‘..Last night Ms Gillard hosted about 25 female bloggers and web writers – whose sites reach about 2.5 million people – at Kirribilli House, as she gears up to use gender issues to maximum advantage in the coming election year.’
Of course, if Tony Abbott hosted 25 male bloggers and web writers, that would make him a sexist, misogynist pig….

NZ. Today.
‘A former Serious Fraud Office chief prosecutor has pleaded guilty to forgery charges but was this morning discharged without conviction.
Anita Maria Killeen, 35, appeared before Judge Mary Beth Sharp in Auckland District Court, where her lawyer, Paul Davison QC, entered guilty pleas to forgery and using a forged document…..
…This was because the prosecutor, who was up until the time of her arrest practising as a barrister, had undertaken a course of fertility medication which in 1 per cent of cases caused severe psychological side effects, Judge Sharp said….’

A cosy little gathering of  the like-minded and similarly-connected, wasn’t it?
UPDATE:   ‘Complaint over lawyer’s treatment’

‘..NSW north coast health workers cannot call colleagues or patients terms such as “mate”, after a memo stated it was inappropriate.
The memo, which was sent out by  the Northern NSW Local Health District, told workers that these terms may be perceived as disrespectful, disempowering and non-professional, the ABC reports.
……”The utilisation of this language within the work place at any time is not appropriate and may be perceived as disrespectful, disempowering and non-professional,” the memo said…’
So, a gaggle of slimy little bureaudweebs, sucking off the taxpayer’s tit while they sit around in an office dreaming this shit up, presumes to tell adults what terms they may not use when addressing other adults in the workplace. And they cover their fat meddling arses with the word “inappropriate”, the word which has become an identifying mark of the purse-lipped meddling little clipboard leeches who contribute-fuck all and merely get in the way of grown-ups doing the heavy lifting.
And as always, there will be cowardly inadequates in the workplace who will be only too glad to feed a fellow worker or two into the beast’s maw. People who can’t manage their own relationships with co-workers and are only too happy to hand over revenge and subsequent persecution to the office Stasi. *spit*.
It’s high time the grown-ups stood together and told the contemptible scum dreaming up this garbage to fuck off and get a proper job.

and it’s a wonderful read, as always.  Note especially Remus’ pen and ink drawing!

‘The Gillard government’s latest assault on our fundamental freedoms’

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‘Three people arrested in a migrant labour exploitation case will miss their next hearing so they can attend a birthday party in China.’
Their defence lawyer claims the party is “culturally significant”–apparently, the administration of justice in NZ takes a back seat to that. When it suits.
The fact is, the moment “culture” is taken into consideration in a court of law, then the process becomes illegitimate. Because that means that all defendants will not be treated in the equal, colourblind way our society demands of the law.

‘EXTORTION BY A THOUSAND DEMANDS’
‘..As each month passes, there are new rights, new privileges, new funding, new settlements – all in a relentless incremental transfer of money, power and public resources that goes largely unnoticed by most New Zealanders, who are too busy getting on with their own lives. However, some New Zealanders (especially those associated with the NZCPR) do notice, because we have come to realise that this is all part of a much larger agenda – a drive for the co-governance of New Zealand. How to alert a largely passive public, who are blindingly oblivious to the danger, will be our major challenge next year…
…Those calling for a new “written” constitution want to transfer that ultimate law-making power from our elected representatives to unelected judges – who cannot be sacked. By re-drafting our constitutional arrangements into a single document, lawyers and judges would be put in charge of law-making in New Zealand and if our elected Members of Parliament tried to change this arrangement, their attempts would be struck out as being “unconstitutional”.’

Heroic speech,Nigel Farage

‘..Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, has hired six students whose jobs as “dialogue facilitators” will involve intervening in conversations among students in dining halls and common rooms to encourage discussion of such social justice issues as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability and social class…’           source
Hopefully, some student with a little self-respect remaining will run the knuckles over one of the smarmy bastard “facilitators”…