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Posted 25 February 2013 - 10:35 AM
Posted 25 February 2013 - 11:06 AM
This is just a bunch of well paid folk being forced into some other line of work or new employer.
Boo frickin hoo.
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Posted 25 February 2013 - 11:10 AM
The holocaust was a human tragedy.
specially for prison camp guards, lorry drivers and grave diggers...all put out of work by a Government shift in policy.
Have some thought for these poor beggars.
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Posted 25 February 2013 - 11:39 AM
There are some things that men must do in order that they remain as men.
It's not what you know, it's what you can prove in court. Didn't you tell me that once?
It is the duty of all good men to nurture the seed of self-destruction that lies at the core of every evil.
The biggest delusion that humans suffer is to abrogate their powers to others then expect something other than despair.
Posted 25 February 2013 - 02:53 PM
Posted 25 February 2013 - 02:58 PM
Many of these people, not all, were authors of their own misfortune and ours, so it is hard to feel a great of sympathy, though some sympathy is doubtless due.
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Posted 25 February 2013 - 05:48 PM
My house is my pension liability.
Posted 25 February 2013 - 06:26 PM
Sallie Krawcheck, former global wealth president at Bank of America discusses the steps taken by banks on redefining CEO pay and the 'human tragedy' of Wall Street job cuts.
What the f*** is a Global Wealth President?
Posted 25 February 2013 - 06:29 PM
It means she ran the "wealth management" a.k.a. private banking arm, of Merrill Lynch BOA, which is a huge operation.
What the f*** is a Global Wealth President?
I have met Sallie Krawcheck (just a handshake). She is fit.
Posted 25 February 2013 - 09:38 PM
I really want to see these people crash and burn- and they are just the people to make that happen because they cannot moderate their own greed- and anyone with a habit like that will eventually destroy themselves.
Posted 25 February 2013 - 10:58 PM
Posted 26 February 2013 - 12:01 AM
What the f*** is a Global Wealth President?
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The name "New York" works out as '666' (Big APPLE)
"The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit." Proverbs Ch18 v.11
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You know 'IT' makes sense!
Exploitation & corrupt Government / Elite Rule? They have nowhere to hide if we all EXPOSE their corruption!
"Most propaganda is NOT designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give MORAL COWARDS an excuse not to think at all!"
Posted 26 February 2013 - 12:03 AM
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The name "New York" works out as '666' (Big APPLE)
I dont get it?
Posted 26 February 2013 - 12:05 AM
Keep giving me money so i can keep paying the little people, dining out, buying jewellry etc.
How about we just cut the witch out and give it direct to the little people.
They almost believe they're doing something charitable, stealing money and living a life of luxury. Almost. In reality they are evil and get off on it.
Posted 26 February 2013 - 12:55 AM
Without being able to extract and extort money from the rest of the world, New York and London are just another two Detroits.
Having had to listen for 3 decades to these morons explain why the decimation of conventional industries and their workers was 'inevitable' there is something deeply satisfying in seeing the City of London and Wall Street as the new rust belt. Particularly ironic is the keeness of those working in that sector for the very tax payer subsidies they were so keen to remove from conventional industries such as coal and steel production , ship building etc only a few years ago. Hypocrites to a man and a woman their hubris over the years has finally reaped its own nemesis. Truth is they had it all and they f*cked it and everyone else with their rampant greed.
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Some new touches and aspects to the outdoor walls were revealed, and some of the main mural makers, such as Shepard Fairey and Ron English, were on site. But the real treat was the in-door pop-up museum, dedicated to Goldman and the work he has collected, which will stay up for at least a month.
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Also in the museum are photographic documentation of the various mural projects Goldman instigated, and photographs of him and moments in his life. Both indoors and outdoors there is a good vibe, probably the best tribute he could have asked for.
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Former union official claims he was part of alleged AWU fraud
Piers Akerman
–, Wednesday, November, 07, 2012, (4:20am)
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard's ongoing problems over her past association with a group of trade unionists including her former boyfriend, Bruce Wilson, have ratcheted up a notch.
Ralph Blewitt, a former branch head of the AWU, who last week told The Australian he would like to cooperate with police in return for immunity from prosecution, has now claimed he was part of a fraud along with Gillard and Wilson.
Gillard has consistently maintained that apart from her romantic involvement with Wilson, she helped set up the AWU Workplace Reform Association, which she later described as a slush fund for the election of union officials.
Bank accounts related to the association were set up and operated by Wilson and fellow union boss Ralph Blewitt.
An internal review of Gillard's conduct, her partners at Slater & Gordon in August-September 1995 heard that she had given legal advice to help Wilson and Blewitt set up the slush fund in 1992, leading to its incorporation.
However, as The Australian has reported, she told neither the AWU nor the firm about this work until fraud concerns were raised in 1995. She left the firm soon afterwards.
Peter Trebilco, who was joint secretary of the West Australian branch of the AWU in 1995, has told The Australian that had he been made aware of the slush fund he would have done an immediate audit and proved that the AWU Workplace Reform Association fund and its accounts were secret, unauthorised and unlawful.
"If we had been told by Slater & Gordon that it was set up by Bruce Wilson and Ralph Blewitt, we would have been immediately more suspicious. We knew about the relationship between Julia Gillard and Bruce, but (not) of the slush fund until after the money in its accounts had disappeared.''
Gillard was asked about Trebilco's claims yesterday at a press conference in Vientiane.
Here is her response from the transcript: "I'd like to be very clear about the timeline here. Firstly, let me say I've dealt with all of these matters extensively on the public record and I've dealt with them in Parliament. I know the Opposition is making some points about this but the statement I made in Parliament that they are pointing to I stand by and it is wholly true.
"Just on the timeline here, in August 1995 it was becoming apparent in the AWU there were some issues here. In September 1995 it was the subject of an internal review in Slater & Gordon. That internal review is out there in the public domain and what I said in that internal review is not contradicted in anyway by any other things that have been said. What I said in that internal review is the truth.
"Let's just, you know, there's issues here with the coverage and because of issues in the coverage there are issues in your questions.
"My role here was as a lawyer, I provided advice on the incorporation of an association. I was never connected with the operation of any fund. Never connect(ed) with the operation of any fund. I was not an office bearer of the association. I was not involved in its activities. I was not involved in any bank accounts it may have held. I was not an official of the AWU. I was not in charge of the conveyancing file.
"So you are effectively asking me, why didn't I report to authorities things I did not know."
In fact, her response raises more questions and there are more to be asked now Blewitt has alleged she was involved..
Blewitt, who has been living in Asia since 1997, claimed in a statement posted on Mike Smith's website that a Labor dirt unit had been trying to discredit him "to try and convince the general public that I'm an untruthful person whose evidence in AWU Workplace Reform Association cannot be trusted".
The attack on Blewitt was published on a notoriously unreliable and abusive Victorian-based website reportedly operated by a former Labor staffer.
In an angry response, Blewitt wrote: "Well I don't have to bear my sole (sic) or disclose my past to anyone but I'm not about to run and hide from mistakes I've made in my past.
"I apologize for my part in the AWU Workplace Reform Association Fraud the ONLY benefit I got from the fraud was I kept my job," he said in the statement.
Gillard has always maintained that she had no knowledge of the activities of her boyfriend or his associates though she was engaged as a partner in the Labor law firm Slater & Gordon when it organised a loan for the purchase a house in Victoria which was used by Wilson and which she visited.
Though she addressed an impromptu press conference in August at which she invited questions from members of the Canberra press gallery, many question marks remain.
As the Labor Party encouraged speculation about Opposition leader Tony Abbott's history as a student politician 25 years ago, it seems reasonable to examine Gillard's activities as law partner 17 years ago.
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You are being hunted Gillard and they are closing in on you.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (04:46am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:25am)
Yes, and the more she weaves her tangled spider web, the more she embroils herself in her own lies and she thinks that we are too stupid, to untangle her web.
And now she again, trying to shirk her responsibilities, by saying that she did not handle the conveyencing file. Julia, I have seen your signature, initials and handwriting on many articles in that conveyencing file. I bet, you going to try and blame, poor Olive, who also had to deal with it! Olive needs to get herself a good lawyer!
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:01am)
"What a tangled web we weave when first we practise to
Gillard = Spin
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Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:05am)
The question as to who did the conveyancing is an important one because a conveyancer knows the souce of the funds and has to check the credit worthiness of that souce.
Reply: Also, who prepared the documents for the conveyancing. Gillard need not have filed the papers herself to know what was involved.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:14am)
Blewitt is more credible than Gillard.
Gillard is a proven habitual liar.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:21am)
....And the (ALP) cattle are stirring up in Queensland as the Carmody Inquiry moves towards opening up the long-running Heiner Affair on 3 December 2012, and again on 22 January 2013.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:24am)
Shouldn't Treasury officials be made to resign after leaking false results of Coalition costings? They have finally shown their hand.
Disgraceful and unforgivable!
Wed 07 Nov 12 (11:09am)
I suggest you not expect too much from the Carmody Inquiry, especially if the Cole Inquiry is a example of how lawyers manage to come up with the wrong answers. They didn't seem even to understand their own questions in regard to the AWB issue.
If Mr Rudd claimed that AWB only obtained the contract to supply wheat to the UN Oil for Food Program in Iraq by inventing a story about Jordan in order to pay Kickbacks to Saddam Hussein.
Ignoring the stupidity of such a conclusion, don't you think the Cole Inquiry should have demanded that the said contract be tabled at the Inquiry?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (12:24pm)
"Methinks the lady (sic) doth protest too much"
To kill the snake you must first cut off it's head
Wed 07 Nov 12 (04:49am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:31am)
To Jack -
The snake is Leftism.
This snake has countless heads in all institutions around the globe.
You can " cut off " head after head .. there will be more .. and more ...
This snake, Leftism, has to be far more deeply understood than it is.
Otherwise we are just playing musical symptoms.
When Gillard is gone, there will be another .. another .. another ...
We have to penetrate the outer layers of Leftism.
We have to see what Leftism really is, at the core.
Otherwise it will be a forever chase, the West being undone bit by bit.
Seeing deeply into Leftism necessitates deep spiritual vision.
Leftism is not what people think.
It is NOT a respectable political movement at all .. something you vote for when you feel like a change, or whatever ..
Leftism is a destructive dark force stratagem, no less.
This is not understood by the West.
Only when Leftism is well and truly seen for what it is can real progress be made.
As a doctor must diagnose correctly in order to establish a cure, so must humanity diagnose Leftism correctly in order to cleanse itself of this destructive phenomenon.
If not, it will continue to be bewildered people around the world never knowing why the world around them changed for the worse .. never knowing the way out.
This could not be more serious.
John Jay.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:12am)
Thing is jack is it a snake or is it a Hydra.
If its a Hydra head lopping is useless.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:27am)
Your last paragraph especially is so spot on John Jay, it really says it all. I wonder if Crock, DoH or Judith will ever see those that they so strongly support for who they really are?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:47am)
I always found it more convenient and safer to drive over them on country roads and it breaks the monotony on boring trips. Saves the risk of getting bitten as well. Of course, you have to ensure there is no oncoming traffic. Best place to do it is the Gilgandra-Warren road. Lots of protected snakes (such as a yellow bellied Gillard) on that stretch of road.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:46am)
The problem is....it is a snake with two heads.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (11:23am)
How right you are John Jay. The biggest problem is that there are not enough people who care enough until it's too late.
The yellow-bellied Gillard is a very nasty snake
Spitting out its venom and leaving in its wake
trouble and disaster as it slithers on its way
But Tony's not afraid of fit - he'll fling it right away
Wed 07 Nov 12 (11:25am)
@John Jay
It makes my heart bleed.
I would even say, for those that understand, the Anti-Christ is amongst us.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (04:38pm)
Well done Verity. A Nobel Prize for Literature is on its way to you.
Ralph Blewitt, a former branch head of the AWU, has made it quite clear he Bruce Wilson and Julia Gillard were co conspirators when he told listeners "As I stated in my opening THEY ARE TRYING TO DISCREDIT Me As Credible Witness In The Fraud that I Along with (PM) Julia Gillard and Bruce Wilson committed in Western Australia in 1992 / 1995." When will AG Nicola Roxon offer him the deal to come in out of the cold? After all it certainly looks like a Federal government sponsored cover up to me. Edward James
Wed 07 Nov 12 (05:38am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:23am)
You will have to write it down for the AG with full instructions as puppets have no initiative.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:26am)
She has a lot to answer for too Edward.
Fri 09 Nov 12 (08:47am)
Roxon will not come forward to offer a deal because she was involved in the original cover up at the AWU. Keep in mind that it was Bill Shorten who made sure that there was no Royal Commission. Roxon was a part of ensuring that nothing would come of any investigation.
I have been following both Michael Smith's and Larry Pickering's efforts on this man's story and I have to say that unless Blewitt makes a sworn statement to the VicPol Fraud Squad, which he so far has not done, all his accusatory statements and mea culpas are only hearsay. He comes across as a professional victim to me.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (05:47am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:07am)
There is no doubt, Blewitt is a crook......no more or less than Julia Gillard.
He has admitted it.......she hasn't. She's still a crook and has the integrity of a chimpanzee.
Crooks reform......they find some morals......maybe Blewitt has found God.......who knows and who cares? Gillard will take her filthy history to her grave.
But everyone should care that our so called Prime Minister was even associated with such crooked characters.......why, a few years ago she could have been charged for consorting, let alone for the paper trail she has left proving her part in this sordid and illegal affair, if nothing else makes her unfit to hold any public office, let alone to be PM.
Gillard belongs in the gutter where she does her best work along with her union and Labor colleagues. If there is one decent person in the Labor Party, they would bring this excuse for a woman down......but they are all the same.....crooked union hacks.......each and every one of them.....male or female, none have done an honest day's work in their life.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:24am)
PFoNE...There is an old saying 'don't hold your breath'
In this instance it's ok to 'hold your breath'...you wont die. Next week will be a big week.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:29am)
I agree.
He needs to do so with his lawyer to trigger a legal enquiry.
Expecting Poxon to take action is simply pie in the sky.
Very difficult for Blewitt but I think he would have public opinion on his side in terms of immunity/ state's witness.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:46am)
Tend to agree with you there, Popular Front.
Mr Blewitt wants indemnity from prosecution in exchange for 'evidence'. But until he makes a sworn statement to the police, how can it be determined if what alleged evidence he has is serious enough to initiate indemnity?
To date there are the alleged discrepencies of the PoA , the alleged doubts about the registration of the association and the failure to report the alleged illegal activities of the AWU WRA to the police amongst a host of various 'allegations'.
But, so far, there is no irrefutable evidence to indicate that the lawyer involved wittingly or knowingly (with intent), was a party to, or personally benefited from the alleged criminal activities of the association. On that point there is plenty of speculation and 'deduction' which is not evidence.
If Mr Blewitt has the 'info' he claims to have, he'd shore up the question of his reliability and integrity by 'putting the facts on the table' - ASAP.
A Royal Commission (initiated by a Coalition Government - setting the terms of reference), is the only way to reveal the whole truth unless (in the meantime), more revelations cause the players in this messy business to implode.
None of this distracts from the fact that it appears that the PM did mislead parliament during last Thursday's QT.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:00am)
Hey TOP, I think you just insulted the Chimpanzee!!
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:12am)
But until he makes a sworn statement to the police,
Nonna, surely one sets the price before signing the deal - in this instance the price is indemnity from prosecution and the deal being spilling all the beans and signing a sworn statement.
If he signs the sworn statement before gaining immunity from possible prosecution he would have immense difficulty in then negotiating immunity - especially if he is up against the Great Negotiater.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:21am)
My understanding of it is that Blewitt was flown to Melbourne months ago, interviewed by his legal team ( and others. ) I am sure it's been reported that this was also filmed. I am assuming that this was done for the record and in case Mr. Blewitt met with an accident.
These answers given by the "Louse in Laos", show exactly how stupid this woman is. These people who believe her to be intelligent amaze me. She is "cunning", I'll give her that, but that is all she is.
Another thing......Bruce Wilson's whereabouts is known to all. Why nothing from him, other than his no comment statements earlier in the year? Hang on, you're not suggesting that someone has bought his silence, are you? Bruce wouldn't take money.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:22am)
Blewitt must be investigated.
People don't give evidence and then ask for immunity. The evidence is their bargaining chip. I say give him immunity, let him give evidence and then seek means of validation.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:48am)
Nero and PaulC,
OK, I'm fine with that. Get immunity and spill the beans. Anything to bring this whole shamozzle to some sort of climax for action, one way or another!
Wed 07 Nov 12 (02:45pm)
Ralph Blewitt, who is retired and living on a Veteran's pension, may well appear to come across as a professional victim to you Popular Front, however there are many who would disagree with you on that point. It takes courage to own up, expose yourself to ridicule and the judgment of others. Blewitt, who served in the armed forces during the Vietnam war, was a man who followed orders, he didn't give them and admits that he wasn't too bright and had no leadership skills whatsoever.
He just did what he was told to do, (by Wilson) in order to keep his AWU job, and received very little benefit from the AWU-WRA fraud, unlike Wilson et al.
Julia Gillard has shown herself to be an inveterate liar, an incompetent, deceitful, cunning politician, disloyal in the extreme, one who is driven by ambition to the point of betrayal (Kevin Rudd, Andrew Wilkie) in order to achieve the 'prized' high office of Prime Minister earning a salary in excess of $500,000 p.a. plus all the perks that go with that position.
Julia Gillard has serious questions to answer on her involvement in the AWU-WRA fraud matter, that goes to her very character.
I hope that you can see the difference
Wed 07 Nov 12 (04:36pm)
Nonna, I'm not sure who in the chain of the legal system is allowed to grant immunity from prosecution but I think it would have to be a Magistrate or higher and if I was Ralph Blewiit, I'd be very cautious. Have any of our current judges been appointed by anyone other than Labor?
I'm not trying to suggest that our judges are less than 100% honest by any means but some of them have a Labor background.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:06pm)
Bel, think this chimpanzee is happy to share his feelings.
Thanks to anath for posting this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=1Et1qBCnv3c&feature=endscreen
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:30pm)
Like me, Blewitt served in the armed forces, but unlike me, he is a war veteran, and while I respect all those who served, and still serve, especially those in theatres of war, I could not give a tinker's cuss that he is a war veteran in regards to this rorting of union funds.
Yes, you read right, tinker's cuss. I have had several letters not posted in the past week, due to my unsavoury words describing gillard and her handbag hit squad, so I have mellowed the tone a bit.
Fair enough, give Blewitt immunity if it gets to the bottom of this sordid affair, but don't belittle or besmirch all those out there who served and fought in theatres of war with this piece of dreg, those who have not sullied their proud record.
He might still have his war service to spin a few warries, but his record is tainted forevermore.
P.S. What is a tinker's cuss? Actually, don't bother, it just means you don't give a damn, or if that is not acceptable, you care very little, if at all.
Thu 08 Nov 12 (12:59am)
Gillard talks about timelines.
Over a space of about seven weeks in 1995, these things happened…
….. As stated by Ian Cambridge in his affidavit then, the AWU had identified irregularities, and Bob Smith, [ another of those who know things, and so were lucky enough to accept fortunate career moves ---his to a Labor position in the Victorian upper house ], on August 4 1995, notified Cambridge and Ludwig that he was intending to lay charges against Wilson and Blewitt---and that the charges would be forwarded to the police.
….Cambridge and Ludwig sought Federal Court injunctions against Wilson and Blewitt…
…. Cambridge wrote to then federal Minister for Industrial Relations Laurie Brereton in 1996 asking for a Royal Commission into the AWU scandal….
…then a letter [ a copy of which is in the 1996 Victorian Hansard], shows that Bill Shorten [ along with Bill Kelty and Jenny George] was part of the plotting to silence Cambridge and shut down any likelihood of investigation into the AWU.
… The letter reminds those receiving it [ including Shorten].........
'As we have discussed, you know as well as I do that if Cambridge is not stopped we are all history.'
And so Cambridge was stopped.
….meanwhile , S&G;were concerned that Gillard's boyfriend was being accused of misappropriation, and start an internal investigation…
….the results were such that Gillard ended her relationship with Wilson , and was forced to jettison Wilson and Blewitt as clients…
…Gillard was interrogated by S&G;on all of the matters surrounding her boyfriend, Wilson and the Association she drew up for him…
…all the while that was going on, Gillard knew the association was not what it purported to be to the WA authorities, and to the Union fund in WA that they had duped into handing over funds meant for assistance to families with deaths and injuries…
…..she also knew that she had issued a writ on behalf of Blewitt against AWU members in WA to prevent scrutiny of the real nature of the Association she had set up---and the curious arrangements surrounding it…
---On October 12 1995, a Victorian government Minister, Phil Gude, made a statement in parliament [ recorded in Hansard], claiming that Gillard had been forced to leave Slater & Gordon, and that she was directly linked to the misappropriation of union funds, and that she had benefited from renovations to her own house, and that she had to pay money back to the AWU so that she and Wilson could "cover their tracks".
So all of that was happening while she was still a partner at Slater and Gordon---and it was all about Gillard herself and her boyfriend……
…ie…....calls for her boyfriend Wilson and Blewitt to be charged, and for a Royal Commission…
…..injunctions sought against her boyfriend in the Federal Court…a damning statement in the Victorian parliament accusing Gillard of being involved in and benefiting from the alleged fraud….
……demands that Cambridge be 'stopped' to save prominent Labor skins………
…. Gillard was required to go over the whole saga forensically with S&G;…
All of that and yet she tries to con us into thinking that she wasn't aware that maybe a crime might have occurred that she needed to tell AWU or the police about---especially as a lawyer.
And presumably S&G;are of the same view, since they didn't require her to notify police, and despite the fact that someone at S&G;must have been involved in the conveyancing and known that the ~$67K cheque that formed the balance of the purchase price of the house was from the AWU unbeknownst to the AWU---they also didn't notify them of the fraud.
Because of this, when the mortgage was paid out to S&G;, S&G;thereafter knew that AWU funds had been used to purchase the property, and when it was sold, instead of going to the AWU, the proceeds went to Gillard's boyfriend Wilson with Blewitt as cover---and S&G;knew that the AWU still didn't know anything about it.
Does that sound like money laundering or does it not?
Thu 08 Nov 12 (05:55am)
I couldn't find a chimp Scotty, but the ass is classic!!
Thu 08 Nov 12 (06:50am)
I like the separation of powers. It gives all of us an alternate avenue to express our public dissatisfaction / dissent with our elected representatives. Because like so many Australians. I can't afford the blank cheque price of a "ticket" to take my issues into our legal process. I am like so many of us, accessing the peoples court of public opinion, Crikeys' electronic soapbox, moderated but not heavily censored. The price for some of us is a days income for a years access to Crikey. I use my freedom of expression in the peoples court of public opinion to publicly challenge our politicians. In the same way Michael Smith, Larry Pickering and Ralph Blewitt, a former branch head of the AWU among others including Crikey subscribers do. Those politicians we publicly accuse of political sins against the peoples in our court of public opinion have no barrier to taking accuses into the law courts. Often they don't because there is no political up side for them. Because they will need to prove the published assertions allegations people like me publish have no truth to them. I will point out I do understand full well the "truth" is not always a shield against a defamation action. Voters should not be conned into believing the law courts have any part to play in what the people think of their politicians work product. After all politics is all about the peoples perception. I perceive the Labor Party from top to bottom to be the worst of a bad lot ! Edward James
Fri 09 Nov 12 (09:58am)
@truth, you are assuming that a cheque was sent direct to S&G;, but this is not correct. The cheque was drawn and deposited at a bank, so it was in fact a direct deposit.
This means that the person at S&G;handling the conveyancing would not have been aware that the money came from the AWU-WRA.
let's hope this all gets sorted before we deck the halls Piers.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:13am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:59am)
Deck the halls with parts of Molly
fa la la la, la la la la
It's psycho season, we are jolly
fa la la la , la la la la
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:25am)
Popular Front, you must have been to the same carol school as I did.
While shephers washed their sox by night
All seated round a tub
A bar of sunlight soap came down
And they began to scrub.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:22am)
That made me laugh out loud Mother G.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (12:03pm)
Do you mind
I love Christmas I love the preparations, the sacred hymns
the jolly carols, the Christmas fare prepared by loving hands
once a year, the gifts carefully chosen, the gathering of family and friends.
I believe this celebration is important to western civilisation
and is ancient going back thousands of years long before
the birth of Jesus Christ and is necessary for the health of
our psyche. I was raised in the Church of England and so
follow the anglo celebration of Christmas.
I shall be celebrating Christmas alone again this year as I
did last year through circumstances however that doesn;t
mean I shall not have a wonderful time.
I intend as usual to put the wreath on the front door place
lovely decorations here and there inside my home, ensure
the garden is simply lovely and tidy, make heaps of delicious
fragrant fruit mince open tarts (dont bother with pudding or
cake) buy in oysters, crayfish, turkey, make a lucious
trifle, fine wine etc.m bowls of lucious summer fruits which
also make wonderful Christmas decorations around the home.
Will buy myself heaps of the gifts I adore - latest great
books, DVDs, ChanelNo 5, summer frock and altogether
have an absolute ball.
Being alone at Christmas does not mean one does not
have a marvellous time. After all we live in our own
minds dont we and for so many of us, or all of us, our
life is what we make it , I make my Christmas,s memorable
lovely peaceful whether alone or with family.
Christmas I adore and look forward to it with happiness
and joy every year - we only have so many Christmas,s in
our lives, as with our birthdays, so I always ensure I do
exactly what I want to do on 25th December. This year
will be no different. Yummy food, wonderful books, DVDs,
music, food, relaxation, peace and quiet.
In fact its time I brought out my CDs of glorious Christmas
hymns/carols from Kings College and other choirs and
start playing them early.....like now.,,,,puts me in the
mood mind wise. Peace overwhelms me for some reason.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (02:31pm)
Yes Georgiana I also love the Australian Christmas.
The perfumes of the Austfalian bush - eucalyptus and
the scrub, the shimmering heat, the high blue sky,
the white hot sun, the cooling shade of trees and verandas.
The beautiful hymns and carols issuing forth as we
gather for the mighty and ancient festival of western
The wonderful spicy, savoury and fruity perfume issuing
from millions of kitchens around the nation as Christmas
fair is lovingly prepared for family and friends by Australians
from all walks of life.
The happiness and joy on the children faces as they open
their gifts bought with love and care and the hours therafter
spent playing and enjoying their presents.
The Christmas decorations in our homes brought out each year
for the festival, the tree bedecked, the presents around around
it, the supper left out for visiting Santa, the delicious fruit
mince pies or tarts and wine or brandy on Christmas Eve and thereafter for the duration.
Oh yes Georgiana Christmas is a truly wonderful time of
year especially in Australia.
A festival and civilisation which is under attack from
within and without and is heart breakingly teetering on
the cusp of destruction whilst those responsible caper,
snigger and smirk with schadenfreude and lus tfor total power and control which drives them.
They know not what they do.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (02:58pm)
Giorgiana, no offence intended, we also celebrate Christmas. That change of words I used is from an old Cub/Scout group i ran once.....the kids had picked it up at school.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:43pm)
Hi Mother G!
I especially loved Christmas as a child. Christmas Day was my Dad's birthday.
I could never figure out (whilst I was young and naive), why Dad wasn't called Jesus, or alternately, why Jesus wasn't called George!
Interesting times Piers eh?
You know what struck me most about your article today though? It amazes me how… ACCURATELY BARNEY GOT HER!!!! (now say he isn't funny JUDITH!!!)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:19am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (02:43pm)
He isn't funny. That's a fact.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (05:04pm)
Hey Judith, can we set our differences aside? Since I have been talking with my neighbour today, I thought I'd like to ask you an honest question, and hope you'll give me an honest answer.
Have you seen Tony Abbott's CV, and if so, what do you think of his credentials, professionally and personally?
What exactly has formed your opinion of him? Is it his looks, beachwear, his misogynist label, what others think… what exactly? I am being wholly sincere in light of trying to understand why you are a leftist. Thanks.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (11:40pm)
BER, Judith lost her sense of humour when the last guy dumped her, she now focuses all her man hating energies on Tony Abbott. Sad really, but that's the lot of some people.
Tony Abbott's history as a student politician 25 years ago
It is even worse than that - it is more like 35 years ago - and beware -the accuracy police will be sending you off for accuracy training.
David Marr's Quarterly Essay 47, of which an extract ran in the Herald, has brought the events of 35 years ago to light.
David Marr's Quarterly Essay 47, of which an extract ran in the Herald, has brought the events of 35 years ago to light.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:20am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:42am)
Nobody is really interested in anything Marr has to say on Abbott, nearly all of his opinion is flawed as its viewed through double left lense glasses, thats an appropriate emoticom you have used WNFA perhaps you should heed it.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:14am)
@Link - I was just using the Marr link to highlight the 35 years as opposed to 25 years ago in Piers report - as I really would not like it if Piers was sent off for accuracy training - as Alan Jones was. I do not support Marr and at no point have I given any indication that I support Marr - I cannot recall anytime that I have heard anything sensible from Marr.
events of 35 years ago
was the bit I was trying to highlight - and I believe that Tony Abbott was a student politician 35 years ago in the mid to late seventies, not the mid to late eighties.
events of 35 years ago
encouraged speculation about Opposition leader Tony Abbott's history as a student politician 25 years ago
If I am wrong on the 25/35 years then please let me know and I will accept blame for my error - and not blame Tony Abbott for allegedly committing the incident a decade later when he was about 30 and not about 20 in the mid to late seventies - when the incident I believe Piers was talking about supposedly took place as claimed by the Labor Spin Machine.
So my post was purely about dates and timelines - and definitely NOT supporting or giving credence to Marr.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:31am)
David Marr. Isn't he the rotten little oik who reads a paper whenever Piers or any other moderate is on Insiders? Didn't he also write some shiteating articles about Rudd?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:57am)
While Nero Fiddled,
I would be interested in what David Marr had to say, particularly if he had the courage and integrity to appear in court and explain why bribing Saddam Hussein would cause the UN Oil for Food Program to decide to buy Australian wheat.
If David Marr is an example of what university qualifications in journalism as able to produce, thank goodness I was denied the experience of attending university.
Charlie Pickering, presently visiting USA in connection with the election there, was interviewed on ABC radio this morning. He said he didn't remember much about his time at university other than it was something of a haze.
Do they actually conduct lectures in the use of mind dumbing drugs at university?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (11:34am)
Marr is a truly forgetable Australian.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (05:36pm)
It was 35 years ago-- he was 19.
"Let's just you know, there's issues here with the coverage and because of issues in the coverage there are issues in your questions". What on earth was she saying here? This is just a lot of rubbish.
Then we have this, "So you are effectively asking me, why didn't I report to authorities things I did not know". How on earth can you prepare documents and not know what is in them? Did she have her eyes closed and cotton wool in her ears?
The important part to remember is this, as pointed out elsewhere, Bruce Wilson was not her client, the AWU were the clients, so what on earth was Julia Gillard doing making out documents for him and not notifying the AWU about the "Slush Fund"being set up?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:20am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:32am)
Merilyn - kev had Kevspeak - julia's first language is gibberish.
unfortunately for julia - that scrambled defensive language (and her frequently offensive language) tells us just what rubbish thinking goes on in her head.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:45am)
I know Merilyn, with Gillard it's ususally blah blah blah and no meaning - which is why I initally wrote this comment off too BUT read the meaning behind the words.
Once again, she's saying - literally - that she won't answer the question because she doesn't like, or has "issues" with the whole coverage and situation. Well of course she does!!
As usual, she has used heaps and heaps of repetitive words just to fill in the time allocated to the press conference, but she avoided any meaningful answer. Typical.
And as for "....why didn't I report to authorities things I did not know..."
She DID know about the entity she set up for Wilson but didn't report that AT THE VERY LEAST, and why not, well duh, she would have incriminated herself and opened a huge can of worms.
What leaves me gobbsmacked is that S & G didn't grit their teeth back then and aid the police, and now, as a publicly listed company, shareholders must be reassessing their holdings. When S & G get flayed in all this mess - and they will - their share value will plummet.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:46am)
Just more evidence off misleading parliment, Julie Bishop for PM I say.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:16am)
Hi Merilyn, My observation on minority government is that it is a breeding ground for suspicion. Independents who say one thing and mean another, green parliamentarians who disguise their true aims in fairy floss, and a Labor prime minister and caucus who have turned deceit into an art form.
The prime minister makes me suspicious, was this journalist asking a set-up question? her answer suggests to me it was.
For God's sake somebody make this woman accountable!
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:51am)
I think she was trying to say - "I feel like a rabbit caught in a vehicles headlights and don't know which way to turn".
Wed 07 Nov 12 (03:03pm)
Anyone who believes Gillard's line that she was 'young and naive'
are gullible in the extreme.
No one could possibly believe that Gillard was ever 'young and naive' throughout her entire 51 years of life. Her mother and father were quoted in an article some time ago that from early childhood 'whatever Julia wanted, Julia got. Even her parents knew who the real Julia was / is.
At best she was an incompetent lawyer, at worst she was complicit, and at the very worst she was corrupt
I hope the two journalists who lost their jobs after the PM complained to their bosses, are now reinstated!
Wed 07 Nov 12 (06:36am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:25am)
I agree with you Michael,
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:05am)
Yes indeed
And if not
Why not
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:54am)
Yes it was outrageous that these two journalists lost their jobs because they reported the news. But what of the editors who did the sacking.
They have to make public statements and explain why they did it.
If Milne and Smith put in an unfair dismissal claim then the result would be a foregone conclusion.
Reply: The two matters are very different. Milne has not been barred by News, Smith may have an action against Fairfax. Do not put them in the same basket.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:57am)
I stand to be corrected, however, I believe Michael Smith was paid out for his contract or something like that. I recall either reading or hearing him state that but he gave no figure. Michael wouldn't want to go back to 2UE would he? I'm not sure what happened to Glen Milne.
I could only wish this could bring her sleazy government down, and the sooner the better.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:14am)
Ms Gillard must be removed from office unless she can prove that the allegations and evidence against her is false.
On another example of how low this government is, how dare Treasurer Swan use the public servants for party political purposes: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/costings-leak-done-by-swans-office/story-e6freuy9-1226511789608
Oakshott and Windsor are dishonorable men for backing and supporting these people.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:23am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:36am)
DT we all want Gillard to stand for re-election in November 2013.
It is important for the future of the Labor party that they are blown to smithereens.
They can then start with a clean slate and rebuild the party on a different foundation and do away with the factional warlords.
If she is replaced and allowed to slither away in the night then there is no accountability, no change and the MSM will do to her what they did to a vanquished Mark Latham. Mark Who? Never heard of him.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:29am)
you're right DT - for her attacks on our country, justice will be served when julia gillard is rejected at the polls.
Can this repulsive woman just fess up and resign.
We have the office of PM trashed by her, and it is obvious for all to see that she has a problem with honesty.
All the evidence out there so far points at her being a crook. I would like to see a high level investigation into her and her dubious dealings.
Enough is enough.
Lord Argyle
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:24am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:39am)
And what are we supposed to do with our polished baseball bats my Lord?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:56am)
Your Lordship
i am sorry to have to tell you this - but there is no way julia gillard will resign. that would be the moral thing to do and there is no evidence that julia gillard has ever done anything moral. to resign would be to lose everything she's fought and lied for. her massive ego will not allow that. she's becoming more arrogant by the day.
julias talents lie in back stabbing, manipulation, and having affairs with married men, not morality. now she has the unmitigated gall to screech that she is a champion of women. she's probably not seen as a champion by the women whose husbands she had affairs with, but as julia would say - we call hypocrites when we see them.
however, the people will have the ultimate power when the election finally comes. thats if julia and her nanny state handbag hitsquad allow us to have an election. i'm sure they'd love to just keep going because they all know what's Roit for australia - how inconvenient for a democratic election to get in the way of her socialist agenda.
by the way - i wouldnt be surprised if the gormless convenient tim is cut loose when he and julia are evicted from the Lodge.
As the size and gravity of these allegations gather momentum, our MSM, by and large, continue to ignore the story. This is an issue that goes to the core of whether Gillard is a suitable person to be the Prime Minister of Australia. These allegations are serious and they deserve to be treated seriously but we have come to expect laziness and stupidity from the bulk of the media when it comes to reporting on the ALP. The MSM are quite prepared to run with stories about whether Tony Abbott is a misogynist and did he punch a wall thirty years ago as these stories are pre-digested rubbish suitable for digestion by Labor luvvies with an IQ slightly below room temperature. But these are allegations of corruption...they need to be dealt with and not ignored.
The ALP are certainly uncomfortable with scrutiny, aren't they?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:25am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:04am)
Mandrake you left out an important Tony Abbott problem according to the pathetic lefties, he wears Speedos when he is competing in swimming events. As leader of the opposition he should not wear what thousands of male athletes wear.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:39am)
How true, DT. Well spotted.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:52am)
This was one if the first things I thought of after I read Piers' post. Possible (as an issue only, not accusatory) not being investigated by the media. That damning of Oakes and many other Luvies. Surely editors should sack them. Just how negligent does a journo have to be, to be sacked?
And the one who is sacked is Mike Smith.
My respect for many journo's has gone much lower again, if that's possible.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (12:20pm)
They sure are. I wonder how much the 1,600 spinners are paid by us annually Mandrake? Is Emily's list government funded, as it was set up and the brainchild of Gillard herself? Why does it seem that lefties are drawn to the medium like paedophiles to a kindergarten? I feel sick that Gillard is going to get away with this. The FWA is a joke, the courts are corrupt and she seems to be protected by an invisible force field.
Looks like Obama is getting another shot too… it's everywhere, what's happening?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (02:13pm)
Here here
Obviously the wearing of red Speedos is an affront
to Gillard and co. who are grossly offended by
Tonys bathers uniform and probably his life saving activities.
Are Gillard Labor attempting to force TA out of his
life saving activities using the usual puerile taunting
and goading to bring attention to his required Speedos
which are worn by tens of thousands of men around
Would Gillard andco prefer TA wore boxer shorts for
his life saving and if so why ?
Could Speedo tell us the ordinary people how many
TA type bathers are sold in Australia every year and
has Labors taunting of TA effected sales.
Is Labor trying to kill off Speedo just as it has effectively
killed off the live cattle trade which employs so many of our
people and which has grossly offended important
trading partners in the region ?
And while we are on Labors wrecking ball through various
businesses how is the are our mussel businesses going
after Slippers ridiculous and woman hating texts.
Is Gillard is Guilty of a criminal offense????
To set a association which (Aust/Workers/Union/Asoc which in itself false by it's name and operation is creating a FALSE INSTRUMENT. Ten years jail awaits (maximum) for this crime. See for yourself and see if Julia Eileen Gillard broke the law.
By all the available evidence already agreed to by parties (ie Gillard interview) .....the paper work AWR Asoc signed by Gillard and vouched by her, it is plain as daylight or should I say Sunlight,,,,,. GUILTY !!!!!
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:32am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:16am)
Col, but Gillard is "friendly" with all the judges and placed some in high positions! They would never find her GUILTY and sentence her to jail...she night spill her guts about THEM! Why did she make ROXON the A.G., not because she showed ability as a MINISTER in Gillards Govt., but just to make sure ROXON kept her mouth shut. Why the HELL don't the Police haul in WILSON? Why doesn't Paul Howes demand that WILSON be investigated and get the truth about the AWU rip off and Gillards full involvement in it? Why doesn't WILSON do the right thing and state that Gillard was innocent? Because he doesn't want to commit perjury! WHY are we tolerating this woman and her lies about Tony Abbott? PAUL HOWES, get off your bum and clean up the UNIONS!
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:26am)
Cheap Thirrouls Good one col.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:52pm)
Reply to col of cheap thirrouls (7.11.2012 at 7.32am)
Very interesting information col - ten years jail awaits for the crime of creating a false instrument.
William Shakespeare summed it up when he wrote 'Macbeth' in 1605.
But 'tis strange:
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray's
In deepest consequence.
* Banquo, Scene 3
Michael Smith reports he had lunch with Mick Gatto and CFMEU members last week in the search for the missing manila folders containing information on this alleged AWU fraud. Labor, unions and criminals the ultimate trifecta.
Gillard must be aware that the vultures are circling over her head and this just isn't going away. She would have been better to leave Glen Milne to publish his story and Michael Smith to air his report instead of reacting like a ballistic missile, getting both sacked and learning that "hell hath no fury like a man fired". Michael is a former police officer so he has knowledge of investigative procedures and will not give up.
We need people like Piers, Smith, Thomas and Bolt to keep the wheels of public information turning.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:37am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:08am)
GetOut I note that Michael Smith has also pointed out that Australians can spot bull droppings artists and that the artists have a habit of using a truth that they think their audience knows and then spin lies around that truth. She is really good at it isn't she, but obviously does not understand that we know it.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:20am)
It was not the Manila Folder that went missing but its contents.
Which confirms the fact that it was no accident.
These people are not the sharpest tools in the shed. But they are running our beloved country.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:34am)
They are running it Mark, right into the ground. Election Day justice draweth nearer.
And here was me thinking it was all about truth and integrity when it now appears that it's about payback - As the Labor Party encouraged speculation about Opposition leader Tony Abbott's history as a student politician 25 years ago, it seems reasonable to examine Gillard's activities as law partner 17 years ago. The old tit for tat, how it warms me to your cause.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:43am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:09am)
Judith you really are pathetic and you just can't help making a fool of yourself. Trying to defend the indefensible is making you look more and more stupid by the day.
Time to grow up was a long time ago so why haven't you ? Not that I expect an intelligent answer you have proven beyond any doubt you are an idiot and a good example of why the loony Left is known as the loony Left.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:13am)
Judith the pathetic unsupported allegation of bad behaviour by university student Abbott and the now documented and with supporting statements from witnesses as evidence that mature age solicitor Gillard has a case to answer cannot be compared. But there you go, welded on lefties, whatever it takes, deny the facts, nothing new.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:18am)
It appears that Judith fails to understand that Akerman was highlighting an apparent double standard.
Comprehension a problem, Judith?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:23am)
Changed your blog handle 'Judith'? It seems like we've seen your carping and whining before under another name. So what's your story? Are you a rabid ALP rabble supporter? Member of? Perhaps you're a feminist, pleased as punch that Australia has a female PM? Is that it? No matter how low gillard and her rabble stoop, they will always get your support eh? You're pathetic. Next election result will really get your panties in a bunch.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:24am)
Judy, Judy, Judy. Gillard's misuse of her position as a partner in Slater & Gordon was already in the public domain prior to the trumped up allegation against Tony. The reason it is fast gathering momentum is because more evidence is coming to light each day. It's a bit like the Thomas/Williamson fiasco. The more Gizzard opens her bogan mouth, the bigger the grave she digs for herself.
She has clearly illegally backdated a Power of Attorney for improper purposes. That is an offence under the Victorian Crimes Act. It was against her oath she swore when she was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. It was uttering a false document. It shouldn't be too difficult to prove that Gizzard was in Melbourne on the date she supposedly witnessed the PoA.
How did Wilson know he could access the Slater & Gordon mortgage funds ??? Obviously Gizzard told him. Gizzard was at the auction. She says she didn't handle the conveyancing file. BULLSHIT !!!! The file (now gone missing) had references to her !!!
The simple fact is that by September 1995 she knew a fraud had been committed by Wilson and Blewitt against the members of the AWU. She took no action to inform the police or her firm or the AWU. That sounds like a conspiracy to me by inaction, when she had a legal obligation to do so. She certainly wasn't young and naive by then, as she was appointed as Chief of Staff or whatever to the ALP Premier within six months of being asked to leave Slater & Gordon.
She is a crook, a liar, an adulterer, a misandrist and a piece of work !!!
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:46am)
Judith - if you can't see the difference between an unsubstantiated allegation about boofy student behaviour and those of what appears to be corrupt legal practise, then you appear to be lacking in some judgement.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:51am)
Here is another Labor follower with dog like loyalty that would defend it's master as long as it gets it's fair share of the bones, as Mr Peter Costello said this Labor government was so against the youth of this country they will have to pay with higher taxes and less government services for DECADES.
I think Judith, DoH and Crocky were thinking that their children if they have(God forbid) were excepted from that Labor given disaster for our future generations, I feel sorry for them.
Brain dead the lot of those Labor supporters.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:01am)
Labor is making you look like a fool Judith.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:05am)
yep, I get your point here Judith
Tony Abbott should be held accountable, thrown into jail maybe ? for alegations which were made against him of having punched a wall 35 years ago. These alegations having been made by a labour related woman who was there at the time. ALL other people present WHO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CONFIRM these alegations.... say no such thing took place. At the same time it has been found, this same Labour related woman made other alegations about someone else. Again these alegations were not supported.
Julia Gillard should not be held accountable for alegations made against her regarding fraudulant behaviour 17 years ago.These alegations have been made by Labour ( not Liberal ) related people ( plural) an ex police officer, and supported by legal documentation.
The fact it was 35 years ago, re Tony Abbott means we still should be looking into now and given just how serious the accusation is...punching a wall this should be pursued.
The fact it was 17 years ago, re Julia Gillard means it is too long ago to look into and given that it is only to do with… fraudulent activitiesthis should be allowed to go unquestioned.
Plus, the fact these alegations against Tony Abbott were pulled out first… well, well, well, that means Julia Gillard should not be called to question regarding her behaviour… Right Judith ?
Oh, yes great point you are making Judith
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:14am)
2 quistions you don't have to answer.
Are you an atheist?
Do you have a university education?
Answering my own questions.
I am a true believer and not an atheist.
I left school aged 15.
I thank Piers Akerman and his bloggers for the education i'm getting on this site.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:14am)
The old tit for tat------Now there,s an idea Judith-----Change your post name to" Vinegar Tits."
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:16am)
You debase yourself and your cause defending the indefensible. You need a good clean out and start again and try to remember what Labor was about and try to serve all Australians and not just the crooks of the union movement, pseudo scientists and commo groups such as Emily's listers.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:30am)
You can't find smart ALP support bloggers as they could not afford to hire smarter ones as their membership fell to it's lowest in history with specials on membership fee, just $5 maybe 3 for $10.
To Judith,
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:34am)
,.....how it warms me to your cause.
As if we would ever need your support, you dribbling idiot. Shut up and disappear imbecile. Morons like you shouldn't be allowed the vote.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:35am)
VIR, re the POA, dated 4th Feb and witnessed by Gillard as of that date, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Blewitt and Wilson sign and witness it in W.A., at a later date? Which would make Gillards WITNESS illegal? You state that she illegaly backdated it, I don't understand the reason for this. Can you please explain what really happened?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (11:12am)
Good analysis ... to the point !
Wed 07 Nov 12 (11:22am)
oops, so sorry re all the spelling errors from me everyone !
D.T, I should have left it to you to try and explain to poor, tragic Judith. As per usual my frustration takes over when I see such naive comments as hers.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (12:31pm)
Judith, people like you are the reason that this country has gone down the toilet. There can be no excuse for cover ups of immoral and illegal conduct, no matter how much time has passed by. The passing of time does not excuse the behaviour, otherwise we wouldn't need to worry about prosecuting paedophiles for actions from over 40 years ago; Or do you think we should let them off too?
In a few words, grow up and start to become part of the solution instead of the cover up!
Wed 07 Nov 12 (12:51pm)
Gillard's a piece of work alright - Tony Abbott was
right - no wonder she threw a hissy fits and then
channelled misoginy inciting and inflaming as
she goes.
I've often wondered if people with a hell of a lot to hide
get themselves into politics in the hope of escaping
the consequences of their criminal behaviour.
Having affairs with the politically powerful would also be
a way of ensuring one's criminal activities are also
swept under the carpet.
Labor certainly has been a magnet for child abusers
and other heinous behaviour - so perhaps Labor is
the party of choice for those with a lot to hide.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (02:27pm)
the loony Left side of politics like the disastrous Labor party are the criminals choice when it comes to political parties. I was talking to someone many years ago who spent some time in prison and mentioned how just about everyone in prison was a Labor voter.
It is no coincidence that the vast majority of politicians convicted of criminal behaviour including exploitation of children just happen to be Labor party members. Judith is truely sick.
Another day another reminder
Wed 07 Nov 12 (02:42pm)
Piers, this idiotic woman, a perpetual victim, will never grow up, that is obvious! Let's face it, the fool cannot see the difference between 'alleged' bad behaviour and 'alleged' criminality. Instead she attempts to muddy the water with this irrational and irrelevent 'tit for tat' rubbish.
Even worse, if Dullard was found guilty of offences when operating as grubby lawyer with Slater and Gordon, the dope wouldn't change her opinion of her in any case. Such is the mind of the ideologically driven numb skull.
And this part is quite relevent under the circumstances regarding this dingbat of a woman................
Labor idiots who claim past events should be left alone because, well, because they're in the past
.............unless the allegations involve a member of the opposition, that is!!!!
Wed 07 Nov 12 (03:17pm)
Judith, a potential criminal investigation for madam PM vs an accusation (with NO evidence) of a juvenile action. Pull the other leg Judith; one is seeking evidence of anything to complain about going back to his childhood whilest Blewitt is now accusing the PM of criminality along with himself. You poor girl, you really are into defending the indefensible arent you?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (03:20pm)
Time to take those rose coloured glasses (with rusty frames) off
once and for all Judith.
You Judith, are living proof of the enherent underlying problem with the 'rusted on' brigade, is that they will always 'buy' what the socialist left are selling without question, or even having a legitimate independent thought of their very own.
The coming demise of Gillard and Labor will be absolute.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (03:57pm)
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Grow up, Judith. Nothing tit for tat, just a preemptive thought for Labor idiots who claim past events should be left alone because, well, because they're in the past.
Piers Akerman
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:50am)
"By neither Gillard nor Slater & Gordon telling the AWU, or police, about the slush fund, more fraud and asset-stripping occurred."
---Hedley Thomas in Monday's Australian
Remember the term "slush fund" was Gillard's choice of words.
And remember that in the murky world of unionism the term "slush fund" carries with it emphatic, overwhelming overtones of - at the very least - irregularity.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (07:54am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:17am)
Manning we also need a Royal Commission into the union movement including the laundering of taxpayer's monies by Union Labor governments as grants to the unions often returned to the ALP as donations. This is a federal and state Union Labor government practise for decades past.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:44am)
at the very least - irregularity.
Irregularity? Why do you conservatives insist upon using polite words when describing the activities of these crooks.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:44am)
To Mark De -
I'm very pleased that, like me , you think that "irregularity" is a massive understatement here.
I chose the word because Piers, as moderator of this blog, has duties towards his employer (the owner of the Telegraph).
We have seen that this government has many, many particularly nasty facets. There has been mendacious behavior at the highest levels. The government has procured the sacking of journalists who were performing a fine job (though not to the government's taste). There have been incandescent, intimidating phone calls from Gillard to senior print media executives. There have been threats of defamation claims. The floor of Parliament has been besmirched by a PM playing her known-to-be- false misogyny card. The list goes on....
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:34pm)
I take your point Manning.
Just as a matter of interest if you were the editor of a major daily and Julia asked you to sack a journalist because he was onto a story that she wanted hidden, what would you have done?
I would have called her bluff.
Just another highlight for 2013. After she is beaten by Abbott, all these editors will be able to speak freely and tell the truth about the nature of the threats made by Julia.
I heard the PM on radio this morning saying she had been congratulated on her speech in Parliament, I am amazed anyone could comprehend it, so full of bile and exaggeration it should be in the book of fairy tales.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:04am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:20am)
Juliar in Wonderland MotherG
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:32am)
Mother G - I just had an awful thought. That your "G" stood for Gaia.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:49am)
By the French President, no less, Mother G. - the mind boggles! Last month she was telling the Indians, of all people, that we are a sexist nation with a long way to go. To think that we pay for this trashing of our reputation.
She also said, I think, that it is ok for Treasury to work on opposition costings in an election campaign - does that mean that's what we are in?
Wed 07 Nov 12 (09:18am)
No VI. Not Gaia, I assure you,poor old Gaia comes from a different planet and so do many of her followers. My G stands for an old Welsh name which I have hated all my life....if only our parents waited till we could pick our own name I could have opted for something like DaisyBelle.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:37am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (11:21am)
I notice that Ms Gillard is still flogging the old chestnut speech that Tony Abbott is a mysogonist, trying to deflect the public's notice away from the AWU fraud. Two Socialist leaders ie France and Denmark congratulated her who cares. She also claims others also congratulated her "...and some others" she says, I am wondering who? The Phantom and Mickey Mouse. LOL
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:01pm)
Please don't ever put The Phantom (Guardian of the Eastern Dark, The Ghost who Walks, There are times when The Phantom leaves the jungle and walks the streets as an ordinary man, this is one of those times, plus countless more, stronger than ten tigers, the list is very long) in the same sentence or paragraph as that thing.
That is what true blasphemy is. I'm sure Kit will forgive you, as do I.
I don't know if he has the internet out there in the jungle, in the Skull Cave, but if he does, he might just find you, as he always found those who walked to the edge of the jungle and said his name out loud, those who needed assistance.
Now, if you had written The Gutter Snipe.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (11:02pm)
Reply to Mother G (7.11.2012 AT 8.04AM)
It is reported in today's paper that Gillard says that world leaders liked her misogynist speech in which she attacked Tony Abbott and brutally and falsely labeled him a misogynist.
1. Gillard made this speech in Parliament at the same time as defending Peter Slipper to stay in the Speaker's chair despite the fact that Slipper had made disgusting and inappropriate misogynist text messages about female sexual organs.
2. Gillard has falsely accused Tony Abbott of being a misogynist at the same time as Gillard and her Labor Minority rabble has orchestrated the biggest invasion of our Australian borders by illegal boat people who are mainly fit, healthy Muslim males who regard women as subordinate to men and deprive Muslim women of their rights to think, speak and act independently of men.
Little Ms Gillogyny is a liar and a traitor.
the power of attorney
witnessed by Gillard and dated . but Blewitt claims she never witnesssed his signature . that to mr and Mrs Public living on any street in Australia is prison time. plus all the Juliar deft touches in the setting up of a corrupt fund, if done by you and I is prison time.Young and Niaeve ,I was a clerk in my 30's and I would have known it to be wrong . every Solicitor in the Land would know it to be wrong.
But do any of you notice Julia only visits schools, little toddlers ,junior schools high schools, school children do not ask her. Why did you lie to us. julia does not visit adult venues,where people off the street could again ask Why did you lie to us. It is going to be tough for Julia to claim any truth, with her telling of so many LIES and still she tells them .
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:31am)
Does anyone know if Gizzard has announced at what age she stopped being "young and naive" and when she became a lying piece of work without any morals, ethics or honesty ???
Wed 07 Nov 12 (08:36am)
Wed 07 Nov 12 (10:53am)
She's very mysterious, I think, but not in a sexy way.
Wed 07 Nov 12 (01:48pm)
Does anyone know if Gizzard has announced at what age she stopped being "young and naive"
TVI, my guess would be she is holding on to that one. Never know when she might need it again
you ask :
when she became a lying piece of work without any morals, ethics or honesty
She does it all so well, my guess would be she was born that way.
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Thirteen state cup champions from across the western United States congregated in Albuquerque, N.M., last week for the Far West Regional. That included the U17 Juventus Avanza girls soccer team based out of Redwood City, which didn't allow the fact they were short-handed keep them from making a run into the semifinals.
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It's example code, feel free to copy it into your project.
I have a newer version somewhere, I'll see if I can find it.
Thanks for that, I had thought I had seen talk of it being uploaded to a SVN so I had thought it must of been apart of the official release.
EDIT: Just a note, I'm not sure if its a error in C#, but when you convert to vb.net it needs a comma at line 119 right on the end
EDIT EDIT: What is "TextureLoaderParameters" I can't find a definition for it, not even in C#
EDIT EDIT EDIT: I found it on the github, the search just wasn't working properly at first.
You are right about the comma, will fix.
TextureLoaderParameters exists here: https://github.com/opentk/opentk/blob/master/Source/Examples/Utilities/L...
The whole Examples project is a little bit messy, it could use some cleaning up...


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The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that it's the first time the city has seen two straight years of declines since the early 1990s.
The city saw 53 homicides this year, compared with 66 in 2011. That's a drop of almost 20 percent.
Police officials, residents and outside experts say the drop is due to several factors. They include the resurrection of a community-driven police program, new and fortified relationships among city police and other public and private agencies, and improvements to emergency medical services in the region.
With 88 killings, 2006 was the city's deadliest year on record.
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Merton Priory Homes gives local dogs their day
Published by Anonymous for Circle in Housing
A south London housing provider is supporting local dog owners who will have to microchip their pets by law.
Merton Priory Homes (MPH) is hosting a day of free dog microchipping, which will allow owners to be traced more easily, after the government announced new laws to cut the number of strays from 2016.
Owners in England will face a £500 fine if they don't microchip their dog by April 2016. Merton Priory Homes has teamed up with Dogs Trust to microchip pets for free at the event on Tuesday 26th February in Mitcham.
Wayne Hemsworth, Managing Director at Merton Priory Homes, said "We want to help local dog lovers protect their pet and prove that they are responsible owners before these new laws are introduced in 2016.
"By teaming up with Dogs Trust for this event we're not only able to provide a free microchipping service but will also offer important guidance on keeping your pet happy and healthy at home".
Representatives from Dogs Trust are joining Merton Priory Homes to speak to owners about the steps they can take to look after their pet and keep it well behaved and will be offering neutering vouchers and dog agility exercises at the event.
Elvira Meucci-Lyons, Head of Campaigns and Community at Dogs Trust said: "We're really happy to be working with Merton Priory Homes to make sure that as many Morden dogs as possible can be identified through a microchip. We'll also be giving out advice and help to support dog owners."
The size of a grain of rice, microchips are painlessly fitted under the skin between the dog's shoulder blades; allowing vets, councils and charities to trace its owner if it is thought to be a stray.
Research from Dogs Trust estimates that there were nearly 200 stray dogs in Morden between 2011 and 2012 and more than 13,000 across London.
Merton Priory Homes's day of free microchipping and advice takes place from 11am – 3pm on Tuesday 26th February on Sadler Close, Mitcham,CR4 3EG.
Five top tips from Dog's Trust top tips on keeping your pet happy and healthy
1. Make sure your dog can be clearly identified and is wearing a well fitted collar and tag with your name and address on it.
2. Get your dog microchipped and keep your details up to date to ensure you can be traced should it go missing
3. Take steps to train your dog – it's one of the best ways to bond with your dog whilst ensuring its safety in a public space
4. Keep your dog well exercised – your dog needs at least two walks a day as well as time spent playing with it
5. Neuter your dog to prevent unplanned litters. Neutering also brings health and behavioural benefits.
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