Politics

Contains spleen venting , sweary snark directed at the bugsplatter masquerading as our politicians.

The feckless goobers, gobshites, grifters and jesus shoppers swaddled in cant and humbuggery as they jostle at the trough should be recognised for their unswerving dedication to ruining our planet in service to their own greasy-palmed wealth interests and those of their rapacious corporate masters.

To offset the bile and in recognition of life’s positives I like to riff on music, motorbikes, travel and the upsides of being a geezer.

Please note: I am aware I almost always abuse alliteration. And adjectives. Split infinitives their uses have.

Images on this blog commonly sourced from the interwebs. If unattributed it's because i couldn't identify the original source.

The Trumpists are thriving in Oz

"Facts sometimes are contentious aren’t they? What you might think is right somebody else might think is completely untrue..."

2020 and the anus horribilus

How does a beer chugging, crotch-stained galoot, this shonky grifter and chancer get a 66% approval rating as Prime Minister?

Downfall. Bunker Boy starts his run for the big house.

No grace, no dignity, no humility, no magnanimity, no class, no morals, no empathy, no soul.

Ol' Yeller turns orange

Shouty has been picking up tips from the orange man.

After a brief interlude the Tories are reverting to type

Criminality is the new normal under this tainted regime. Australia Pty Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fossil fuel industry

The Great SchMo - Duck Dodgers in the 21st Century.

Front and centre at grand announcements and monopolising any accolades Schmo will also reliably pull a Hawaiian when the going gets rough.

Sooty unveils RortKeeper

We may all be up to our collective armpits in ordure but there is something deeply satisfying in watching Bubble and Squeak at the podium, b

Bye bye Mathias. Is Spud next?

Despite, or perhaps because of his appalling record, his shifty deals and his Hayekian world view Pubert is held in high regard by the Torie

Will Smirko jump the shark?

As with the Republicans, the L/NP modus operandi is the game of mates and as with the Republicans it has become shamelessly blatant.

Watchin' Scotty Grow

What we have is the scorpion and the frog scenario (hint: we're the frog). Morrison cannot resist his inclinations.

Dud's Army

Panicked into action, FauxMo and Co. have seen their beloved lifters-and-leaners feudalistic #Mefirst ideology founder, as useful as a concr

It Can't Get Any Worse. Can it?

The L/NP coagulation's existence is, and always has been, to function as the primary mechanism for their corporate chums to shovel publi

R.I.P. Daggy Dad. The rebranding of ScoMo.

No amount of re-imaging, spin, deflection, dissembling, humbug and lying can cover up for this nightsoilsman and his noisome product.

SmoKo's Brisbane Line

Morrison is prepared to surrender Australia's well-being to the interests of the voracious mining moguls and the disaster capitalists. I

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