Universal Love TRTT Part 8: Random thoughts also sack Hinkley

[Mick F]

Brian Houston not welcome at the White House thunder down under party for ScoMo? I don't know how true it is but it would be just about the only thing the Trump Admin could ever hold their heads high about.

An official in the East Room remarked, Geez you have to be some kind of c**t to be kicked out of this place

 

[Grave Danger]

When it was announced that 9 network was buying Fairfax I thought this will fu** up the investigative journo's at The Age and SMH and the AFR probably wont suffer because its profitable and has always been pro business.

But I admit I didn't see the takeover, improving the hell out of 60 minutes. Nick McKenzie of The Age's Baker and McKenzie fame, who have done big investigative pieces into those drug crims made famous in the Underbelly series, corrupt Vic cops, corrupt Vic politicians and in 2013 they joined the Essendon / Dank drugs saga and uncovered a whole lot of s**t, that sports journos never would have and it won them a Walkely award to go with others they had won.

His story on Crown Casino and allowing Chinese crims launder money in their casinos in Oz and Macau a couple of months ago, was brilliant. 9 never would have done the story without Packer selling out of 9, and if 9 didn't take over Fairfax. It put the wind up department of immigration and the department of home affairs.

Tonight as I type I'm watching his story on the SAS war crimes in Afghanistan and accusations that Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith killed an innocent man. The AFP have investigated this for years, I think, the ADF have done investigations, and a special defence Inspector General and ex judge has done/ is doing an investigation.

Basically its multiple investigations into war crimes in Afghanistan over the 18 years we have been there. 2 current serving SAS soldiers are speaking out.

Mckenzie quotes from investigators documents, and a couple of ex soldiers admissions. He interviews current MP Andrew Hastie who is an ex SAS captain and is chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. He has broken down over a stuff up where calling in US aircraft to bomb a target stuffed up the co-ordinates and 2 young boys were killed. He went an apologised to the boys uncle, after asking permission to talk to him.

Fairfax has been sued by Ben Roberts-Smith and others and The Australian have backed him in their reporting. I have read some of the stories in both News Ltd and Fairfax papers over the last couple of years. Stokes has backed Roberts-Smith publicly and financially and I suspect so has his media outlets.

ABC and 4 Corners investigative journo of great repute, Chris Masters has worked on this for several years and has backed up McKenzie investigation over the last couple of years. Masters wrote a book about the SAS in Afghanistan last year - No Front Line, Australian Special Forces at war in Afghanistan. He spent up to 10 years looking at the war and talking to those who served and the effect of the war on them. He basically gives voice to the soldiers, who because of SAS rules don't talk when they are serving and rarely do when they quit the ADF.

Several ex soldiers in McKenzie's story talk about how they want the truth to come out so that it stops eating away at them.

McKenzie's 2 stories are probably the best 2 stories I've ever seen on 60 minutes, and if not the best, up there with the great reporting the did in their first 5 years or so from when it debuted in 1978, before 60 minutes became more interested in developing personality reporters, ratings, making money for the Packers and being entertainment TV as much as quality journalism TV.

Serendipity sometimes does happen - re 60 minutes - not Afghanistan.

So that's where Sarah Abo went.

 

[Doctor Feel]

I'm in.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

When you check sellers feedback on eBay before making a purchase & glad you did

"IT'S BEEN MONTHS NO ITEM NO CONTACT SELLER MUST BE DEAD"

 

[Doctor Feel]

 

[Doctor Feel]

 

[Pappagallo]

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Lol is this another excited train guy?

 

[bomberclifford]

 

[Janus]

I'm in.

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I've seen this - the first two acts are slow as * and it's probably a 4/10 at best...but the last act, when he goes on a killing spree - 10/10 for gratuitous violence. Especially the last kill. I don't think I've ever heard a cinema laugh with glee at how people were getting killed before.

 

[Grave Danger]

I didn't know they had actual planes and s**t - maybe they should've stuck to being just a travel agency.

(actually, on reading the article, that mightn't have helped - people aren't using travel agencies any more)

Thomas Cook collapses as rescue talks fail

The tour firm's failure means more than 150,000 British tourists will need to be repatriated.

www.bbc.com

 

[Sleezy]

Watching the VFL granny on tv.

Seagulls need to start a fight.

Was there. Adam Marcon spent the second quarter getting under Townsend's skin til he started giving away frees. It almost worked.

 

[KenGaveUsWhatHeDeserved]

So we're still stuck with Ken. Sigh. No holiday in Mexico this year maybe?

I used to care about these poor Afghans until I learned about Dancing Boys. Personally, between what they do to children and how they treat women in that part of the world I wouldn't be cut up inside about anything

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

4 Corners is as bad as the commercial stations these days.

Nah 4 Corners is still streets ahead of most commercial stations stuff. The odd commercial program is better, but commercial TV, apart from McKenzie's 2 pieces, doesn't do many long investigative stories.

Sunday with Jim Whaley the first 20 years and then Jana Wendt as presenter for 2 or 3 years was great, as good as 4 Corners, but then funds dried up, especially as the Packers got out of 9 and died the last few years of its existence. The best of Sunday, was better than most of current 4 Corners.

4 Corners still does great investigative stories - that leads to Royal Commissions - into banking, water issues, juvenile detention in NT etc, but it has become too much of a PC warrior for too many of its productions, like the ABC in general.

 

[gbear]

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This reminds me of my lunch conversation today (nurses) as we were discussing the weirdest implements that we have seen inserted into different orifices of the body

 

[Andre]

This reminds me of my lunch conversation today (nurses) as we were discussing the weirdest implements that we have seen inserted into different orifices of the body

Was that discussion divided into during and outside work hours?

 

[gbear]

Was that discussion divided into during and outside work hours?

Inside work hours. Let’s just say it was educational

 

[Mick F]

Nah 4 Corners is still streets ahead of most commercial stations stuff. The odd commercial program is better, but commercial TV, apart from McKenzie's 2 pieces, doesn't do many long investigative stories.

Sunday with Jim Whaley the first 20 years and then Jana Wendt as presenter for 2 or 3 years was great, as good as 4 Corners, but then funds dried up, especially as the Packers got out of 9 and died the last few years of its existence. The best of Sunday, was better than most of current 4 Corners.

4 Corners still does great investigative stories - that leads to Royal Commissions - into banking, water issues, juvenile detention in NT etc, but it has become too much of a PC warrior for too many of its productions, like the ABC in general.

Sunday was very good, agree.

 

[glitch01]

I'm in.

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Seems this is on the must watch list then.......

 

[Andre]

Inside work hours. Let’s just say it was educational

And I'm sure there was a disproportionate number where it was claimed someone 'just slipped' and there it went.

 

[Garibaldi Red]

This reminds me of my lunch conversation today (nurses) as we were discussing the weirdest implements that we have seen inserted into different orifices of the body

Did Jennifer Keytes name come up?

 

[Andre]

Did Jennifer Keytes name come up?

Diesel is not environmentally friendly.

 

[KenGaveUsWhatHeDeserved]

Diesel is not environmentally friendly.

Apparently its to see the number of Sharpies that will fit now. Apparently

 

[Portology]

Lol I love how the climate/sustainable environment discussion is really only centred on ethics of meat eating.

Way to see the forest from the trees. That's overtly progressive types for you.

How much tech are we using to converse in this medium? Where did it come from? Did it grow on trees? Where are we getting the energy to use it?




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I think we’re using the 0.1% of global compute power left over from Bitcoin mining.

Nearly as bad as cotton farmers, that lot


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[sobrave]

Diesel is not environmentally friendly.

Can someone explain this and the above comment, I feel like I'm missing out. What's Jennifer keyte been shoving in places?

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Can someone explain this and the above comment, I feel like I'm missing out. What's Jennifer keyte been shoving in places?

Nothing.

It’s an old rumour that was never true.