Posts by Joe Wylie
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Speaker: The Government you Deserve, in reply to Moz,
Closer to me In Grayndler (Sydney) the left-wing rump of the ALP is represented in an even more green-left seat by Albanese but he seems fairly safe simply because he is actually green-left himself.
Albanese certainly used to impress as one of the sharper pieces of cutlery in Labor's kitchen drawer. Then again, I'm basing that on his drive time political panel appearances on ABC radio, where he'd be pitted against the ploddingly amiable Joe Hockey. I was gobsmacked when that buffoon was elevated to treasurer, Albanese's only problem in being matched against him seemed to be staying awake.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Hebe,
One of the best things has been my reawakened interest and practise of photography, much due to Gudrun’s generous and enthusiastic encouragement. I will miss her fierceness, kindness and windows into her world.
In the early 90s Gudrun beat a particularly nasty form of cancer, after being given a 5% chance of survival. When it returned with an inoperable vengeance early this year she was given 12 months at the outside. Her final slipping away was sudden and mercifully gentle.
Towards the end she wondered if she'd have left a more substantial photographic legacy if only she'd taken herself more seriously. Being the warm-hearted soul she was she'd have been deeply touched by the kind words here.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to JacksonP,
RIP Gudrun.
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Polity: Four cents on Brexit, Fonterra,…, in reply to Hilary Stace,
From my childhood I remembered Lodge as rather blokey mainly from his cartoons in the Sports Post.
As a member of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes my father would occasionally head off to "the lodge" for some male bonding. Because Neville Lodge's work appeared under the title "Lodge Laughs", I assumed that his jokes were intended to be enjoyed in that blokey context.
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Polity: Four cents on Brexit, Fonterra,…, in reply to Hilary Stace,
But what I remember about those cartoons was the size and quality of them....He had to produce a clever, witty, topical artwork every day and he sometimes drew caricatures of himself in the corner struggling to come up with ideas.
Thanks for that. Lodge loomed large in my cartoon-starved childhood. While he often reflected the unexamined prejudices of his time - unkempt protesters, those uppity black power-saluting olympic athletes - he strove to maintain an elegant David Low-ish standard of line and generally respected his audience's intelligence.
Looking back, some of his best stuff was for the full front page of the Saturday night Sports Post, where he could be unexpectedly witty. On the occasion of a tour by the French rugby team, his guide to French rugby phrases included Honi soit qui mal y pense - "Gather round while I change my pants."
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to Moz,
Yeah, him! Thanks for that link.
Full interview up this morning.
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to Moz,
The problem for Scotland is that leaving for the EU is not necessarily a useful choice, since they're almost certain to be forced to join the Euro - look at other peripheral states to see how well that works.
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to Matthew Hooton,
Yes, and wasn't that popular in much of Canterbury?
How would you or anyone know, when the decisions are pretty much all made by Margaret Bazley or Gerry Brownlee?
