tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post1853710188295490718..comments2023-07-27T21:14:18.975+10:00Comments on The Magpie's Nest...: Ah, questions, questions … this week featuring The Art of the Incomprehensible – Townsville City Council and Townsville Enterprise suffer an attack of bureaucratise buzz words – is it to hide what they’re really up to? The Magpie interprets – and are local kids being encouraged to suck each others blood? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-982420198423200812013-04-05T14:49:08.121+10:002013-04-05T14:49:08.121+10:00Que? What about Bligh and NSW Labor government? ...Que? What about Bligh and NSW Labor government? Bligh sold our railway - a tad more consequenial than surplus real estate.<br /><br />The RBA recommended the sale of 2/3 of gold stocks in 2007 (admittedly approved by Costello) for $2.4Bn. Seemed like a good idea at the time...<br /><br />Maybe that went towards the $20Bn surplus that Howard/Costello left for the Comrades to squander...<br /><Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-65991270425012708292013-04-04T22:23:01.248+10:002013-04-04T22:23:01.248+10:00Did Howard sell the countries gold reserves? Did H...Did Howard sell the countries gold reserves? Did Howard sell country assets like Customs House, land at Palleranda. The Liberals sell assets like no tomorrow, Newman and Abbott will have this country asset poor. They will also tell you it will be good for you and the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-70351323295133846932013-04-04T09:43:15.318+10:002013-04-04T09:43:15.318+10:00The Greens have removed their more extreme policie...The Greens have removed their more extreme policies from their website and public policy documents to avoid scrutiny and the inevitable derision.<br /><br />By "agreeable" do you mean more an idealistic, unachievable, pie-in-the-sky, share the wealth set of feel-good policies? Peel me another lotus, will you?<br /><br />Mike, life just isn't fair. Nirvana won't happen on this Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-56764235003409430422013-04-03T11:51:01.565+10:002013-04-03T11:51:01.565+10:00"When I read the anti-Green comments in this ..."When I read the anti-Green comments in this blog and elsewhere I wonder whether the writers have ever bothered to actually read the Green's policies? Or whether they've bothered to ask Jenny Stirling whether what the Astonisher reports her as saying is what she actually said? I've done both, and while I agree that Hamilton is not demonstrating much political savvy for Mike Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-74416289358018498932013-04-03T11:24:24.023+10:002013-04-03T11:24:24.023+10:00Why would Rupert Moodock visit Darwin and is for t...Why would Rupert Moodock visit Darwin and is for the visa 457? What a dip stick !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-6686008528099612792013-04-03T11:23:17.155+10:002013-04-03T11:23:17.155+10:00Great Stuff Pie. A good read.Great Stuff Pie. A good read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-58336038650021797212013-04-02T17:46:33.125+10:002013-04-02T17:46:33.125+10:00i hear tell that Paul Jacob (political pest and me...i hear tell that Paul Jacob (political pest and media hound, Magpies words) besides now calling himself a Northern Beaches Advocate and member of the Townsville Rate Payers Assoociation had Quasi Inderpendant Pat Ernst around for coffee and scones prior to the last Council Election and also handed out pre polling how to vote cards for Ernst. Shows you how he tries to increase his labor profile...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-13024518792825183412013-04-02T09:50:40.761+10:002013-04-02T09:50:40.761+10:00So just what is the population of Townsville?
You...So just what is the population of Townsville?<br /><br />You'll never know for sure if you depend on the Daily Astonisher, which makes it a multiple chioice answer.<br /><br />When Thuringowa and Townsville amalgamated in 2008, we were officially told we were suddenly a community of 164,008. Early last year, the Astonisher started ballyhooing projections that we would pass 200,000 around The Magpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-10255913300703617202013-04-01T12:24:37.037+10:002013-04-01T12:24:37.037+10:00Ummm, Grumps, old sport, if you're going to as...Ummm, Grumps, old sport, if you're going to ask private questions not for publication, might be an idea to include an email address ... commenters' addresses are not available to The 'Pie. (And here's another plea to at least give yourselves names, please, folks ... be as witty as you like - anonymous is not witty). <br /><br />Anyway, the answer to your question is, no, and what The 'Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-60353451365299984562013-04-01T12:10:58.395+10:002013-04-01T12:10:58.395+10:00Oh, you can find many an example of the Greens'...Oh, you can find many an example of the Greens' loopy interpretation of the world and the weirdness they seek to impose upon us.<br /><br />Extremism and controversy for controversy's sake is the only way they can get anyone to take notice of the scatterbrained inadequates. <br /><br />The overstepping of boundaries of decency, good taste and dignity seems to be the way of the new Labor Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-28261890748506833362013-04-01T08:35:48.097+10:002013-04-01T08:35:48.097+10:00Want to know what's really scarey to me Pie? i...Want to know what's really scarey to me Pie? ive got two young kids and sometime somehow I have to explain to them how the world works. in a way its like telling them about santa or the easter bunny. sooner or later I have to tell them the truth. How long can I hold out is the key. A kid sees the world in an almost perfect way, rose coloured glasses one might say. Its the same thing with Reveillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-44110935375639425062013-03-31T14:41:44.204+10:002013-03-31T14:41:44.204+10:00Gail Hamilton's supported will probably hand o...Gail Hamilton's supported will probably hand out Easter Eggs rather than how to vote cards at the Sept ElectionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-1030823602779766732013-03-31T13:15:39.137+10:002013-03-31T13:15:39.137+10:00Old Codgerdom is creeping up on The 'Pie - he ...Old Codgerdom is creeping up on The 'Pie - he forgot to include this link in the this weekend's post.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/embed/gfewd0vUSrs?feature=player_detailpage<br /><br />Don't be drinking when you watch it, you'll spray your drink everywhere. It is easily one of the funniest Hitler spoofs ever and very timely. Belly laughs all the way, and the cosoling commentThe Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-68444591110445872052013-03-31T09:42:41.874+10:002013-03-31T09:42:41.874+10:00Pie, quoting three instances of 'the cardinal ...Pie, quoting three instances of 'the cardinal newspaper sin' - incorrect edition dates - over the years, you've often said that the Townsville Bulletin doesn't even know what day it is. Well, here's further proof. The following is from 'the Weekend Bulletin' which hit the newsstands yesterday (Sat) morning. There was no Friday edition.<br /><br />At the bottom of the MKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-65384446277081293102013-03-31T08:51:09.439+10:002013-03-31T08:51:09.439+10:00Make love and bites not war.
The council's p...Make love and bites not war. <br /><br />The council's propaganda press release.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-69195674672165918852013-03-31T08:48:57.703+10:002013-03-31T08:48:57.703+10:00Hi Pie, Happy Easter.
I will never vote for the ...Hi Pie, Happy Easter. <br /><br />I will never vote for the Greens. I suspect they'd outlaw Easter if they could. Gail should worry about where and if overseas kiddy widdies made her blue necklace. The Greens need to dismantle. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-15315493152971785962013-03-30T18:21:55.351+10:002013-03-30T18:21:55.351+10:00Your crap-o-meter is spot-on. The media release is...Your crap-o-meter is spot-on. The media release is a very clumsy attempt to spin big changes in the way the Townsville V8 round is financed and administered.<br />As for your description of the new Federal Cabinet as the Second X1, I think you're being far too complimentary. I'd rate them as a D-grade club side. <br /><br />Ron Bairstow Perthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-75394006310479343102013-03-30T17:56:59.095+10:002013-03-30T17:56:59.095+10:00Looks like the fairness of user pays may finally a...Looks like the fairness of user pays may finally apply to the car race. Why should Tsv ratepayers continue to fill Tony cochran's pockets....who tskes his ops manual of screwing governments directly from Bernie Eckelston.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com