I’m not a racist, but I know when “those people” have a right to be offended!
Andrew Bolt: “Collingwood was being thrashed and when the bearded Goodes took another possession in front of her, she shouted “ape”. This is very rude. […]
Articles by Rossleigh
Mr Abbott Stark Raving Naked in Collins Street!
Peter Costello, May 24th 2013: “Unless Tony Abbot gets caught stark raving naked in Collins Street, I think it’s over and even then he might […]
Savings, savings, savings
“Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.” Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize-winning psychologist. Numbers have […]
A Clarification – not a backdown on the PPL!
“Earlier this week, a Labor backbencher, Michelle Rowland, was denied a ‘pair’ in spite of having a sick child. We have in the studio, Mr […]
$110,000 done, $69 billion to go
I actually read things. You know how you just click on “I agree to these terms and conditions” when joining something? Well, I’m the guy […]
The Lateral View
Allow me to add my lateral view of things. Government debt is frequently referred to as “the credit card” by Joe Hockey. This is, of course, […]
Predicting the future is hard, but predicting the past is an oxymoron
“There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we […]
Why I don’t make predictions … and why I never will
In the Fortune Teller’s Tent Madame Claire: Good afternoon, if you cross my palm with silver, I’ll tell you your future. Unnamed Politician: No thanks, […]
Two dialogues by Rossleigh
“Good morning, I’m here to inspect your house.” “What! I didn’t ask for any inspection.” “There’s been a complaint from someone that when they knocked […]
“When I hear the word culture, I reach for my pun … “
From the Sydney Morning Herald: “… opposition education spokesman Christopher Pyne appeared to re-open the so-called ”history wars” which raged during the Howard years, by […]
Going, Going … Gonski!
INTERVIEWER Tonight, we’ll be talking to the Opposition Education Spokesman, Mr Christopher Whine. Good evening, Mr Whine. MR WHINE Good evening. INTERVIEWER So, is the […]
Labor must stop living in the past and govern decisively like it used to, declares ex-Minister
Ex-minister, Simon Crean, announced today that Labor was failing to get its message across, because of a lack of focus on the main issues. “Instead […]
NBN – The exciting potential of copper
Interviewer – Good morning, on today’s show we have a spokesman for the Liberal Party, Mr Bull, explaining their just released national broadband (NBN) policy. […]
Voldemort … he who must not be named!
Dear Rupert, Some idiot lefty referred to you today as “Voldemort”. They clearly didn’t understand that the whole Harry Potter books were created by a […]
I’ll be unemployable if I don’t support Tony
OK, for those of you who’ve read my previous blogs, where I’ve clearly been somewhat tongue-in-cheek, I’d say that there comes a time to speak […]