Of all the gin joints, of all the towns in all the world.
#SBG: 11 June '17 Opening gambits. “In all openings there is a struggle for key territory, in particular the centre squares, and an effort to deploy pieces and pawns in useful positions. Some are direct, while others are more subtle and indirect approaches toward...
Seconds away: Round 1.
So; ministerial imperative to be re elected, once again, rides rough shod over industry demands, Senate Inquiry and recommendations made in the opublic interest. Political expediency outweighs empirical evidence and the boat of state sails on, disregarding the...
Of Rhetoric, rectitude and reform.
Of Rhetoric, rectitude and reform. - via Aunty Pru forum. “Rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong … And so the rhetorician's business is not to instruct a law court or a public meeting in...
Of tongues, tied, forked and of sinister aspect.
"For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night." What caused this consternation, this seemingly endless wrangle between industry and ‘regulator’, with the Senators in the middle trying to make sense of it all? I am...
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
#SBG 21/05/17 I wonder if Shakespeare’s Gertrude would say as much of the Hi-Viz Hood? He has so completely and faithfully slipped into the Dolan mould, effortlessly aping the Uriah Heep of air accident investigation so seamlessly, it feels as though Dolan never left....
“To plainness honor’s bound when majesty falls to folly.”
Of Mice and Men. “To plainness honor’s bound when majesty falls to folly.” You have to wonder; does 6D_Darren get his advice from Dr. Phil or Judge Judy? It is a reasonable question when you consider the ever worsening state of aviation affairs and his resolute...