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Post by Freddy on Nov 12, 2013 18:24:34 GMT 11
His infamous proclamation that "Climate change is crap" is really starting to come back to bite him (as is "stop the boats", buts that is another story). Not only is he starting to look increasingly isolated over his stance, internationally, he is starting to cop much deserved flack for it.  |
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Post by pim on Nov 13, 2013 11:29:14 GMT 11
"Flak" is written as "f-l-a-k" because it was originally a German acronym from WW2. The letters stand for the impossible-to-pronounce "Flugzeugabwehrkanone" which is a portmanteau word (German is full of portmanteau words which is a compound word made up of two or more other words) made up of three words meaning "aircraft" (Flugzeug - literally "fly toy"), "defence" (abwehr) and "kanone" (cannon). Take the /fl/ of "flak" from the first word, the /a/ from the second and the /k/ from the third and you get "flak". That's why there's no /c/ in "flak"!  |
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Post by geopol on Nov 24, 2013 22:06:51 GMT 11
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Post by Earl Grey on Nov 24, 2013 22:22:24 GMT 11
That's a great cartoon Geo, very prophetic.  |
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Post by geopol on Nov 25, 2013 7:04:24 GMT 11
I must learns how to post those instead of just the link which is not so effective.
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Post by Earl Grey on Nov 25, 2013 11:41:41 GMT 11
I must learns how to post those instead of just the link which is not so effective. Right click on the image, copy image url, come back to the post ... click on insert image icon  Position cursor between the "[ i m g ]" "[ / i m g ]" paste the image url Presto! |
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Post by Freddy on Nov 25, 2013 11:43:48 GMT 11
Tony Abbott: Noddy and Big Ears all rolled into one.
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Post by Earl Grey on Nov 25, 2013 13:17:35 GMT 11
Tony Abbott: Noddy and Big Ears all rolled into one. Hee hee ;D |
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Post by geopol on Nov 26, 2013 7:17:11 GMT 11
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Post by pim on Nov 26, 2013 8:59:28 GMT 11
Can't access the link because of the paywall.
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Post by geopol on Nov 26, 2013 14:47:21 GMT 11
"The transcript, released by The Queen's College, Oxford, shows Mr Abbott did most poorly in the subject "General philosophy from Descartes to present day", for which he received the mark CCB..." Read more: www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbotts-oxford-transcript-released-20131125-2y6a1.html#ixzz2ligEetjbPim I'm so ignorant as to how to get more information to you, but the above is a snippet. I do not think the tone of the article is in any way sneering but I dislike Abbott anyway and his performance so far as PM is, I believe, at best, perverse, and probably reflects great incompetence... |
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Post by pim on Nov 26, 2013 18:21:32 GMT 11
We can't always be ruled by philosopher kings. Two philosopher kings in our lifetimes were Whitlam and Keating. Both of them Gullivers whose downfall at the hands of Lilliputians was inevitable and they knew it.
That the Liberals are the party of Lilliput, and that under Abbott they continue ferociously to behave as the party of Lilliput, should come as no surprise.
Labor on the other hand is always at its best when it functions as the party of Gulliver. My problem with Australian politics ever since the defeat of Keating in 1996 has been that the Labor Party has also been manifesting some disturbingly Lilliputian qualities ...
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Post by geopol on Nov 27, 2013 6:16:56 GMT 11
The grubbiness of the world is becoming al encompassing!! ( I am immured in the world of old farts these days!)
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