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Last updated on July 12th, 2017 at 11:13 am
Crazy Douglas is at it again. Now I’m accused of bringing down the One True Voice of Liberty through my extensive connections* to the H.R. Nicholls Society. Key paragraph:
Need I have to remind you Timmy, of what HR Nicholls club founder Michael Kroger did to Richmond and Prodos, through his thugs Sheezel, Hanan, and Barry?
No reminding is necessary; we all know what Sheezel did to Prodos, and, frankly, the less said of it the better. Douglas is very insistent on this following point:
Tim Blair did call for Jackson’s black banning; for his Brookesnews to be shutdown, and did call him illiterate.
I’m not sure if this is the case. Still, if it’ll make Doug happy, here’s an announcement for the ages: I CALL FOR THE ILLITERATE JACKSON TO BE BLACKBANNED AND HIS BROOKESNEWS TO BE SHUT DOWN!
There. That’s Jackson taken care of.
(*one speech, four years ago)
UPDATE. Darryl and Douglas united! It’s a Christmas Day Blair’s Law miracle!
Tim, you know that Doug’s been researching into the VRWC, and he’s found out that you’re responsible for everything. Now he’s found out about that strong connection to the H.R. Nicholls Society, the whole plan for world domination will have to be redrafted and reschemed.
Do you know how much work this will create for Wronwright?
I’ve always found Brookesnews to be awkward to read and so tend not to read it anyway.
I prefer Andy Landy.
Oh, and Tim, of course.
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 12 24 at 08:15 AM • permalink
HR Nicholls Society? Sounds suspicious just like those other reactionaries; HR Haldeman, HR Block, HR Giger and the most dangerous of all HR Pufnstuf.
Posted by Pat Patterson on 2007 12 24 at 10:18 AM • permalink
What’s blackbanning?
Based on the context, I would guess it’s the same as “blacklisting” in the States.
You remember: Hollywood, Joe McCarthy, HUAC, etc.
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 12 24 at 12:22 PM • permalink
(*one speech, four years ago)
That’s actually much more of a tangible connection that most of these loony conspiracy theories require…
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 12 24 at 12:46 PM • permalink
#12 –I’ve always found Brookesnews to be awkward to read and so tend not to read it anyway.
Ditto. I read it regularly a few years ago. Shortly after I subscribed to the email update Gerry Jackson telephoned to ask if I was a conservative. Might have been a bit of paranoia there.
Then three years ago I sent Tim a link to a brookesnews item I though was relevant to the issues of the day. Tim replied that he never linked to Jackson and brookesnews.
About that time brookesnews got rather tedious and there was a lot of dead horse flogging so I stopped visiting.
Posted by walterplinge on 2007 12 24 at 05:38 PM • permalink
chooks & assorted veg roasting in the oven. pav made. pudding seething. oysters shucked. table laid. what better than a quick dip into blairdom? ah prodos. what a fiercely entertaining little comedy spot he is. various links for our septic pals here & here & here. apologies for the link to brookes, but the speech is priceless
#20, gusano, man. Pufnstuf was a gusano. Has a more perjorative ring to it, don’t you think?
Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2007 12 24 at 10:52 PM • permalink
I’ll say this for Jackson: He is the only guy I know who completely blows John Quiggin (Professer of fashionable leftism, UQ) away on economic issues.
Posted by niobium2000 on 2007 12 24 at 11:05 PM • permalink
- Me too Janice. I thought I was up to speed with events in Moonbat World, but on this character I’m strictly NFI.
Is he related to Marilyn Shepherd by any chance? For that matter, have they ever been seen together in the same room?Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 12 25 at 05:19 AM • permalink
#29; I thought it was about another hockey fight.
Posted by dean martin on 2007 12 25 at 05:08 PM • permalink
Jackson asked me to post this comment as the Blair site is not taking any new participants.
I never rang anyone to ask whether they are conservative or not. Any person
who states otherwise is a damn liar. If Plinge and his mates want to pursue
the matter I am prepared to meet them face to face.Gerry Jackson
—————
I wouldn’t begin to try and understand why plings is lying, Murph. The fact is he’s a liar.
On a lighter note, and speaking of crappy writing… read this:
Few artists experience this much passion both on and off the stage, but even Luciano Pavarotti could not have foreseen the operatic battle that has erupted in recent months. The tumultuous love life of the world’s biggest opera star has returned to haunt him:….
I’m pretty sure if you’re dead you can’t be haunted.
(quote from January AWW story page 55.)
- I’m pretty sure if you’re dead you can’t be haunted.
The Australian Womens Weekly has kept Princess Diana alive for a whole ten years after her death, kae. I wouldn’t put anything past those people.Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 12 26 at 01:49 AM • permalink
(apologies if I’ve double-posted. My browser crashed when I clicked “submit”)
Greetings and Merry Christmas.
Since about 1995, I’ve been a friend and supporter of Gerard (“Gerry”) Jackson, and have worked with him over those years on a number of projects, including a series of podcasts at:
I consider him to be, by far, Australia’s very best economic analyst, and defender of free market principles and policies.
As niobium2000 (comment #28) indicates:
I’ll say this for Jackson: He is the only guy I know who completely blows John Quiggin (Professer of fashionable leftism, UQ) away on economic issues.
… Gerry is highly effective in thoroughly exposing and rebutting anti-free market economists and commentators.
He not only draws on the principles of the Austrian School of Economics (eg. Ludwig Von Mises), Gerry also has a vast knowledge of the history of economics, which he draws on to provide real-life examples of the various approaches which have been tried over the centuries – and how and why they worked or failed.
Nilknarf Arbed (comment #12):
I’ve always found Brookesnews to be awkward to read and so tend not to read it anyway.
Yes, it can be difficult at times, especially when it gets into the more technical side of economic analysis. However, I encourage Nilknarf Arbed and others to persevere. You’ll find it’s well worth the effort. Not all the articles BrookesNews.com publishes are heavy-going.
And even within the tougher articles, the reader can often pick up leads which, with some further research and study, provide useful insights and intellectual ammunition for advancing our economic and political freedoms.
Regarding the issue of some sort of alleged animosity by Tim Blair towards Gerry Jackson or BrookesNews.com, I really can’t comment.
Anyway, debate and disagreement between supporters of liberty is not necessarily a bad thing.
My support of Gerry Jackson is not a condemnation of Tim Blair’s work. Far from it.
Whether or not they like or loathe – or are indifferent to – each other, as I see it, they each have a distinctly different but valuable focus to offer.
I get a different type of value from each, and I hope that both Gerry Jackson and Tim Blair will continue doing what they do for many years to come. I don’t see their work to be in any sort of real conflict. There is a need for both approaches.
KK (comment #26):
… ah prodos. what a fiercely entertaining little comedy spot he is. various links for our septic pals here & here & here. apologies for the link to brookes, but the speech is priceless
“septic”?
I note that Tim Blair has not used any such characterisation either about me or about Gerry Jackson.
The “here & here & here” links KK provides are to 3 items:
1. An article about me in The Age: Candidate flags new Liberalism
2. One of my campaign websites: prodos.com.au
3. The [url=http://www.brookesnews.com/061007prodos.html]presentation[/ul] I made to the Liberal Party’s Admin Committee when seeking preselection as a candidate for Richmond in 2006.
What exactly is the problem?
It’s not self-evident from those links that I am “septic” or some sort of “comedy spot”.
The most you could draw from these links is that I’m unconventional. So what?
Rather than judging people by their appearance or condemning them because they’re “different”, shouldn’t we judge them by their character and the content and integrity of their views and actions?
Isn’t doing otherwise merely bigotry and injustice?
Let’s have more debating and thoughtful discussion, and less hit-and-run mud-slinging.
Wishing you all a Great 2008,
Best Wishes,
PRODOS
What’s really funny is – he actually thinks someone cares about his opinions.
Mojo knows who and what you, and you, and you, care about! It’s not that he’s arrogant, pompous, or presumptuous. Nope, he just knows! He doesn’t need arguments. He doesn’t need evidence. It’s spooky, man!
Good joke, eh?
Sure Mojo! I mean, who hasn’t read How to laugh naturally on cue?
I looked through some of Mojo’s 800 posts on the Tim Blair blog, in search of substance. The man is a veritable dynamo of snickering and snide trashing!
Charming? No. Witty? Hardly. Gracious? Intelligent? Of any substance? No, no, no.
But, to be fair, Mojo doesn’t seem to have ever actually claimed there’s anyone who cares about his opinions. Hey, just as well!
At least Tim Blair does know how to be funny while also providing material of value.
Mojo, however, comes across like one of those puny brained leftie, nihilist trolls who go about peeing on the poles of the world wide web.
Some friendly advice, Mojo, old boy: You have a brain. Use it. You have a heart. Use it. Try not to be a twit. It’ll be hard at first, sure. But there’s a brand New Year ahead! Make a resolution NOW to lift yourself up!
2008 will be the Year of Mojo!
I’ve got faith in you!
Hey, and Modern Girls just lerrrv a man with a brain. But in your case, even a couple of neurons MIGHT (??) make a difference.
Good luck! 😉
Septic is rhyming slang for American.
Septic Tank = Yank
Thanks for the clarification. A friend just told me the same thing. And my wife – who is actually American – seems to have caught on better than I did! Silly me. Ha!
Apologies to KK for the misunderstanding on that particular point.
But please don’t tell me that KK’s statement:
“fiercely entertaining little comedy spot”
… is Aussie rhyming slang for:
“piercingly insightful free market supporter”
I’ll brace myself just in case.
And what about “Bozo” (rhyming slang for “Mojo”)?
Surely, by “good joke” he really meant Aussie slang for “good bloke”?
KK in 26 was trying to make it easier for our American friends to understand the thread.
Yes, well that went well.
And for all those who couldn’t care less, my actual, real name is: Prodos. It’s not a nickname.
Full name: Prodos Stefanos Nicholaou Marinakis.
Yeah, yeah, it’s Greek.
Hey, J.M. Heinrichs (#42)! Amazingly, you’re the first person to ever notice the Prodos/ProDOS thing. Can you believe that??!!
Aww, I’m not saying you come across as an idiot (that surely goes without saying). I for one appreciate your efforts. Where would we all be without word games and puns? Without pointing out how this sounds – and is even spelt – like that! Living the Dark Ages, right?
Hmm … Heinreichs … no … surely not! I like this game. I want to play!
Prodos, I read through your speech linked at #26 and thought you had some good things to say. But kae at #45 explains why I wouldn’t trust you with any position of political influence. You’ll just have to be content with being a “part time busker,” whatever that may be.
Posted by dean martin on 2007 12 27 at 12:38 AM • permalink
You trying to be funny, Prodos?
Absolutely.
We have plenty of American friends who understand what we are talking about here.
You’re point being?
But that’s OK. You just ride around in high dudgeon, all insulted over nothing, throwing insults back.
Insulted? Hardly. Just amused at the idiocy.
You don’t seem to take criticism very well.
Have I offended your delicate sensibilities, darling?
We’ll get over it.
You speak for many! Are all you folk some kind of interchangeable cells of a greater organism? This gets more fascinating by the hour!
Will you?
Never. I will take this to my grave. I will seethe and plot. My loathing knows no bounds.
“We” will never “get over it”!!
Prodos, I read through your speech linked at #26 and thought you had some good things to say.
Okay.
But kae at #45 explains why I wouldn’t trust you with any position of political influence.
Of course. kae has exposed me. I will extricate myself from all positions of political influence. I’m too sensitive. Too touchy. I go beserk at the slightest provocation. And worst of all, I enjoy it!
You’ll just have to be content with being a “part time busker,” whatever that may be.
Sure.
Since you’re into dishing out Wisdom: Is it okay with you if I also continue with my radio shows and podcasts (now in their 13th year)? My free market campaigns (in 43 countries, over 250 cities)? My weekly discussion groups (every Monday night in Richmond)? My lateral thinking skills workshops (since 1980)? My free market blog network (over 200 blogs)? Should I also give back the Adam Smith Club award I was presented with in 2005? Etc.? Etc? Etc?
And do you speak just for yourself or are you also part of kae’s Great “We”?
You know, the one’s who are about to “get over it”?
Couldn’t help yourself, could you, Prodos?
We have plenty of American friends who understand what we are talking about here.
What’s so hard for you to comprehend in that sentence? That’s my point. Frequent visitors here know that an Aussie here would refer to them as Septics, as Pa Feral has explained in a previous comment.
KK in 26 was trying to make it easier for our American friends to understand the thread.
and then your
Yes, well that went well.
Shows that you have the problem. I didn’t hear anyone else complaining about what he said.
People who regularly post here at Tim’s blog “get over” being insulted (or insluted, but you woulnd’t get that, it’s a joke the regulars would laugh at, though). I think it’s quite safe for me to say that we will get over your insults, whatever else you have to throw at us, as a group or as individuals.
You really aren’t terribly important in the scheme of things, after all.
Kae, don’t waste good insluts here…
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 12 27 at 02:22 AM • permalink
No, you have exposed you. You ran as a candidate for political office. When others poke some fun at you, you respond the way you did at #44. That means goodbye, it’s been nice to know you.
Posted by dean martin on 2007 12 27 at 03:08 AM • permalink
Kae, don’t waste good insluts here
What a party pooper! Hey, butt out SwinishCapitalist.
If Kae wants to keep exposing her shallowness and bigotry, why shouldn’t she?
Don’t listen to him Kae! You go right ahead and keep making an ass of yourself!
I, for one, appreciate you! I mean “you” the individual as well as “you” the collective.
If you/you’ve run out of ideas, let me give you/you a hand. But after dinner. (This stuff really helps to work up an appetite!)
So, when I get back, I’ll try to provide a few handy tips for “you/you” and your interchangeable cells on how to more effectively: drop context, pose a straw man, shift goal posts, project your own motives onto others, etc.
All that stuff which “you/you” seem to be doing from instinct, but which can be done much better with just a few simple guidelines!
Keep your chin up girl! It’s going to be okay.
- Posted by dean martin on 2007 12 27 at 03:37 AM • permalink
#55 Prodos, Kae is not making an arse of herself. In fact, Kae is using the plural “We” because she is well aware that her views are shared with a number of people at TimBlair.net, and that many of those may not read a thread from several days ago.
Now, this part of your post is a self kick:
I’ll try to provide a few handy tips for “you/you” and your interchangeable cells on how to more effectively: drop context, pose a straw man, shift goal posts, project your own motives onto others, etc.
You seem to be the perfect person to teach Kae all about that, as you have done most of it in this thread.
Congratulations.
So, Prodos, I’m a shallow bigot? How do you know that?
In Victoria you may experience some sort of celebrity or fame, but this blog is also read in Australian states other than Victoria, which is where you put yourself forward as a Liberal candidate for Richmond. The blog is also read in the US, China, the UK, and many other places. Some of these readers wouldn’t know who you are.
You came to Tim’s site, insults ready, not knowing anyone here. Perhaps you should have got to know people before attacking them.
Your photograph in the Age piece, in the hat, really does make you look like a clown. I’m not surprised that the Libs wouldn’t endorse you. I don’t disagree with some of what you believe politically. I live in Queensland so I had never heard of you before today when you came to this blog and made a fool of yourself.
I can’t believe you’ve lived in Victoria for over 35 years and have never heard the rhyming slang ‘Seppo’ for Yank.
- Posted by dean martin on 2007 12 27 at 04:27 AM • permalink
- Posted by dean martin on 2007 12 27 at 04:45 AM • permalink
Tried to send you a return but it bounced back. Who is this knob? I don’t know, as a sep I’ve never heard of him, was willing to cut him some slack until his bedwetting here. Also asked, how’d you get my email? No complaints, but I thought I had a secret identity. A futile hope in this day and age I suppose. And as I type this I think, why should I hide?
Posted by dean martin on 2007 12 27 at 05:14 AM • permalink
“Have I offended your delicate sensibilities, darling?”
PRODOS: I have, as far as I know, no dog in this fight. I don’t know who you are. But see that line right there? Lame. You can do better, as you’ve already demonstrated, and save me the mental pain of trying to voice that line in my head- it always comes out as Tweety Bird.
Is PRODOS another version of the Great and Powerful Oz?
Posted by Patrick Chester on 2007 12 27 at 10:20 AM • permalink
Firstly, thanks to wreckage for his comments.
Replying to kae (#58) …
You came to Tim’s site, insults ready …
No.
My first comment on this thread was at #39.
In the 1st part of that comment I put forward that Gerry Jackson did highly valuable work.
Secondly, I responded to niobium2000 in a way which tried to be helpful and encouraging.
In the 3rd part I explained that both Tim Blair and Gerry Jackson did highly valuable, if very different, work.
Then came my response to KK.
I misunderstood her use of the term “septic”.
In a subsequent comment (#44) I apologized about that:
Thanks (to Pa Feral) for the clarification. A friend just told me the same thing. And my wife – who is actually American – seems to have caught on better than I did! Silly me. Ha!
Apologies to KK for the misunderstanding on that particular point.
Despite mistakenly believing the phrase “our septic pals” to be a slur, I wrote:
I note that Tim Blair has not used any such characterisation either about me or about Gerry Jackson.
That was because I didn’t want Gerry Jackson supporters to unjustly get stuck into Tim Blair.
Perhaps you should have got to know people before attacking them.
Perhaps that’s a two way street.
Your photograph in the Age piece, in the hat, really does make you look like a clown.
Well, I dress the way I like. Men’s clothing is so friggin boring.
Anyway, the state electorate of Richmond (Victoria) has a high concentration of students, artists, creative professionals, and yuppies.
My unconventional look is not a negative around here.
Then there’s the fact that I’ve grown up in this area, have been a street singer, co-managed a small theatre venue for several years, had a couple of synth/punk bands, have supported local businesses against the anti-business council, always eat “out”, mix with lots of people, etc.
I’m not surprised that the Libs wouldn’t endorse you.
In fact Liberal Party members, including officials and delegates, and several current and ex parliamentarians were highly supportive.
It was specifically the Michael Kroger faction dominated Administrative Committee who didn’t like me. (Michael Kroger is apparently a Victorian Liberal Party power broker.)
Some background available here and here.
Well, all I can think of now is scrambled eggs, black coffee, and cigarettes!
Hell! It’s lunch time!
Gotta fly!
Sheezel and Prodos????
I thought it was Kang and Kodos!!