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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Earth Hour vs. Sydney blackout

March 31, 2009 – 8:47 am

Earth Hour haters are still getting all “sanctimonious” about the weekend’s conservation event, and some are trying hard to discredit it. Andrew Bolt compares NSW power consumption graphs covering Earth Hour and yesterday’s Sydney CBD blackout and smells a rat. Earth Hour at 8.30pm Saturday barely registered on NEMMCO’s graph of electricity demand: Yet what [...]

By Scott Bridges | Posted in Andrew Bolt | Comments (55)

Open thread 31 March ’09

March 31, 2009 – 8:40 am

We love having you comment here at Pure Poison but it’s a little bit difficult for discussion to continue uninterrupted on specific posts when off-topic comments land in the middle of them. So each day we’ll launch an open thread where you can leave comments that don’t quite fit on one of the other posts. [...]

By Scott Bridges | Posted in Open threads | Comments (27)

Bold claim

March 30, 2009 – 11:00 am

Andrew Bolt boldly claims that the Rudd government stimulus package “didn’t work”. Sacking soldiers to pay for a “stimulus” package that didn’t work. That’s how debased the Government’s policies now are. How can the efficacy of a program be assessed when it was announced less than two months ago and when its key features haven’t [...]

By Scott Bridges | Posted in Andrew Bolt | Comments (9)

Islamophobia is real

March 30, 2009 – 7:59 am

Paul Sheehan wonders whether there is Islamophobia in Australia. What about proving that Islamophobia exists at all? That would be the logical, ethical and scholarly starting point. But it appears the outcome has already been decided. This would fit the prevailing orthodoxy in academia that the default position for Muslims in Australia is victim. The [...]

By Scott Bridges | Posted in Paul Sheehan | Comments (15)

Open thread 30 March ’09

March 30, 2009 – 7:55 am

We love having you comment here at Pure Poison but it’s a little bit difficult for discussion to continue uninterrupted on specific posts when off-topic comments land in the middle of them. So each day we’ll launch an open thread where you can leave comments that don’t quite fit on one of the other posts. [...]

By Scott Bridges | Posted in Open threads | Comments (7)

Green is gay

March 29, 2009 – 1:06 pm

I’m not a huge fan of Earth Hour myself, and I’ve found it very difficult to pay attention to the sanctimonious screeching from both sides of the Earth Hour divide. I don’t need to read the self-righteous Age (Earth Hour sponsor) telling me about how a bunch of self-righteous people are going to turn off [...]

By Scott Bridges | Posted in Tim Blair | Comments (40)

Nyer, nyer, nyer

March 28, 2009 – 4:25 pm

Could Bolt’s (and Sheridan’s) pieces here and here be any more childish and petty? Obama chose to spend no more than the more or less minimum time that any Australian prime minister would get with the President. So, you know, there.

By Jeremy Sear | Posted in Andrew Bolt, Greg Sheridan | Tagged , , , | Comments (13)

Open thread 27 March ’09

March 27, 2009 – 8:31 am

We love having you comment here at Pure Poison but it’s a little bit difficult for discussion to continue uninterrupted on specific posts when off-topic comments land in the middle of them. So each day we’ll launch an open thread where you can leave comments that don’t quite fit on one of the other posts. [...]

By Scott Bridges | Posted in Open threads | Comments (57)

MEME PROMOTED

March 26, 2009 – 10:26 am

Teleprompter, Teleprompter, TELEPROMPTER!! We win! Well, that’s Obama dealt with. Who’s next?

By Jeremy Sear | Posted in Andrew Bolt, Tim Blair | Tagged , , | Comments (50)

Liberal good, Labor bad

March 26, 2009 – 9:53 am

Oh, Piers. Is your world-view really this simplistic? Under the Howard Liberal government, all security was taken seriously. Under the Rudd Labor Government, security is talked about – and undermined. One more thing to add to the list headed “Kevin Rudd’s fault”: Sunday’s bikie gang brawl at Sydney airport. UPDATE: Here’s a condensed version of [...]

By Scott Bridges | Posted in Piers Akerman | Comments (9)