Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Fancy that!!
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Some copy cats have nine lives - with prizes.
Colin Hay gets done in court for nicking a couple of notes from "Kookaburra sits on an old gum tree".
OTOH Sam Leach wins the Wynne prize and has a raft of luminaries defending his unattributed *referencing*.
Double dutch: scandal rocks Wynne painting prize
And how does *referencing* of a 1660 Dutch painting in anyway fulfill this criteria. "According to the AGNSW, the Wynne Prize is "awarded to what the judges consider to be the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or watercolours". It isn't even a *referencing* of an Australian landscape painting. I don't think there were that many Dutch daubers knocking out postcards of the great brown land girt by sea back in 1660.
It also seems that the Oz's national Arts Writer Michaela Boland was away on the day her school did Julia's grammar lessons.
"Leach, an emerging Australian artist recently compared with Brett Whiteley and William Dobell."
UPDATE. Having just read a unassailable defence by the artist I hereby withdraw anything which might be construed as being even mildly critical.
"Leach says the painting is not the same. For one thing, he says, his is a fifth the size of Pynacker's work. He has also removed a number of the original pastoral features of the painting and replaced them with something decidedly more contemporary."
Sam, a word from the wise. "When you find yourself in a hole or are found with your hand in a cookie jar, stop digging."Labels: Who's kidding whom?
Thursday, April 01, 2010
First the Poms lost the empire, then they lost their judgment. (Highly likely the silly buggers will give Gordon Brown the benefit of the doubt!?!?)
POP star Kylie Minogue is the most powerful celebrity in Britain, a study by a U.K. market research firm Millward Brown revealed Thursday.
"The 10 most powerful celebrities were Minogue, Cole, Beckham, TV presenters Ant and Dec, actress Joanna Lumley, radio and TV presenter Terry Wogan, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, Clooney, actor Sean Connery and actress Helen Mirren."
Labels: Who gives a toss?, Who's kidding whom?, WTF
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Stop me if you've heard this one before.
"Ms Kosky’s office did not respond when questioned about whether the latest breakdown was proof she was failing in her job."
"Instead, her spokesman, Stephen Moynihan, pointed to the $500 million investment the Government was making to improve Melbourne’s railways over the next eight years."
Labels: Weak as., Who's kidding whom?
Saturday, October 03, 2009
From the company which regularly sends jobs offshore.
Qantas is under fire from the Federal Opposition for serving imported butter on its Australian flights.
Qantas has confirmed it provides Lurpak butter.
A spokesman for the airline said the decision to purchase the cheaper Danish butter was made during the downturn in the aviation industry to minimise job losses.
"Cheaper Danish butter" ?!?
[rhetorical] At our local Coles and Safeways guess which butter is the most expensive on the shelves.[/rhetorical]
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Let's not speak ill of the almost dead. - AKA pre burial hagiography.
Premier John Brumby echoed Mr Shorten’s sentiments, describing Mr Pratt – the owner of carboard giant Visy – as a “great Australian success story” and a “very generous” man.
“I’ve always got on well with Dick,” Mr Brumby said.
“I’ve strongly defended Dick Pratt as a great Victorian and a great Australian.”
Members of the Carlton Football Club say their thoughts go out to the family of the club’s former president, Richard Pratt.
The 75-year-old, who has been suffering from prostate cancer, is resting at his Melbourne home Raheen.
He faces four charges of giving false or misleading evidence to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) at a hearing in 2005.
Mr Pratt has been married to Jeanne Pratt for 47 years, with the couple currently living in Raheen, their Kew mansion. The couple have three adult children.
He also has a daughter with his former mistress, Sydney socialite Shari-Lea Hitchcock.
Gotta love the Dickster's traditional family and business values. Believe it folks, after all John and Bill believe it.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Just when you thought it was safe to take your Jaffas, your popcorn bucket and your 6 litre bottle of Coke back into the cinema.
Playing a convincing loser has won Australian actor Richard Di Gregorio a shot at stardom with the lead role in the first movie to be cast by an online audience.
The 31-year-old, from Ashwood in Melbourne’s east, was among thousands of hopeful actors to try out for an upcoming feature film that had a twist before it was even shot.
A cinema release is planned for the film, which Di Gregorio described as a “male Bridget Jones crossed with American Pie” but a date is yet to be set.
Jovy’s short film, Holiday Romance, was nominated for an Academy Award in 1999 and if The Flirting Club makes it to the awards or a return to Cannes, Di Gregorio is ready for his walk on the red carpet.
“Oh completely, I’ve had those visions before I even got the role. I’ve had those visions for years and years,” he said. MORE.
“male Bridget Jones crossed with American Pie”
Yep, can't wait to queue up for that one. And just when I thought "Alvin Purple" had broken the mould.
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Sunday, March 08, 2009
Envious perhaps, but mostly deeply suspicious about the provenance of this report.
Man dies in Viagra-fuelled orgy.
A 28-year-old man has died after swallowing an entire bottle of Viagra to keep him going for a 12-hour orgy with two women.
The women had bet mechanic Sergey Tuganov $6,000 that he wouldn’t be able to satisfy them both non-stop for the half-day sex marathon.
But minutes after winning the wager, the randy 28-year-old dropped dead with a heart attack, revealed Moscow police
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Monday, December 08, 2008
Howard defends actions on Kyoto protocol.
Former prime minister John Howard says he believes doubts will increase among the public as to whether all claims made about the effect of climate change are accurate.
Guess it's the Rodent's hubris which leads him to believe anyone's listening to him any more.
Well the lilliputian cheer squad (AKA Janette, the former all singing, all dancing Kirribilli pom pom queen) no doubt keeps assuring him that his view that the intelligently designed earth is flat still holds water.
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave o'er the land of the free market and the home of the brave?
United States car makers have again been hit by plummeting sales as they make their second bid for a massive Government handout.
The top executives of America’s three biggest car makers failed last month to convince a sceptical US Congress to give them a $25 billion loan.
Now they are presenting new business plans to show that their companies could be viable with government help.
Labels: Who's kidding whom?, WTF
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
[rhetorical]Is he the answer or part of the problem? [/rhetorical]
CHANNEL 9 is bringing Eddie McGuire out of hibernation. The former network chief executive officer is to spearhead Nine’s bold bid to erode Channel 7’s Friday night ratings dominance in Melbourne.
McGuire, noticeably absent from our screens in 2008, will be back on air from June 6 as host of his game show 1 v 100.
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Saturday, May 03, 2008
Bankers Assoc chief defends fees
The Australian Bankers Association (ABA) says the major banks will work with the Federal Government to address any concerns it has about their competitiveness. ABA chief executive David Bell says the banks will respond to Mr Swan. “If the Treasurer writes to the bank’s CEOs, of course they’ll pay the proper respect to it,” he said.
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
The GG does his Glorious Swansong at 2020
“I’m very dubious that 1,000 people, if they’re truly given the chance to have their say, are going to come with a conclusive coordinated position,” he said.
“I do perceive that what we will end up with is some sort of multi-faceted hothouse gab session with an outcome very similar to Jerry Springer.”
A bit rich coming from the master of the inconclusive uncoordinated position, the uni-faceted king of upper house hot air grandstanders, Barnaby Joyce.
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Suppliers of remainder bins to bookshops look forward to a bonanza.
$1M for Howard memoirs
FORMER Prime Minister John Howard is expected to receive up to $1 million for his memoirs in one of the most lucrative non-fiction publishing deals in Australia’s history.
An unofficial bidding war for the rights to Mr Howard’s autobiography has begun, with five publishing houses putting in early expressions of interest to the former prime minister.
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Monday, March 17, 2008
"I'll huff and I'll puff until I go red in the face, and let's see how they like that!!"
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has warned petrol companies not to unnecessarily put their prices up before Easter.
ACCC chairman Graham Samuel wrote to the major companies on Friday, saying they had better have a good reason to raise their prices in the lead-up to the holidays.
Laws prevent petrol profiteering crackdown: ACCC Has anything changed since them? (Not a rhetorical, but a genuine question.)
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Clutching at straw polls.
Newman leading Liberal comeback: Hockey
Federal Coalition frontbencher Joe Hockey says the Liberals’ victory in the Brisbane City Council elections may mark the start of a Liberal Party comeback.
Brisbane’s Lord Mayor Campbell Newman remains the nation’s most senior Liberal Party politician in office after yesterday’s local government elections.
Joe "The Liverpool Kisser" Hockey - the political wrestler formerly known as "The Avuncular" - is not only giving heart to the party faithful, but also to this disenumbled blogger. Having won first prize last week in the granddaughter's school raffle, then according to Joe, I ought to be a lay down misere to win Thursday's $6 mill Powerball.
Woohoo! I get to buy that Trabant I've always dreamed of owning ... however we wont be holding our breath. (Don't want to go blue and ballooned in the face like L'il Joe.)
Newman leading Liberal comeback?? A realistic counterview at Ambit Gambit ... another at Prof Q's.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
The meetings John Brumby rejects, make John Brumby's double standards the best.
Victorian Premier John Brumby says his government is willing to resume wage negotiations with teachers at any time, but he has ruled out becoming personally involved in the talks.
“We’re willing, I think, to sit down at any time, so whenever they’re ready, we’re ready,” Mr Brumby told reporters. However, he ruled out entering negotiations himself.
“Obviously if you do that then every single industrial issue or EBA that comes up before government, then people expect the minister or the premier to be there and it’s just not practical or realistic to believe that that could be the case,” he said.
So our dear John, ex teacher and ex AEU rep, Brumby (like Keating said, “there’s nothing more ‘ex’ than an ex Prime Minister”) won’t sit down and talk with representatives of the worst paid teachers in Australia. However he can find time to have a wee chat with the even wee-er Bernie Ecclestone to work out how Victorians can lose even more money by retaining the Grand Prix on the hideously coiffed Dwarf’s terms.
Melbourne’s Formula One 2007 Grand Prix ran at a $34.6 million loss, a report tabled in the Victorian parliament today shows.
The Grand Prix report, one of about 130 tabled in state parliament today, shows revenue decreased from $47.5 million in 2006 to $43.4 million this year.
The event cost more than $78 million to run, with the Victorian government picking up the tab for the shortfall.
With the cost of the event under intense scrutiny – the 2008 race is forecast to cost Victorian taxpayers $40million – Mr Walker defended the escalating and undisclosed license fee charged by Mr Ecclestone every year. He said the cost of building and dismantling the temporary circuit was running at about $30 million a year. The additional cost of running the event under lights is estimated at $60 million.
"Whether the move is sufficient to satisfy grand prix supremo Bernie Ecclestone’s demands for a night race is likely be known within the next six months, as the Victorian Government and Australian Grand Prix chairman Ron Walker enter negotiations on the future of the Albert Park race beyond 2010."
"Mr Walker said yesterday the fate of the event would be decided before Premier John Brumby travelled to London to meet Mr Ecclestone in October."
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