Wally of the Week: Tony Burke
The self righteous pursuer of now former Speaker Bronwyn Bishop, Labor MP Tony Burke, is our Wally of the Week, named after Everybody's Favourite Muslim Apologist (TM) Waleed Aly.
Tony was putting on the po-faced...
Public shaming begins
The politics of revenge, point scoring, and public shaming begins. Led by, who else but The Age - "Independent always." LOL.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/push-to-remove-shock-jock-alan-jones-from-scg-trust-over-goodes-outburst-20150806-gitd0b.html
Losing my Religion
The Greens don't generally have much in common with the Catholic Church, and are, in general terms, normally quite quick to point out the church's faults, a characteristic they do not apply universally of...
Greens propose new Australian flag
In breaking news, the Australian Greens propose a new national flag:
It's the XYZ.
Lone Pine – 100 years ago today
On the afternoon of 6 August 1915, 100 years ago today, the Battle of Lone Pine commenced, and would continue for four days, until 10 August. Like the disastrous frontal assault across open ground...
The Greens: taking credit for things (as usual)
Oh dear.
The Greens have gotten themselves embroiled in another social media controversy.
Ellen Sandell, a Victorian Greens state MP has been "accused of defiling the Aboriginal flag."
The Herald Sun reported today that "Ms Sandell outraged...
Dropping the bomb on Japan
Today is the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, combined with the bombing of Nagasaki, these events brought about the surrender of the Japanese and the end of the Second...
The Greens – state funded activism
Personally speaking, Boethius would much prefer something like the Summernats to Mardi Gras, but even if elected to the senate for the Motoring Enthusiasts Party on 0.75% of the vote, would not presume to...
ABC revising Hiroshima history
On the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima, the ABC summarises the talking points (possibly from inside the cafe at Trades Hall or some organic coffee joint on a campus nearby):
A land invasion by American forces...
The gift that keeps on giving
The use of public funds for private or fund raising activity by politicians is a scandal that threatens to snowball. We at The XYZ simply cannot resist the urge to push more snow down...
