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Tony Abbott: My Five Stages Of Grief

April 8, 2013 in Current Affairs, Humour, Politics

OK – let’s face it. Barring something unexpected, it’s almost certain that Tony Abbott will become the next Prime Minister of Australia. Some of you might be pleased with this, and I’m happy for you, but I can’t share your joy. I don’t always vote Labor, but I’ve never voted Liberal and nothing about Tony Abbott or the policies of the Coalition makes me want to change this. So, where does that leave me? I’m guessing you’ve all heard of the five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. Well, I’m feeling that way about Tony Abbott. Denial It will be OK. Gillard [...]

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Inappropriate Toy & Monique’s Celeb Top 5

November 9, 2012 in Celebrity, Entertainment, Film & TV

I can’t believe it’s November already and the fact that it’s only 46 days until Christmas! Eek! Better finish my Christmas shopping! Anyway, as always, Hollywood doesn’t slow down, even coming closer to the holidays. In fact, there seems to be more and more going on that it’s hard to fit it all into five highlights. So if I haven’t mentioned something that you want to talk about, sound off in comments and I’ll join in the conversation. To kick us off is a toy that is definitely not an appropriate Christmas gift… 1. Justin Bieber the Adult Toy Keeping [...]

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Prime Minister Turnbull: Is It Just A Fantasy?

November 6, 2012 in Current Affairs, News, Politics

In May 2011 I first published a post about  Malcolm Turnbull on my old blog. I ran a slightly updated version of that post on KiKi & Tea when T and I were using some old blog posts to add some content to our site before we went live. In that post I outlined my reasons why I think Malcolm Turnbull should quit the Libs and run as an independent. I wrote the piece when Tony Abbott’s term as opposition leader seemed to be at its strongest, and it looked like the idea of a Malcolm Turnbull Prime Ministership was a thing of the [...]

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Video: Will Ferrell Encourages Voting

November 5, 2012 in Celebrity, Entertainment, Film & TV, Politics

If, like me, you have an amazing sense of humour, then you will love Will Ferrell and the latest in a long line of celebrity endorsements as the US Presidential Election race comes to a head this week. In this short clip, Will Ferrell is encouraging Americans to vote on Election Day (Tuesday November 6) by promising them a number of things. Dancing and eating human toenails are some of the things he promises he will do if you decide to vote as voting isn’t compulsory in America. He also throws in a little “Vote for Obama” at the end. It seems many [...]

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Updated: Is Julia Gillard The Muhammad Ali Of Australian Politics?

October 10, 2012 in Current Affairs, News, Politics

In all the hullabaloo around the resignation of Peter Slipper as Speaker of Federal Parliament yesterday, you may have missed the story around Julia Gillard’s blistering attack on Tony Abbott. Strangely, it seems to have been getting more press overseas than in Australia. Here’s the video: If I was still in any doubt that Julia Gillard has been biding her time and waiting for the right moment to go on the attack, well yesterday’s performance has reinforced my opinion that Julia Gillard really is “The Muhammad Ali Of Australian Politics”. We’d love to hear what you think about her speech. Is she [...]

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We All Need To Live In Marginal Seats

March 26, 2012 in Humour, Politics

So, the Queensland election has resulted in a landslide win for the LNP. Anna Bligh and Labor have not just been kicked out, but slaughtered. Many seats that were once considered safe Labor seats, or at least marginal, are now safe LNP seats. Some people may think this is a good thing. I don’t, but maybe not for the reasons you might think. It’s not the result of the election that worries me. It’s that it was so one-sided that’s the problem. I think it would have been better if the election had been much closer than that. In fact, [...]

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