2016.05.10 Send in the Clowns

Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that the nature he is destroying is this god he is worshipping. - Hubert Reeves


Show Notes


Send in the clowns https://youtu.be/SzLHU6S4oic

Hubert Reeves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCZebLMqrVE

F.U.

Leicester A and E http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/08/leicester-city-celebrations-royal-infirmary-hospital-busy

What was going on in Mesopotamia and The Levant during the 19th Century? Umm, the decline of The Ottoman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#/media/File:OttomanEmpireIn1683.png https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2LgiMMGf6Q

RIP (aka Things Coming to an End)

Reg Grundy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Grundy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kornhauser http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/eddie-kornhauser-recreational-reserve-27231.html

Coal-fired power in South Australia all done https://twitter.com/amworldtodaypm/status/729497446326280192

Rumer Rose http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/rumer-rose-once-given-cannabis-oil-by-her-father-dies-of-cancer-20160509-goq6v3.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller's_earth

Koalas in SE Bananaland http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-07/koala-extinction-imminent-in-southern-queensland-report-warns/7388912

NEWS

Double Diss

Sir Lynton the Prick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynton_Crosby

All warfare is based on deception-Sun Tzu http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/05/10/sbs-poll-reveals-labor-creeping-ahead-coalition-after-unpopular-budget

Long Bay sell-off http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/developers-hungry-for-sale-of-long-bay-prison-complex-20160506-goo0ya.html

Faaark http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-10/rodrigo-duterte-wins-philippine-presidential-vote/7399658

Sadiq Khan http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-10/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-takes-on-donald-trump-in-interview/7400060

Bananaland

Nicholls http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-06/tim-nicholls-wins-lnp-leadership-spill-over-lawrence-springborg/7389500

Lawrence http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-10/palaszczuk-approves-springborgs-pccc-appointment/7400102

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-10/queensland-abortion-bill-to-be-introduced-by-rob-pyne/7399368

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2016/05/08/branch-stacking-rife-within-lnp--jensen-vsv.html

WEATHER

Fort McMurray https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/05/09/climate-change-should-be-linked-to-alberta-inferno.html

Rain in the Channel country http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-09/welcome-may-rain-arrives-in-queensland's-channel-country/7395358

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-10/mangroves-die-off-along-coast-of-qld-gulf-country-limmin-bight/7400626

http://m.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/global-warming-milestone-about-to-be-passed-and-theres-no-going-back-20160509-goqcm0.html


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