There’s no dignity in the manner that the member for Thuringowa is allowing the slow death of Townsville through his cowardly lack of action. Not even a squeak protesting his own government’s disgraceful behaviour on juvenile crime. The level of his callous self interest was seen in a disgusting FB post in the past week. The Magpie shares.
Vlad the Invader is all the news this week … but smarties are looking ahead … today The Ukraine, tomorrow Taiwan, and on the local scene, it has already been asked … will the invasion of the Ukraine be the struggling Scott Morrison’s Tampa moment?
Bumbling Anna Alphabet and her shifty Public Service Commissioner aren’t the Gang Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight … they proved this week they’re The Gang That Couldn’t Get Their Stories Straight. Let’s just call ‘em The Dog’s Hind Leg Gang.
But for all that, don’t we ever need a laugh, so The ‘Pie returns to his first love – language (sorry, Mavis) – and looks at some of the latest twists and turns in the changing world of words. God knows, we need a giggle.
And as always, there is another thing The ‘Pie is perennially in need of – your support in running this blog. Whoever said ‘man cannot live by bread alone’ may be right but The ’Pie is willing to give it a go … so if you can spare a bit of bread, crumbs even, it will make the crusty old bird blush with gratitude. The Donate button at the end of the blog.
Now ever onwards.
Poor Fella Their Country
We weep with Ukrainians, both in their homeland and everywhere. There are no words for what is happening, no amount of spinning is ever going to make sense let alone justify what is happening. One thing appears certain, though … it is reliably reported that many Russian troops are disheartened by the task they’ve been given by their megalomaniac leader … and all … and I mean ALL … Ukrainians mean to fight for their country. Like this bloke.
Christ, that’s real leadership. Which is more than can be said for many bystanders, but that will be ably covered by pundits of the chatterati as thing unfold. Bentley is as pissed off as The ‘Pie with the weak kneed, delusionary response.
But while there is no JFK to turn back missiles from this latter-day Cuba, Putin may well find that The Ukraine is no Grenada … and no joke, like Grenada was – over in a day.
For folks The ‘Pie’s age, witnessing history is a double edged emotion … a wall comes down, a tyrant arises … but enough about Vlad’s greatest enabler Trump, we talk here of Napoleon Putin. There are two elements that strike us first about this heinous act of aggression. It’s sheer blatancy, a fine finger-thrust of judgement given to the world softened up by social media lunatics to accept the impossible as likely … and Putin’s neat surgery to remove any remaining remnants of balls and brains of the United Nations. They condemn the invasion, Russia vetoes the motion. To put it in perspective, the UN is now, and always has been, the global equivalent of Townsville Enterprise trying to buck Jenny Hill.
But the stone has been chucked in the middle of the millpond, and the ripples will gather speed, its outcome certain to affect events on the other side of the world. The one watching the world’s reaction to The Ukraine invasion with the greatest interest is the one country that could’ve stopped it, but had a massive interest in not doing so … China.
Whether the world engages Putin on the ground, or doesn’t, China will assess the overall reaction and measures, then work out one of two strategies, and Taiwan will be the next to go. And that has huge implications for Australia, too, but a chest-thumping Scott Morrison could well get his appendage caught in his zip. In a weird mirror image variation on Howard’s Tampa moment, our PM has seized upon the the Putin bastardry to make the next election about good old Aussie xenophobia. He has put displaced (Caucasian) Ukrainians at the top of the list on humanitarian grounds (as he should). Therefore, it will be as difficult as it will be undesirable for him not to extend the same humanitarian gesture to Taiwanese fleeing their homeland, as many will.
And if that happens, Peter Newey will migrant to New Zealand … if they’ll have him.
Lying? Or Just Incompetent? The Plot Of Palaszczuk and Her Public Service Commissioner Robert Setter …
The doubly infuriating fact is they are both incompetent at lying. We’ve been forced to put up with one or the other, but both at the same time will prove intolerable. These two floundering twicers and others like Trad are not the Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight, they are The Gang That Couldn’t Get Their Stories Straight.
One can be excused for suspecting that the newest recruit to Anna’s spin factory is named Baldrick.
This during the week.
What Mr Barbour did clarify was that the CCC request for the laptop was made in August last year, four months after it was taken, and in no way related to the initial ‘removal’ – read theft – of the laptop.
The story continues:
“Barbour also cast doubt on Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s response when Dr Stepanov raised concerns about the laptop with her then director-general in March and early April.
On April 22, the premier referred credit card misconduct and workplace bullying allegations against the integrity commissioner to the parliamentary
However, Barbour said his agency had already probed both of allegations involving Dr Stepanov in January.
He said the credit card complaint has been dismissed, while the CCC didn’t have jurisdiction to probe the bullying allegation.”
This isn’t just clever semantic smartarsery … THIS IS STRAIGHT-OUT LYING.
Speaking Of Smartarsery …
Mayor Mullet was full of the joys of life this week, but The ‘Pie detected she was also, as usual, full of something else.
It is a sad commentary on the untrustworthiness of this council that the following. Questions have to be asked, such is the shape shifting and spinning culture of Walker Street.
The first question concerns this statement.
The wording is ambiguous and given that any other body making it, a generous interpretation of vagueness would be reasonable. But (and The Magpie does sincerely hope he is wrong in this, and happy to be corrected) but does that mean 300 new applications are eligible for the rates break in the current budget year, or that an extra hundred are being made available after the initial 200 were exhausted last year. . In other words, is it 100 or 300 this year?
The other question would be even more interesting if our mayor was willing to back up her ‘shooting from the lip’ comments like the above.
Just where, Madam Mayor, did you get the very vague information from about the Adani nee Bravus FIFO workforce using Townsville ‘a lot’ as a base? A survey? Or a government statistical report which would include such information? A breeze blowing up your bloomers? Given the parlous state of rentals and crime in this city, it would seem unlikely too many folks, even rough tough miners, would be interested in coming here to leave their families alone for long shift absences, rather than say, Rocky, or Bowen, or Gladstone. Your waffle about ‘supporting Adani’ with the inference that therefore the company would ensure a certain number of employees would live in Townsville is old familiar bollocks – no doubt hatched over a biryani and a beer during your visit with Gotem Adani in India not so long ago. It is clear that even this oily business creep would not have the power to do that, nor would he now give a stuff where his Carmichael workforce comes from. So can you quantify ‘a lot’ for us, and tell us you reach that figure?
Or is this just more thought-bubble biryani babble.
Serving The Community (1)
After rushing back home after a week in Parliament, Brisbane member for Thuringowa Aaron Harper wasted no time in communicating with his constituents about his most pressing anxiety of a tumultuous week.
So what did he tackle to soothe and relieve us of our dismay. Congratulate police and Emergency Services for their prompt action in locating a dead young criminal who had fled police and drowned? Talking quietly and calmly to the parents in a responsible manner? Or speaking with the traumatised owners of the stolen car from which the dead teenager ran?
Well, no, Aaron had other more pressing things on his mind.
Phew, now we can relax, emergency over. But when almost all of the many comment his post attracted, he seemed to feel he was being victimised when they all asked questions about juvenile crime, including his reply to one : ‘Bullshit, you have no idea.’ Real classy coming from a servant of the public. Give it away, Aaron, you’re just not up to it.
Some may be thinking that the Cowboys aren’t the only ball players we’d like to see ‘go’ this season, Harpic.
Serving The Community (2) …
The Magpie
February 22, 2022 at 10:23 am (Edit)
THEY’VE BLOODY DONE IT AGAIN!!!
The Townsville Bulletin today continued what is now a tradition from this disgraceful, anti-community rag … the front page glorifying of chromed-brain juvenile car thieves, offering them a platform of notoriety well beyond their social media reach. Which is just what they love. Have you been played, or you do know and just don’t fucking care?
They even got the rarely funny Harry Bruce to join in with a cartoon that underlines exactly what The Magpie is saying.
And this is all reinforced with a flippant, dropped-brick humour in the editorial that starts out like a teenagers social media drivel. FFS!
And just what does this sort reporting achieve, particularly on the front page, what possible purpose does it serve other than to perhaps start juvenile pissing contests among the bruvvers and cus’s to get the biggest publicity. And also cause further distress and frustration to the growing list of traumatised victims.
Don’t you callous idiots realise this is encouraging a group of people who can’t be shamed. And they see this as glorifying their criminal exploits
This sort of coverage is just a short step away from tacit endorsement of juvenile crime. Good for paper sales, you probably reckon. Amnd you served more pixilated pix of the same antics a couple days later.
From praising vicious dead crims who was dumb enough to kill themselves during a pub break-in to romanticising the ten most sexy crims among the slags and droobs that appeared in the magistrates court, the Townsville Bulletin has again spat in the face of its dwindling readership.
And The Coppers Could Have a Bit Of A Publicity Rethink, Too
Would which ever lunkhead in the Police Service spin department thinks this sort of boasting is a good idea, please explain to The Nest why this is nothing more than blatant encouragement to wannabee crims?
This serves absolutely no purpose other than to graphically emphasise how much money can be made through drugs. You don’t have to be Einstein to work out that stating ‘x number of dollars were seized’ is vastly different from a photograph which is just a visual trigger for the dimmer minded. Ordinary law abiding folk would be happy just to be told, they might even be fascinated, but it might also prompt cynical questions like ‘I wonder how much more there was before they took the photograph’?
Ever thought of that, Sherlock?
The Divided States Of America
Harking back to the comment that about witnessing history, there are glimmers of hope that even the Republican right – that’s the bit just to the left of the extreme right – are finally distancing themselves from the treasonous ex-Mobster President. It is hard to write this, but while the world is now full of things that were hard to imagine even a decade ago, hearing a major news network (Fox of course) and well known commentators backing Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine and decrying NATO and their own president is akin to being hit over the head with a sack of roubles. And while the saturation coverage is all Ukraine, Putin’s puppy is wetting himself in frustration as he hovers still in the wings of this unimaginable moment in time.
Let’s Talk The Lighter Side Of Language
First this …
The Magpie
February 22, 2022 at 7:13 pm (Edit)
The bastards!!
Just as The ‘Pie was counting the change in the old Penfold’s flagon, Jetstar decides to cancel their big sal … uh, what, sorry? Oh, you’re saying that ‘drops’ no longer means cancel, delete or revise, it now means ‘introduces, announces and/or reveals’?
Oh really?
Apologies, The ‘Pie’s fault, he only speaks jurassic English.
And Here’s A Nice Newspaper Whoopsie
And The ‘Pie received this book selection suggestion from Booktopia this week … one imagines this is not a book of poetry, but will be filled with neat lines of text. Or is that the author’s name?
But Let’s Now Trip Merrily Through a Modern Minefield.
DANGEROUS DOMAINS
Tricky thing, this language lurk.
Our landscape of language is shape-shifting, morphing and melding into new words and phrases every day. And this is creating more and more of a minefield for the unwary, as dropped in above.
There have always been problems even for experts in the trade (or used to be) – the sub editors who write newspaper headlines. By now, you have probably heard of such headscratchers as ‘Iraqi Head Seeks Arms’, or ‘School Offers Something New: Head’ and my favourite sports screamer from America ‘Mother Of Eight Makes Hole In One’ – we can only hope she’s a golfer. The double entre is the constant enemy of subs.
But there is a new beartrap for the unwary – or perhaps that should be the unaware. That is the area of domain names on the internet, those names, sometime catchy, sometimes practical, describing specific products or services. These are generally made up of straightforward two or three word descriptions of whatever is on offer.
Which is all very well.
Until … certainwordsarerunaltogetherwithoutpunctuatioin like this. It is then that funny and often unintended naughty things can happen.
When someone started a site where the names and managers and agents for actors could be checked out, they saw nothing wrong using Who Represents, and there wasn’t until the imp of domain names came out to play. But then again, given the bitchy world of the glitz, glamour and Harvey Weinstein, there was some unintended truth in www.whorepresents.com
There is a environmental business at a place called Mole Station which runs a successful native plant nursery near Tenterfield, in NSW. A few years ago, it is said that the couple running it applied for the name www.molestationnursery.com, but a check this week shows but the name was understandably short-lived and is now the far less a startling www.molerivernursery.com for the apparently still thriving business. But all levels of intelligence and education can fall foul of the dangers of domain names. A site for high faulting scientific chat called Experts Exchange suddenly became something one would sincerely hope would involve expertise. Cutting edge expertise one might say.
An Italian company which [pinched the name of the UK power supplier PowerGen was concerned about possible copyright litigation and decided to give their name a patriotic ring by adding the Italia. That resulted in the thought-provoking www.powergenitalia.com. And would you believe it – you should, it was true when it happened – they sold specialist batteries.
And finally, the American mob which sells an excellent array of writing instruments got more customers than they bargained for when they cornered the name www.penisland.com
The ‘Pie has been aware of this last slip up for sometime, and decided to check on it … but it seems it still hasn’t been pulled off.
……
Enough nonsense for this week, but keep up the commentary in comments, they’re free and run 24/7. That much sought after Donate button is below.
Dont Panic , Dont Panic , unlike Townsville rates notices Aaron Harpers Cowboys seasons tickets have arrived and the first priority for the member for Thuringowa , whilst only hours before near his electoral office the Police and Emergency services were searching then retrieving an 18 yr olds body instead of thanking Emergency services and condolences to the family Aarons priorities were himself . Notice a trend ? . When the Qld Gov failed to ensure private testing clinics were open and Townsville people were waiting in the heat for up to 8 hrs Aaron thought his Government facebook page was to update us on his grass . Code yellow Townsville hospital ed and last year when Cairns , Townsville , Mt isa , Mackay hospitals it easier for Aaron to take photos in his pool rather than support his electorate . The member for Thuringowa lost his moral compass years ago . Labor used to be the workers party .
Now it’s the criminals party, in more ways than one apparently
What’s the point of the UN Security Council having permanent members who can vote in their own interests? Surely the Russian member should be disqualified on a Conflict of Interest basis.
Same as TCC council ….. er! same as any properly convened democratic Parliament or council meeting in other parts of Australia.
Are you stuck on repeat?
Not really DN; just relevance.
There’s no comparison between Russia and TCC so trying to draw one is irrelevant.
Russia is a corrupt world superpower run by a megalomaniac who kills people who oppose him. He pretends to be elected but he’s a dictator.
TCC is a local government that run badly by a self interested middle aged woman with no people skills and poor dress sense who likes to intimidate people who are too silly to realise she has no real power. She was elected by people who were given no viable alternatives. It’s not that the public are stupid. It’s that the alternative leadership is lacking.
Hope you’re recovering from your sudden surgery, Ducky Nibbles, but please don’t worry, 99 times out of 100, reversal of a sense of humour by-pass is successful. Mate, you’re laughing, believe me.
Don’t worry Magpie… I’ve still got all my marbles.
Has the efforts of the council to get ratepayers to receive their notices by email or paid by bank account debit failed. 50k notices for mailing and burnt in a truck incident seem a little excessive to me.
As an aside what has happened to the treated water return from the Cleveland Bay facility. There are pipes getting overgrown along Oonoonba Road and the supposed sporting field watering appears to be done by the intermittent rain we have.
Reference your comments about tag names, here’s an attempt at a translation in a Chinese hospital.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinglish_in_a_Chinese_hospital.jpg
Morrison has his own room?
I love how some translations cut straight to the chase !
Oh Mr Magpie you are naughty. Imagine a website penisland! Should read, ‘pen island.’ Of course a deliberate ‘mistake.’ I do not dare to test to see if the website has been pulled! One issue that has concerned me for ages is the vision of hooning that appeares in the media. I beleive that this vision or shots of crims should not be shown in or on all news media. Facebook too, if possible. I think it undermines the effort by authorities to play down these clowns. ‘look at me, ‘is very much at play. I also beleive that a system of home for orphans should be re-established so as to control the young offenders, educate them and try and train them for industry. The punishment is not harsh enough. How about a birch around the but? What do Magpie readers think?
Paddling way more effective.
You missed the point Mr, or should that be Mrs or Ms or non-binary, gay, not sure I’ll let you know or any other sexual orientation, the point being that is there an authority that controls the material in news or is it open slather? My point is, I believe that media vision in any form including facebook should not be shown so as to discourge offenders for showing off. Then again, these offenders do not have much going for them in life so they may excel at something like housebreaking and theft. I still like the idea of the birch across the butt. Magpie, I wish to establish an authority to eliminate such media coverage. I mean to force the media to delete and not broadcast in any form the actions of hoons. I know I am a silly old coot but I still have my marbles. Eh! What was that? Serious subject Magpie. Please reply anyone!
Your post at 9.04am!?! Bit early to be on the toot, isn’t Tree Rooter?
UGTP – It is called residential care and currently costs the state $320,000 per child per year. Following the recent tragic death of the 14 year old lad in Cairns, who was in the care of the State as both his parents were deceased, a child protection whistleblower came forward advising residential care providers secure funding on the number of children in their care, known as “bums in beds” and children are not reported absent from houses as the providers don’t get paid.
The whistleblower exposed teen prostitution and drug use in homes and a failure to deliver on recommendations made by the 2013 Child Protection Commission of Enquiry by Tim Carmody which whistleblower claimed can all be directly linked to the escalating youth crime crisis. (“Bums in Beds” Cairns Post 19/2)
Why do people keep calling on the UN to act over the Russia/Ukraine issue? The UN is irrelevant and it has been for decades. It’s just another impotent bureaucratic think tank where highly paid bureaucrats meet together and engage in dialogue and occasionally even write letters to dictatorships. What a complete joke. Yet another wankfest organisation filled with fuckwits in silk suits who wouldn’t know a crisis from a pimple.
Curious about why a picture of the Ukrainian President in a clean and shiny uniform is any more believable than Putin wrestling bears or Abbott in a fire it’s uniform? The guy is a tv actor after all.
Not at all saying Ukraine isn’t real, just that a picture on the internet doesn’t necessarily make something real. Not like it’s in the Womens Weekly or something.
A weird point to make under these circumstances. Guess you reckon one of his staff should’ve scuffed it up a bit, eh? Despite your protestations, you make this deadly action of bastardry sound like it’s just a reality TV survivor show – bet you eat popcorn watching the news feeds.
And how ridiculous will you look if he collects one between the eyes? Wanky stuff, mate.
Magpie – wasn’t trying to cause offence. My simple point was that we seem to accept whatever carefully prepared and issued image we are given if it fits with our current view of the world, but reject those that dont.
When we see Putin shirtless on a tank we know it is staged, when we see Tony Abbott standing in front of a rural fire truck, or the Mullet in high vis and a skid lid, we call fake. This one image we all decided defines the Ukrainian conflict.
If I had known how easy it was to get other reader’s knickers in a bunch I would have tried harder.
Just keep diggin’, Civil!
Putin (in the instance you cite ), Abbott and Mayor Mullet were not in war zones, and were in publicity mode … the Ukrainian President was in the middle of his country being invaded by a murderous tyrant and a clear likelihood he could be shot, wounded or taken prisoner. Your comparison is both muddled and disgraceful.
‘Barely’ that is the MOST ridiculous comment I’ve read in years, about anything. Either you were fishing for some ‘reaction’ from bloggers, which you’ve got, OR, you have been on the wacky-baccy and the hooch, OR you have had a mental seizure!
Engineer, I’m offended by the magazine title of “Women’s Weekly”. How dare they still call it that? Men also read love stories, enjoy womens clothing and love to cook. Men also like to tend to a house, relax on the sofa after a morning of scrubbing bathrooms and vacuuming the floors. They really need to call it “Peoples Weekly”.
Perhaps so, but you’d have a problem if they more accurately named it The Women’s Monthly … as they say, a month without your monthly would have you in a tizz of being discriminated against.
Mate you are a wanker and not an Engineer
takes one to know one
guess who one is in this case (Engineer OR Wanker)
where you ever an RPEQ ?
Christ this comment area is starting to sound like a cross between Tinder and Grindr. (Or what The ‘Pie has been told they sound like.)
Yep .. all pretty low-brow
Well ‘Pie, although I have never been Civil, I do understand what my Barely Civil colleague is trying to say, perhaps not entirely tastefully a.t.m. It’s always difficult speaking logic when so much emotion is in the room, especially now.
One wonders also, whether your blogger Winnie has any idea whatsoever what RPEQ even stands for.
What logic have we missed? And there’s nothing much more emotional than getting shot or blown up.
The good and mighty Lord would not be on social sites, except to say, ‘Sin no more.’
Scomo has announced he’s sending weapons to ukraine, Germany is sending weapons to ukraine, no doubt more countries will be sending weapons to ukraine – well done. There can be nothing finer than sending hundreds of millions of dollars of weapons to ukraine.
Germany is a surprise considering the soviet union kicked their arse back to Berlin and turned it into matchsticks maybe the wermacht can go for a second go on the eastern front ? So I was thinking – it’s winter, if they are sending weapons to ukraine won’t Russia turn off the tap ?
Maybe scomo could commit 5000 ADF troops to ukraine to double down our commitment? That’s really going to show Russia who’s boss.
I’m sure the Russian government has just jumped in without thinking this through, not wargamed the consequences. Strike, counter strike. The whole operation wasn’t thought – they just committed troops to the invasion without planning at all.
The other thing – I believe everything the media tells me, remember those brave men on snake Island telling the russians where to go ? Turns out inconveniently they are still alive. Oh yes those nasty russians have forgotten to hit the power and water plants – Kiev still has everything running , that’s strange but does explain why ex miss ukraine is able to look so beautiful weilding a gun vowing to fight the russians. Imagine if they had hit all the power and water days ago in a shock and awe operation, no light or heat in mid winter, no water out of the tap. No one could live in the tower blocks – the brave defenders of Kiev would start getting very cold.
Something doesn’t stack up.
Remember when we invaded Iraq and Afghanistan and killed millions of brown people ? I don’t see Russia allowing hundreds of millions of dollars of weapons to come flooding into arm the Azov battalion ( we aren’t allowed to mention them). I hope it all goes well fighting on the eastern front this year.
A couple of interesting points in there, but generally lost in a rambling diatribe, not helped by clunky sarcasm.
WTF? Hook, line and sinker, you are all over the place like Jenny Hill in her V8! Time to turn off Sky news and take a lay down.
HL&S, I have some tin foil left over from Sunday’s roast if you want it. You’ll have to dig it out of my bin, but based on what you’ve written you’re rather partial to some garbage so it shouldn’t be a problem.
And the floods in SEQ have washed away the last remains of Jenny’s dreams of funding for pipelines, Lansdown and other delusional thought bubbles.
You’d have to be on the money there! Palaszczuck will be pumping all the money in SEQ for the recovery and to now not be behind in the infrastructure plans set for the 2032 Olympics. If you thought the regions were going to suffer before watch this space! Also Cameron Dick the treasurer hopped on a plane to Dubai for a trade mission two days ago in the middle of the floods to get International investment for the 2032 Olympics .. unbelievable
Who gives a shit about Russia and Ukraine. Let them fight it out. Vlad may have lost the plot, but a war with the West has been inevitable. It’s in mankind’s DNA to oppose, fight and conquer. Eventually the red button will be pushed and it will be the end of this world anyway, so they may as well do it sooner than later. In the meantime, eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we will be just shadows sandpapered into concrete walls. Boom!!
You old philosopher, you.
“It’s in mankind’s DNA to oppose, fight and conquer”…..Perhaps in your world, Gomer. You are a poor bastard if that’s all you have in your life. Can I suggest you pull down your sheets and look at the real world.
… and stay away from Via Vomitorium … Les might be on the prowl for you.
In today’s TB Aaron Harper blames the LNP for youth crime problems and seemingly forgets his government is in its third term. If, as he claims, MP’s are “legislators” then their introduced reforms such as GPS tracking devices, reversing the presumption for bail and strengthening anti-hooning laws are not working.
If the State Government has invested more than $500m in the Youth Justice System since 2015 it is a failure.
For starters how about auditing funded non-government organisations and their programs, accountability for guardians of youth offenders, deterrents such as breach of bail an offence, stability so children can remain at same school and not constant movements through foster care or returned to non-functioning families and rule enforcement in residential care homes such as being in their taxpayer funded bed at night and not roaming the streets.
What a great day, Germany once again part of the world and wakening up its military presence in the region, it has been asleep for far too long. Now all that needs to be done is wake up a few relatives in Kaliningrad, tell the lazy bastards to shoot the occupying Russians, tell Poland to give back half their country that they were gifted after WW2, and Germany is back.
And perhaps the West and it’s allies could put a billion dollars on the head of Vlad. Take the fucking despot out.
Awww, c’mon mate, you’re just sore you missed out on that job in the Diplomatic Corps. Still can’t understand why, can you?
Cbh, I think you meant WW1 reparations that took large chunks of Eastern Germany and gifted them to “Poland” so the Poles had a corridor to the sea.
Historically in WW2 Germany did NOT invade Poland they re-entered the old homeland.
Sounds familiar.
Well yes, but Poland lost the fucking thing again, useless bastards, and was gifted it again by Stalin after WW2, because the yanks, Canadians and Churchill wanted it to go to Poland. The Russians kept the old Koninsberg region of East Prussia to give them port access in the region, renamed it and still control it today.
Anyone looking to expand into a large commercial enterprise – then look no further than the Youth Justice System moneymaker.
Endless cash from State and Federal Government’s for “programs” with flexible rules and little accountability and you can get paid to look after kids who aren’t even there.
Upmarket is no problem – there’s a new $4m holiday resort at Lucinda waiting to house 40 with their personal staff that have rejected beds in the ‘burbs. Don’t delay – this is a hot market.
Bet the Lucinda property market ain’t hot all of a sudden.
Is it them or another oganisation that has taken over the lease at Seagulls, resulting in the corrosponding uptick in property crime in the area?
Lucinda is safe , the Wagner Bros. have a facility near Toowoomba ready to suck up tax payer dollars (again)
Residents in Fear of Out of Control Teens – Held Hostage in Own Homes –
Residential Care Homes Cover-up –
140 Young People living in 73 resi-care homes with 11 different providers offering residential care services at $1200 per night:
“All-night parties, rocks through windows and crashed stolen cars are forcing petrified residents to sell-up and get out as teens whip up a suburban storm of terror while the mind-boggling cost of residential care is revealed.”
(Cairns Post 1/3)
Townsville has one next to Vincent Village shops on Fulham Road. It’s run by some do gooder happy clapper church mob. There are always police cars out the front.
So if nobody is prepared to take on Putin for fear of him using a nuclear weapon, then the key to the whole thing is for everyone to have nuclear weapons, then no one will be game to fuck with anyone else.
That’s what made the Cold War so chilly forn so long … the MAD stand-off – Mutually Assured Destruction.
Did someone mention MAD?
Has anybody heard any updates about cholesterol Clive, how the COVID kid is doing? I imagine his blood type is rocky road. Anyway, I hope he gets better soon as we are missing his insane rants and court legal actions which are always quite amusing.
Get well soon Clive, the local Macdonalds store is going broke without your patronage.
It is reported that as of yesterday Colestoral Clive is very sick with pneumonia and covid like symptoms. The fun part is that after 2 years of negotiations old CC has purchased, for an undisclosed sum (last sold at auction for $7mil) Hitler’s car from an unnamed Russian business man.
Well Clive, if the car is in Russia, you ain’t getting it any time soon!
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/people-entertainment/2022/02/28/clive-palmer-hitler-car-pneumonia/&ved=2ahUKEwib8rKD5KX2AhUJTmwGHR12BM0Q0PADKAB6BAgZEAE&usg=AOvVaw3Z2qolAx_kDBLDv58fqIyX
The tough talking, big hitting evangelist Scotty from Marketing has signed off on sending $70m worth of ‘lethal’ weaponry to the Ukraine for use against the Russians. It all seems a bit hypocritical that Scott Morrison, a Pentecostal ‘man of God’ would be willing to enable the killing of Russian soldiers. A real man of God would promote peace, unity, love and kindness. Not sanction the killing of other human beings. What a pathetic man Morrison is..
It is difficult ton find the words for how deeply, moronically stupid that comment is, and we are now faced with a choice – you are either a seriously damaged person or are just trying to stir up the natives in the Nest. Pie’s best bet: both.
I’m not disturbed, nor am I trying to stir up the nesters. Morrison claims to be a devout Christian and family man, yet he is doing something that will take human lives. That is hypocrisy. People also loved Barack Obama, said he was a great guy, funny, kind. Yet he wrote in his book ‘Double Down’ – “I’m really good at killing people’. These politicians are complete scum. Killing is killing, and hopefully when they eventually die one day they will go straight to hell.
Allow The ‘Pie to set you straight on the unlying flaw in your argument.
Religion … ALL religions … were concocted for the sole purpose of killing, warring and gaining power over others. No other reason at all, and their various mewlings about piety and the after life is to keep the conquered and the acquiescent subdued and to keep reality at arm’s length from them. The most powerful religions invented vengeful gods to suit their purpose, and convince their people to take up arms because ‘god was on their side’. It’s the oldest racket in the world, and in those famous it is summed up ‘religion is then opiate of the people’.
Just when it appeared that all religions are a mind virus and God is a product of that infection, along comes Buddhism … a religion without a God. Oh! Zarkwah when is the end?
What, the Catholic Church as well ‘Pie? My Irish catholic mother will be (would’ve been) SHOCKED
So if AnAl is PM, you would accept it because he is not a practising Christian.
Nope. Killing is killing. But a man supposedly representing God is a far worse hypocrite.
The concept of God is entirely about death, not life. Like I said, neat racket.
Ala, I think SS likes AnAl.
Pathetic if he follows his faith, pathetic if he tries to represent the country by helping innocent people defend against the strength of a dictator.
Give the guy a break, fucktard.
Kenny, there are at least a few Labor sleepers on this blog.
And lordy, don’t they snore loudly sometimes.
‘He”? And this was written by the Courier Mail editor Chris Jones in his regular news update.
Bull shit! springs to mind, but in these ridiculous days of PC please include cow shit as well and the excrement of any LGBT bovines
Really don’t want to say ‘told you so’, but …
This week lawyers for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins have signalled that they may seek a permanent stay i.e the matter never goes to court, because they believe their client would not be able to receive a fair trial because of publicity surrounding the case. The possible move to seek a stay has been not decided on yet.
This is exactly what The Magpie signalled three weeks ago.
So – while he certainly apologised for the toxic parliamentary misogynistic culture, and promising a welcome end to it, the question here is did Scott Morrison apologise to Brittany Higgins for being raped?
It is a little ambiguous because he used the word ‘terrible things’ plural – but if he did, then surely that is a highly prejudicial statement of pre-judgement, coming as it does before the issue of rape has even reached court. At this stage, it is and will remain just that … an allegation yet to be tested and resolved in a court of law. No matter what the wording, has the prime minister given the defence team ammunition to claim that a fair trial is not possible … that is, if it goes to a jury trial.
But should it come to that unlikely outcome, then Smirko has no worries, as he was speaking under parliamentary privilege. Not like you or me, who could be had up for interfering with the administration of justice if we had said it on a national platform.
Watching Scomo posturing and ranting often incoherently resembling Il Duci, I wonder what this pompous ass will do if the poked bear sends one or more of his Nuclear Subs to cruise up and down the East Coast just outside our territorial waters.
Not to worry, he will in self delusion assure us, because I have ordered our own Nuclear Subs and they’ll be here …….soon!!
Now for some good news, congratulations to Fiona Lake, a quiet Townsville achiever for her being selected as one of the four finalists for the 2022 Queensland Agrifutues Rural Women’s Awards. See link at end.
Why hasn’t the Townsville Bulletin reported this positive news, either probably asleep again or they can’t find a way to distort the story.
You’d think that Mullet would have congratulated Fiona on her nomination and mentioned her work as a volunteer on the TCC Regional Arts Development Fund Committee.
https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/7631684/state-finalists-announced-for-agrifutures-rural-womens-award/
Don’t feel down, The Astonisher will be on it … now they’ve read about it here. In a dayb orn so … next week maybe.
Fiona is far from a quiet achiever. And she’s probably pissed off all the journos like she pisses off everyone else which is why there’s no article.
Whatever, but still one of the greatest recorders of outback life in Australia … brilliant with a camera.
Many other female photographers out there doing the same thing or better with out the grandiose sense of self importance.
Take Chantel Renae Photography Jacqui Bateman Photography, Fiona Jane Rural Photography.
What difference does the personality behind the lens make? A great pic is a great pic.
She constantly complains she isn’t invited to talk at events. Then harasses the event organisers and claims it’s discrimination against women. She isn’t invited to speak because of her attitude. I don’t care how good her photos are.
You’ve missed the entire point, Nibbly Bits. You SHOULD ONLY care how good her photographs are … and nothing else. Who cares … or even (yawn) knows unless aired in places like this … what her alleged personality and attitudes are like? Not that The ‘Pie is making a comparative leap, but the majority of artists in all spheres are notoriously difficult people, and they wear the consequences of that behaviour. The ‘Pie wasn’t suddenly ashamed at having laughing at Bill Cosby, or for admiring Kevin Spacey for delivering several of the most stunning screen performances of the past 50 years. When public figures are outed for misdeeds, cancel culture wants the average Joe to feel guilty for having accepted their artistry as being of the highest level. So The ‘Pie still enjoys the photographs of Fiona Lake, and gives not a fig if you pulls the wings of butterflies or honks her nose in the shower.
So what you’re saying, is that if your work is good then it doesn’t matter if you’re an asshole? It is still good work. Does this apply to others or just artists?
Nice to see they are shipping off 70 million dollars of Australian weapons to ukraine ( presumably with Australian advisors to show then how to use them). Shame they have no money for water infrastructure, the Australian tax payer always come second best to whatever US inspired conflict pops up).
Much of your comment is as it may be be, but your off the mark with advisors needed to show the Ukrainians how to use weapons … there’s every possibility that they were originally made in Ukraine, or some other adjacent country … if not the USA, in which case EVERYONE would know how to use them. The sad fact is that we may very little in the way of arming ourselves nowadays, or manufacture anything at all for that matter, all because of a global economy we embrace so we can get cheap knife sets – made by Australian coal used to create steel from Australian raw ore – from China and metro high fliers can get a few thousand of their latest BMW.
BSB
The Ukrainians already have Javelins and Stinger missiles, and they know how to use them. That will be the systems that Australia will purchase via NATO.
Councillor O’Callaghan (facebook ) lobbed another snippet on how disconnected Townsville City Council is with business and Townsvilles economy as Councils Corporate Plan objective was for the City to add 6,400 jobs by 2026 and why she didnt support the plan . Attention Prins , Mayor and Councillors 6,000 jobs have been added and its 2022 4 years ahead of your plan . The Councils “Corporate Plan ” wouldnt even meet normal University student benchmarks with lots of lovely words but no timelines / budgets . Seems T.C.C. should have focused on their own backyard with on COVID plans having up to 300 people absent in January . Failures , rates notices , water treatment , lawnmowing , fleet maintenance , libraries , with Team Hill at the Helm , what could go wrong .
So Les Walker. What an absolute knobgobbler.
‘fraid Mr Lane fits that description too,for mocking up this Baldrick-like plan, which all deservedly came unstuck. When it comes to smarts, Les and Lane fighting over who is the smartest is like two bald men fighting over a comb.
It was indeed a meeting between 2 intellectual giants,
The Astonisher needs to put a warning on the clip, I feel stupider after listen to it, part of my life I will never get back.
I have no time for Steven Lane. But this was a clearly drunk and obnoxious Walker trying to push Lanes buttons.
Have no idea how you work that out …. The ‘Pie’s disdain for Walker is well known, but that doesn’t extent to this kind of blindness. … Walker – who inthe video DID NOT appear drunk or obnoxious until he was accosted by thisn pest – was walking away without ever having engaged Lane, wh actively pursued Lane, invading his space and harassing him on a public street. In front of his wife. And Les’s side bump clearly shows the nasty and vexatious attempt by snowflake Lane to escalate such a minor matter for insidious political purposes. Perhaps Lane learnt his rehearsed reactions on the soccer field.
What is this about? Is there a video of S. Lane and Wulguru’s favourite simpleton’s Flinders St debate?
Yep, yesterday’s on-line Bully.
Hey Palaszczuk/Perrottet give us back our Monsoon!
The $36.5m Rockhampton Museum of Art or RMOA as it’s now known was officially opened by the Premier on Friday adding to the list of HOTA, GOMA, MMOA and MONA, and new director, Johnathan McBurnie, formerly of Townsville can’t believe his luck.
Astute Rocky Mayor Pilbeam capitalised on the dollar for dollar fundraising scheme managed by the Australian Council for the Arts. The new Gallery was designed by the folks behind GOMA. (Courier Mail 2/3)
Considering Mayor Hill continues to ignore long-term calls for a new Townsville art gallery (Townsville Museum of Art), and the name Boganville is starting to hurt, it would be greatly appreciated if our federal member Phil Thompson could look into this available funding on behalf of the people of Townsville. Thankyou!
The opening weekend was recorded on Instagram and man what an opening it was. I doubt TCC could match the quality and stamina of the various arts workers and others who performed and/or contributed to the opening of the Rockhampton Museum of Art. Jonathan McBernie and Rockhampton Regional Council stand up and be proud of the work that you did to open this fantastic art museum and the outstanding opening performances and social media coverage.
Today is the 80th anniversary of the sinking of HMAS Perth with the loss of 1000 lives. Lest We Forget.
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Our shit-for-brains PM has caught COVID, How funny is that. All those prayer sessions didn’t prevent him from catching it hey. Ha ha
P.S. – Can’t see the funny side myself but see where the “shit-for-brains” tag fits another Scott.
Sobering insights from someone who has been inside the White House and witness first-hand Russian USA relationships during his time when Ronald Reagan met Mikhail Gorbachev.
Let’s hope one for his scenarios does not play out
https://buchanan.org/blog/is-putin-considering-using-nukes-on-nato-159130
Day 6 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the media cycle is already moving on. In the USA a double distraction of the Supreme Court nomination and the state of the union address occupying more and more headlines, whilst in the UK more and more time is devoted to how this is all going to effect soccer, what a pack of fuckheads.
And it is no disrespect to our blokes to say that the Ukrainians are showing ANZAC level courage.
I’ve heard they are going to throw 100 million to build the Townsville Underwater Museum Of Unusual Relics just off the strand. This is going to definitely turn around our tourist industry.
Statues of Capt Snooze, His Radiance, Frank Tanti etc ….?
You’d only see Frank Tanti at low tide !
Let’s see what happens when the first cyclone hits
An empty treasure chest with TCC inscribed on it.
Les Walker wearing a Lonsdale belt.
Sign for the Anti everything mob reading Captain Cook was never here.
Miniature Castle Hill sans The Saint.
Plaque listing the names of prominent ‘Villians who donated $ to the Pies Nest.
Mayor Mullet on the cover of Vogue Magazine.
Well done to police officers in the north of the state for actively getting teen thugs off our streets.
Word is every watch house from Cairns to Brisbane is full with young crime offenders as there is nowhere for them to go. Cleveland Youth Detention Centre is currently operating at maximum intake capacity.
Youth detention facilities are bursting at the seems yet youth crime continues unabated.
How much longer will this state government continue with denial there is no youth justice crisis?
Hell will freeze over before this mob of incompetents admit there is a crime problem.
A damming summary of the dream factory that is CopperString 2.0, the modern day snake-oil story to trick struggling regional towns
https://www.apa.com.au/globalassets/submissions/2022/apa-response-to-copperstring-cris.pdf
Key comments are
• The forecast loads that CopperString 2.0 will be servicing are highly uncertain and overly optimistic
• Government subsidies for the CopperString 2.0 project, which is an uneconomic investment, would create a perception of sovereign risk for future investment in energy infrastructure
• Queensland energy users will pay higher electricity prices for the next 40 years but will not benefit from CopperString 2.0
• The cost of constructing CopperString 2.0 is highly likely to overrun the current cost estimates, leading to a greater subsidy being required or higher prices being paid
• The developers of CopperString 2.0 are seeking significant derogations that would essentially shift more of the investment risk to the State Government and taxpayers
Sounds exactly like the type of project Townsville Enterprise would get behind
Nickster
This sounds very trumped up, offering no reasoning behind these statements.
I was involved with CU String 1.0, planning and designing the crossing of existing Ergon assets in the path of the transission line.
The latitude of that path has one of the highest solar radiation per square meter in the world.
The over arching concept of CU String is that it will be the first ever self generating transmission line.
In a decade from commissioning it will produce more power than Stanthorpe, thus closing more coal down.
I really hope CU 2.0 have a budget to counter such published nonsense
TD – CU2.0 vs ASX listed company with around $21 billion in assets, will be an interesting contest.
Statements like “The over arching concept of CU String is that it will be the first ever self generating transmission line” fits well with the bullshit pushed by shysters and wishing well devotees. You forgot to mention it was made from renewable, sustainable unobtainium.
Just scratched a little deeper, APA own and run gas pipelines, conflict against climate action? Methinks so! lololol
A damning summary, you say? Mixed in with a large dollop of self-interest, which you don’t say. It would be big news if APA approved and welcomed Copperstring, but their shareholders might be a tad upset.
The ‘Pie has no dog in this fight,and has read what he needs to to follow the debate (the things one does for you folks), but to make such a sweeping biased and one-sided claim of selective quotes – all of which would need close examination – as some sort of slam dunk begs the question: are you a hired professional disruptor (maybe APA slipping you a few bucks?) Now before you have a mottled seizure, that is a reasonable question because of your totally one sided point of view.
Nickster, you may well be right, but this NOT the way to go about convincing us of that.
And a small point on a point of language … several times the APA submissions used the word ‘smear’ in the sense of ‘share’.
The financial impacts of smearing the costs across electricity users in the State –
And later …
The only way the proposed CopperString 2.0 connection can deliver power to the North West Minerals Province at proposed prices is to smear more than a quarter of the total project costs across all Queensland electricity users.
…and …
The only way the proposed CopperString 2.0 connection can deliver power to the North West Minerals Province at proposed prices is to smear more than a quarter of the total project costs across all Queensland electricity users.
I have never heard the word smear used in this sense … is it a mistake, or is this a new change of coinage foisted on us by some smart arse spin mongrel trying to half-smart?
Mike drop Mal
No self interest here Mr Pie, don’t have shared in APA etc, just sick and tied of see these grandiose scheme get the hopes up for communities only to see them never eventuate because they aren’t real.
I get your point, maybe there was vitriol hammered into the keyboard in my post. I just had a gutful of see bullshit project after bullshit project take our hard earned taxes that produce nothing.
In my very simple mind Copper String is old technology. The mines out west have heap of cheap energy from gas and onsite solar. Batteries are the next big leap forward.
At the risk of being patronising, that is one of the best measured responses in a debate that has appeared in these comments. And as you will no doubt have guessed, The Magpie has been and remains 100% with you as a strident critic of the ‘beads and blankets’ approach of Mayor Mullet, Magnis, The Bulletin and any number of ‘get approvals and then flog off’ merry-go-round of developers. Only the promised beads and blanket never materialise. Like the old Tim’s Surf’n’Turf site on the CBD creek, the Strand lagoon, an entertainment/convention centre incorporated with a stadium, the CBD Dimmey’s redevelopment, and even eminently do-able ideas like a cafe on Castle Hill etc etc etc). Believe it, mate, you’re not Robinson C when it comes to vitriol.
Gotta go, pill time.
I work it a mine in NW Qld now and I have worked in most of them in the area over the years. All mining companies are focussed on costs and I can tell you, we are running on diesel generators and there’s no plans to build a solar farm out here. The mines that do run solar are able to sell it back into the grid because the power companies are made to do it. If it was any good, mining companies especially those disconnected from the grid , would be all over it like Jenny Hill over a Bundy and Cola.
Chris Condon has had charges dropped. Mr Teflon, pays to have people in high places.
Chris Condon connected to folks in higher places? care to give us hint to back-up that demonstrable bit of tosh?
People in high places Bin, or high people?………:)
Probably should have said ‘connections’
CC does more for this city than most. He’s a straight shooter and he ruffles the establishment. Fuckwits like you wouldn’t have a clue. Keep pounding your keyboard of prosperity – someday you’ll also make a minuscule of difference if you live long enough.
FoD, I hope those last five words of you comment aren’t a threat.
Yeah, I’m with FoD, Chris might be a bit rough around the edges but deep down he’s not a bad person.
The ‘Pie will have his say in The Nest tomorrow.
Remember the old adage, “You can often judge a persons character by the company he keeps”.
Rash-Putin’s closest BF’s national leaders Syria’s Basher Arsehead and Turkey’s Creep Herdemin.
And all are devout religious zealots – Putin with the Russian Orthodox Church and the other two fuckwits are Muslim. These parasites need vaporising.
Problem with all religions and despots is they are like Hydra’s; cut off the head of one and two more grow in its place.
Just look at the plethora of denominations of all the worlds religions, each claiming to be the one true faith.
Each claims that rite from a common source, usually an absurd set of pseudo events.
One solution that has always been available is to rescind religious tax free status. But no politician would have the guts to do that, because with religion’s hold over their followers, it can be reflected in the ballot box. But the reverse can work, too, as perhaps Smirko is about to find out.
With respect Pie, that is not a solution, its a step in the right direction. but a more constructive mechanism would be to stop schools teaching religion. just focus on the 3 R’s god knows (pun intended) its apparently not a high priority on many school curricula.
It should be left to the parents to choose how/if to infect their progeny with this mind virus, divorced from the influence of people wearing silly clothes (especially men in dresses) and daft hats..
In mosr regards I think you are all on similar wavelengths. We don’t need the bullshit that has been peddled for yonks. How to piss it off will be a huge effort by ordinary people, starting with our children, if Mum n Dad would be sensible about it would be the best start.
That is problematic, because you would have to do the same for every not for profit organisation as well, sporting clubs, community groups, etc, the list of not for profits is very long, that would be the main reason no politician with half a brain would touch the churches.
Why would it have to be extended to not for profit organisations as well … and please note, The ‘Pie did not used the word ‘other’ … to even hint that religions and churches are ‘not for profit organisations’ is simply absurd (Scientology would go weak at the knees) … just the Catholic church alone as an entity is the Jeff Bezos financial stratosphere, with barely a fraction of that wealth coming from governments. It doesn’t matter what they claim they are, it is for overall society to decide that … sure, give them money for schools, affordable nold people’s homes, hospitals etc, but monitor it all and see that such money is put to the use it was designated for. A nd not to buy another silly bhat and evening frock for some hypocritical mythmaker tens of thousands of kilometres away.
Of course, under existing regulations, you are probably right on the face of it, but this whole argument is academic, so the final proof is that if politicians as our representatives (yes, I said it was an academic argument) make the laws, then they can change them too, to actively discriminate against the taxation leeches.
Simples, no?
Because that is the tax provision churches operate under, the same as charities, sports clubs etc, essentially they are all not for profit, just conducting different activities. The main advantage of a not for profit entity is its ability to hold cash ( profit) without having to distribute it in the year the income was earned, or ever in reality, so it never pays tax, because it technically never makes a profit or declares a dividend. Any change to this would upset all the gravy dribblers from every bowls and golf club across the country, and I would imagine trying to annexe churches from that tax group would be even more difficult, the Catholic Church would just become the Catholic community group.
If you have the political power (and will) nothing is impossible … you just change the rules to protect the taxpayers. (Well, that’s the idea, stop laughing.) And there is no reason NOT to discriminate against religion as deserving of some exalted exemption.
Religion should be banned, made illegal. Keep your personal beliefs to yourself but don’t share it around. No religion, no churches, no zealots, no money rorting from those less fortunate, all gone. That’s the way to do it.
Banning anything adds a perverse glamour and reinforces a veneer of the truth being hidden from the populace. Communism in Australia didn’t last long, because Menzies desire to ban it was never realised. Ban religion and we’d have Hillsong After Dark, and we’d never know of the heinous and callous money grubbers of Scientology. Catholicism back in the catacombs is not what we need … but paying some of the riches they steal from ‘the flock’ by way of taxing them like any other organisation is sensible. (And making sure they keep their hands of the kids, if they are going to promote the absolutely insane idea of celibacy … talk about deep perversity by going against the basic instincts of human nature – not to mentioning disturbing misogyny.
Isn’t it interesting how in the past week we have not heard hardly anything about the big, bad scary COVID, now that the lamestream media have the Ukraine war to focus on. Selective journalism, stories marketed on perceived revenue dollars, rather than because of their relevance. CNBC, NY Times, Murdoch media, all shit.
Don’t just limit your criticism to the murdochesque style press, a quick scan of the front pages of the ABC and the Guardian sites and none of them have any Covid stories either.
All media is the same just with a slightly different bent to appeal to the intended audience.
This old hack’s view is somewhat different to yours, and that of Fake. The truth is, COVID went off the boil weeks if not months ago as a news seller, reduced to a parade of meaningless statistics that were never fitted into an overall picture, and the only points of interest were when personal restrictions would be lifted. Even federal government rorts and reversals, and Palaszczuk poltroonery over integrity have just stuttered and lurched along. The media … ALL the media … were keen for an all consuming new situation on arise to attract eyes and ears … so thank you, Mr Putin, who has conclusively proved that Rupert Murdoch and China are not the only insidious danger to world order.
Word on the street is Northern District Chief Superintendent Craig Hanlon is tipped to move from Townsville to head up a top police vacancy in the Logan district.
Who cares?!!
It’s called information concerning our community, and folks do not read these comments or the blog under the restriction of your narrow information portal.
When it comes to pointless comments like this, Plucker, just STFU.
The question is posed, Mr. Pie.
Will Mr. “Piece of Shit” Putin’s decision to inflict “Hitlerite” or “Stalinesque” pain and suffering on Ukrainians, help or hinder Morrison’s re-election campaign?
Me-thinks the “Freak Show” in Canberra, is now, not too keen on the war he was praying for….now there’s an irony!
His “win at all costs” campaign is off the front pages as Marise “What Curtain Will I Wear Today?” Payne and “Potato Head,” hog the limelight, talking about issues they know nothing about!
In answer to that question – a reasonable one – the ‘Pie is taken back to 2011 and that unforgettable year of multiple floods followed by Cyclone Yasi. Like many Queenslanders at the time, The Magpie had been looking askance at the performance of then Premier Anna Bligh and was no fan. But he was genuinely affected with her unmistakably emotional, sincere and defiant speech – there was no mistaking it came from the heart as reported in this Wiki summary:
Anna Bligh’s leadership came to national and international attention in 2011 as she led the response and recovery effort to devastating natural disasters – a series of catastrophic floods across 78% of Queensland, including Brisbane – followed by a category 5 cyclone.
In an emotion-charged speech during a media conference at the height of the crisis, Bligh rallied the state, declaring, “We are Queenslanders. We’re the people that they breed tough, north of the border.”
Bligh led a major reconstruction program, including a legislated Reconstruction Authority administering a $6bn rebuilding budget.
Yet even that couldn’t keep her in office, out the next year to the campbell Newman experiment, so how is our Federal hula aficionado of a cardboard cut-out Prime Minister going to get within a hose length of victory by posturing about a heinous war that does not threaten us physically. And President Zelinsky’s epic performance has drawn inevitable comparisons about leadership much to this fake’s detriment. He is so bogus it’s a wonder his dizzy spin doctors haven’t had him holding a hose in Lismore floodwaters. Washing some bedraggled sheila’s hair.
FFS.
Let me be a little less diplomatic than the pie – Scotty from Marketing, the accidental PM, and his team of misfits is well and truly fucked. The Hawaii holiday while Australia burned, , washing womens hair, playing ukelele’s, COVID clusterfuck, submarine/defence/financial mismanagement, Katowing to the Beetrooter, Christine Holgate pineappling, Parliament House sexual assaults, and now supporting a war which we shouldn’t be involved in which a nuclear power plant has potentially been attacked and could fuck up Europe and half the world, plus this moron receiving visions from God while preaching from a Hillsong pulpit, should pretty much be the end of his Libtard team. Don’t get me wrong, AnAl is a complete tosser, but it’s a race to the bottom and a competition of ‘who is the bigger fuckwit’. Sorry Scotty, pack your bags old mate, you are toast…
So you reckon we should …
Tosser you forgot to mention that whilst QLD burned that your beloved princess was on a boat cruise at the same time as the PM was enjoying a break with his family.
I am assuming that you know that when the PM is out of the country the deputy Pm takes over with all the authority of the PM.
But you strike me as not being very smart.
Queensland burned?
And the NSW Minister for Emergency Services was also overseas on holidays.
Indeed, but surely the point is why Scomo, and those others mentioned, didn’t come back when they realised the enormity of the fires. No one can reasonably be blamed for being away when things went up, but it is the blase attitude when the serious was conveyed. Nero had his lute, Scomo his ukelele.
Queensland burned?
The bushfire season officially ended on 31 January 2020. More than 35,000 Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) personnel had fought the fires, which burned an estimated 6.6 million ha and destroyed 49 houses, 68 sheds and five commercial buildings.
Meanwhile Anna was on a cruise.
Aso bushfires are a STATE responsibility with assistance from the Feds if required.
OK, thanks for the stats, but while comparisons are odious, sounds very much like a slightly bigger than normal Qld bushfire season, certainly when compared with the utter devastation of whole townships down south. ‘Queensland burned’ carries the undertone of widespread death and destruction beyond the norm, which fits with your clumsy narrative defending the indefensible Smirko with another odious comparison … bit hard to return from a cruise liner, even if it was required. You will know that The Magpie is no Palaszczuk pal, but he believes in decent, sane and fair appraisals across the board, untainted by deeply demented partisan political agendas. That is why your contributions of spittle-flecked ranting attempts at disrupting and hijacking reasonable debate rarely appears in this blog.
Geez, Missy, you should see how the men in Queensland feel.
See Missy, the men in Queensland are disappointed with the likes of Palasczuk and the Mullet.
… and Trad, Jeanette Young, D’ath and our(ish) Innisfail gal, Katarina Carroll … And before them, Blight and O’Rort. Lots of baddies in the power gallery, but that is decided by what’s in their hearts, not what’s in their undies.
Mal, I’ve taken a bit of a shine lately to the news paper People’s News and in particular a section that has Fran O’Callaghan very frank word’s regarding her time so far as a councillor, well worth a read, gives Hill and the rest of the councillors an uppercut, take care Ralph.
Sorry, Ralph, parted once with $2.50 to check it out, and as a journo found it almost unreadable … looks like it was thrown together by amateurs who conned a grant from the government. That’s not to diminish what Fran has o say – quoted here often and will be this weekend – but ploughing through this poor excuse for a news platform to find nuggets of gold like her is too bigger of an ask for the old bird.
Fair enough Mal, I guess I’m a bit lucky I pick them up for free at the hospital and as for Fran I’m sure she is just what Townsville needs for a future leader in this once great City. Take Care Ralph.
It’s good to see Anna Alphabet is right on to it. “Climate change did the flooding .”
Cutie Pie not that you will care at all.
Cricket legend Shane Warne has died from a suspected heart attack in Thailand.
He was 52 years of age.
Two great losses from our pantheon of truly uplifting Australian sportsmen. Both larrikins, and both loved for that as much as their on-field prowess.
Vale Warney, Marshy.
Completely agree Pie, two very great loses to cricket and to the world. Both gave far more than they took and will be sorely missed.
Yep, Warney and 2 mates in a Thai villa….
The Magpie: The remainder of this comment has been deleted for reasons stated below.
‘No ball’, your disgusting and disrespectful grubby speculations about the circumstances of Shane Warne’s death say everything about you and nothing about him. And your drooling, slavering conspiracy theories will not be published in this blog. You are certainly not the only one to conjecture about possible background, but FFS, mate, Warney isn’t even cold yet, and you want to disrespect him with your ‘theories’?
Add an ‘s’ to your name, and it’ll be the only true thing you’ve written. Fuck off.
Not in same category but sad just the same that ‘Hayley’, an explosives military working dog died in Townsville during off-leash training on Wednesday. A preliminary assessment undertaken by a local veterinarian indicated the cause of death was a broken neck. (CM 5/3)
certainly a sad event, but a bizarre and disrespectful connection.
Ditto Mr. Pie.
However, what worries me is exactly what details will evolve as to how a pretty fit 52-year-old, with no previous cardiac problems, suddenly dies of a massive heart attack?
Reasonable thought, but that is as close as we will get to speculation of that nature until further official background becomes available.
Elusive, no speculation at this point please. I understand that you are curious, but a true Australian sports icon and giver has passed away and this needs to be noted and respected. PLEASE.
EB if it worries you so much, don’t worry, coz its none of your bloody business. Flap off
…and here we go.
To all those pious, pompous speculative “persons” attempting to appear smart with your wink-wink- nudge-nudge, innuendos. You have all failed at any humor.
Show a degree of maturity and RESPECT, the bloke was one of us, we can all identify with. So drop your shallow attempts at superiority, you are not worthy.
I’ll bet NONE of you ever attained such a degree of success in your lives to date and probably never will in the future,
None of YOU will probably ever receive any accolades nor be remembered for generations to come.