Dear Cardinal Pell, It is with grave disappointment that I read over the weekend that you are apparently too unwell to fly back to Australia from the Vatican to face questioning from the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse in… Read More ›
Current Affairs
Morning News Wrap for Tuesday 9th February 2016
M68!: Morning News Wrap. From around the Globe to your Frontal Lobe. Good Morning. Here are the numbers: 0 is the number of times that George Pell will appear in person at the Royal Commission. 1 man filmed in… Read More ›
Morning News Wrap for Monday 8th February 2016
M68!: Morning News Wrap. From around the Globe to your Frontal Lobe. Good Morning. Here is the News: IT’S SUPERBOWL 50. Go the Broncos. The average cost of a Superbowl ticket is $10,000. Two Qantas jets in a near… Read More ›
Peter Pilt’s Thoughts on the High Court’s Decision on Asylum Seekers and Indeed on Asylum Seekers in General: Aren’t we Better Than This as a Nation?
The High Court of Australia today (3rd Feb 2016) ruled that Australia’s offshore detention of Asylum Seekers was lawful. The implication of this decision among other things is: Offshore processing of Asylum Seekers on Manus Island and Nauru will continue…. Read More ›
Today the World was Outraged by the Wrong Thing – The Mitchell Pearce Incident
Today the world has been apparently outraged (I say ‘apparently outraged’ as the outrage will last about 7 minutes) by the three seconds (literally three seconds) of simulated sex with a dog by drunk NRL Roosters Co-Captain Mitchell Pearce…. Read More ›
A Succinct Explanation Of The Judeo-Christian Ethic That Australian Society Is Founded On
At times you hear the statement that Australia is founded on the Judeo-Christian Ethic. What does this actually mean? Former Australian Federal Treasurer Peter Costello made a speech back in 2004 at a National Thanksgiving Service about this and I think it’s… Read More ›
A Blog On Who Is Screwing The Australian Public With The Current High Petrol Prices
I was writing the Morning News Wrap today and I found myself writing this comment: Hey remember when oil was $130 a barrel and petrol was costing us $1.60 a litre. Now it’s $30 and petrol is costing us $1.30… Read More ›
Financial Rape of Australians by Wallet Wizard, Cash Converters and Loan Ranger: Peter Pilt’s Thoughts.
Maybe if you are reading this you are considering taking out a “payday” loan with Wallet Wizard, Cash Converters or the Loan Arranger. I want to be blunt here. These companies are financial bloodsuckers that prey on your desperation…. Read More ›
World’s Shortest Rant on Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes 2016
Simply stated – not a fan. In 2016 do we really need humor that is personally insulting, sexually depraved, gross, crude, filled with debased sexual innuendo, insulting toward women, makes light of the Holocaust, makes fun of child abuse and… Read More ›
Peter Pilt’s Top 5 Most Popular Blogs of 2015
Yesterday was my 4th Anniversary since I started blogging. (5th January 2012). Over the last 4 years I have had 433,090 views of my blog site and in 2015 I had 184,504 views. Here are the top five most popular… Read More ›
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