What was she thinking ... a classic brain-fade from Townsville Enterprise – but it’s no laughing matter.

Kid Crisafulli startles some Townsville’s be-wigged bigwigs …

Did the Townsville Bulletin know of a massive criminal activity but didn’t report it because the culprit was a big corporate advertiser – or is it just dangerous ignorance of language …

A no-holds-barred round-up of the Gold Coast’s rorting mayor Tom Tate … (mostly a link you can open or not) ....

And the cruelty of parents … a name or two that makes you wonder about that, all here in the nest at www.townsvillemagpie.com.au.

Boy, are those Pinnacles pushers about to to be pissed off – as will be the Townsville Bulletin which gets the appropriately-named Steggles Egg On Face Award.

Yup, the developer of the proposed Pinnacles satellite town has done a massive back-flip with tuck and pike, which gives the finger to all those shrill dollar-hungry locals who have backed the silly and irresponsible Bulletin campaign to get the project up.   

A tale of two surveys: how the Townsville Bulletin drops all pretence of objectivity and declares a vendetta against the Townsville Council majority - The Magpie takes a look at the effects of the global News Ltd culture on Townsville.

On the international scene, first the government wanted to burn their boats, now they want to give them boats … Bentley takes his sharp pen to the issue of Tony's latest cunning plan ...

... plus some funny and clever signs from the States, the greeting card that is causing double-take in newsagents,  and a really rude but side-splittingly funny pic which is not for the easily offended (no one 'round here like that anyway) all here in the nest at www.townsvillemagpie.com.au

The House That Cassimatis Built … that ugly, angular jumble on Melton Hill … looks like going on the market again.

And its current owner is said to be in more strife than the early explorers.

A final word on a pack of absolute Bs ... as in bats, Beattie and Bligh …

Those unfortunate acronyms keep piling up …

… and toilet humour – believe it or not, it can be good clean fun, as things always are here in the nest at www.townsvillemagpie.com.au

That was the year that was – test your news knowledge with this special Magpie Mindbender Quiz about the biggies of 2013.

The ‘Pie also reports on a looming legal kick in the nuts for slovenly editorial management at – where else? – the Townsville Bulletin, which could cost them a pretty penny …

As we emerge from the silly season, we look at a couple of the silliest yarns you may have (mercifully) missed in the past few weeks …

… and not all the trash talking in cricket is out on the pitch; language is a minefield of exploding metaphors and limping language in the commentary box, too.

All here, along with the party trick of the season, in the first nest for 2014 at www.townsvillemagpie.com.au