advertiser) One comment
August 30, 2012
Meta-journalism Faifax journalists looking for work (Crikey) Leave a comment
Press Release Greens – Bring pollies perks into the daylight Leave a comment
August 29, 2012
Huzzah | Overdue Publicly funded dental. That is all. (The Age) Leave a comment
lulz | Well Played Liberal premiers being used to beat Abbott over the head. (The Age) Leave a comment
/sigh Women need to do more submitting to men. Or some shit. (The Age) Leave a comment
Overdue Indonesia’s violent suppression of dissent (and Australia’s connection to such) get some long-overdue attention (ABC) Leave a comment
/sigh Gun control reform panel populated entirely by pro-gun folk. Stay classy, Queensland. (ABC) Leave a comment
lulz “Romney was lured away to run the Winter Olympics, the second most Caucasian institution on earth, after the G.O.P” (NY Times) Leave a comment
August 28, 2012
/sigh | Not News Julia Gillard’s shoe falls off. Yes, really, that’s it. Leave a comment
Obvious Howard not helping Abbott convince people the Libs don’t want WorkChoices back (ABC) Leave a comment
Meta-journalism Sexism at the ABC (The News With Nipples) Leave a comment
lulz Meanwhile, Leigh Sales responds with hilarity (The Age) Leave a comment
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
Press Release Greens – Surveillance expansion goes ahead despite clear warnings Leave a comment
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
Press Release Katter’s Australia Party – LNP confirms plans for new rail sell off 1,690 comments
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
Press Release Sex Party – Angry at Angry 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
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