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Post by Pugsley on Feb 13, 2014 13:29:41 GMT 10
I think the lack of comments stems from the fact that contributors here are realise that they are just preaching to the choir. We understand that Bolt is vituperative crypto-fascist who views the World through the prism of Fox News, but the average Hun reader is oblivious to his deceit. Maybe we need a John Stewart type (with maybe a tad less irony), to set them straight.
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Post by jack on Feb 19, 2014 13:30:48 GMT 10
Oh my, oh my...
Superficially, yes, it would seem odd that the brutal Iranian regime protests the violent death of one of its nationals in a God-forgotten concentration camp run by the Australian Government, while a self-professed champion of Western Civilisation regards it as merely "unfortunate".
But even odder is the subtext. Bolt apparently believes that, because Iran has officially protested the slaying of an Iranian asylum seeker, Iran must be a lot like Sunny California after all.
As a hot-shot pundit and expert on everything, Bolt must know that arbitrary arrest, torture, etc., are routine in Iran's state terror apparatus. Yet the possibility doesn't seem to have occurred to him that official Iranian enquiries after the slain man might not be completely benign.
All of which may lead one to conclude that his post is an idle cheap shot calculated to pander to his readers' animus against asylum seekers and general xenophobia.
Worse even than that, it serves to trivialise the man's death in support of the Government's war on asylum seekers. It's really something to behold, the readiness with which that dead man's claims for refuge from a brutal regime are dismissed so lightly, sight unseen.
The unhealthy nexus between the Government and Bolt, along with his collegiate News Corpse, smells more and more like fascism by the day.
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Post by marfi on Feb 19, 2014 14:16:04 GMT 10
I beg to differ. By my judgement, Bolt is the intellectual equivalent of a Hills Hoist. Yes. Although to be fair to the Hills Hoist, it has greater historical claim to Straya than Bolt does. Oh, and SO much more useful too!
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Post by richard on Feb 19, 2014 21:33:29 GMT 10
Jack- What a great idea of yours. The smell of fascism! I I were you I'd corner that market. The Bolter's commenters would love to hose down their pulse points with such a fragrance. A rigid slavish perpetual market right there for you to exploit. What would it smell like? Suggestions for your project: scents of black boot polish, rifle oil, cordite and CS gas blended with subtle nuances of old school tie and other assorted privileged aromas. But would that really encapsulate the fascistic vibe? Would ingredients such as the above be truly evocative for the Bolter's Sea Monkeys? Probably not: the Bolter's commenters don't really want to know about the realities of fascism. They would prefer the moral certainty of Bolter ordained righteousness. Perhaps you could blend the incense from a Franco era Catholic Church with the divine scent of tax free cash with the sniff of brandy consecrated over a privatisation of public asset business deal? Maybe you could come out with an entire range of fragrances that would appeal to to these mostly elderly people...naphthalene and camphor? ...MMM, so safe...moths aren't eating my things... so comforting... But enough of my waffle: dig this link if you you haven't done so already: loonpond.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/the-australian.html#.UwSTGWLa6SoMs Parker astonishes in the breadth of her daily reading as well as with her erudition and I commend the lurkers of this blog (there are some, possibly) to have a look... really fucken good luck to her and her pursuit.
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Post by angra on Feb 20, 2014 12:51:18 GMT 10
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Post by richard on Feb 23, 2014 22:15:35 GMT 10
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Post by jack on Feb 24, 2014 12:38:22 GMT 10
Bolt asketh with rhetorical force...
Not hard to find if he was really interested...
Did Andrew light a single candle for those lost at sea, or did he cynically exploit their deaths to advantage His Tony's ride into the Lodge on their corpses?
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Post by jack on Feb 24, 2014 12:57:09 GMT 10
Bolt reporteth: "Once a man in a crowd held up a sign calling Julia Gillard a witch." I think he may be referring to this... Hmm, it's actually a large banner requiring at least two people to support it, on a platform occupied by a rather select crowd that includes the current Prime Minister and current Speaker of the House of Representatives. And the words are: "JuLIAR Bob Browns Bitch." Can't for the life of me think why Andrew would want to trivialise such a shameful spectacle.
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Post by richard on Feb 25, 2014 20:32:15 GMT 10
I dunno Jack: because he's a highly paid liar perhaps? You know it's probably the case. There are a lot of times when I wish that I was a proficient typist and this is one of them. On 19 Feb 14 the Bolter posted 'Freedom-loving fox in ABC Lateline’s henhouse' ( link is blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/freedom_loving_fox_in_abc_latelines_henhouse/)The post concerns the Bolter going into bat for Tim Wilson- and Wilson really needed the shoring up: 'Freedom Loving Flounder Speaking Out Of His Arse' would be a more apt title. The interview needs to be seen and the transcript followed to spot the Bolter's deceptions. This can be found at: www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2013/s3946783.htmTo have a look at the above is going to be an impost on your time. But there is more time wasting potential for readers of this blog elsewhere... This (http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/tim-wilson-freedom-fighter-20140217-32umq.html) article by Tim Elliot of the SMH is a must read. MUST READ. I repeated this in capitals to emphasise the worth of reading this piece. D'uh. Teasers: 'The cloud of controversy that has long hovered over Wilson intensified last year with his appointment as "freedom commissioner", a senior role in the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). Quite apart from his long-held antipathy to the AHRC, which he has said should be abolished, the appointment, by Attorney-General George Brandis, was unusual insofar as it was never advertised. (All six of Wilson's fellow commissioners gained their positions after expressions of interest were called for in the Commonwealth Government Gazettes. Wilson says "George" simply rang him and "asked if I was interested".) Then there was the matter of consistency: here was the staunch free marketeer, a disciple of unfettered competition who has long railed against government largesse, being gifted a taxpayer-funded position with a salary of $325,000 a year.' And: 'Friends describe him as ambitious, with a dizzying sense of his own destiny. "He wants to be a Liberal Party senator, that's his goal," a close friend says. His default setting seems to be tireless self-promotion and B-52-scale name-dropping. "He's always mentioning which federal Liberal Party MP he's just talked to, which is a way of showing how well connected he is," says the friend. "He said to me once, 'I am much better known than most federal party backbenchers.' And that's true."' As well as: 'According to [Simon] Chapman, Wilson is "just a cocksure errand boy for big business". Taken to its natural conclusion, Chapman says, Wilson's libertarian outlook tends towards "social Darwinism, where the more privileged and educated people survive, and to hell with all the rest".' Read more: www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/tim-wilson-freedom-fighter-20140217-32umq.html#ixzz2uKPd0G9wI can't fucken believe that Wilons's appointment is for real as it really is beyond parody. Maybe if I didn't smoke so much, I would be able to pick up the stench of fascism.
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Post by richard on Mar 3, 2014 19:16:01 GMT 10
No new posts for nearly a week? Very disheartening. Especially when there is a veritable fucken gold rush of Bolter disingenuity to pick away at. Disclosure: I have become accustomed to reading other peoples rants on this site rather than post myself as I am simply too lazy. Other people's posts either cover my own criticisms or, at minimum, voice my anger by proxy at the increasingly naked fascism that the Bolter and his stablemates spew forth. To post my unexceptionable remarks on this worthwhile, but unfrequented, blog seem rather a waste of time. But despite this truth... Read this mofos: www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/bolt-is-back-but-hes-missing-the-sparkKatharine Murphy watched the Sun 02 Mar 14 *new* 1hr Bolt Report. She does the shit work that you and I would rather not. Unlike myself, Murphy is capable of writing a highly readable piece about it. Fave pars: 'Andrew has a distinct twinkle in his eye. This twinkle could be irony or satire, but of course it’s not, given Bolt is ever true to the cause.
It’s actually something more sinister, this sparkle.
It’s complacency.'The above is why the Guardian head hunted Murphy from Fairfax. 'Cos it's true. And succinctly expressed. Murphy's article generated some fab comment which you can check out yourself if inclined to do so. I draw your attention to these posts in particular: RobertMing marky226 02 March 2014 6:30am
ratings will have nothing to do with it marky newscorp pays for the production and broadcast - just like the Australian newspaper - running at a loss (somewhere upwards of $15m pa for the Oz) is a small price to pay to get you what you want Quiz how many more days before Monty Burns has the Australia Network?'And this: RobertMing 02 March 2014 6:03am
Newscorp pays for the entire production AND broadcast of the Bolt show the tv station simply does the handmaidens work paid advertorial x 60min = when I grow up I want to be foxnews flatearthers rejoice!
What if the above was true? That a demented plutocrat was funding his fave Australian Propagandist to spruik the aims of a bought and paid for Commonwealth Government through the Plutocrat's son? I dunno: The Australian loses 15M minimum a year to be a loss leading propaganda pamphlet. Could slinging a few bucks at the Bolter really hurt a Plutocrat much more? Let's face it, competing with Insiders and children's cartoons for revenue is a mug's game. Assuming you weren't throwing a bone to your less than passionate son and your ideal of shaping a Liberal Government... That no regular poster has commented on the term 'demented plutocrat' saddens me...hint: it's not an uncommented upon phrase in recent times. Tip: it's not about Citizen Kane.
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Post by Idlaviv on Mar 8, 2014 11:55:25 GMT 10
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Post by jreidy on Mar 8, 2014 18:35:44 GMT 10
Thanks for the posts, particularly the Karen Murphy link, she does depict the Bolt report very well. As she says now with a conservative government it more complex for them. Also given their professed concern for the asylum seekers, it is interesting to see how they argue Manus island, of course if they could they would ignore it all together.
Re criticism of the government, this will always be done with a lettuce leaf just to assert their 'fair and balanced'(tm) credentials. I'll always remember the 2007 election when the Aus editorialized in favour of Rudd, only because he was a dead set cert.
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Post by angra on Mar 10, 2014 18:58:16 GMT 10
Well I'll bite again.
Bolt really hits the trifecta today.
Fukushima is nothing and the ABC is beating this up for political reasons. (Just tell to the kids with thyroid cancer Andrew).
More ABC-bashing. Mark Scott is a dickhead, and the ABC promotes the views of corrupt climate scientists (they get paid by the Guvmint!)
And Howard, Abbot-Abbot-Abbot, and Qantas and the barrier reef, and more ABC-bashing, and Flannery again. And don't mention the Abos and "my freedoms (to call them hypocritical "new racists" - even Warren Mundine!")
And his "journalism" is around 70% quotes from his luvvies (if my estimates are anything to go by.)
What a pretentious, self-important, narcissistic, racist and bigoted dork.
Sorry - think my true feelings came out there for a bit.
Which is why I try not to give Blot anymore hits.
PS. and Muslims were behind the disappearance of the Malaysian air-flight, even though I didn't say that, only suggested it. Muslims! Ha! (nudge-nudge, wink-wink, say no more.)
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Post by richard on Mar 10, 2014 22:31:29 GMT 10
Good on you Idlaviv, jreidy and the dependable angra for keeping this worthwhile board ticking over.
Did anyone see QandA tonight? The Bolter certainly did. It would seem that he understood that the QandA panel gave him a spanking; not so much from the AG but certainly from Marcia Langton.
This spanking irritated the Bolter so much that he posted 'Marcia Langton’s vilification: no law against this kind of abuse' at 2237. About seven minutes after the QandA credits rolled.
He's one angry cat right now. Expect more during normal Bolter hate working hours.
Idlaviv: your'e quite right; the Bolter does look like a fat boofhead in the photo you posted. Clearly he his been '...liv'n off the fatta thuh land' a bit too hungrily.
Readers of this board are advised to not let the Bolter come within 200 metres of any puppies they may own.
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Post by angra on Mar 11, 2014 6:04:47 GMT 10
Richard - yes. Brandis was made to look foolish and no-one supported Bolt. Langton was more than a match for him (Brandis). And Bolt even got a good serve from his Australian colleague Sharri Markson, plus Lisa Wilkinson. And you're right - expect streams of bile issuing forth from the Bolter today. And you can watch it on iView. iview.abc.net.au/programs/qanda/FA1307H006S00
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