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19 May 05:00am

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This week we went from gay marriage to climate change and every other issue in between. Check us out! But first, have a Tim Tam….

Highlights included: Greg Barila on a few good men. Tory Shepherd told us that family welfare benefits everyone. Alison Godfrey revealed that actually, nobody cares how you parent. Lucy discovered why Tuesday is boring. Paul Toohey on the reports of Ron Paul’s death. Tory Maguire counted down the 499 days till the election. Penbo said Obama leads the way on gay marriage. Ant ripped into bikies and spoilt, litigious private school brats and Dan discovered the only 101 year old with a Facebook page.

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    • TChong says:

      07:15am | 19/05/12

      A worthy summation of the weeks events , the whole 168hrs capped nicely with outstanding wins to Collingwood ( whatta game!!!!!!)  and the Mighty Wests Tigers winning , by more than 1 point, NOT in Golden Time.
      The suns shining, the birds are singing, could life be any grander?
      I wouldnt be dead for quids.

      Reply

    • Gregg says:

      09:34am | 19/05/12

      Well, yes it could be chongy!

    • Little Joe says:

      12:57pm | 19/05/12

      Alex Fasolo played on and Geelong should have got a penalty for holding the ball!!!

      Once again the Umpire decided the result of the game!!! Just like the 2010 Grand Final!!!

    • Gregg says:

      08:48am | 20/05/12

      Bombers still a game ahead chongy and you’re lucky it is not three!

    • Tony Marphis says:

      01:18pm | 19/05/12

      “get your pop corn ready for Monday’s great and unbelievable excuse!!!!!!”

      Judging from this comment, it does not matter what Thomson says on Monday, you have found him guilty before he says a word, so why bother even listening, let alone the need for pop-corn?

      FYI - The only poll that counts is still about eighteen months away, once the people realise that Abbott is full of hot air and the sky hasn’t fallen (in relation to the price on carbon) and the great unwashed start receiving compensation, only then will we see what the people really feel, since year dot, people have voted with their hip pockets, always have and always will. No amount of doomsday rhetoric from Abbott is going to change that fact.
      grin

    • Against the Man says:

      04:20pm | 19/05/12

      23 % for ALP in Queensland this time round Tony. That is bad no matter how you spin it. Bad as in no recovery bad. Now CT is a different story, show me he didn’t spend those amounts on the credit card. Show me the proof and I’ll believe it. Methinks you are supporting a hopeless cause. Oh and Tony my views are the majority views. You can’t beat that no way! smile

    • nossy says:

      06:51pm | 19/05/12

      @Against the Man 4.20pm forgive poor old Tony Marphis ATM for someone has to go in to bat for Joolya so why not dear sweet cluseless Tony. If he lived in QLD like I do he would realise how ratshit Gillard and Labor are. Labor look like not winning one single seat here come the fed elections - not one!

    • Tony Marphis says:

      12:27pm | 20/05/12

      @nossy - You too are falling for the trap of predicting election results 18 months out from the only poll that counts - one week is a long time in politics, 18 months is an eternity.

    • Against the Man says:

      02:14pm | 20/05/12

      Tony have you forgotten the NSW, Vic and Qld estate elections? Those ALP massacres were predicted more than 18 months ahead. Read the newspaper today mate?.......‘Gillard brand has been tarnished beyond all repair….....’ Forget about winning, you guys would be lucky to exist as a political party after the next election hahahahahahahaha

      ps: Between Gillard, Rudd and Gough you guys have given Australia their top 3 worst PMs ever, how sweet is that ?

    • stephen says:

      08:28am | 19/05/12

      I watched Rage all night and not one song, not one mention of Donna Summer.

      Reply

    • Ginger Mick says:

      08:38am | 19/05/12

      Must be getting cold around the ridges, nobody commented early this morning.

      Saturday morning, sun is shining, up and at em!

      Just checking the news online with a good cup of tea then time for the weekend chorus, lawn mowers, blower vacs, trimmers and chain saws.

      Oh such peace in the urbs!  grin

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    • stephen says:

      09:41am | 19/05/12

      You’d better not be my neighbour.

    • stephen says:

      09:52am | 19/05/12

      Newsflash :
      ‘Donna Summer’s death shocks Tina Arena’.

      I’d like to see Tina in shock.
      I’ve been in such a case since her first single.

      Reply

    • thatmosis says:

      10:16am | 19/05/12

      Nice day up here, no chainsaws or whipper snippers of cars even. That’s the beauty of living on 100acres and your closest neighbour is half a kilometer away, only the sound of the birds and the freshness of the air where you can take a deep breath without coughing your lungs out from the inhaled pollution.

      Reply

    • acotrel says:

      12:53pm | 19/05/12

      Living in the bush is really great !  And even healthy if the neighbours don’t spray pesticides everywhere, and pollute the water supply.  Our town has a cancer cluster.

    • TM says:

      01:22pm | 19/05/12

      Cancer cluster?  That explains everything. Think brain.

    • nihonin says:

      01:51pm | 19/05/12

      How much life can be packed into just one life, eh acotrel, you immortal or something?

    • renold says:

      03:15pm | 19/05/12

      Been a good week, then Collingwood won and now I have the manflu…

      Reply

    • Swans 138 Demons 37 says:

      07:26pm | 19/05/12

      Sydney swans 21   12     138
      Melbourne       5     7       37

      Reply

    • stephen says:

      01:51pm | 20/05/12

      Those racing boats on SBS sure do make a lot of noise, and I look forward to the day when they get electric motors, and let the birds have their sleep.

      Reply

    • jimbo says:

      02:17pm | 20/05/12

      @Thatmosis.  So you have 100 acres of bushland and have fresh air and birds to listen to.  You think that is better than living in a community with noisy parties and whoompa, whoompa music all night. You don;t know what you are missing.
      P.S.  Do you have a granny flat?

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    • stephen says:

      02:56pm | 20/05/12

      I’ve been looking at the Ferrari website.
      The FF edition - the 4 wheel drive model - has to be the design of the Century, and I expect that every country looking for a mentor will copy it, sit the rear passengers over the rear axle, and leave anything forward to the real men.

      ps ladies sitting in the back is good at the drive-in. (Hey, there’s an idea !)

      Reply
 
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