Author Archives: currencylad

Splat

Posted on April 17, 2021 by currencylad

                 Afghanistan exit: ‘This is a terrible decision — it will be a disaster’. Afghan Association of Australia chairman Abdul Khaliq Fazal said the decision would lead to civil war, meaning the sacrifice of Australian troops could be wasted… Why would … Continue reading →

Posted in History, War and peace | 49 Comments

Victoria Police: not only corrupt but lazy and incompetent

Posted on April 17, 2021 by currencylad

Just ask Dr Prasannan Ponganamparambile.

Posted in Rule of law | 55 Comments

Tele subs depth-charged over she-cheeks to the wind

Posted on April 17, 2021 by currencylad

Murdoch’s dinosaur editors importing the worst of British tabloid sexism in the Telegraph. No matter what you think of the Navy’s decision to book a hip-hop troupe, it’s not their fault. These women don’t deserve to be made the object of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics and morality | 40 Comments

Andrew Peacock, 1939-2021

Posted on April 17, 2021 by currencylad

How strange that I should have mentioned him in a post yesterday. I always liked him.

Posted in History, Politics | 30 Comments

The Staggering Return of Mickey Finn

Posted on April 16, 2021 by currencylad

LAST month – without any evidence – the ABC presented the misadventures of Katie and Kylie as proof-positive of a drink-spiking epidemic. The revival of this zombie urban myth isn’t surprising given the misandrist hysteria being theatrically stoked on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics and morality, Fake News, Politics of the Left | 44 Comments

Daunte’s Inferno

Posted on April 16, 2021 by currencylad

The BBC: Daunte Wright: ‘One of those kids everybody looked up to’. Women also looked up to good old Daunte – especially this woman: ‘Victim was able to get loose from defendant Wright and started to kneel down and scream.’ … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics | 110 Comments

Tanks But No Tanks

Posted on April 16, 2021 by currencylad

In the right, Christine Holgate pulls the wrong rein WERE the posh gifts for hugely well-paid Australia Post staff more trivial than Andrew Peacock’s Sheridan sheets or Mick Young’s Paddington Bear or Barry O’Farrell’s bottle of plonk? Bullied for being … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics and morality, Fake News, Federal Politics | 30 Comments

It was the Christians

Posted on April 16, 2021 by currencylad

An ABC investigation relating to Victoria’s COVID catastrophe has put the blame where it belongs.

Posted in Media, Politics of the Left | 14 Comments

Science versus emotion

Posted on April 15, 2021 by currencylad

Seven Peer-Reviewed Studies That Agree: Lockdowns Do Not Suppress the Coronavirus. The idea that locking down and keeping people apart will stop a virus spreading may be seductively intuitive. But intuitive ideas can be wrong. The job of science is … Continue reading →

Posted in COVID-19, International | 35 Comments

Bring a ute: “And they are really going to come for me now”

Posted on April 15, 2021 by currencylad

CHANNEL Nine has tried to pull off one of those in-house builder’s bog PR patch-ups for Weakest Link host Magda Szubanski following her lightly criticised attack on Jenny Morrison. Instead, she went even more berserk. She now claims Mrs Morrison … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics of the Left | 84 Comments