Julie Bishop Tries To Rewrite History On Twitter

 australia  6 Responses »
Feb 292012
 

Julie Bishop was caught out on Twitter today trying to rewrite history and was and truly pwned for doing so. In what could be a follow up to my previous post about right wingers rewriting history to suit themselves, as well as playing on the “Gillard doesn’t have support of 1/3 of Caucus members (see here: Shooting LNP Talking Points Down), Bishop began with this: Julie Bishop ‏ @JulieBishopMP Carr crash?@KRuddMP says Gillard ‘delivers a stuffup a fortnight’ – she’s proving him wrong upping her work rate! Which prompted another Tweeter to respond:   An imaginary dog ‏ @EnoTheWonderdog @JulieBishopMP Fully one half of the Liberal party have no confidence in your current leader. Want to talk divided? Look to your own house! It was

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Shooting LNP Talking Points Down

 australia  6 Responses »
Feb 272012
 

You can bet the house that the LNP will have a “talking point” worked out that goes along the lines of “Gillard/Rudd does not have the full support of all the Caucus members”. While this argument is indeed true, all “true believers” should hammer home the point that Tony Abbott only won the ballot for leadership of the Noalition by a single vote. That means half of Abbott’s team does not support Abbott as leader. No matter who gains the leadership of the ALP in the caucus vote this morning, this line needs to be repeated constantly. UPDATE: OK, the votes are in. Julia Gillard remains the Prime Minister with an resounding 71 out of 102 votes. That means Ms Gillard has the support of

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Two Of Kevin Rudd’s Biggest Mistakes

 australia  5 Responses »
Feb 252012
 

Kevin Rudd made many mistakes during his reign as Prime Minister. The following is about what I believe were his biggest mistakes. There are also a lot of skeletons coming out of the closet in the last few days about Rudd’s autocratic, dictatorial management style such as this one by former staffer James Button. As bad as all of these things are, they are not Rudd’s biggest mistakes. The World’s Laziest Treasurer. The Liberal Party, along with other right of centre organisations, have a habit of rewriting history to paint a glowing picture of themselves and their belief system. One of the biggest rewrites they have done in recent times is to paint themselves as being the best managers of the economy. This myth has

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Bring On The Dodgy Plumbers

 televison  2 Responses »
Feb 222012
 

“And no stories about dodgy plumbers” said a straight faced Leigh Sales in promotions for the “new look” 730 Report. This was coupled with promises to bring us stories that matter in the hard hitting style that Kerry O’Brien made the show famous with. In other words, the only change was going to be that O’Brien’s role was going to be jointly handled by Sales and Chris Uhlmann. So how did it go so horribly wrong? Well first off the flash new set delayed the launch of 730, the new name for what we all knew and loved as The 730 Report. From that inauspicious start, things went rapidly downhill. It is no secret that ratings for 730 are a fraction of the old 730

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Who Funds The Think Tanks?

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Feb 212012
 

Recent attempts to find out exactly where “think tanks” like the IPA get their funding from is not something that is unique to Australia. In the UK and particularly the US, these institutions wield enormous influence with limited accountability or transparency. One of their favourite techniques of influencing debate on issues such as climate change, is to sow seeds of doubt about the authenticity of scientific research into these areas. By using a technique pioneered by tobacco companies, of insisting that the “jury is out” on these issues, they manage to muddy the waters and prevent action being taken on these matters. Not surprisingly it turns out that organisations who will be most affected by action on these issues are frequently found to be the

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Australia’s Great BISONs

 business and finance  No Responses »
Feb 202012
 

Thanks to The Finnigans, The Daily Derp is proud to republish Australia’s Great BISONs (Beautiful Inspiring Set Of Numbers) . The greatest BISON of them all: More people at work today than any time in our Nation’s history – Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Latest Updates – 16/02/2012: Last month ANZ job advertisement survey, the number of job advertisements placed in major newspapers and on the Internet increased by 6.0 per cent in January. Their largest monthly rate since February 2010.Today the ABS confirmed to the Nation what ANZ Job survey in January told us: * 46,300 new jobs created for the month of which 12,300 full-time jobs and the Unemployment rate is now 5.1% from previous 5.2% And there’s more: * There are $174 Billions

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A bloke was driving through Canberra when..

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Feb 192012
 

A bloke was driving through Canberra when he get stuck at the tail end of a huge traffic jam. In between all the cars he could see people moving from car to car carrying buckets. Whilst stuck in the traffic a police officer walked towards the bloke’s car. The bloke waved to the officer who came over to his car. “What’s going on officer?” the bloke asked. “Tony Abbott is sitting in the middle of the road demanding that people donate enough money to him and the Liberal Party so he can occupy his rightful place in the Lodge”, the officer repiled. “If he doesn’t raise enough money he’s going to douse himself in petrol and set himself alight”. “Why are all those people going

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