User:Timeshift9

This page is about the Wikipedia user. For the former Premier of South Australia, see Mike Rann.

Talk Page Awards Why do I choose to contribute to wikipedia? - Is wikipedia reliable? - 1000 APH references can't be wrong! HAHAHAHAHA, I wiki-googled my wiki-self... check these out!!! My Favourite [1][2] So apparently I worked for Mike Rann and I caused a shocking scandal in the Premier's office, and i'm also in bed with Peter Ballard and Orderinchaos. Where to start! Ams I famuz yet? Well lo and behold, finally with their backs against the wall, the Libs have put a figure to their claims of electricity bill reduction - 9%. Non-core? And so it begins :) Stalwart political correspondent Laurie Oakes has criticised the Abbott government for trying to dodge and control the media, saying it is "thumbing its nose at voters" through a lack of transparency.[3] You know it's serious when even Oakes is in on it. I doubt you'll hear a peep out of News Ltd/The Oz though. This week Howard admitted he'd caved in to the global warming hype not because of "the science" but the votes.[4] ... only someone like Bolt could possibly have previously believed otherwise. Palmer on 7.30: Goodbye, Campbell Newman - that's what I'm saying. Goodbye, Campbell Newman. Goodbye Campbell Newman! lol User talk:Timeshitf9 - another one :D Some commentators suggested Abbott was breaching the convention that leaders did not vent on domestic politics on the international stage.[5] What's a convention? Is it anything like a suppository? My eyes, they burn! Journalist: Can we assume from that there was no rescue. Morrison: You can make whatever assumptions that you like. ... Journalist: Given these briefings only happen once a week, shouldn't you know whether self-harm attempts have occurred? Morrison: The presumption of your question is wrong. Journalist: How? Morrison: Well, you are presuming I don't. Next. A week later, information about self-harm among detainees was added to the list of "operational matters" that can't be discussed.[6] ... gotta love Liberal 'transparency'. At least Morrison as a govt cabinet minister didn't cite wikipedia for it, must have learnt from Greg Hunt :) Rick Scarborough, Tea Party Leader, Suggests Class Action Lawsuit Against Homosexuality The Australian Right could certainly be worse... "ReachTEL has let rip with its first post-election poll of national voting intention, and it continues an unbroken run of such polling in plotting a position for the Coalition south of what it achieved at the election, however slightly. Coming off a large-even-for-ReachTEL sample of 3600, it shows the Coalition with a two-party preferred lead of 52.1-47.9, compared with roughly 53.5-46.5 at the election, from primary votes of 45.4% for the Coalition (45.6% at the election), 35.3% for Labor (33.4%) and 8.6% for the Greens (unchanged). Tony Abbott’s performance is rated good by 40.5% and poor by 40.2%."[7] Can anyone else recall a government that has gone backwards in its vote and leader in their satisfaction so quickly? And with de-facto Deputy PM Clive Palmer around, who knows what this term has in store! Stop the boats! Boats stopped. So the coalition did worse than expected, didn't even get to the 1996 result and went backwards in votes AND seats in the Senate with the lowest Senate primary vote for an incoming government in Australian history, and, they're going to have to negotiate with a larger and more varied crossbench than the previous government! "The danger as we go into the last hours of this campaign, is that people will dilly dally with independents and minor party candidates. Sure they might be fun, sure they might be different." I even Abbott would agree he made a mistake with that. Imagine what could have been possible under Turnbull. And lols @ Adam Bandt/Greens retaining Melbourne with a vote increase and maintaining 9 Senate seats... it's the one thing Murdoch failed to achieve. TONY Abbott made a bit of an ass of himself and the English language today uttering an unfortunate gaffe as he attacked PM Kevin Rudd's leadership style, saying that no one can be a "suppository of all wisdom". Gold. Ouch... looks like Labor could be in trouble. What Murdoch wants, Murdoch gets. The Greens already know what it feels like. And Liberals like to claim that the media are biased against them. Get real. Never before have I seen such a difference between News Ltd and non News Ltd articles. It's like there's two completely different election campaigns going on in Australia. ANGER towards Tony Abbott's senior staff and closest colleagues is mounting in Liberal ranks as rattled MPs concede the risk of an election loss. The complaints come as senior figures Malcolm Turnbull and Joe Hockey contradicted each other on asylum-seeker policy yesterday, confusing the Coalition's campaign pitch. They say chief of staff Peta Credlin is denying them access to Mr Abbott. And they have told The Australian Mr Abbott's closest parliamentary colleagues are turning a deaf ear to their concerns. The anger has not yet turned to leadership speculation. But there are warnings of recriminations even if Mr Abbott delivers victory. The disaffected Liberals say resentments could make it hard for him to govern and maintain party discipline with what they now fear will only be a slim majority compared to the possible control of both houses that polls were indicating just a few weeks ago. They believe Mr Abbott has been consistently out-campaigned by the Prime Minister since parliament rose three weeks ago, with one calling the Opposition Leader "wooden".[8] Bahahahaha!!! Damn the Labor 52-48 Coalition polls! C'mon Turnbull, show yourself! But please wait until after the election so Abbott can lose two elections in a row and resign in disgrace  :) Cory Bernardi interview[9]: Tory Shepherd: I think polyamory is fascinating, because that’s a subculture but bestiality, not so much. Cory Bernardi: Maybe you need to do more research ... there is a lobby group in Germany that legitimately feel love for their animals. On the 7.30 Report the other night they had a case for polyamory. You know, you can admit defeat, and say “Cory, you’re right!”. Tory Shepherd: Ha! No, I don’t think you are right. Because even if the slippery slope did go from gay marriage to polyamory it does not extend to bestiality because of the issue of consent. Cory Bernardi: That’s a word. Tory Shepherd: A big word when it comes to sex! Cory Bernardi: The fact we’re talking about this freaks me out a little bit, but I guess I started it. This is a view, though, that’s put forward by people like Peter Singer. With the decriminalisation of homosexuality which I support, by the way ... Tory Shepherd: Damn, that would have been quite a news story ... Bwahahahahaha!! Burned twice!! And to think we still have these clowns representing us... Seen Abbott in the past few days? He comes across as a man stuck in the past, still with little to no policy, against another man who's had a wrong righted, and this is what all you Liberals have feared. Did you honestly believe there's any swinging voters who wanted to vote Abbott in rather than Gillard out? How long until Turnbull challenges? Have you seen the polls yet? Both give a Labor majority of seats. What utterly terrible media reporting, but really, that's par for the course in this term of parliament. Bearing in mind swings aren't equal (but if we're having to say that then something's changed)... if you believe ReachTEL, on a state-by-state basis Labor comes out with a "slight majority" of seats. If you believe Roy Morgan, state-by-state can be easily calculated[10][11][12] - Labor loses 3 in NSW, 3 in Vic (borderline 4), gains 9 in QLD, 0 change in WA, SA, Tasmania. Most likely 1 gain in NT, but that's irrelevant, cause we can all do 3+4-9. How long until Turnbull challenges? And now Galaxy out and slotting nicely in between Roy Morgan and ReachTEL. So Libs... for the lulz? Yeah, go eat some humble pie. Game on. For the first time in a decade, Labor comes from way behind, to 40-38, on the question of best party to handle asylum seekers. Breathtaking! The Accord 'saved us from Thatcherism': Radio National REPORTER II: You also wrote this letter after saying there was a budget emergency, so after telling the public there was a budget emergency, you then agreed to spend this money. Do you regret that, do you want to apologise to the public for wanting to do this? TONY ABBOTT: What I'm saying is that the public have spoken and the bill is dead.[13] LOL! Edit five months after the article (Oct 2013): 'Budget emergency' bwahahaha!! I made my own decision on which party to join and it came after deep thought. In the end I summed up my reasoning thus: one cannot look at the moderates of either political party for guidance on which to join, for they are too similar. One has to look at the radicals of the parties and decide which is least disconcerting. Back in 1988 when I looked at the outliers of both parties I came to this conclusion: the Labor Party believed in having a social safety net a bit too high. There was some waste, but few genuine people missed out. The Liberal Party had the social safety net too low. Less waste, but some genuine people missed out. For me, it was less bad to have a little waste and no one missing out, compared with less waste and genuine suffering.[14] Nicely said. You'd think it would have fallen over in six months, wouldn't you? And from the ABC too. Speaking of the Libs of old... but I do have my suspicions. One Liberal Premier supporting these doesn't change a thing in practical terms, and one is left wondering if the Libs are trying to convince Australians that the Liberals are still a broad church in the leadup to a federal election..? Deputy Premier of NSW Fred Nile continues to amuse in his attempts to control another party's state and federal leadership :P Another magical sudden road to Damascus journey - Abbott on RU486! Yet again the tories play progressive catch-up, or at least, give the illusion. HAHAHAHA, what a sense of humour NZ tories can have! :D Could have picked a better verse at the end though... Would never see that in Tony Abbott's Liberal Party. Fascinating stats... even the ABC are right-wing. LOL! It's a great laugh up to the 3 minute mark but the last 50 seconds are a real fizzer. However Mr Abbott rejected the suggestion his would be an "austerity government". “That is not a term that will escape my lips because in the end I want the Australian people to have much better services than they have now,” Mr Abbott said. “But I do need to be truthful and realistic. In the short term at least we do understand that government is spending too much and the government will have to spend less.”[15] I suggest Abbott look at what austerity is, then look at what the tories have done to the UK. Australia has one of the lowest debt-to-GDP ratios in the world, AAA ratings by international economic agencies, and well-placed inflation/interest rate/unemployment figures. What a fool. Mr Abbott also repeated his statements from last week when he said he was prepared to consider giving Coalition MPs a conscience vote on the issue of gay marriage after the federal election. Excuse me if i'm highly cynical for various reasons. Australian Tories dragged along kicking and screaming. AUSTRALIAN governments are facing a budget black hole so large that politically painful cuts to growth in public health and education spending are all but unavoidable if the nation is to avoid a European-style debt quagmire. - The Australian[16] Ahh, right on queue. Trust the media outlet who published an article of their own intentions to destroy the Greens at the ballot box to come out with this rubbish. I repeat - Australia has one of the lowest debt-to-GDP ratios in the world, AAA ratings by international economic agencies, and well-placed inflation/interest rate/unemployment figures. No, we don't need media reform in this country, do we? Great article. The Victorian Liberal/National government - so its said that Baillieu stood down because he's not stupid and can see the writing on the wall but would only quit if Napthine took the job, however Mr ex-Liberal Shaw on the crossbenches is attempting to use his power to tighten abortion laws with Napthine, something Baillieu would not tolerate. What a lovely bunch of people. So Baillieu goes with Menzies on to the minority government scrapheap, while Gillard continues to pass Acts and with a larger crossbench. Abbott, what do you think of Napthine? :D In other news, Peter Costello has been referred to Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission. Uhh, in what state of mind was Steven Marshall when he decided he wanted a photo op with Olsen and Brown? LOL! I bet that went down like a lead balloon. But please, keep going, remind the populace what Liberal governments are like! :D Pity about the rest of the article. It treats Olsen and Brown as the foundations of the instability. Olsen and Brown were simply part of the product of what is now half a century of SA Liberal factional infighting. The fathers of Iain Evans and Vicki Chapman have a lot to answer for. Abbott harks back to the Howard days as if they served the country well. They didn't. 51-49 Lib federally, 53-47 LNP in QLD, 50-50 in Vic, 51-49 Lib in SA. Things just got even more interesting...! Numbers have been far worse before but the incumbent has gone on to win. 1998, 2001 and 2004 are all excellent examples. Bring on the 2013 election! Brilliant piece - finally, some common sense on the Greens' electoral vote. I suppose when the biggest media outlet in Australia want to destroy the Greens at the ballot box, it is to be expected that the rumours of Green death have been greatly exaggerated :) Business leaders supportive of Mr Hamilton-Smith told the Sunday Mail they would reconsider donations if Ms Redmond won, but declined to be named for fear it would hurt their business interests. "Isobel was great against Rann but she has not laid a glove on Weatherill, and as a donor to the party I am not going to throw good money after bad if they re-elect her - it is just untenable," one said. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/martin-hamilton-smith-launches-challenge-to-sa-liberal-party-leader-isobel-redmond/story-e6frea83-1226499202065 Evidence that big business controls the Liberal Party, despite the all-too-regular protests to the contrary. It was just untenable, wasn't it just! Some viewers have asked us over recent months why Lateline has not interviewed Tony Abbott. Despite consistent requests this year, he hasn't agreed to an interview since last year. - David Marr on Tony Abbott ABC 10/09/2012 Debt: Does getting a personal or business bank loan mean i'm living outside of my means? If Australia's debt to GDP ratio remains one of the lowest in the world, does that mean Australia is living out of its means? People like Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce seem to fail to grasp this. They also fail to grasp that the Coalition said their proposed stimulus plan would have also put is in to debt, just "not as much". And according to Abbott, climate change is crap and we need direct action to combat it, not a simple tax that he suggested in 2009 before Gillard did. Notice some big logic gaps here on their two big criticisms? Ratings agency Moody's says there is nothing surprising in the federal budget and has no reason to change its outlook for Australia's AAA credit rating ... and said the budget maintained Australia's financial discipline.[17] We even hear this positivity from Abbott when he's overseas addressing overseas people. But at home? A completely different and disingenuous story is being told, and built on by News Ltd. It is a shame. What did a current Liberal Premier say recently? people should do without their Foxtel and air-conditioners before whining about electricity prices[18] Yes ladies and gentlemen, this is how the Liberal Party are when they're in power. The opposition and media go to the extraordinary lengths of claiming the government has killed people and houses have burnt down as a result of the stimulus, when infact the CSIRO demonstrates that the pink batts program actually drove the statistics down. Where's the articles now? Are the batts really burning? No, but the right-wing media are. A picture tells a thousand words. Need to find free Public Domain or Creative Commons images? These are the places I search most: USASearch and DoDmedia, US image repositories, usually under the license of {{PD-USGov}} or {{PD-USGov-Military}} Picture Australia - repository of many Australian image sites under various free or non-free licenses, depending on the source. Images older than 50 years are usually free under the license of {{PD-Australia}} Flickr.com Advanced Photo Search (tick the bottom three creative commons boxes when searching) (flickr users are often willing to change licenses (see here) if you message them) usually under the license of {{cc-by-2.0}} or {{cc-by-sa-2.0}}

Userboxes This user is male. This user comes from Adelaide, South Australia. This user is a member of WikiProject Australian politics. This user believes that only articles need reflect a NPOV, and that displaying political, religious, or other beliefs on user and talk pages should be encouraged. Bias is better declared. This user opposes the policies and views of Tony Abbott. This user is a Wikimedia Commons tagger of free images. This user has a Triple Crown. This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 7 months and 12 days. This editor is a Senior Editor III and is entitled to display this Rhodium Editor Star. This editor is a Labutnum of the Encyclopedia and is entitled to display this Book of Knowledge with Coffee Cup Stain, Cigarette Burn, Chewed Broken Pencil, Sticky Note, Bookmark, and Note from Jimbo.

This user has no affiliation whatsoever with any political entity (unless you count being a union member, of which about 30 percent are Liberal voters)