Please, say no to the high cost of sad manners
Overweening politeness, whether it is saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to our new AI overlords or paying tribute to original custodians, takes too much energy, writes Tim Blair
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From defenders of ‘safe spaces’ to cheerleaders for murder
Left-wing activists were once so sensitive and delicate they wanted trigger warnings attached to everything and everyone, but now those same snowflakes have become pro-Hamas cheerleaders who revel in the butchery of their leaders and foot soldiers, writes Tim Blair.
Pro-Biden press are now in shame-dodge mode
They hid the truth, lied on behalf of authority and attacked people who were accurate in reporting former President Biden’s cognitive decline, but a year on those same blinkered, self-important pundits are shifting the blame for their failures, writes Tim Blair.
Bummed about the election? Here are six reasons not to worry and be happy
To celebrate our national unity, then, here are six standout stories to make us forget last Saturday and feel better about ourselves, our nation, our ideological rivals and our future, writes Tim Blair.
Blair: Teal drama brings us light amid doom and gloom election
Thank God for the colourful campaign distractions provided by the Teals, everybody’s favourite gang of weaponised Karens, writes Tim Blair
Real women win against opponents of biology
Following prolonged judicial debate, Britain’s Supreme Court last week ruled that, in legally precise terms, women are women and men are men in an incredible win for reality, writes Tim Blair
Big oil is back and it’s bloody brilliant
The entire climate movement was an event for children – that’s why it was led by one for so long, writes Tim Blair.
Blair: What if US tariffs were instead a carbon tax?
With a single comment on Monday, Trump set about converting Australian climate warriors into furious defenders of our previously planet-destroying metals and mining industries, writes Tim Blair.
Laugh is on Labor and its festival of weakness
Energy and Climate Minister Chris Bowen says Labor is providing cheaper power thanks to renewable energy. The numbers say otherwise, writes Tim Blair.
Happy Inauguration Day to all the haters and losers
The loser/hater community now faces an enemy who has become massively emboldened by that community’s own ruinous tactics. Trump’s foes are the authors of their own destruction, writes Tim Blair.
Beach clean-up a small price to pay to see fun return to Sydney
Scenes of garbage left on beaches by Christmas Day revellers have spawned outrage, but Tim Blair reckons Sydneysiders could learn a thing or two from the partying backpackers.
Heated holy rollers are making the children cry
Thousands of Australian schoolchildren still suffer climate trauma thanks to doomy teachers, academics, politicians and the media, yet none of their apocalyptic predictions ever come true, and worse still, they never apologised, writes Tim Blair.
McDonald Trump has his foes in panic mode
Serving fries at McDonald’s and poking fun at Kamala Harris’s claims to have worked there is just one of the many ways Donald Trump continues to connect with regular people and defy his delusional critics, writes Tim Blair.
Friday Noticeboard
Today’s noticeboard is brought to you by a daring public experiment. In Sydney this week, intrepid social engineers attempted to discover what happens when you combine feminism, comedy and an audience of sad wokens.
Surely No Such Damning Evidence Exists
To those who describe incoming governor-general Sam Mostyn as a lifelong activist hack whose unimpressive record can’t help but cheapen her office, I say: show me the proof.
Wednesday Noticeboard
Today’s noticeboard is brought to you by J.K. Rowling’s finest literary achievement.
Chris “Two Jets” Bowen and his Flights of Fancy
British Labour had John “Two Jags” Prescott. Australian Labor can beat him by an order of magnitude. They’ve got Chris “Two Jets” Bowen.
Easter Monday Masky Marxist Noticeboard
Today’s holy noticeboard is brought to you by a multitude of Covid-masked Marxists at a Melbourne Marxism Marxathon.
Fitzy Visits the Dark Emu Disco
Peter FitzSimons and his fellow Voice advocates argued throughout 2023 that Aboriginal primacy demanded constitutional change and an additional parliamentary wing.
Thursday Noticeboard
Today’s noticeboard is brought to you by The Almighty’s divine climate justice – for He bore witness to a solar farm that displeased Him, and righteously struck down upon it with great vengeance and furious anger.
Choo-Choo Joe Takes a Ride on the Mystery Train
Present Joe Biden with any scenario. Within moments, his peculiar dishonesty will demand he become part of it.
News Roundup
Let’s have ourselves an old-fashioned roundup of the newsworthy, newsy and newsable.
Monday Noticeboard
Today’s noticeboard is brought to you by newly-appointed ABC chairman Kim Williams’s warning to the ABC’s activist staff. Which would be all of them.
Life’s Lottery Won and Lost
To be fair, post-war British immigrants to Australia perhaps didn’t deserve their full whinging reputation. Many of them were probably just homesick.
Thursday Noticeboard
Today’s noticeboard is brought to you by Kevin Rudd, whose big mouth may yet threaten his tenure as Australia’s ambassador to the US.
Anne Meets the Friends
Australia’s Friends of Palestine are apparently no friends of Labor minister Anne Aly.
Monday Noticeboard
Today’s noticeboard is again brought to you by performer and parent Holly Valance, who is single-handedly redeeming the entire Australian theatrical profession.
Jonathan’s Year of Living Greenishly
As did many of us, ABC ratings nanoparticle Jonathan Green began 2024 full of hope.
Wednesday Noticeboard
Today’s noticeboard is brought to you by a brief and enchanting documentary from Britain’s Dr John Constable, which beautifully explains why we are all completely doomed.
Australia’s Future Foretold: We’re Argentina 2.0
Time travel is here.
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