2015.01.20 Whistling Dixie
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him - George Orwell
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Apologies, my dear Audient
We had some serious audio quality issues with this one. As far as we can tell, Dr Gob called in from a Thai prison where he had been chained to a toilet. Early in the show he breaks the toilet off the wall and he can be heard dragging it around. For convenience he is not holding the microphone, which is instead lying in the bottom of the toilet bowl.
Love, Wibbly
NEWS
RIP Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif's former wife http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faten_Hamama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sharif#Family_and_personal_relationships
RIP The Actually Honourable Paul O'Grady
RIP Alberto Nisman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Nisman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMIA_bombing#Alleged_assassinations_of_perpetrators
RIP Tony Verna Credited with inventing instant replay, first used in the 1963 Army v Navy football game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Verna
RIP Bob Symes, 90, British inventor and television presenter
RIP Ward Swingle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM6yMDB9wgE
RIP Darrell Winfield, American rancher and model, Marlboro Man (1968-1989)
Follow Up
Air Asia flight recorders
Raif Badawi http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/01/17/saudi-arabia-postpones-blogger-lashing
Death penalty - Japan
Death penalty - Bahrain
Death penalty - Kuwait
Death penalty - Singapore
Nguyen Tuong Van, an Australian executed in 2005 in Singapore http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Tuong_Nguyen
Koala national park http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/19/nsw-labor-leader-luke-foley-promises--koala-national-park
Halal and Kosher butchery http://www.rspca.org.au/campaigns/un-stunned-slaughter http://kb.rspca.org.au/what-is-halal-slaughter-in-australia_116.html http://kb.rspca.org.au/is-religious-slaughter-legal_276.html
Daniel Andrews and domestic violence
Bananaland
Tosspot Tony not invited to Queensland http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-20/queensland-election-2015-tony-abbott-will-not-campaign-for-lnp/6027202
ALP official campaign launch http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-20/queensland-election-2015-queensland-labor-campaign-launch/6027742 http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queensland-state-election-2015/queensland-state-election-revealing-facts-on-bikie-laws-and-crime-20150120-12u1aj.html
Business as usual http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/queensland-state-election-2015/hinterland-residents-mount-pop-up-cableway-protest-outside-mp-ray-stevens-office/story-fnr8vz6s-1227190459094 http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/mermaid-beach-mp-ray-stevens-has-refused-to-talk-about-a-proposed-hinterland-cableway/story-fnj94idh-1227164722849
The Feds
Manus Island is a complete clusterfuck http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2915172/Asylum-seekers-barricade-compounds-Manus-Island-detention-centre-letter-detainees-warns-disaster.html
Backdown on Medicare
WEATHER
Weather - 2014 in review http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/2014-was-australias-third-warmest-year-bom/218177
SPORT
Special Sport RIP Mike Marqusee
- War Minus the Shooting
- Anyone But England
Failed sponsor of the week - HIH/FAI insurance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIH_Insurance http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/17/1026802709185.html
Hanging Up the Boots
Brett Lee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Lee
Brett Lee singing with Asha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EcWmkObJfQ
Cadel Evans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadel_Evans
Drew Morphett http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Morphett https://twitter.com/drewmorphett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H1sA_xaLsI
Football
Asian Cup
Really, Israel? http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/asian-cup-2015-palestine-want-israel-expelled-from-fifa-competitions/story-fnqk652h-1227186297223
