Andrew Bolt's Blog,22/7/17; Bolt's Historical Denialism ignores data and fact. Australia was never Terra -Nullius

 DOES THIS LOOK LIKE ALLIES ?

 

 

 Tony Abbott praises Malcolm Turnbull for backing party reform

Tony Abbott has applauded Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for offering "unequivocal support" for his bid to overhaul the way the NSW Liberal Party preselects its candidates.

  Rugby and race: two reasons why Kiwis thank God they're not Australian - ABC News

 

This week two events — seemingly unrelated — have opened a sliding door into our history: just how different things could have been, writes Stan Grant.

"New Zealand recognised that sovereignty. Australia instead was deemed "terra-nullius" — an empty land — the rights of the first peoples were extinguished."
"New Zealand would not hand over its future to "an elective body, mostly Australians, that knows nothing and cares nothing about native administration".
" new archaeological evidence has pushed back human occupation of this continent to at least 65,000 years."
" By 1901, a decade after Captain Russell warned colonial leaders about their treatment of "natives", his concerns would have been vindicated: the Constitution of Australia wrote Aboriginal people out of the new nation.
Section 127 specified that the first people of this land would not be counted among the Australian population."
" When the All Blacks line up against the Wallabies New Zealanders will surely be glad that Captain William Russell said no to becoming part of Australia."



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Sean Hannity has a breakdown after his “Media Excellence” award is revoked

The Fox News host says that he turned down the award due to a scheduling conflict, but that excuse makes no sense
Just how Andrew Bolt is this? "But now that CNN is reporting that Hannity was disinvited from the award ceremony after William F. Buckley’s son expressed dismay over the chosen recipient, the Fox News host is claiming that he turned down the award due to a scheduling conflict."


 

ALWAYS A SPORTS HOUND

Looking at the line-up of sportshound.com.au I get an intense feeling of nostalgia. It reads like a Sun or Herald Sun team of three decades ago. Good luck to all involved.

  Bolt's nostalgia goes to when he once could walk in daylight without fear. Despite always being a voyeur and never a participant, which he still is today. there was a time when he was possibly more Australian than he is today. There was a time when exaggeration, bias and making it up as you went along was regarded as normal. He had a short moment as a sports writer. It's  a pity he still is and writes like one.

 

THE CASE FOR PETER DUTTON

Janet Albrechtsen puts the case for Peter Dutton as Prime Minister. I have sympathy for her argument, and would add only that Dutton still needs to answer three questions: does he have enough voter appeal, does he have the breadth of policy interest and nous, and can he lead? I don't say the answers are no; just that Dutton needs to give them.

As I said Bolt was once a sports writer and it shows He's never really stopped being one. Albrechtsen, however, isn't her tongue in cheek suggesting Dutton as leader, however, shows her potential for stand up. Bolt has grabbed that to make Abbott, his ever favorite dog,  appear shorter odds as usual. However, to say that Turnbull hasn't done anything for the Conservatives shows Bolt's accuracy is lagging. He's made Dutton a front runner and that can't be denied. He's put salve on the Conservative's burns. Maybe not Abbott's but then Abbott seems to be a loner. 

 

WHAT CABINET GOVERNMENT?

Malcolm Turnbull's promise in becoming Prime Minister: "We need to restore traditional cabinet government. There must be an end to policy on the run and captain’s calls." But now: "The decision... to establish an omnibus, security-focused department of home affairs ... never once went to a full cabinet meeting for consideration."

How interesting that Sheridan isn't reminding us of Abbott's Captain's Calls. Abbott wanted to do exactly this when he was PM set up a government center controlled security force.  He would have had he stayed in power. He was very eager about it. It matched his flags. Now that Turnbull has done it he's being smeared it goes to show just how close these two uni mates still are Sheridan and Abbott. Bolt, of course, sits in the bleachers cheering them both on as it was a Richmond game. Paul Maley Bolt's other link also plays for that conservative team, in fact, all three do. In the real world, it's known as News Corp.

 Any attempt at comparing Abbott's and Turnbull's style of government would need to bring Peta, the deflector Credlin into the picture.  She simply showed Abbott how to lead by example shut the door and hung up the sign "Not Welcome"

NO, GREINER DIDN'T GIVE ME ADVICE - AND SHOULDN'T

An odd interpretation by David Crowe: "After months of blistering attacks on Mr. Turnbull from conservative media commentators who champion Mr. Abbott, the new federal president delivered a rebuke to those who were getting out of hand.  'I do notice ... some lack of that mutual respect.'" But Greiner wasn't talking about commentators at all.

 Given the attention Abbott's been getting I hardly think it strange for Griener to make that comment. Yes he may have been addressing Abbott himself for it was he that promised no sniping from the sidelines and it was Abbott who declared his loyalty to the Turnbull government. So it's quite clear who Greiner was speaking to and about Andrew Bolt.

 

PAULA MATTHEWSON SMELLS A CREDLIN PLOT

Former Liberal media advisor Paula Matthewson seems deranged by her hatred of Peta Credlin: "Tony Abbott was holidaying in Croatia... [Credlin] was also overseas. Is it too much to imagine that Mr. Abbott and Ms. Credlin managed to catch up to plot against Mr. Turnbull while they were both away?" Let me explain the idiocy here.      

When Andrew Bolt insists on making denials for Lady Macbeth and Sir Tony one wonders why? Is it to show us just how close he is to the inner conservative machinations or is it blow smoke in our eyes. Either way Paula Matthewson ex Liberal adviser would know just what tricks these people are capable of. Now we know Peta Credlin is not Jewish nor is her husband. She doesn't have a long history of associating with Liberal Jews as much as she does with conservative right wingers anointed by Rupert Murdoch.  So Paula's question is not that deranged.

Australia is too small a place to have long conversations "in private" as Nikki Savva's showed in her book. Telephones aren't secure either is Bolt suggesting they could have used the "dark web"? Would Abbott even know what that is? He'd no doubt it was his new NBN Co which is seriously dark given his MXT cable to the node technology. Last but not least 2000km for a politician to fly is nothing as we have seen and what happens in Israel stays in Israel it wouldn't be a bad place to stop on a flight to Europe secretly.