Best blog quote of the month from Hexy

Hexy of Hexpletive guestposting over at Hoyden about Town about Andrew Bolt's nasty views in Andrew Bolt, Wajin-looking Koori, Aboriginality, and comments full of lies:

Oh, that's just magic. If Andrew Bolt can point to one single "full-blood Aborigine" with whom he has discussed this matter and who expressed that sentiment, I'll eat my hat. No, even more extreme… I'll f*ck Andrew Bolt...........

The only people who have ever expressed disbelief of my Aboriginality based on my skin tone have been over-privileged white f*ckwits who feel entitled to decide who does and does not get to claim membership of a demographic they themselves have no connection at all to. [letter substitutions to avoid those *#@ filters]

Hexy you are a joy to read.

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Obama changes his tune once again

It seems that Barack Obama has discovered the delights of former Australian prime minister John Howard's approach to core and non-core promises.

The latest to surface is in relation to the Freedom of Choice Act. It appears that once you're president then any pretence that you really believe in a woman's right to chose, in relation to pregnancy termination, flies out the window.

Here is FactCheck on the subject:

Is Obama shying away from the Freedom of Choice Act?
When CNN correspondent Ed Henry asked the president about his current thinking on FOCA at last night's White House press conference, Obama used very different language than he did during the campaign.
In 2008, as we noted in our Ask FactCheck item on FOCA, Obama told a Planned Parenthood audience: "The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. Now that's the first thing I'd do."
Last night, Obama specifically altered that statement. "Now, the Freedom of Choice Act is not my highest legislative priority," he said. "I believe that women should have the right to choose, but I think that the most important thing we can do to tamp down some of the anger surrounding this issue is to focus on those areas that we can agree on," such as reducing unwanted pregnancies.

Tim Fisher lives!

After costing taxpayers about $1 million a year to establish the first resident Australian ambassador to the Holy See, His Excellency Timmeh Fisher is almost but not quite earning his keep.
What's on the Tube tells us that; "Former deputy Prime Minister and now Australia's ambassador to the Vatican Tim Fisher said that charges have be[en] laid against the two members of the Chaser team on April 28 for breaching the no-fly zone regulations. Mr Fisher confirmed that they were detained by Italian authorities and questioned for eight hours before being released. Morrow today said on ABC radio, "I'm not sure whether charges have been laid yet but we certainly did spend a fair bit of time chewing the fat with the Italian constabulary"."
Apart from turning up at an English language Italian mass for bushfire victims in February, this is the first time I've heard a peep out of the ambassador since his appointment took effect at the beginning of this year.

Update:
Apparently Timmeh is not too good with spoken Italian, because ABC News says "On Friday, Australia's resident ambassador to the Vatican, Tim Fischer, incorrectly said charges had been laid." and The Chaser team say "We've since heard from Tim Fischer that we've been charged, but from an Italian lawyer that we haven't. We're backing the lawyer".

Northern Rivers artist explores the nasty side of Monsanto

Monsanto

Lyn Hope

original, unframed, abstract political work, revealing Monsanto’s nasty side

Displayed at Arthouse Australia