ttbn

This post/thread is not "pointless". Its one of the better ones.

Your all too frequent, repeditive General Discussion threads reflect the intellect of a knuckle dragging gibbon.

On Sky News itself, it seems to be getting as bad as the ABC and with the same goldfish memory: today blurting about a 'dangererous heat wave' with "33 degrees five days in a row". This is bulldust. We've had a relatively cool summer so far, and a couple of days getting back near historical norms is hardly a thing to bellyache about and out and frighten people with.

On their scaremongering, they are doing a good job on the China virus, too - shouting about about more restrictions on our freedoms being a dead cert in their headlines, but collapsing into something somebody might have said in the pub when it gets to the body of the story.

The Australian rag is not the only once right of centre organ inching to the left and getting onto the 'reset' bandwagon.

Dear plantagenet,

You write: "No award for ex-Aussie citizen Rupert Murdoch, I say."

Yes, I find it bewildering how regular Australians haven't pushed back on this to any degree. I certainly get why the Liberal party would have been very happy to heap accolades on the bloke due to his high level of support for keeping them in power, but we just seem to lie down on this stuff now.

Who picked the pickers.

A short look at the Ozzy day awards over the last few years can only leave anyone wondering who on earth picked the mottle assortment of recipients.

This year almost tops the stupidity, but the competition from the last few years will take some beating.

Not only are these awards an expensive waste of time, but are becoming very embarrassing for most Australians.

Hasbeen,

Any old group or individuals can nominate anyone for an award, if they know how to fill in a form. As very few Australians would bother with such nonsense, it follows that it would be a small minority of a certain type of easily impressed hero-worshippers and busybodies who would be putting up these people for consideration. Most, if not all, of the awardees will never be heard of again. If anything needs changing about Australia Day, it should be the dumping of lauding people merely for doing what they are paid to do, or what the like to do.

ttbn & mein Fuhrer Hasbeen,

I get the impression you two are unhappy because you missed out on an award.