2016.11.08 Apocalypse Eve

Mugged by life and dragged backwards through the hedge of ill circumstance. - Gob's mighty mum.


Show Notes


Quote

"Mugged by life and dragged backwards through the hedge of ill circumstance."

Gob's mighty mum.

R.I.P. (aka Things Coming to an End ... aka The End Times)

League supporter http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-08/qld-supporter-jailed-over-murder-of-nsw-state-of-origin-fan/8004008

The kid who got killed by a golf club in the head in Queensland, hunting cane toads http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-08/cane-toad-hunting-teenager-dies-after-head-hit-by-golf-club/8005570

NEWS

Home solar/batteries rig is now cheaper than grid http://reneweconomy.com.au/teslas-price-shock-solar-battery-as-cheap-as-grid-power-22265/

Whole Brexit backlash

Authagraph map: new equal(ish)-area projection https://www.wired.com/2016/11/weird-globe-folding-map-isnt-perfect-close/

Cool sinkhole in Fukuoka https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/08/huge-sinkhole-japanese-city-fukuoka-railway-station

But wait ... https://www.wired.com/2016/11/2016s-election-data-hero-isnt-nate-silver-sam-wang/

Macedonian content farms http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a50320/trump-misinformation-facebook-macedonia/

The Nation's Capital

The Wilkie letter

Senate Circus and One Nation Nutters

Brandis is unfit https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/08/george-brandis-is-unfit-to-be-attorney-general-parliamentary-committee-finds

Broadbent has principles http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2016/11/07/liberal-mp-slams-one-nation--christensen.html

And so does Dean Smith http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/an-abhorrent-idea-liberal-senator-dean-smith-announces-he-will-not-vote-for-a-gay-marriage-plebiscite-20160912-grevsm.html

Rumtown Gazette

Tony fell out of a truck. Poor Tony. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/sydney-bushfires-nsw-rfs-warns-residents-to-prepare-as-2016-bushfire-season-starts-early/news-story/9cc3dbb0ec83fd3715891db2c68f0f19

Lake Eyre Bugle

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/nov/03/lake-eyre-from-the-air-in-pictures

Bananaland

Oops http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-07/diver-missing-for-17-hours-off-townsville-coast-found-alive/8001294

Trains http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-05/more-than-330-services-cut-per-week-until-end-of-year-qld-rail/7997862 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-06/stirling-hinchliffe-keeps-transport-commonwealth-games-portfolio/7998864

Crocland

CU in the NT

SPORT

Baseball

Cubs win the World Series. End times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Billy_Goat

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/what-to-watch/bill-murray-true-stories/

Bill Murray http://jezebel.com/reminder-your-celebrity-folk-hero-bill-murray-was-once-1746069734

Game they play in heaven

Ireland beat the All Blacks

The World Game

Sydney FC and #BigBlue

Ronaldo http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/la-liga/cristiano-ronaldo-staying-at-real-madrid-until-2021/news-story/e03baecab1b059d39f1d9be33de26556

Cricket

We suck.

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