In the comments of an earlier post was this request from Ross Sharp. I’d like to think that we at Pure Poison are nothing, if not receptive to the needs of our readers, as such I’d like to present for you, Pure Poison’s Wingnut Bingo.
READ MOREMarch, 2010
Academic Warning
Attention all Australian academics, do you, or anyone you’ve ever shared a stage with, have any of these traits? An interest in feminism or gender, or the teaching thereof. Aboriginal heritage, an interest in Aboriginal history, or the teaching thereof. A willingness to publicly stand up for your political beliefs. Research topics that may not [...]
READ MORECompare and contrast
The Herald-Sun: Keep racism out As reported in the Herald Sun, a group linked to white supremacists is calling for a Melbourne rally “against immigrants and Islam”. … There is no place in Victoria for their hateful views. A certain Herald-Sun blog: The usual suspects suspected And the comments:
READ MORETheory Flushed
Wayne Sanderson, the man who Piers Ackerman claimed had linked Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan to the failed ‘rancid turd’ strategy of the 1995 Queensland election, has graciously agreed to give us the full story of what went on in 1995, and to name who it was that actually told him about the rancid turd [...]
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If you don’t hold my beliefs, you have “no real purpose, value or destiny”
Quick question: if I were a famous footballer, do you think the Herald Sun would give me two pages of the paper to vacuously assert that everything that’s wrong with the world today is because people don’t believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster? As Gary Ablett says – “No wonder our society if (sic) out [...]
READ MOREOpen thread March 29-April 1
Let’s kick off what is probably a short working week for many. Discuss anything you like in here. rather than a lengthy Mad Monday round-up, I’m just going to leave you with a moment of Zen from The Australian‘s David Burchell: this newspaper — probably the nearest thing to a classic enlightenment news organ we [...]
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Searching for a turd
Things got a little scatological last week over at the Daily Telegraph as Piers Akerman waded through a 15 year old review of the Queensland election in an effort to drop Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan in the poo. the strategy adopted by Queensland Labor’s Goss government in 1995, a strategy formulated by the two [...]
READ MORECometh the hour, cometh the FAIL
This afternoon, Margaret Simons asked: Did the Media Get it Wrong on Batts-Gate? Inside Story has a fascinating and worrying article by Rodney Tiffen which suggests that the media got it badly wrong in reporting the imbroglio over the Rudd Government’s home insulation stimulus package. … Read the piece. When you think about it – [...]
READ MOREI agree with the conservatives: ALP workers impersonating other parties must stop
On the subject of the repulsive “cheating” in which the ALP shamefully indulged in the South Australian election – dressing up ALP workers to look like those from Family First in order to trick a few preferences their way – I couldn’t agree more with the conservative critics. It’s beneath contempt and parliaments and the [...]
READ MOREWeekend talk thread March 26-28
The weekend is almost upon us so it’s time to crack open another weekend talk thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that’s grabbing your interest this weekend. Sadly, Media watch dog has not left the kennel, and we’ve yet to see who will be gracing the panels of the weekend talk [...]
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