Wabbit rang the Toyota dealer in Charters Towers for a quote on a job, expected to cost around $1200. The woman who answered the ‘phone sounded clueless, but I’m used to useless front-desk staff and let it go. She said she’d get the price and ring me back. 40 minutes later…nothing. So I rang them. A widdle girl (she sounded about twelve years old and pretty thick) put me on hold, with advertisements blasting in my ear at very high volume. Widdle girl#2 came online and when I pointed out I’d been waiting forty minutes, said “sorry about that, but we only have two girls working today, I’m getting you a quote”.

This isn’t an isolated case, not by a long bloody shot. All the vast numbers of women in the workforce who are fronting companies doing technical work have achieved is to add a layer of incompetence, ignorance and expense to the businesses. I’ve known exceptions, but very, very few.
(I then rang a clutch specialist in Townsville and the ‘phone was answered by the bloke who runs the business. Five minutes later I had a firm price, an estimate of the time needed–and a way to get the car into the workshop by 7am on the due date.)

‘San Diego Police Chief: We Can Disarm Americans Within a Generation’
Breitbart

‘A MUSEUM dedicated to Sydney’s gay and lesbian history is as important as institutions that preserve Jewish history and Australia’s military past, says a leading broadcaster and gay rights activist.
‘’I’d compare it to the Australian War Memorial,’’ said Julie McCrossin.
Via Andrew Bolt

No, really! One Meagan Tyler, “lecturer in sociology at Victoria University”, lays out the case.
What can one say about this moronic waste of space and the taxpayer’s money that feeds and clothes it? (and the six million in taxpayer’s money  the website cost.)

No ‘phone or internet since yesterday. And no rain either. I blame the weather presenters….

‘If You Still Believe’
Is regaining liberty via the political process still possible? Wabbit would appreciate it very much if some of our fine commenters would head over there and give Francis their opinions. My own take on this is deeply pessimistic.

Another week of 40+ temperatures forecast, and no rain in sight.

(Gecko pic)

“Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they’re so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact.”
Let’s hope the General was talking about enemies foreign and domestic.

‘In a blockbuster one-hour investigative special that aired on Fox News’ “Hannity” on Friday, Peter Schweizer, Steve Bannon, and Sean Hannity exposed how Washington, D.C. has extracted power and money from the United States into a centralized location to become the country’s greatest “boomtown,” despite not creating anything.’      MORE

Thanks, Marc. (Click the pic for full size)