tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post8945701540159576509..comments2023-07-27T21:14:18.975+10:00Comments on The Magpie's Nest...: Jarrod Crackers McCracken lives up to his nickname, but falls short of doing the job properly at his bizarre closing down party on Via Vomitorium on Thursday night … and what do former Townsville Mayor Tony Mooney and the late Margaret Thatcher have in common? More than you’d think.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-79542098617365207552013-04-20T07:20:37.848+10:002013-04-20T07:20:37.848+10:00Magpie, great stuff. This is what journalism is ab...Magpie, great stuff. This is what journalism is about not PR releases which the Bulletin's journo's feed from.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-36500263850911777932013-04-19T16:20:45.345+10:002013-04-19T16:20:45.345+10:00Well done Magpie with the naming of Rolf Harris se...Well done Magpie with the naming of Rolf Harris several weeks ago. The major news outlets are today naming him..today Fri....john nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-53102842713407898592013-04-19T15:55:43.169+10:002013-04-19T15:55:43.169+10:00OH my! Tie me kangaroo down. OH my! Tie me kangaroo down. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-19155346843041317222013-04-19T10:56:43.820+10:002013-04-19T10:56:43.820+10:00I really hope this Astonisher photographer is not ...I really hope this Astonisher photographer is not freelancing. The chances are: in her contract that she's exclusively Astonisher or No News.Ltd.<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fiona-Harding-Photographer/119046174839084<br /><br />If she's a registered business?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-15939670344582363112013-04-19T10:43:01.014+10:002013-04-19T10:43:01.014+10:00Your readers must ask is it news if it's being...Your readers must ask is it news if it's being generated and created by a pr company?<br />http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crystalclearprcomau/197769015803Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-12349814201093065452013-04-19T10:42:02.590+10:002013-04-19T10:42:02.590+10:00I think it's important to show what goes on be...I think it's important to show what goes on behind the newspaper scene. For example: Pr agents like this http://www.crystalclearpr.com.au/clients.htm<br />create 'media moments' for the journalistsand photographers to report and fill the paper. EX: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crystalclearprcomau/197769015803#!/photo.php?fbid=10151569678985804&set=a.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-63127435667575973912013-04-18T22:39:30.000+10:002013-04-18T22:39:30.000+10:00Always good and always entertaining. Miss Lou.Always good and always entertaining. Miss Lou.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-57470876477467320832013-04-18T10:52:40.864+10:002013-04-18T10:52:40.864+10:00Couldn't help but notice that most of the heck...Couldn't help but notice that most of the hecklers at the Baroness' funeral procession would not have even been born when she was PM. They looked to me like the usual braying rent-a-mob of sophomoric uni students that the socialists cart out to give the impression of greater public support than what they really have. Anything to gain attention to themselves, the puerile idiots. <br /><Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-32607961795864763452013-04-18T10:25:39.551+10:002013-04-18T10:25:39.551+10:00Fugly duckling hasn’t improved with age - Couldn’t...Fugly duckling hasn’t improved with age - Couldn’t get up for down!<br />Swan dive or belly flop? Surely this budget debacle has to be doomed, even without the carbon tax cock up!<br />Let’s hope this is the goose’s last swan songGWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-64299592480789497622013-04-17T19:48:31.057+10:002013-04-17T19:48:31.057+10:00Pie, do you remember when the 2009 year of images ...Pie, do you remember when the 2009 year of images disappeared as some idiot in IT deleted them? (he never got fired)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-53050562446428904382013-04-17T19:47:49.157+10:002013-04-17T19:47:49.157+10:00It's about time the Astonisher was exposed dur...It's about time the Astonisher was exposed during the 2010 2012 period with such bad managers etc...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-77610856177309412572013-04-17T17:20:32.502+10:002013-04-17T17:20:32.502+10:00No, about what? Can't find it - believe you we...No, about what? Can't find it - believe you were talking about Strewth. Please enlighten ... really, please!The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-41501287403698167922013-04-17T16:42:01.118+10:002013-04-17T16:42:01.118+10:00Ah, they think we live down under. That's why ...Ah, they think we live down under. That's why the flag is upside down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-66135031950366450202013-04-17T13:40:17.260+10:002013-04-17T13:40:17.260+10:00Did you read page 22, Struth column in The Weekend...Did you read page 22, Struth column in The Weekend Australian - Darwin Awards - The Bully gets a dishonourable mention ..Unleash the Dogsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-81153450138288125242013-04-17T13:08:15.015+10:002013-04-17T13:08:15.015+10:00You spell it - Anastacia Whats-her-facia...
You spell it - Anastacia Whats-her-facia... <br /><br />Unleash the Dogsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-54118214596064745292013-04-17T09:35:57.017+10:002013-04-17T09:35:57.017+10:00Was disgusted that ABC breakfast host called the B...Was disgusted that ABC breakfast host called the Boston victims ... Rich white people...<br /><br />Shame on you Virginia Trioli.<br /><br />Racist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-50575706158315738232013-04-17T09:33:02.917+10:002013-04-17T09:33:02.917+10:00I find it remarkable that 2gb's Ray Hadley kee...I find it remarkable that 2gb's Ray Hadley keeps reading articles from the Astonisher? Always court stories. <br /><br />Does Ray know the Astonisher covered up the asbestos issue in their office?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-17899033212998855122013-04-15T22:17:58.360+10:002013-04-15T22:17:58.360+10:00Perhaps the ding dong the witch is dead song for s...Perhaps the ding dong the witch is dead song for some of our policians here in Tville?<br />dukeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-34226657507621294142013-04-15T19:02:08.747+10:002013-04-15T19:02:08.747+10:00Does not the lovely Kylie bear an uncanny resembla...Does not the lovely Kylie bear an uncanny resemblance to Rebekah Brooks? They say that the only way to get a redhead to argue with you is to say something.<br /><br />I was watching, as is my normal habit, early morning ABC 24 when news of Baroness Thatcher's death came through. Maggie was never my favourite pollie, even though I had the utmost respect for her. However, I was appalled to Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-79255596671767867142013-04-15T10:09:36.503+10:002013-04-15T10:09:36.503+10:00Another boring week's read in the Astonisher&#...Another boring week's read in the Astonisher's paper and wGood stuff Pie.eb page. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-5694542960024449782013-04-14T18:58:07.288+10:002013-04-14T18:58:07.288+10:00Pie has no motive but to write it how it is.Pie has no motive but to write it how it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-3789759403887557152013-04-14T18:56:56.009+10:002013-04-14T18:56:56.009+10:00Pie, I hope this twerp comes back to visit. It mak...Pie, I hope this twerp comes back to visit. It makes you know that you're on the right track. Argie bargy can be good as it makes you realise this when jerks post.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-71636620306188862962013-04-14T18:40:03.039+10:002013-04-14T18:40:03.039+10:00Steady, SPQR, your starting to sound like a stalke...Steady, SPQR, your starting to sound like a stalker. But i love the term' rangaphilia'. brought on doubt by the likes of Hanson and Joolya. Kylie may need a strategic dye job if and when she makes the jump.<br /><br />As to the fawning, The 'Pie will take anything that will soothe his shattered self-esteem, trampled into the dust (sob) by the likes of the following (real) love lettersThe Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-90542795482974203482013-04-14T18:31:44.777+10:002013-04-14T18:31:44.777+10:00is it problematical that by having both former sid...is it problematical that by having both former sides of politics on the Company payroll eventually i would guess they will want to ship coal thru the port of Townsville so they cover all angles although they are a Public Company... Also isn't Craig Wallace some sort of hanger- on in Outer Mongolia for the Company. Our intrepid Paul Jacob now with the Townsville Rate payers Association Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-13020687989162647022013-04-14T17:35:13.488+10:002013-04-14T17:35:13.488+10:00Pie, Excellent, as usual. I particularly liked you...Pie, Excellent, as usual. I particularly liked your coverage of reaction to the Thatcher death. GonzoGonzonoreply@blogger.com