tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post2762704922533833951..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: Dear Age.....Bunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-64177018953955236932012-02-22T14:27:21.863+11:002012-02-22T14:27:21.863+11:00This pretty much sums it up for more efficiently t...This pretty much sums it up for more efficiently that I could http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/the_war_on_science/<br /><br />Random guys opinions about sea levels on a beach being used as a counterpoint to the CSIRO researched efforts?<br /><br />Promotions of Plimer's nonsense (Volcanos emitting more than humans??), Monckton's nonsense... the list goes on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-85844066674557474772012-02-22T12:59:56.578+11:002012-02-22T12:59:56.578+11:00I went to two Melbourne APS schools from 1967 to 1...I went to two Melbourne APS schools from 1967 to 1979. I always thought GPS was a Sydney thing.Tonyhttp://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/cricket/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-36327067908551579892012-02-22T12:37:01.341+11:002012-02-22T12:37:01.341+11:00GPS was the common term in Sydney for private scho...GPS was the common term in Sydney for private schools way back in the medieval days I was "creeping like snail unwillingly" to class. Now the media just refer to them as Private Schools, usually in the context of trying to knock some stuffing out of them.blogstropnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-72574816202834317422012-02-22T12:21:37.168+11:002012-02-22T12:21:37.168+11:00The Advertiser . . ? It used to be a decent, if bo...The Advertiser . . ? It used to be a decent, if boring, plodding broadsheet. I grew up with it in the city of churches.<br /><br />Since the Murdoch incubus took it over, it has become a tabloid in every sense of the word - it is a contender for the worst paper in Australia, even worse than the Phage or the Silly, but for different reasons. It is practically indistinguishable from a throw-over-the-fence suburban giveaway, full of ads interspersed with rip-and-read news items, and an incoherent, ugly layout.<br /><br />God help us if the Murdoch press is all that's left, because frankly when the Murdoch press has no competition, like in Adelaide, it becomes everything that its detractors claim that it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-68128301959569567732012-02-22T12:07:47.968+11:002012-02-22T12:07:47.968+11:00No, it wasn't me. But I suspect someone is im...No, it wasn't me. But I suspect someone is imitating the real hammygar, and doing it all too well. May it continue!arnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-78260806444168560222012-02-22T11:54:51.154+11:002012-02-22T11:54:51.154+11:00“The problem with most modern analyses of politics...“The problem with most modern analyses of politics is that they are described as dichotomous and linear when they might be better depicted as trichotomous and three-dimensional. That is, instead of a linear left/right divide—with the good guys in the centre (or, as the mainstream media would insist, slightly left of centre) and extremists on either the far-left or the far-right, casting the extremists on both sides as most different from each other—a better picture of the political spectrum is a coloured, solid one (as a sphere or, even better, a dipyramidal hexahedron) of three main colours based mainly on the computer’s basic colours of red, blue and green, moving toward white at the top and black at the bottom.”<br />See “<a href="http://trichotomyofpolitics.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/introduction/" rel="nofollow">The Trichotomy of politics</a>”.Deadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012725254441170657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-33347632251501163512012-02-22T11:47:31.857+11:002012-02-22T11:47:31.857+11:00The Advertiser anyone? Well it does have lots of a...The Advertiser anyone? Well it does have lots of articles on the Murray.<br /><br />observaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-16945972905219357332012-02-22T11:39:22.906+11:002012-02-22T11:39:22.906+11:00Hammygar,I think you've neglected to append (s...Hammygar,I think you've neglected to append (sarc.)to your amusing contribution.It's useful for deluded souls who might otherwise think they've stumbled across a fellow true believing fool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-3977957864879365672012-02-22T11:36:49.766+11:002012-02-22T11:36:49.766+11:00Is that a confession, ar, that you are hammygar? O...Is that a confession, ar, that you are hammygar? Obviously hammygar isn't real, nobody could be that silly. <br /><br />Except numbers. I find numbers almost convincing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-79236503055752460802012-02-22T11:31:55.951+11:002012-02-22T11:31:55.951+11:00Actually the township of Weipa is a fairly good ex...Actually the township of Weipa is a fairly good example of what Phillip seems to have in mind. It began as an entity completely owned by the company, but eventually they allowed people to buy the houses and those who have elected to live there, can continue to do so.BULLDOG44noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-53768774990838643922012-02-22T11:31:38.303+11:002012-02-22T11:31:38.303+11:00Rafiki,Fairfax would have you believe that circula...Rafiki,Fairfax would have you believe that circulation figures are not important,what you need to focus on are the READERSHIP figures and would further have you believe that READERSHIP figures for all of their rubbish are astronomical.The real beauty of their position is that while circulation figures are audited and bear some relationship to reality(even allowing for give-aways),READERSHIP figures can be anything they say they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-2952085396990647972012-02-22T11:20:21.816+11:002012-02-22T11:20:21.816+11:00James - I left Grimstone Grammar in 1968. I may be...James - I left Grimstone Grammar in 1968. I may be wrong, or age may trick my memory, but I have a belief that way back then the collection was known as GPS.<br />For a boy from the bush that always seemed a pretentious title, so if it has faded away then well and good. <br />Moving sideways, people in my S.A. hometown referred to this educational foray as "going to college" (e.g. St Peter's College; P.A.C.; Scotch College) - but then, Victorians have a way a mangling the English language, and refer to a 'private' school as a 'public' school!Thomas the Toutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-19843706906832767862012-02-22T10:33:12.204+11:002012-02-22T10:33:12.204+11:00Shorten was educated?Shorten was educated?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-59537348568203340482012-02-22T10:22:38.175+11:002012-02-22T10:22:38.175+11:00I am interested in your unbacked up assertion that...I am interested in your unbacked up assertion that the Australian is "unscientific". Perhaps you can provide some examples, with some evidence of why they are "unscientific". You can then give us your "scientific" opinion, backed up with some more good quality empirical data.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-64308716896179337582012-02-22T10:07:48.600+11:002012-02-22T10:07:48.600+11:00Of course the mining companies dropped spending in...Of course the mining companies dropped spending in local towns when Keating wanted to include that spending into the FBT. The mining companies quickly worked out that FIFO was cheaper and classed as a necessary business expense and so that was the end of many local mining towns.<br /><br />Ah the ALP and unintended consequences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-49395388052981188812012-02-22T09:50:16.982+11:002012-02-22T09:50:16.982+11:00Bunyip, I salute the Irish Lion's forthright e...Bunyip, I salute the Irish Lion's forthright epistle to The Age; one can only hope they'll listen. <br /><br />I've had two recent epiphanies myself regarding that paper. The first was upon reading an Age article online comparing Melbourne north of the Yarra to Melbourne south of the Yarra - the sort of silly but inoffensive tosh they use as space-filler in some of their weekend issues. <br /><br />Well, according to the writer of that column, Melbourne's north, everyone agreed, ended at Bell Street. Beyond that... the wilds! <br /><br />It just so happens that I live and am paying off the mortgage for a house in Lalor, which is quite a way beyond Bell Street. <br /><br />Well, that wasn't offensive but it was clarifying - if The Age opinionistas could afford to ignore us in the 'burbs, well, we could pretty much ignore them. And indeed beyond Bell Street is pretty much all Herald Sun territory (with the exception of a few enclaves of Age readers in Preston). <br /><br />The second epiphany happened a few weeks ago, when I stopped in at a particular cafe in North Melbourne as I normally do, my last stop on the way to work. I noticed that they had five - FIVE! - copies of The Age, compared with one each of the Herald Sun and The Australian. On asking about this I was told they all came free; The Age were more interested in keeping the circulation figures up for the advertisers than in selling copies of the paper. Indeed there are more copies than they know what to do with at that cafe. <br /><br />So the management itself don't seem to have any confidence in the paper or the readership; it is literally, as well as figuratively, worthless. <br /><br />You've got to wonder how much longer The Age or the Fairfax papers can survive. <br /><br />I second Irish Lion, The Oz is a much better paper. And they, it seems, have confidence enough to set a price on their stories.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-532202561763987072012-02-22T09:39:23.164+11:002012-02-22T09:39:23.164+11:00Not as good as fake Hammy...Not as good as fake Hammy...arnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-62158255756700978572012-02-22T09:37:17.326+11:002012-02-22T09:37:17.326+11:00Much better than the real thing...Much better than the real thing...arnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-47137272882214258152012-02-22T09:35:12.332+11:002012-02-22T09:35:12.332+11:00I see we have a few trolls misusing the f word her...I see we have a few trolls misusing the f word here. They seem to think that the somehow right wingers can be fascists. How odd. Surely, the more right wing you are, the more you abhor government interference in the lives of the citizen. An extreme right winger would thus be a an anarchist, not a fascist. Fascism is just another strain of collectivism/statism so actually sits on the left of the political spectrum. That is why Communists and Fascists always hated each other so much; they were competing for the same adherents/voters. Communism and Fascism were the Pepsi and Coke of the political world, they both taste basically the same and aim at the same adolescent market. Conservatism and Libertarianism are for grown-ups, and are could be described as the Shiraz and Cabernet of the political world.<br /><br />Rococo LiberalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-63220455618629207772012-02-22T09:15:05.526+11:002012-02-22T09:15:05.526+11:00PhillipGeorge, You would not need to insist. The m...PhillipGeorge, You would not need to insist. The main reason that the fly in fly method of labour delivery has developed is that the Federal Government, in their wisdom, decided that money that the company spent providing accommodation and housing ect was a "fringe benefit" on which tax was to be paid. This makes the fly in fly out actually cheaper for the companies. All you would need to do is to get rid of the fringe benefits and other bolshie taxes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-15186700327367929592012-02-22T08:44:18.728+11:002012-02-22T08:44:18.728+11:00trust me FIFO would be most peoples choice, who th...trust me FIFO would be most peoples choice, who the hell wants to live in or rather on those shitty mine site, get a bloody life mateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-76077328594466854602012-02-22T08:27:28.222+11:002012-02-22T08:27:28.222+11:00And so say all of us
But if you want to see just ...And so say all of us<br /><br />But if you want to see just why the Fauxfax stable has sunk to sea level and losing treading water,read the idiots in the comments section after any op ed piece. <br /><br />They are farther left than Lea Rhiannon, and truly rip to shreds like mindless banshees any who dare to write one word that even smells "conservative"<br /><br />Think of any daily leftist spin line and it regurgitates over and over ad infinitum in their "thinking"<br /><br />Do NOT rest in peace ,O Fauxfax!Jazzanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-85772270985445158722012-02-22T07:34:34.544+11:002012-02-22T07:34:34.544+11:00Good catch by James on GPS v APS, but I'm not ...Good catch by James on GPS v APS, but I'm not sure it clinches the case. Speaking as an Old Xav the GPS reference didn't jar with me until you mentioned it. It's a long time since my career counseling sessions with Father Stephenson but I think I can recall GPS being used, perhaps unofficially back, in the 1970s. In fact I think I have used it myself.<br /><br />I'm almost reluctant to mention Xavier these days because another old boy, Bill Shorten, doesn't do anything for its reputation. - Hoorick HoorahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-86273893753911947962012-02-22T07:19:04.443+11:002012-02-22T07:19:04.443+11:00Tout, your veracity is brought into question by yo...Tout, your veracity is brought into question by your use of the acronym 'GPS,' which is not known or used in Victoria. It would have been an APS school. No-one who attended an APS school would not use that acronym.James in Melbournenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-87816137910864768602012-02-22T06:55:57.746+11:002012-02-22T06:55:57.746+11:00However, The Age still has it's uses. We pick ...However, The Age still has it's uses. We pick it up some Fridays from the local fish 'n' chip shoppe. A wave to days gone bye for a few select customers and it keeps the fare nice and warm.Gabnoreply@blogger.com