Separation anxiety.
The well rehearsed game of delay, delay, blame the Minister, delay, then at the very last moment provide an abstruse, obfuscated answer then, look surprised when no one can work out WTF the question referred to, or if there is any semblance of an answer in the response is an old, trusted system. The Murky Machiavellian crew have this down to a fine art, always working to a time honoured formula.
There are however questions of interest in the last batch from estimates; cunning of P2 to leave a hint at the bottom of his post – X marks the QoN spot; thanks mate. I have downloaded and 'de-fragged' the questions (copy and paste friendly), they are –HERE – in Aunt Pru's library. The pages of interest are from 49 to 73 inclusive, particularly:-
QoN 150, 153, 156 – to the ASA will set the tone for the next round. NX is not too easily led astray and gives the appearance of a man with all the answers. The BRB wonder if the ASA mandarins have worked this out yet; or, are they still too busy running credit cards to max allowable to design limits; and/or, planning extended holidays (sorry) overseas training courses to take his questions seriously. We shall see.
QoN 161, 162 – 164. to ATSB will amuse and delight the Beaker fan club. The NX question below heralds a panzer offensive, spearheaded by the entire committee on the Beaker Bunker. It will be interesting to see if Manning runs out waving a white flag, stands to one side and watches the carnage; or climbs up onto the roof and moons the Senators. BRB ante post betting is 'interesting'. (MTF when the field is announced and I nut out the odds).
QoN 172. To CASA provides a bookies nightmare. Much depends on the response to the NX casually posed questions. You can see on the video the entire committee panel was paying attention, for here the seeds of internal destruction were sown. Skidmore can stand back and watch as the Senators reap the harvest. Played properly, this little question can expose some of the most devious acts of embuggerance, bastardry and malice ever seen. Hint? well start CAO and the responsibilities of a Chief pilot; then look at the actions of the CASA management structure running the Pel-Air farce; then check the publicly available e-mail strings. If they ever make a movie of it all, no one would believe it was other than a fiction constructed by a fevered imagination. Alas, all true and provable. The BRB book on this entrant in the Race to the Bottom is firmly closed until, eventually, an answer to the QoN is provided to the well briefed committee Senators. (MTF? Oh hell, yes).
Many may think that this is all as dry as sticks and so it is – up front. Bit like cricket to an American really, or chess to a MKR fan. The subtle moves which collapse the centre not obvious until suddenly – it's all over.
Anyway – BRB indaba is soon. I'll square up the field. set the tote odds, and lay off some risk before then.
Toot toot.
Quote:P2 – "As you can see the Ag Dept have tabled their final report but M&Ms crew have not, however this could be largely due to the fact that the vast majority of the QoN are yet to be answered. This is despite the fact they are overdue by ten days:
The well rehearsed game of delay, delay, blame the Minister, delay, then at the very last moment provide an abstruse, obfuscated answer then, look surprised when no one can work out WTF the question referred to, or if there is any semblance of an answer in the response is an old, trusted system. The Murky Machiavellian crew have this down to a fine art, always working to a time honoured formula.
There are however questions of interest in the last batch from estimates; cunning of P2 to leave a hint at the bottom of his post – X marks the QoN spot; thanks mate. I have downloaded and 'de-fragged' the questions (copy and paste friendly), they are –HERE – in Aunt Pru's library. The pages of interest are from 49 to 73 inclusive, particularly:-
QoN 150, 153, 156 – to the ASA will set the tone for the next round. NX is not too easily led astray and gives the appearance of a man with all the answers. The BRB wonder if the ASA mandarins have worked this out yet; or, are they still too busy running credit cards to max allowable to design limits; and/or, planning extended holidays (sorry) overseas training courses to take his questions seriously. We shall see.
Quote:Senator XENOPHON: Can I suggest to you that that is actually untrue. The information I have is that getting this information is less than six mouse clicks away. So could you please revisit that issue, because my information is that from multiple sources you could obtain this information very easily and Airservices purported statement that it is too complex and requires too many resources is not accurate at all.
QoN 161, 162 – 164. to ATSB will amuse and delight the Beaker fan club. The NX question below heralds a panzer offensive, spearheaded by the entire committee on the Beaker Bunker. It will be interesting to see if Manning runs out waving a white flag, stands to one side and watches the carnage; or climbs up onto the roof and moons the Senators. BRB ante post betting is 'interesting'. (MTF when the field is announced and I nut out the odds).
Quote:Senator XENOPHON: You can understand it is not unreasonable to conclude that there appears on the surface to be an inconsistency, but you are saying that it is dealt with by the table.
QoN 172. To CASA provides a bookies nightmare. Much depends on the response to the NX casually posed questions. You can see on the video the entire committee panel was paying attention, for here the seeds of internal destruction were sown. Skidmore can stand back and watch as the Senators reap the harvest. Played properly, this little question can expose some of the most devious acts of embuggerance, bastardry and malice ever seen. Hint? well start CAO and the responsibilities of a Chief pilot; then look at the actions of the CASA management structure running the Pel-Air farce; then check the publicly available e-mail strings. If they ever make a movie of it all, no one would believe it was other than a fiction constructed by a fevered imagination. Alas, all true and provable. The BRB book on this entrant in the Race to the Bottom is firmly closed until, eventually, an answer to the QoN is provided to the well briefed committee Senators. (MTF? Oh hell, yes).
Quote:Senator XENOPHON: This is something that Senator Heffernan was particularly interested in, in terms of the former chief pilot of Pel-Air working with CASA.
Mr Farquharson: I am aware that he did join CASA. I am not sure whether he is still with us.
Senator XENOPHON: Yes. What due diligence did CASA undertake to ensure this individual was not responsible for the many and significant breaches found within Pel-Air and was arguably unsuitable to hold such a role within CASA? I am happy if. etc.
Many may think that this is all as dry as sticks and so it is – up front. Bit like cricket to an American really, or chess to a MKR fan. The subtle moves which collapse the centre not obvious until suddenly – it's all over.
Anyway – BRB indaba is soon. I'll square up the field. set the tote odds, and lay off some risk before then.
Toot toot.