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Has Clive Palmer gone loco?

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sptrawler said:
Could you imagine the media backlash, if Abbott carried on like this goon.:D
Even when he was in opposition, the media jump on a facial gesture.
With Clive he just tells them to F### off, and they say ok Clive.lol

Obviously Abbott is too shy, that must be why they climb all over him.
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Agree 100%.
 
wayneL said:
On a more politically holistic angle, I am struggling to see the common ideological thread between Palmer, The Brick and Lambie the mouth. WTF does PUP actually stand for?
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What does Palmer stand for?

Palmer stands for revenge on Campbell Newman, because Newman took away his toys and he just went into a tantrum like a spoilt kid in a toy shop who could not get the toy he wanted.

Palmer stands for vindictiveness with Abbott to get back at Newman and at the same time being able to show his muscle in Federal Parliament to control the way we live...he does not give a damn about the working families....all Palmer is thinking about his power and how he is going to use it.....How he can dominate Abbott...He is a bully and very soon he will meet his match.

The old , old saying goes......THE BIGGER THEY ARE, THE HARDER THEY FALL.
 
wayneL said:
On a more politically holistic angle, I am struggling to see the common ideological thread between Palmer, The Brick and Lambie the mouth. WTF does PUP actually stand for?
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Yep, my thoughts exactly. Talk about shoot ya self in the foot! With the CITIC debacle and wobbly chucking antics, no amount of Media Circus Network-ing will stop the build up to the PUP self implosion.

A quote or two from my partner, "Ya'd think with all the money he's got he could afford to buy better clothes and ones that fit him. At least he could wear a tie couldn't he?"

Then this gem straight after, "Fancy arriving in his own cars, cars that most Aussies could never afford. Talk about rubbing our noses in it."

There ya go, how can we take PUP seriously anymore?
 
noco said:
What does Palmer stand for?

Palmer stands for revenge on Campbell Newman, because Newman took away his toys and he just went into a tantrum like a spoilt kid in a toy shop who could not get the toy he wanted.

Palmer stands for vindictiveness with Abbott to get back at Newman and at the same time being able to show his muscle in Federal Parliament to control the way we live...he does not give a damn about the working families....all Palmer is thinking about his power and how he is going to use it.....How he can dominate Abbott...He is a bully and very soon he will meet his match.

The old , old saying goes......THE BIGGER THEY ARE, THE HARDER THEY FALL.
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Too right and all. Sooner the better.

BTW, CITIC debacle notwithstanding, curious to know. How does one get rid of Palmer?
 
Craton said:
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BTW, CITIC debacle notwithstanding, curious to know. How does one get rid of Palmer?
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A PUP supporter recently said that the Courier-Mail has the worst journalism in Australia. They have a practice of putting the spotlight on Palmer's stupidities and indiscretions, instead of putting him on on a pedestal for trying to wreck the government like Fairfax and the ABC do.

Palmer has high hopes of wrecking Newman's government in next year's election. Dennis Atkins from the C-M said on Insiders that the C-M had commissioned a Galaxy Research on this subject. The results will be in the C-M tomorrow. Atkins said Palmer won't like them.
 
Craton said:
Too right and all. Sooner the better.

BTW, CITIC debacle notwithstanding, curious to know. How does one get rid of Palmer?
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I honestly believe Palmer will eventually fall on his own sword.....we don't have to do anything.....he is too smart by half and voters will eventually wake up to what his true colors really are.
 
noco said:
I honestly believe Palmer will eventually fall on his own sword.....we don't have to do anything.....he is too smart by half and voters will eventually wake up to what his true colors really are.
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Question is, does his ego exceed his intelligence ?
 
Calliope said:
A PUP supporter recently said that the Courier-Mail has the worst journalism in Australia. They have a practice of putting the spotlight on Palmer's stupidities and indiscretions, instead of putting him on on a pedestal for trying to wreck the government like Fairfax and the ABC do.
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Excellent investigative reporting in today's Age showing Palmers lack of obeying the law.
Note, this is investigation by properly trained reporters who can read accounts rather than the rubbish the Courier Mail prints. I am sure it will be repeated without reference to the writer in tomorrow's inane Courier Mail.

It is good we still have an independent Paper that writes without fear or favour unlike the alternative which just pushes a barrow and cannot be believed. The press that is not independent loves to attack it's competitors and unfortunately some guilleless people are swayed by this propaganda.

By the way, the Age is the paper and the same reporter who exposed the Commonwealth Bank scandal who now no longer advertise in the paper for telling the truth. This is also the paper that is suing a reporter for reporting on Gina Rheinhart. This mother of two young children stands to lose her house defending herself against this billionaire for not revealing her sources. Please check your facts Calliope before attacking Fairfax again.

Clive Palmer may be busy shaping the laws of the nation, but when it comes to obeying them, his flagship company is sadly lacking. An analysis of the accounts for Mineralogy Pty Ltd has identified a slew of irregularities. Some are technical, and are laid out in detail below.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/book...any-picture-20140713-3buzt.html#ixzz37Od8OYFC
 
Knobby22 said:
Excellent investigative reporting in today's Age showing Palmers lack of obeying the law.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/book...any-picture-20140713-3buzt.html#ixzz37Od8OYFC
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I trust that the Age has finally opened your eyes to the real Clive Palmer, and that you can no longer support a party led by this man.:xyxthumbs

There is nothing new here of course. Hedley Thomas, investigative journalist for the Australian has been saying the same thing for ages, but of course you wouldn't have read that rag.
 
Calliope said:
I trust that the Age has finally opened your eyes to the real Clive Palmer, and that you can no longer support a party led by this man.:xyxthumbs

There is nothing new here of course. Hedley Thomas, investigative journalist for the Australian has been saying the same thing for ages, but of course you wouldn't have read that rag.
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What rubbish you post.
 
Knobby22 said:
What rubbish you post.
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Knobby, what Calliope said about "The Australian" and Hedley Thomas's excellent investigations into Clive Palmer is absolutely correct.
Fwiw I don't think it's appropriate to compare the "Courier Mail" with "The SMH" or "The Age". It's a crappy tabloid so compare it rather with other crappy tabloids.

The Australian, which certainly has a right focus in parts, as does the Age and SMH have a left focus, are probably chosen from confirmation bias where we generally like to read papers that reflect our own views.
Maybe have a read of The Australian from time to time, or do a search for all the many investigative articles Hedley Thomas has done on Clive Palmer over now a sustained period of time. Good to know Fairfax has decided to follow suit.
 
The Age and the SMH are both tabloid. Tabloids cater to people of different tastes to broadsheet readers. Their stories are often lurid, unresearched garbage, to suit a political agenga, like this item which appeared in the SMH five days ago. Crappy tabloid? I think so.

A wave of attempted suicides has swept Christmas Island as 12 mothers tried to kill themselves in the belief their then-orphaned children would have to be settled in Australia.
Fairfax Media has spoken with three independent sources who confirmed the women tried to end their lives after being told they would be taken to Nauru or Manus Island, believing their children would have a better chance of living in Australia if they were dead.
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my bolds.


tab·loid (tbloid)
n.
A newspaper of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually with illustrated, often sensational material.
adj.
1. In summary form; condensed.
2. Lurid or sensational.
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I hadn't realised The Age and the SMH had moved to tabloid form. Never see either of them up here.
Isn't Fairfax really struggling to stay afloat? I do remember hearing about substantial numbers of journalists and photographers being given the flick.
 
Julia said:
Isn't Fairfax really struggling to stay afloat? I do remember hearing about substantial numbers of journalists and photographers being given the flick.
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They don't make flicks any more, it's all done on videotape

:)
 
Tape is a linear method of storing information and since nearly all video recordings made nowadays are digital direct to disk recording (DDR), videotape is expected to gradually lose importance as non-linear/random-access methods of storing digital video data become more common.
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Wikipedia
 
noco said:
What right has Palmer to be any where near the Senate house......He is a member of the House of Reps.....I think he is over stepping the mark.....he certainly likes to throw his weight around.
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Well he has got a lot of it to throw. When you've got it flaunt it.
 

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