State of play

Last updated on July 27th, 2017 at 02:52 pm

George W. Bush: up. New York Times: down.

UPDATE. Other trends are also encouraging:

The Liberals and Nationals have moved within striking distance of breaking Labor’s stranglehold on state power, with Labor losing its lead in NSW and struggling in Queensland.

However:

Academic and leading election analyst Malcolm Mackerras said the defeat of Labor in NSW could hurt the Howard Government, boosting Kim Beazley’s chances against the federal Coalition in late 2007.

“I think it would be good for federal Labor if Labor in NSW was defeated,” he said. “It is a fact that Howard benefits from all the states being Labor.”

There might be something to that, although Mackerras is primarily known as a reverse indicator.

1. cmon Tim!

   what the hell is an anti-mulesing ad doing in your side banner!?

   Posted by murph on 2005 12 24 at 12:24 AM • permalink

1. Interesting graph for the New York Times.

   The price for Fairfax shares has more bumps in it, but the overall trend is similar.

   Posted by Evil Pundit on 2005 12 24 at 12:37 AM • permalink

1. o/t anyone else read this article in ‘The Australian’ about Stalin making an army of half human half chimps?….

   http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17637161%5E29677,00.html

   Posted by Mospact on 2005 12 24 at 01:14 AM • permalink

1. George W. Bush: up. New York Times: down.

   BUAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

   Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2005 12 24 at 01:19 AM • permalink

1. The print media is being routed by the internet.  Newspaper circulation figures in the US are plummeting.  The NYT has had big lay-offs.  Must be Intelligent Design.

   Posted by Mystery Meat on 2005 12 24 at 01:31 AM • permalink

1. May the trend continue. Long live “The Trend!”

   Posted by ekw on 2005 12 24 at 01:45 AM • permalink

1. Murph: Apparently it just worked its way in there. Oh well, the chick has a nice ass.

   Posted by Korgmeister on 2005 12 24 at 01:59 AM • permalink

1. Until noted, I hadnt noticed the PETA sign.

   Nothing but flesh and curvitures did I behold.

   And yeah, nice ass/arse? indeed.

   As long as they pay their way, what the hell.

   Posted by Thomas on 2005 12 24 at 03:37 AM • permalink

1. Surely, for the sake of solidarity with the sheep, she needs to incubate a million screw-worm maggots in her arse.

   Posted by murph on 2005 12 24 at 04:22 AM • permalink

1. Mackerras – “I think it would be good for federal Labor if Labor in NSW was defeated,” 
   It’d be even better for the people of NSW if NSW Labor was defeated.

   Posted by Lucky Nutsacks on 2005 12 24 at 04:56 AM • permalink

1. Fifty percent (50%) of American adults approve of the way George W. Bush is performing his role as President.

   Hey, third term assured!

   Posted by PW on 2005 12 24 at 05:34 AM • permalink

1. I have mixed feelings about the difficulties Beattie is finding himself in Qld.  its ture that his cabinet are a bunch of useless bastards (except Henry Palaszczuk!) and he usually has to run the place himself, but that workload has slowly worn him down and the stuff-ups are accumulating rapidly.

   OTOH, in opposition we have Queensland nationals who mostly are a bunch of unreconstructed agrarian socialists (see previous references to Barnaby Joyce on this site if you are interested) and a rump of Qld liberal party wonks, whose biggest problem is that many otherwise liberal voters won’t touch them when it comes to the crunch, because what they do not want ABOVE ALL, is a Qld National Party dominant Government.  This is Beattie’s trump card. His Government could be useless and it will still be re-elected.

   Posted by entropy on 2005 12 24 at 08:30 AM • permalink

1. Oh and no one sensible listens to Mackarras anymore.  Might as well listen to cs.  Bah Humbug.

   Posted by entropy on 2005 12 24 at 08:53 AM • permalink

1. So the New York Times is down. One may wonder why the Old Grey Hag, with all that inherited wealth and resources, has had its stock price fall by more than 45% in two year, but the reasons are clear. Here are some.
   1. Stll reporting on the Vietnam war. Stuck on Stupid, floundering in a quagmire, it does not recognize the geographic,temporal and moral difference of the two.
   2. Supre market tabloids make up better stuff.
   3. NYT rejects “intelligent design”.
   4. It has failed to end the illegal occupation of its newsroom by Al-Queda.
   5.New Yorkers have found cheaper dog house-breaking materials.
   6. Hiring Baghdad Bob to unearth the crimes of Bush has turned out to be a finacial disaster.
   7 Changing his name from Putz to Pinch (or is it Pinky) has confused shareholders who all belong to the Putz family.
   8. The Grey Hag has failed to notice, because of failing eyesight, that the internet publishes “actual” news, which ordinary people prefer over fabricated news.

   Posted by stats on 2005 12 24 at 12:33 PM • permalink

1. #14 Correction: “difference of the two” should read “difference of the two wars, Vietnam and Iraq”.

   Posted by stats on 2005 12 24 at 12:35 PM • permalink

1. Stats:

   “One may wonder why the Old Grey Hag, with all that inherited wealth and resources, has had its stock price fall by more than 45% in two year, but the reasons are clear.”

   You forgot about the karmic retribution for all the murdered trees man!

   Posted by monkeyfan on 2005 12 24 at 06:07 PM • permalink

1. Murph

   what the hell is an anti-mulesing ad doing in your side banner!?

   HEY!  Where’d the PETA bottom go?
   Damn.

   Posted by Stoop Davy Dave on 2005 12 28 at 06:07 PM • permalink

1. 14

   3. NYT rejects “intelligent design”.

   So does science.
   Even NYT can’t be wrong all the time.

   Posted by Stoop Davy Dave on 2005 12 28 at 06:12 PM • permalink