Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Drone
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blamebramptonPreviously in Australian politics:
Harry Potter waged a valiant war against the man considered the premier dark wizard of our times back in 2007 and emerged victorious.
In 2010, he was rolled by his allegedly loyal offsiders Ron and Hermione and retired to the back benches, then the front benches, then the back benches again.
In 2013, he finally won back the leadership and took Australia to an election.
He is the man who saw Australia through the GFC with a record that the IMF, the World Bank, and several Nobel-Prize winning economists call remarkable and which most of my friends and family back in Britain call 'you lucky, lucky bastards'. Admittedly his party is mostly filled with muppets, but a lot of them are competent at their jobs, if not at acting like grown ups.
He is very unlikely to be the PM by the end of tomorrow. Instead, it will probably be Vincent Crabbe:
A man who spent the years from 2010 to 2013 being a misogynist twat, blocking every piece of legislation he could, wearing Speedos in public, and WHO RELEASED HIS DETAILED POLICIES YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY.
Among them was a policy stating that they would have an opt-out internet censorship mandated for all Australian ISPs.
The beautiful Draco Malfoy
went on radio to 'defend' it, which he did with a lot of 'Err …' (Since he clearly thought it was bollocks.)
A few hours later, it was declared that that wasn't their policy at all, it was just a typo.
These people are tipped to win by 20 seats.
I was going to write something comedic about the whole thing, but in truth, I am just much too depressed.
The LNP are less overtly Muppety than the ALP, but they are economic gibbons by any genuine standard and the only people who can argue otherwise are economic illiterates who think that austerity works.
SO I am spending the evening crocheting and eating ice-cream instead.
My favourite political cartoon has been recommending that we all build a Mirabella-free bunker and spray it liberally with Brandis repellent. For those who have no idea what a Mirabella or Brandis is, you are fortunate, fortunate people!
I am dreaming of either another 1993 Victory for the True Believers, or a Malfoy-Gambaro LNP post-election coup. A girl can hope!
Harry Potter waged a valiant war against the man considered the premier dark wizard of our times back in 2007 and emerged victorious.
In 2010, he was rolled by his allegedly loyal offsiders Ron and Hermione and retired to the back benches, then the front benches, then the back benches again.
In 2013, he finally won back the leadership and took Australia to an election.
He is the man who saw Australia through the GFC with a record that the IMF, the World Bank, and several Nobel-Prize winning economists call remarkable and which most of my friends and family back in Britain call 'you lucky, lucky bastards'. Admittedly his party is mostly filled with muppets, but a lot of them are competent at their jobs, if not at acting like grown ups.He is very unlikely to be the PM by the end of tomorrow. Instead, it will probably be Vincent Crabbe:
A man who spent the years from 2010 to 2013 being a misogynist twat, blocking every piece of legislation he could, wearing Speedos in public, and WHO RELEASED HIS DETAILED POLICIES YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY.
Among them was a policy stating that they would have an opt-out internet censorship mandated for all Australian ISPs.
The beautiful Draco Malfoy
went on radio to 'defend' it, which he did with a lot of 'Err …' (Since he clearly thought it was bollocks.)A few hours later, it was declared that that wasn't their policy at all, it was just a typo.
These people are tipped to win by 20 seats.
I was going to write something comedic about the whole thing, but in truth, I am just much too depressed.
The LNP are less overtly Muppety than the ALP, but they are economic gibbons by any genuine standard and the only people who can argue otherwise are economic illiterates who think that austerity works.
SO I am spending the evening crocheting and eating ice-cream instead.
My favourite political cartoon has been recommending that we all build a Mirabella-free bunker and spray it liberally with Brandis repellent. For those who have no idea what a Mirabella or Brandis is, you are fortunate, fortunate people!
I am dreaming of either another 1993 Victory for the True Believers, or a Malfoy-Gambaro LNP post-election coup. A girl can hope!
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Date: 2013-09-06 03:54 pm (UTC)May Draco save us all from the crap that is to follow.
I only need to look at the promises touted by the Libs in NSW to know exactly how much slash and burn is about to occur. :(
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Date: 2013-09-06 03:56 pm (UTC)Reginal elections are in a week, nationals in two.
I will spend my evening watching football (soccer). It's much more uplifting to see fit men in football kits :)
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Date: 2013-09-06 05:02 pm (UTC)It sucks. But we never really heard of that good stretch in OZ (did hear about exemplary NZ a few times); last time we noticed it was also a horrid jowly bad leader. So cudos in retrospect.
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Date: 2013-09-06 05:41 pm (UTC)(Their insane campaign advert aired over here on Adam Hills's The Last Leg this week)
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Date: 2013-09-06 06:43 pm (UTC)I am either frightened or repulsed by Vincent Crabbe after being reminded of his statements by Juice Rap News, frankly. Not that Harry is an unequivocally nice fellow... As an outsider not versed in Australian politics, I thought Malfoy and Hermione teaming up could be all right, though.
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Date: 2013-09-07 12:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-07 02:55 am (UTC)Mirabella losing her seat would be one tiny plus. She is so horrible! But we would still have Pyne.
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Date: 2013-09-07 04:23 am (UTC)On the other hand, I hold no real brief for Kevin Rudd, who is responsible for the loss of several very talented politicians for the country. Best and very unlikely scenario would be Labor winning and Rudd losing his seat!
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Date: 2013-09-07 02:59 am (UTC)Me too. Ugh, honestly. I think I am going to make brownies.
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Date: 2013-09-07 04:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-08 11:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-07 02:40 am (UTC)On other news, you may need to visit me soon, my J-cat has just been diagnosed as diabetic, and will needs visits from all his favourite people to keep his spirits up as he gets used to me doing blood glucose checks and giving him twice daily insulin injections....
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Date: 2013-09-07 02:54 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-09-07 03:08 am (UTC)What I don't get is how voters and media have turned off their critical faculties - nobody seems to think that it's a big deal for the Liberals not to know what their internet filter policy is.
I hope the icecream helps, I'll be turning to something stronger.
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Date: 2013-09-07 04:28 am (UTC)Watching Tony try to negotiate a hostile Senate should at least be entertaining in a black humour kind of way.
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Date: 2013-09-07 02:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-07 11:27 am (UTC)I think I might need gin.
Three years of government by morons.
At least we'll have Clive to giggle at looking at the current flow of preferences.
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Date: 2013-09-07 02:06 pm (UTC)Has Clive Palmer worked out that he'll have to spend the next three years sitting in Parliament House, responding to angry constituent letters about fencing disputes and tree root damage, without holding any kind of balance of power? I feel a by-election coming on.
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Date: 2013-09-07 06:59 am (UTC)You will be able to hear the howls if it does, being as we are in Graynlder -- the leftist of the left of Sydney electorates. We went aquamarine at the last election with a large swing to Green from Labour.
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Date: 2013-09-07 09:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-07 09:40 am (UTC)The tragedy is that I will probably be economically better off, it's just that I will have to cycle past more homeless people as our nation tramples merrily on the poor :-(
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Date: 2013-09-07 11:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-07 11:17 am (UTC)Oh god, Julie Bishop foreign minister. *WEEPS*
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Date: 2013-09-07 11:42 am (UTC)I am really sad for him retiring. I hope they keep bringing him back for all elections.
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Date: 2013-09-07 11:38 am (UTC)*facepalm*
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Date: 2013-09-07 01:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-07 05:17 pm (UTC)Hmm...under new management. I wonder if that's Tony- speak for 'couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery?'
Good luck stopping the boats, Tony. No one has managed it yet and they've been coming since 1788.
The policy of government detaining children makes me ashamed to be an Australian. :(
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