tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post355398321195746689..comments2023-07-27T21:14:18.975+10:00Comments on The Magpie's Nest...: It's been a week of bums - literal, metaphorical, people, hash-tagging and ...well ... just an all round bummery, as chronicled in this week's load of ... well ... bumf. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-53579934606478388922012-12-07T09:30:03.440+10:002012-12-07T09:30:03.440+10:00Most are fairy tale stories. The [junos] are a hal...Most are fairy tale stories. The [junos] are a half Ar sed Lot and are useless at reporting. I think it's the JCU way.<br /><br />I loved working with you though Pie. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-77794736010776684532012-12-07T07:59:05.106+10:002012-12-07T07:59:05.106+10:00Indeed, Mr/Ms Woodduck, that is coming when this b...Indeed, Mr/Ms Woodduck, that is coming when this blog will be expanded in the New Year. However, correspondents may have to sign an oath of 'humbleness' to get a guernsey.The Magpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-84504107162667655522012-12-06T19:00:09.093+10:002012-12-06T19:00:09.093+10:00Pie, could you set up a page for us humble reader...Pie, could you set up a page for us humble readers where we could discuss the daily stuff ups and fairy tale stories the Astonisher entertains us with.woodducknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-79764585231329128502012-12-05T10:28:08.897+10:002012-12-05T10:28:08.897+10:00Batman's story about 'Townsville warming f...Batman's story about 'Townsville warming faster than other tropical cities' <br /><br />The Earth has heated up 0.7 degrees over the last century. Threfore Townsville sits within the bounds of what is known as natural variablility.But all you need is a headline and the overheated feverish imaginations of the green global warming scarmongers get their collective knickers in a great bigAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-51922676456636672672012-12-04T13:41:12.121+10:002012-12-04T13:41:12.121+10:00The issue is when it really happened in The Astoni...The issue is when it really happened in The Astonisher's workplace. eg. Asbestos. No one believes anything anymore. Because, all they did was lie while working for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-43790787031736939072012-12-04T10:22:25.663+10:002012-12-04T10:22:25.663+10:00Happy Christmas Pie.Happy Christmas Pie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-87375589389835165882012-12-03T18:23:13.331+10:002012-12-03T18:23:13.331+10:00The 'Pie mentions Guy Reece in Northern Beache...The 'Pie mentions Guy Reece in Northern Beaches. I believe he lives in Kelso and the records show that because of labour party preferences he was within 51 votes of being elected in Division 4!. Now this gentleman states that his investigations have led him to believe that all elections since Federation in 1901 are illegal, because no ID has been required for voting. He also has no clue Fed up Idalianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-35525726577961639002012-12-03T16:53:12.065+10:002012-12-03T16:53:12.065+10:00I have not been informed at all by 'Human Reso...I have not been informed at all by 'Human Resource' department. I hear other staff were asked to get xrays while working in there.<br /><br />I notified HR at the time of the asbestos but was told that 'once a year' inspection. Disregard Yasi... etc.It's only a cyclone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-54081023009308182502012-12-03T14:24:35.194+10:002012-12-03T14:24:35.194+10:00Yes, one has to wonder why authorities haven't...Yes, one has to wonder why authorities haven't been alerted to this and at least made inquiries. And/or why staff showered with asbestos dust - or otherwise exposed to it - haven't done anything to legally protect themselves and the future welfare of their families if asbestos poisoning emerges in the coming years. A class action is clearly possible. <br /><br />On the first point, maybe The Magpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-8335096701329048722012-12-03T14:21:47.470+10:002012-12-03T14:21:47.470+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Daily Astonisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622681633684238305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-39859635069596329602012-12-03T14:00:28.756+10:002012-12-03T14:00:28.756+10:00Really like today's cartoon.Really like today's cartoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-8208456887965466542012-12-03T12:44:42.106+10:002012-12-03T12:44:42.106+10:00There is many a precedent for pledges of loyalty b...There is many a precedent for pledges of loyalty being sought from restless political minions. I recall Joolya doing much the same thing earlier this year when Kev sought to re-heat his battered savs. Not so much a pledge as dire threats of the consequences of any perceived failure to support. It cost one of our best A-G's in recent years his job.<br /><br />Don't see how the threat ofGrumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-59017045169508334452012-12-03T09:36:16.733+10:002012-12-03T09:36:16.733+10:00Magpie,the dysfunction is the Astonisher. The Murd...Magpie,the dysfunction is the Astonisher. The Murdoch-owned company News International seriously failed in corporate governance.<br /><br />It must have failed in Townsville. eg. Asbestos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-22129780476083050072012-12-03T08:55:19.311+10:002012-12-03T08:55:19.311+10:00The 'Pie replies to ppeter sandery.
Tthanks f...<br /><br />The 'Pie replies to ppeter sandery.<br /><br />Tthanks ffor tthe hheads uup oon tthat sslip-uup, ppeter, ddamded ttricky,tthese wword tthingys iin ccyberspace.The Magpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-55811247489747897792012-12-03T08:41:48.583+10:002012-12-03T08:41:48.583+10:00Homile or homily?Homile or homily?ppeter sanderynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-38345846049582284482012-12-02T18:08:53.982+10:002012-12-02T18:08:53.982+10:00Always good and entertaining Pie.Always good and entertaining Pie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-56517077112631124312012-12-02T17:13:27.696+10:002012-12-02T17:13:27.696+10:00Why not, northern beaches agitated agitator Guy R...Why not, northern beaches agitated agitator Guy Reece is there already, wasn't he a founding member of the Forest Gump Party - slogan 'life is like a box of chocolates, you just don't know what you're gonna get'. Soft centres ear to ear. This old bird is all for it, plenty of 2013 grist for the mill ... Magpie season all year.The 'Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-56495033456482621842012-12-02T15:59:58.748+10:002012-12-02T15:59:58.748+10:00Sounds like Paul Jacob and David Moyle should get ...Sounds like Paul Jacob and David Moyle should get togetherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-77745753145293650652012-12-02T12:37:45.292+10:002012-12-02T12:37:45.292+10:00It's a given that all parliamentary leaders- s...It's a given that all parliamentary leaders- state or federal - expect loyalty from their elected members. But for Jack Boot Jeff(Seeney)to publicly demand it, smacks of an immature leader and government. The polls say the voters aren't happy with the LNP and Can Do Without is on the nose in his own electorate. Keep this up and my predictions of 10 years of LNP could be cut to five. But News Viewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-71604992359319926132012-12-02T07:44:46.005+10:002012-12-02T07:44:46.005+10:00Please get to the bottom of this allegation that S...Please get to the bottom of this allegation that State LNP parliamentarians swore an oath, or made a pledge, of loyalty to Campbell Newman. I've put the question directly to John Hathaway by email this morning. Why don't you go & ask the Kid. Such an oath is an anathema to our democratic system & should, if not already, be illegal.<br />Such oaths destroy the principal & pointSPQRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-71446648454074671962012-12-01T20:50:34.210+10:002012-12-01T20:50:34.210+10:00Hi Pie, Good spotting and great cartoon.
For you...Hi Pie, Good spotting and great cartoon. <br /><br />For your readers, the JT article was first spotted in the Daily TerrorGraph's sports section. <br /><br />The picture was taken by Craig Greenhill at Belmore. <br /><br />Why would a DTerror photograph 'stand outside a carpark?' Secondly, the DT claims that they are only 'exclusive' pixs. No other media outlet captured the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-43202653919889858752012-12-01T18:46:17.233+10:002012-12-01T18:46:17.233+10:00An acquaintance of mine has always said that the t...An acquaintance of mine has always said that the term "Journalistic ethics" is the greatest oxymoron! ('Pie excluded of course:)). Simpleton with his disgraceful article on Thursday,confirmed this, as he has done many times in the past.<br />You are so right about the Mullet.... things can't be going OK if all the Councillors are in agreement, because she must have an "Fed up Idalianoreply@blogger.com