farmdoc's blog post number 524

A compendium is a publication containing a variety of works. Starting today, each Saturday’s Farmdoc’s Blog post will be a compendium – comprising multifarious snippets from here and there, with Farmdocs’s comment on each – in italics. Ready? Let’s go…

1. In the week of his 70th birthday, Ron Walker was forced to abandon his bid to remain chairman of Fairfax Limited [1]. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Not. If he’s unfit to run Fairfax, why’s he still running the Grand Prix Corporation? P.S. Happy birthday, Ronny.

2. Tasmanian police were forced to abandon their prosecution of over 40 people who were arrested for trespass during a blockade of the Upper Florentine Valley four months ago. Why? Because Forestry Tasmania gave police incorrect information about the forest exclusion zone, and most of the protesters were arrested about 300 metres outside the boundary [2]. The police are lackeys, and Forestry Tasmania’s full of morons who aren’t fit to be trusted with stewardship of our precious forests.

3. In the 2010 F1 calendar, the Australian F1 GP’s no longer the season opener. The Grand Prix Corporation tried bravely to put a positive spin on this slight [3] The GP Corp’s full of bullshit. And their spin won’t help – because the 2010 event will make a record loss.

4. Consumer body Choice has slammed the exorbitant credit card fees levied by Qantas and Tiger Airways on credit card fare bookings. [4] ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel and his ilk couldn’t care less. Neither could the government. None of them pays for their own air travel.

5. Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s UN General Assembly speech was to a half-empty chamber. Many delegates either didn’t show up, or walked out in disgust [5]. I’m proud the Aussie delegate walked out. I’d have been prouder if he hadn’t attended at all.

6. Finally, thank you WriterBee for writing so beautifully about life, and death, on our farm this week [6, 7, 8, 9]. I never have any trouble at all realising why I adore Writerbee.

Finally, I wish you, dear Farmdoc’s Blog readers, a wonderful week.