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  Rupert Murdoch Verified account ‏ @ rupertmurdoch Abbott again. Tough to write, but if he won't replace top aide Peta Credlin she must do her patriotic duty and resign. More 11:42 AM - 28 Jan 2015 So uncle Rupert says “Ditch the Witch”!!! This is quite an amusing action by uncle Rupes on many a front. As hard as one may try, it’s pretty hard to pin this particular stuff-up (the “knightmare”) on the “Witch”! I guess it’s all very simple from Uncle Rupes perspective. There are really only two palatable options and a third that isn’t – i.e. “Ditch the Witch” (Common Aussie parlance for sack the Chic), Boot the Lunie (Phoney) or jump ship (not too palatable). Not surprisingly Uncle Rupes goes for the “Ditch the Witch” – a conservative approach that is much aligned with the party die-hards and the ol’e dinosaur himself and an approach that is an everyday occurrence in the western corporate world. When the ship is sinking, first look for scapegoat options then nail the chic (ooo...

Aren’t we all glad that the silly-season is over and the clowns are gathering back at the great circus tent for the even-more-silly-season! Phony could barely wait till his vacation was over to start clowning around. So, the question is “what drives someone to give their boss a demotion?!!” Is it simply the fact that they can, is it plain ignorance and stupidity or is it a far more deep rooted urge? There has been much written about how stupid the knighthood thing is and that it has little significance to . . . ummmm. . .anyone, really!!! OK, the Duke may have to carry a bigger burden on his chest, which is already over-laden and of course, he might feel a tad offended by the cheek of the “spear throwing natives from the colony”. I can imaging the bureaucrats in London scrambling to the rules books to figure out if this joke was in fact legal and proper(!!) and if so can the colonies really demote a Prince(?) and will it be the Queen next? May be this business of having colonies tha...

Read article 1 , article 2 The crude, crass Aussie mentality raises it's ugly head as expected. The win-at-all-costs mentality, which is well and truly revered by Aussies, drives this bogan behaviour. But sadly most Aussies don't even realise what the rest of world thinks of them and some are even proud of it. At a higher level (than these stupid remarks), clearly there is a refusal to accept that English speaking countries are (or have already) losing control of cricket. So, with bogans like the Aussie players on the field, there is bound to be more of these loutish encounters. Warner is cricket's version of Beale. No matter how many times he offends, he is considered a potential match winner and will always be in the team - win at any cost. Unfortunately sometimes players with good skills come in ugly packages and when the bureaucracy worship them (never mind the public), the packages become even worse. Whenever ugly sledging incidents occur, there is usually one common...

Read article (SMH) If there ever was a bigoted view, then, you could be assured that the Rev would have said something aligned with it. How come he gets votes, you ask!!! The truth is that whilst there may be many a leftie intellectual despising his views, the majority of the dumb-Aussie-voters have the same bigoted views (sexist, racist, homophobic). His archaic views are greatly shared by the voters – hence the votes. Let me delve, if I dare, into the mind of the holy rev and suggest appropriate awards: Let's give the guy who died the "Manly-but not-that-manly-cos-he-is-gay" award, forget the lady who died - a woman cannot be manly (or brave for that matter). Let's label the guys who ran as "cowards" and the women who ran, oh! well - who cares, they are just women and expected to be cowards. The men who stayed get "not-that-manly-but-not-cowards" awards and the women who stayed - ummmm they get the "stay-put-be-pretty-and-get-rescue...