Mr. Rabbitt is caught showing his caring side....
*Found on Twitter
Friday, 8 February 2013
Remembering the deeply weird side of Mr. Rabbitt - Part Six
Mr. Rabbitt is caught showing his caring side....
*Found on Twitter
Thursday, 7 February 2013
A Fractured Fairy Tale From The Kingdom of Agrariae Socialismi
Once upon a time the Lord High Chamberlain of Emperor Mellifluous in the Kingdom of Agrariae Socialismi became worried about the number of scribes living in the land.
He worried, not for his emperor, but for himself. He did not think the peasants were suitably in awe of him or that the emperor's inner council looked up to him and he suspected that the scribes' pens were often dipped in irony.
Believing that no-one knew what he did to neuter the scribes in another land in the distant past, he decided that he would beg his master to employ a lowly scribe for him, who would sign the parchments on which his own words were written and who would convince the other scribes that they should never seek an audience with Emporer Mellifluous or anyone on his inner council.
In this way the Lord High Chamberlain hoped to keep information
Unfortunately, his first scribe from those long ago days had talked - and the people of the Kingdom of Agrariae Socialismi had listened well to travellers' tales.
So they won't be drinking the cold mead.
to be continued...
Aunty goes off the rails
Mornings, 23rd November 2012
Summary published: 1st February 2013
Complaint:
Several audience members complained about interviews
on 774 ABC Melbourne which covered allegations against the Prime Minister in
relation to her involvement in an AWU slush fund. Complainants said that
interviews with Mark Baker, Editor-at-Large at The Age and Michael
Smith, former 2UE talkback host, lacked balance, were conducted aggressively,
and that the presenter demonstrated bias.
Audience and Consumer Affairs response:
Audience and Consumer Affairs found that the
interviews were in breach of the ABC’s editorial requirement to gather and
present news and information with due impartiality. The argumentative style of
the interviews, combined with a pattern of strongly stated personal opinions by
the presenter that at times oversimplified the issues at hand, was not in
keeping with the ABC’s rigorous impartiality standards for news and
information. Seventeen complaints were upheld.
Complaints finalised January 2013.
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Sadly, some things never change
Letter to the Editor,
The Daily Examiner,
Grafton
This is a letter that asks a stark, grim question and is addressed, in part, to whoever left two little kittens on the street on New Year's Eve. Why did you dump two little kittens, just putting them in a box and leaving them in the street, not caring if they had shelter or food? There's a skinny dog that prowls by the garbage bins and around the park seats and if he finds a bone or a crust he is having a lucky day. If you are worthy to own a dog, it is your decent duty to feed him and give him the best you can.
Mrs D Rowlands,
RSPCA
Source: The Daily Examiner, 6/2/1963
(reprinted in " Backward Glances: From The Daily Examiner, Fifty Years Ago",
compiled by Chris Nield, 6/2/2013)
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