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: 2013-09-07 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 11:17 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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