Hello and welcome to the blog Moldova, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Aotearoa (New Zealand) and whomevers else...I retrospectively apologise that this post turns into a bit of an angry St Martins Cover-up rant but there's plenty to get outta' this wee bairn's scone given the avalanche of Child Abuse stories this week, Royal Commissions, etc...**and a second even more retrospective apology that I fell asleep on the couch again last night so no post yesterday but 2 today...
Real sorry about 2 today but there's been so much stuff just in The Border Watch this week that it's going to take a week of posts in itself, eg, the extraordinary load of bullshit from Beach Energy via a full-page ad, and an absolutely hilarious pre-Council piece about the Rail Lands...(ooo that it is a doozy-Ed)...**
I do love saying that though, 'wee bairn's scone', even if I did write it myself...please to be using one's bestest most ridiculous Scottish accent and join me in one more round of 'wee bairn's scone'...and now starting in the dead joke zone and headed toward what do dyslexic, Scottish, paedophile zombies say?...(how many people can you offend in one joke?-Ed)...nooo, they say "bairns!...Bairns!...bairns!"...(that's actually almost funny-Ed)...yeah, that's pretty much where the humour ends I'm afraid...
And I can make fun of the Scots because I bloody well am one, least 1/4 one, and that's enough...can't really comment on the Succession issue though, it's as clear as mud to me...I can appreciate the desire for self determination, but there are economic and security benefits re staying attached, and I've not really heard much of a compromise deal that allows both...anyhoos...
Our Federal Opposition (Labor) Leader Bill Shorten held a press conference yesterday (Thursday) 'outing' himself as the senior Federal Labor figure accused of a rape dating back to the 1990s...there's only several large problems with this declaration/situation, a situation that has apparently united both sides of politics...(even the Liberal's Education Minister, Christopher 'Tidy Gentleman's Perm' Pyne is sympathetic, but that's fairly understandable given the allegations levelled at him a decade ago-Ed)...oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that...
In 2005 I was daily at Parliament House before/after Radiotherapy (March-April), involved with the Speaker's office, Child Abuse Commissioner Ted Mullighan, various Child Protection advocacy groups, etc, and repeatedly heard an accusation/allegation of Sexual Assault made against Christopher Pyne...I believe that this allegation went to SAPol but no further...however, it must be acknowledged that 1) any allegation is exactly only that, and 2) unfortunately it is always possible that a false claim may be the weapon of an unscrupulous opponent...
(Is that 1) the voice of experience or paranoia?...or 2) paranoia born of experience?-Ed)...well 2) wouldn't be paranoia now would it?...so I'll just have to go with 1) paranoia...and I'd just like to make the point, while we're about it, that there's 'allegations' and then there's shizzle like the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up and the Rail Lands Retail Agenda...(fair point-Ed)
However, it is simply not appropriate to say that Mr Shorten has been exonerated because 'police are not laying charges' and/or 'police have closed the file' because in my personal experience, 'closed the file' and/or 'lack of evidence' means that police simply don't want to do anything about it and/or haven't even bothered ...(ah this is headed to another St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up reference isn't it-Ed)...damn straight it is, headed straight there...(maybe the cops couldn't act because it just came down to she says he says-Ed)...yeah, and maybe they investigated thoroughly and there is nothing to it...whatevs.
In June/July 2002 SAPol Mt Gambier flat out refused to conduct an investigation into the abuses committed against our 7 year old kids at St Martins, repeatedly refusing to interview parents and/or accept prepared written statements, failing to even attend the school or interview let alone charge teacher Glyn Dorling who had already been 'removed' from St Martins, didn't interview the Principal John Alexander to establish why he'd removed Dorling, didn't attend Flinders Child Protection Services interviews of kids and parents at Mt Gambier Hospital (that we parents organised) in the dedicated room set-up for exactly this type of interview, etc, etc, etc...not shreckin' nuthin'...and then dumped the case citing a lack of evidence...(bastards-Ed)...well quite...
Dorling was 'removed' June 10/11? 2002 and I and/or other parents attended Mt Gambier Police Station multiple times but they simply refused to do anything, and then 'Closed the File' with the justification that there wasn't enough evidence, and then started flat-out lying to parents and attacking us as the problem, eg, it was our fault that SAPol dumped the case, twice, first in July 2002 and then again in April 2006 after their alleged 'Review' of the case...on both occasions SAPol directly blamed us and abused us because we had 'discussed it amongst ourselves'...
(But the only reason anything has happened at all with Glyn Dorling and St Martins Lutheran School is because parents were talking to each other about their many individual concerns and duly became aware of the breadth and extent of 1) the actual abuses committed by Dorling against the 7 year old students in his care, 2) the actions/behaviours of the Lutherans in immediately seeking to cover it all up, eg, by denigrating parents who have pursued the matter, and 3) the rank lies being told by SAPol, Rory McEwen, the Rann/Weatherill state government, etc, in seeking to support the Lutherans and this cover-up of the abuse of a class of 7 year olds-Ed)...um, yes...
(So, parents have been openly attacked and slandered, repeatedly lied to, manipulated against each other, and heaped with abuse by SAPol officers like Nick Smith and Tony Scott-Ed)...yep...(and blamed for the failure to investigate because you allegedly 'didn't lodge official complaints'?-Ed)...yep, that from the Mt Gambier Supt Terry Harbour as quoted to us by then Member for Mt Gambier Rory McEwen when he dumped us after signing on with the Rann/Weatherill Labor government in December 2002...'Terry told me they (SAPol) couldn't act because parents didn't lodge official complaints'-Rory to me/us in Dec 02.
(But that's a flat-out lie!...several parents rang the official Report Line and made official Reports, and SAPol officers repeatedly turned parents away from the station, refusing to take and/or accept written statements, stating that those calls to the Report Line would be duly received and acted on-Ed)...exactly, that happened to me twice, both times in company of other parents...moving on...
Allelujah It's Raining Mayors: in Mt Gambier ahead of the November 2014 Local Government elections...(indeed, apparently they had a downpour at the Vietnam's Veterans Commemoration when our charming current Mayor Steve Perryman was notable by his presence, along with CEO Mark 'Mighty McShenanigans' McShane and Councillors Ian 'Don't Come Near My House Again Champ' Von Stanke, 'Swervin' Merv White, and Mayoral aspirant Cr Allen 'Is The Key' Smith-Ed)...the explanation for those nick-names are in previous posts...
Not A Word Of A Lie: but when I set my butt in the Council Chambers Tuesday evening I was already armed with the knowledge that many of the observers commemorating VV Day also observed the unexpected presence of Stevie, unexpected given that he hasn't been to a VV Day service in living memory apparently, and on Tuesday evening Stevo...(maaate-Ed)...Stevo confirmed as such as he gave himself and the above listed culprits a great big pat on the back for being there...(didn't he just...and hasn't that gone down a treat in the Veteran community-Ed)...apparently...
I paraphrase, but on Tuesday Mayor Perryman said he hadn't been to a Vietnam Veterans Day for a long time because he always had something else on...(right, something else on? every year?-Ed)...well apparently...(didn't write it in his diary and plan around it? year after year?-Ed)...apparently...(until we're only months out from a Council election and then they all show up-Ed)...it was apparently well noted and not so well received that crass political beanbags like our illustrious City Councillors would engage in this crass political opportunism...
Operation Obfuscation: is underway and ironically it's actually making things abundantly clearer re the Psuedo-Christian backlash against humanism and equality, as championed by our champion PM Tony 'The Mad Monk' Abbott and his exciting usage of language, eg, 'Operation Bring Them Home', calling Muslim leaders "foolish" because they didn't attend one meeting re his moronic "Team Australia" bullshit...(exactly how far can you lurch to the Right before you come around to being back to the Left?...I mean, if you travel to the East enough apparently you end up back in the West-Ed)...no idea...I thinks it's something to do with spheres of influence...
Tipping A Bucket: was an alternative title for this 'ere blog and is apparently currently a 'viral sensation' on the Interweb...(Rude Joke Warning)...(yeah, I gotta' get with this social media bollocks, and let's face it, it is mostly bollocks, but I thought that a 'viral sensation' was the itchy feeling one apparently gets just before a Herpes attack-Ed)...orrr that's disgusting...hilarious but disgusting...(that's disgusting?!...that ain't no bucket of iced water you're talking about tipping on people-Ed)...fair point...
Having A Manure Debate: There's been a flood of bullshit through the media about the Renewable Energy Targets and precious bloody Wind Turbines, including the South Australian government introducing yet another round of unchallengeable Pro-Turbine legislation...more...
Tomorrow: And The Actual Council Stuff
(You've done it again haven't you?...a whole post not on topic-Ed)...shhh, I don't think they noticed, reckon I've got away with that one...
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