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A boxing promoter is calling for law changes to cover emerging combat sports that are going virtually unregulated. It comes as one well known MMA fighter is recruiting 32 fighter to take part in what he describes as one minute scraps, the ultimate winner to crowned king of the streets. In a series of social media posts Dan "Hangman" Hooker describes the tournament as boxing but with MMA gloves and said it's winner takes all with a prize of $50,000. Craig Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen.
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@SportsGuyTy and ShallowCal are joined by Craig Thomson from the Chasing Pars podcast in Edinburgh, Scotland to preview the 151st playing of the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. Craig provides a couple of opportunities for a team win, and ShallowCal is stuck in betting limbo with only three antepost plays. Tips, picks and best bets for the Open Championship.
Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/missingepisodes Tip us on https://ko-fi.com/missingeps Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/drwhopodcasters It's episode 13 of The Missing Episodes Podcast! For the first time proper, the TARDIS is back on contemporary Earth, indeed in contemporary London, and The Doctor and Dod… uhh… the Doctor and new, groovy companions Ben and Polly face down the mechanical menace in the Post Office Tower and The War Machines. Master podcaster Steven Schapansky (@RadioFreeSkaro) and Doctor Who Historian Jon Preddle (https://broadwcast.org/) join to help analyse this most seminal of stories, as Season 3 draws to a close and Doctor Who marches on in a new format under Innes Lloyd and Gerry Davis. Then it's off on a world tour, as Jon talks us through the sales process, censorship in Australia and New Zealand and how and why four prints of The War Machines ended up in Nigeria, to be found by Ian Levine in the 1980's. This is the deepest of deep dives and summarises years of Jon's cutting-edge research. We also explore why, perhaps, The Wheel in Space wasn't in Jos when Enemy and Web were recovered over ten years ago! So leave your Dodo at home, put on your fab gear and join us as we take a look at The War Machines. If you enjoy this podcast, we ask that you share it on social media to help us find our audience! Tim is on Twitter @drwhopodcasters, and please do come and like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/drwhoandthepodcasters. Executive Producer: Rich Tipple Become a patron and help us cover our fees and keep us in biscuits via https://www.patreon.com/missingepisodes. Thanks to much to the exceedingly lovely Alex TheSkapes, Andrew Llewellyn, Andy Kitching, Anthony Carroll, Tony Carroll, Anthony Fusco, Anthony Wainer, Ashton Withers, Bedwyr Gullidge, Bluey111, Brendan McKenna-Nicoll, Charles Geers, Chris Arkle, Chris Fone, Colin Brockhurst, Craig Thomson, Darren Howard, David Gillespie-Pratt, David Green, David Matthewman, Dean Poole, Deetz Easterwood, Dominic Jackson, Garry Byrne, Gav Rymill, Harry Townsend, Huw Buchtman, Jack Sharpe, James, James Cluskey, Jamie Bate, JB, Jess Jurkovic, Jim Trenowden, Joe Lewallen, Joe Bloggs, John Geoffrion, John Rivers, John Thomson, Jon, Jon Sheehan, Jonathan Le Targat, Jonathan Potter, Joshua, Marc Cameron, Martin Ramsdin, Matthew, Matthew Purchase, Michael Elison, Neil Smith, Nick Lawton, Nick Mellish, Oliver Wake, Patrick, Paul Cooke, Peter Cuminskey, Philip Stubley, Pierce Carrig, Ray Badrick, Reuben Hergfindahl, Rich Hughes, Richard Byatt, Richard Higson, Richard Smith, Richie Howarth, Rob Fleming, Sara Irving, Sarah Crotzer, Sean Martindill, Sidney Troat, Simon Exton, Simon Whitehead, Sinead Morse, Stephen Hartwell, Stephen Moffatt, Stephen Wolterstorff, Steven Manfred, Steven Quinn, Steven Schapansky, Steven White, Stewart Boyles, Stuart Hargreves, That's Chroma, Tim Arding, and last but not least, Toby Hadoke. With thanks the wonderful Bea Garrido https://twitter.com/BeaGarrido00 for her art, assistance and her patience. Check out her brilliant Doctor Who art https://beagarridoart.weebly.com/ This free podcast borrows snippets of music from “Marche, Les Structures Sonores” – Lasry Baschet. We lovingly pilfer original music cues by from the BBC's original production of The War Machines.
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Last year, VICE News Correspondent Isobel Yeung went undercover to understand how international business deals were being brokered in Guyana. This small country in South America has one of the fastest growing economies in the world right now. Newly discovered natural resources have attracted a lot of foreign investment from China and the U.S., placing Guyana in the middle of a tug-of war for soft power in the region. Recently, infrastructure contracts - roads, bridges, and a hydroelectric power plant - have been awarded to Chinese companies. In this episode of VICE News Reports, Yeung digs into how business is done in Guyana and uncovers allegations of corruption that reach far into the country's highest levels. This episode was produced by Steph Brown and edited by Ashley Cleek and Stephanie Kariuki. Special thanks to Belle Cushing, Daniel Vergara, Jika Gonzalez, Craig Thomson and Karishma Vyas. VICE News Reports is produced by Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, and Adriana Tapia. Our senior producers are Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Julia Nutter and Sam Greenspan. Our supervising producer is Ashley Cleek. Our associate producers are Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Evan Sutton, Pran Bandi, and Kyle Murdock. Mixing by Evan Sutton. Our Executive Producers are Adizah Eghan and Stephanie Kariuki.For VICE Audio, Annie Avilés is our Executive Editor and Janet Lee is our Senior Production Manager. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Translations by Summer Long. Our theme music is by Steve Bone. Our host is Arielle Duhaime-Ross. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Join our regular DP World Tour Host, Sports Bettor Mark Hill as he welcomes on special guests Tom Jacobs and Craig Thomson to discuss this week's return to English soil at The Belfry. An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman shooting the breeze about Betfred British Masters ... what's not to like!? Please support the podcast further by doing a few things to spread the TJ Gospel: Join Goalby's Nut Hut, our private DISCORD chat w/ > 400 golf loving, DFS & Betting fans. Sign up for the “Heavy Petting” & “Chalk Bomb” emails for free that hit your inboxes every Tuesday & Wednesday. Winning starts at Covers.com. Covers is the place for the last 25 years for people that love sports and love to win. Get exclusive membership discounts at Fantasy National Golf Club by using this link. Leave an honest iTunes Review. DB & Pat love reading all of these. It improves the show.
Dom takes a blast from the past and provides an update on the happenings in the life of satire gold-mine Craig Thomson. Meanwhile John is on the path to becoming an ALPHA MALE and tries to teach the team about his SUPREME ALPHA PHILOSOPHY BRO. Plus all the latest headlines from Rebecca De Unamuno. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Tributes are pouring in from all around the world for Aussie world tennis number one, Ash Barty, who's chosen to go out on top. Former Federal MP, Craig Thomson, has been charged with fraud offences, relating to 25 thousand dollars in Covid claims. Dragons player George Burgess has NOT been named for this week's clash, after he was charged with sexual touching without consent. And Just Like That! the show that follows on from Sex and The City - has been renewed for a second season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tributes are pouring in from all around the world for Aussie world tennis number one, Ash Barty, who's chosen to go out on top. Former Federal MP, Craig Thomson, has been charged with fraud offences, relating to 25 thousand dollars in Covid claims. Dragons player George Burgess has NOT been named for this week's clash, after he was charged with sexual touching without consent. And Just Like That! the show that follows on from Sex and The City - has been renewed for a second season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tributes are pouring in from all around the world for Aussie world tennis number one, Ash Barty, who's chosen to go out on top. Former Federal MP, Craig Thomson, has been charged with fraud offences, relating to 25 thousand dollars in Covid claims. Dragons player George Burgess has NOT been named for this week's clash, after he was charged with sexual touching without consent. And Just Like That! the show that follows on from Sex and The City - has been renewed for a second season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
THE messy divorce of disgraced former federal politician Craig Thomson and his ex-wife Zoe has taken another ugly turn, with the one-time MP spending Saturday night behind bars after being charged with harassing her. IN what's been dubbed a “blatant” act of political censorship, Prime Minister Scott Morrison's account on the Chinese-owned social media site WeChat has been taken over and rebranded as a pro-Beijing propaganda outfit. TENNIS is paying the price for embracing Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and nobody else, with the game's No.1 entertainer Nick Kyrgios hoping his charge towards an Australian Open doubles title helps breathe fresh life into a “dying” sport. Ash Barty survived her toughest examination of the week to reach a fourth-straight Australian Open quarter-final. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's been revealed Melbourne houses out-earned their owners in 2021, piling on $19 every hour. More than 1100 people have packed their bags and cashed in on thousands of dollars worth of incentives to move to regional Victoria and help struggling farmers. The messy divorce of disgraced former federal politician Craig Thomson and his ex-wife Zoe has taken another ugly turn... Anthony Alabanese has insisted Australia Day should be celebrated on January 26, saying it's an important day to recognise the “good and bad” of the nation's history. or updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription at herald sun.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The first full field event of the calendar year brings a bevy of opportunities for first round leader and outright winners. Craig Thomson from the Chasing Pars podcast joins this week to break down the field in Maui. SportsGuyTy tries to get over the Daniel Berger shared place heartbreak, Shallow and Craig like the same POWER play, and plenty of laughs about Emiliano Grillo.
*this episode contains bad language and adult themes* In this episode, Phoebe, Clancy and Damien discuss Julia Gillard's famous speech from October 2012 that galvanised opinion about how women are viewed and treated in political life. We discuss abuse in politics by both the public and parliamentary colleagues, sexism, the Craig Thomson affair, the Peter Slipper affair, Tony Abbott's populism, sexualised abuse of Conservative women and much more. Find the speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNuPcf8L00 Find us on Twitter at: https://www.twitter.com/letssavethegg Listen to us on Anchor.FM - https://anchor.fm/letssavethegg/ ———————————— Music by Ukulelvis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtPm4hb04r0 ————————————
Hello and welcome to episode 13. On this Podcast we are joined by Craig from the "Chasing Pars Podcast" as we discuss what the pairings should be for the Foursomes on Friday morning. We give our best guesses as to who will play with who and what the scores might look like once the Foursomes finish. We go off on sone tangents along the way but get there in the end, enjoy :) Please follow our Social Media: Twitter: @FindersFairway - email: Fairwayfinderspod@gmail.com - IG: @fairwayfinderspod
Winner, winner fried perch dinner - TEAM WIN AGAIN! All three hosts were on Max Homa at the Fortinet Championship, but that was only part of a massive week. Tmac returns 404 units on his card, ShallowCal is all over the FRL market again, and SportsGuyTy tips the top three finishers in Napa! Special guest Craig Thomson from the Chasing Pars podcast joins the show to help preview the European side of the Ryder Cup.
Welcome to Episode 8, on today's podcast we are joined by Craig Thomson from the Chasing Pars podcast. We talk through the olympics golf and the ISPS HANDA World Invitational in Northern Ireland this week. Enjoy, Please follow our Social Media: Twitter: @FindersFairway - email: Fairwayfinderspod@gmail.com - IG: @fairwayfinderspod
This is a full in bloom interview w/ engineer/producer Craig Thomson. INSIDE THE ALBUM: Def Leppard Pyromania Craig talks about his experience recording Def Leppard's 1983 breakout album, Pyromania. More info @ fullinbloom.com Hit the subscribe button & click the bell if you would like to be notified as new interviews & excerpts are uploaded. If you don't hit the bell, you won't be notified. Song by FOOL OF FATE
A surge of migrants from around the world has begun arriving at the US’s southern border, some having traveled thousands of miles to get there. For many, the most dangerous part of their journey is a 60-mile stretch of lawless jungle connecting Colombia and Panama called the Darien Gap. We take you along as VICE on Showtime correspondent Paola Ramos follows the journey of migrants traveling through the Darien. This episode was produced by Adreanna Rodriguez. VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock. Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. This story was originally reported for VICE on Showtime -- you can see the documentary version on Showtime now. New episodes of VICE on Showtime air on Sundays at 8pm EST. Reporting and producing from Paola Ramos and Miguel Fernandez-Flores with production assistance from Juan Arturo Gómez Tobón and Sofía Villamil. Srdjan Stojiljkovic was the camera operator. Editing from Chris Iversen and Kelly Kendrick. Greg Wright is supervising producer. Co-Executive producer Craig Thomson. And executive producers Beverly Chase and Subrata De. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Arts educator and renowned performer Craig Thomson is one of the most sought-after saxophonists in the Okanagan Valley, known for his robust tenor sound richly anchored in the jazz tradition. His passion for both music education and live performance has been greatly impacted by the pandemic. Craig discusses the changes he's had to make within his teaching career and the grieving he's doing over the loss of his performance work due to Covid while still finding the gifts during this forced pause. He also talks about performance burnout and how his outlook on gigs may be changed permanently. Tune in to hear what this incredible (and very TALL) musician has been doing to keep his sanity during our unprecedented times!Season 3 of Saucy Talk welcomes musicians, composers, and conductors from around the world. We learn what they've been doing to keep financially afloat, creatively sane, and what their thoughts are on the future of the post-pandemic arts.Buy Melina A Matzo Ball HERE!For more content like this, and to follow The Saucy Soprano's culinary and personal pandemic journey, subscribe to The Saucy Soprano blog HERE. Don't forget to check out The Saucy Soprano on Instagram HERE and Facebook HERE.Host: Melina Schein (The Saucy Soprano)Guest: Craig Thomson
En Lo Intempestivo hablamos de la belleza y le preguntamos a les oyentes qué les gusta de una persona. Además, se sumó a nuestra querida sección Transrelatos, el escritor Juan Sklar que nos vino a hablar de "Blankets" de Craig Thomson. Por supuesto, contamos como siempre con el rigor periodístico de Luciana Peker en Clavada de Noticias. Lo Intempestivo con Darío Sztajnszrajber, Luciana Peker y María Sztajnszrajber, lunes a viernes de 11 a 13h Seguinos Twitter/NacionalRock937 Facebook/NacionalRock937 Youtube/NacionalRock937 Instagram/NacionalRock937 Spotify/NacionalRock937
The national team, Kilmarnock and match analysis across the SPFL tiers are the focus for Owen and Gavin this week on the 38th episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast. 1:40 - We pick our Scotland line ups for this week's matches against Russia and San Marino and Gavin gets a little angry about the squad, call offs and call ups. 21:40 - With Kilmarnock in good form we discuss results, tactics, players and future plans for Angelo Alessio's clean sheet masters. 39:03 - Finally we analyse three matches; Ross County v St Johnstone, Raith Rovers v Falkirk and Cowdenbeath v Edinburgh City. The action included an indecent tackle from Craig Thomson, a great goal from Connor Sammon and bad defending from the two top flight teams. Subscribe, rate, review and, if you are Pure Fitbaw tell a friend too.
Observations and Take-Aways: Episodes Review with Craig Thomson, Security & Awareness Manager On this episode of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Bruce Hallas is joined by Craig Thomson, the Security Education & Awareness Manager at Nationwide Building Society. He is an experienced Education specialist with a demonstrated history of delivering impactful results in the Defence, Air & Space and Information Security arenas. He is skilled in the management of Training Programme and solution design using SAT and ADDIE methodologies to deliver engaging and meaningful training and communications that create measurable behavioural change. Craig values using effective emotional intelligence skills to develop teams and solutions in support of achieving business strategy goals. “Awareness is a two-way street… Awareness is just as much about actually being aware ourselves of who our target audience is…” JOIN CRAIG THOMSON AND BRUCE HALLAS AS THEY DISCUSS: Their shared connection around the armed forces and applicable observations they’ve made about L&D and recruitment for the Armed Forces The importance of people having vested interest in policy creation The problem of cognitive dissonance within company culture (i.e. ‘This is what the policy says, but what push comes to shove, here’s what we actually do’) What motivates people to take part or give their time to engagement with awareness initiatives Awareness is a two-way street Lessons learned around conducting surveys as a means of gathering information about one’s target audience, and other means of garnering useful information and feedback from those people The difference environment makes in training, accurate observation, and behaviour change Sharing ideas across a network of security professionals The concept of “Awareness” as communications that give people a sense of understanding and control over upcoming change in their work environment, which helps them not feel as stressed about the change, which then helps to overcome their innate desire to avoid or not comply with the desired change in behaviour If / how metrics can be used to enhance Awareness strategy and creation MORE ABOUT CRAIG THOMSON: LinkedIn Please subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, and if you enjoyed this interview, please share with your friends and colleagues and leave a 5 star rating and review. Thanks for listening and sharing. Bruce & The Re-thinking the Human Factor Podcast Team
We're on the match with Shelley's army! France 2019 here we come! The two Johns and Krys are in jubilant mood this week at being able to utter words that haven't been mentioned in over twenty years. Thanks especially go to those wonderful Polish women who held Switzerland to a draw, a point Krys makes repeatedly because he thinks its funny. Its another bumper week as there's a full league fixture card across all the divisions, as well as the successful end to European qualification for two of our teams. The Europa League group stages away, although in Celtic's case there's some familar faces in there. The quality of refereeing comes into questions as per usual, with the ghost of Les Mottram being invoked while the old boys network on the review panel ensures Willie Collum is bizarrely vidicated for a second straight week. Meanwhile, Craig Thomson has his favourite red card out yet again, but apparently some tackles at Tynecastle are only worth a yellow. There's talk of the managerial merry-go-round which is picking up pace despite us only just getting into September, and a look ahead to the two Scotland games with new captain Andy Robertson leading the team. And of course, we have charity chat. There's Celtic v Liverpool on Saturday, there's Kris Doolan's generosity, and there's John's charity match at Falkirk Stadium on Sunday. All the details are with John, just check out @jbleasdale81 on twitter. Get along if you can on Sunday, and if you can't then you can still donate through Just Giving. Thanks for listening and feel free to contact us on @sffpodcast on twitter. Feel free to contact us on twitter sffpodcast
We're on the match with Shelley's army! France 2019 here we come! The two Johns and Krys are in jubilant mood this week at being able to utter words that haven't been mentioned in over twenty years. Thanks especially go to those wonderful Polish women who held Switzerland to a draw, a point Krys makes repeatedly because he thinks its funny. Its another bumper week as there's a full league fixture card across all the divisions, as well as the successful end to European qualification for two of our teams. The Europa League group stages away, although in Celtic's case there's some familar faces in there. The quality of refereeing comes into questions as per usual, with the ghost of Les Mottram being invoked while the old boys network on the review panel ensures Willie Collum is bizarrely vidicated for a second straight week. Meanwhile, Craig Thomson has his favourite red card out yet again, but apparently some tackles at Tynecastle are only worth a yellow. There's talk of the managerial merry-go-round which is picking up pace despite us only just getting into September, and a look ahead to the two Scotland games with new captain Andy Robertson leading the team. And of course, we have charity chat. There's Celtic v Liverpool on Saturday, there's Kris Doolan's generosity, and there's John's charity match at Falkirk Stadium on Sunday. All the details are with John, just check out @jbleasdale81 on twitter. Get along if you can on Sunday, and if you can't then you can still donate through Just Giving. Thanks for listening and feel free to contact us on @sffpodcast on twitter. Feel free to contact us on twitter sffpodcast
Tuesday Team Talk - Episode 4 A St Johnstone orientated podcast produced by the sports team at Hospital Radio Perth. This episode features interviews with Tommy Wright and Craig Thomson..
We keep the slump rolling with another episode, as the hoops win away again. JP, Yahmpy and myself discuss the last 3 games, as Celtic's unstoppable form continues. Craig Thomson gets it, as does Kris Boyd, we look at a possible replacement for Warburton and Yahmpy discusses Boyata's signature killer move as we fire a volley @ Sevco and the Police.
We keep the slump rolling with another episode, as the hoops win away again. JP, Yahmpy and myself discuss the last 3 games, as Celtic's unstoppable form continues. Craig Thomson gets it, as does Kris Boyd, we look at a possible replacement for Warburton and Yahmpy discusses Boyata's signature killer move as we fire a volley @ Sevco and the Police.
It's another week of technical difficulties unfortunately, and we're not just talking about the Celtic defence. Krys is joined by John and Andy once again to look back at all the weekend's action, but obviously given their affiliations they focus mainly on one game in particular. What was Craig Thomson thinking on a number of occasions? Can Aberdeen now go on an mount a title challenge? Is it too early to tell? Is it too early for a knee jerk reaction? We cover all of this and more as we also look back on the Friday night game, a later charity bet scupper, and when Connie met Keith. The technical difficulties aren't the only silences though as some of Krys's comments are met with a similar response. Could next week be the week we get a charity bet win and a gremlin-free podcast? We can only hope. Thanks as always to McBookie for providing the stakes. Follow sffpodcast On Twitter to keep abreast of the latest charity bet odds, and to just generally join in with the chat. And join us on Scottish Football Forums for all your predictor and forum needs!
It's another week of technical difficulties unfortunately, and we're not just talking about the Celtic defence. Krys is joined by John and Andy once again to look back at all the weekend's action, but obviously given their affiliations they focus mainly on one game in particular. What was Craig Thomson thinking on a number of occasions? Can Aberdeen now go on an mount a title challenge? Is it too early to tell? Is it too early for a knee jerk reaction? We cover all of this and more as we also look back on the Friday night game, a later charity bet scupper, and when Connie met Keith. The technical difficulties aren't the only silences though as some of Krys's comments are met with a similar response. Could next week be the week we get a charity bet win and a gremlin-free podcast? We can only hope. Thanks as always to McBookie for providing the stakes. Follow sffpodcast On Twitter to keep abreast of the latest charity bet odds, and to just generally join in with the chat. And join us on Scottish Football Forums for all your predictor and forum needs!
It's a two man podcast this week as John joins Krys for a long chat about a number of talking points. It's just a pity Krys didn't have his microphone plugged in properly for the first fifteen minutes! Celtic in and out of Europe and their possible transfer moves is followed up by the League Cup second round action and third round draw, before turning to the real meat of the podcast and the woeful performances of some of Scotland's supposed finest referees. Andrew Dallas, Steven McLean, Stephen Finnie, Craig Thomson, Willie Collum and Bobby Madden all get analysed to death before we get supplied with a statement from Stewart Regan defending them all. Typical. The Scotland double header against Georgia and Germany then gets a preview before moving on to attempt another charity bet win from the lower leagues after disappointment this week. With thanks as always to McBookie for providing the stakes. Follow sffpodcast On Twitter to keep abreast of the latest charity bet odds, and to just generally join in with the chat. http://forums.scottishfootballforums.co.uk/
It's a two man podcast this week as John joins Krys for a long chat about a number of talking points. It's just a pity Krys didn't have his microphone plugged in properly for the first fifteen minutes! Celtic in and out of Europe and their possible transfer moves is followed up by the League Cup second round action and third round draw, before turning to the real meat of the podcast and the woeful performances of some of Scotland's supposed finest referees. Andrew Dallas, Steven McLean, Stephen Finnie, Craig Thomson, Willie Collum and Bobby Madden all get analysed to death before we get supplied with a statement from Stewart Regan defending them all. Typical. The Scotland double header against Georgia and Germany then gets a preview before moving on to attempt another charity bet win from the lower leagues after disappointment this week. With thanks as always to McBookie for providing the stakes. Follow sffpodcast On Twitter to keep abreast of the latest charity bet odds, and to just generally join in with the chat. http://forums.scottishfootballforums.co.uk/
Scots duo Green Cloak took the British music industry by storm with the release of their debut album ‘Cheese’, but as a very public feud breaks out between the two a, follow up album seems unlikely. Washed up local radio DJ Lee steps in to lend a hand, but are his efforts doing more harm than good? Starring, in order of appearance R. Cudmore, C. Sneddon, M. McLean, R. Venters, J. Balfour, L. Blackwood. Music Our Smallest Adventures - Now I have a machine gun, ho ho ho. Helsinki Syndrome, You don't like flying Kevin MacLeod/Incompetech – Controlled Chaos ,Airport Lounge Ghost Order - Familiar Ground Written & produced by M. McLean of Yap Audio Production. Sound effects were created by Yap Audio, as well as resources gathered on freesound.org from the following users. Wniebelski, makosan, Master sound effects, Ifartinurgeneraldirection, panikko, pillonoise, ondrosik, bates8590, carbilicon, drewsifstalin, mzui, fonogeno. Artwork by Craig Thomson
Scotland beating Macedonia to give us a little positivity about the national game. Misbehavinng fans, as well as police. Handballs and and the rule book. Craig Thomson changing his mind about a penalty award. Jig scoring yet another hat-trick. Another losing McBookie charity bet (the previous weekend and probably the coming weekend too). Premiership predictions. Champions League preview. The Ramsdens Cup on Tuesday “live” on BBC Alba Thank you to McBookie for donating the charity bet stake.
Scotland beating Macedonia to give us a little positivity about the national game. Misbehavinng fans, as well as police. Handballs and and the rule book. Craig Thomson changing his mind about a penalty award. Jig scoring yet another hat-trick. Another losing McBookie charity bet (the previous weekend and probably the coming weekend too). Premiership predictions. Champions League preview. The Ramsdens Cup on Tuesday “live” on BBC Alba Thank you to McBookie for donating the charity bet stake.
The Australian Building and Construction Commission, the ABCC, was well armed and tough. This was especially so for the bully-boy unions in Victoria and Western Australia, where builders had to pay for peace, says Andrew Bolt. KPMG says that as a result the community was $5.9 billion a year better off. Labor promised to get rid of it in the 2007. Kevin Rudd didn’t move fast enough for the union bosses. Money talks. At the last election the Electrical Trades Union gave a $325,000, not to Labor, but to the Greens. You see, the Greens had opportunistically promised to help abolish the ABCC. Its failure? It had brought peace to the construction industry. The union bosses - and the Greens - didn’t like that. Presumably the ABCC was doing terrible things to the environment. Or do the Greens support thugs punching police horses? As Andrew Bolt says, Julia Gillard understood this unsubtle message. She delivered.. The powerful ABCC was wound up . Almost as soon as this happened, the thugs were out on the streets. Just as the people smugglers took their cue from Rudd and Gillard winding up the Pacific solution. The ABCC was replaced with the Fair Work Building and Construction agency. There’s that word “fair” again. It means weak and useless. This is the tactic of the Gillard and Rudd governments. They create powerless agencies like Fair Work Australia. Remeber Fair Work Australia took over three years to investigate Craig Thomson and the Health Services Union. Even then they didn't produce a brief on evidence the prosecutors could use. Remember too, the powerless Corgill inquiry into the five or so billion dollars BER rort. Compare that with the open powerful Royal Commission into the Australian Wheat Board under a respected judge which John Howard established. He also agreed that if the judge needed additional terms of reference these would be given. The hearings gave Kevin Rudd an evening TV platform to attack the government. But John Howard did the right thing Is it the government doesn’t know what it is doing? Or are open borders, thugs on the streets and thugs ruling the construction industry part of the Gillard government agenda? To read Andrew Bolt's comment go to: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/union-thugs-free-rein-to-punch-police-horses/story-e6frezz0-1226461084986
The Craig Thompson affair should be referred to his ultimate judges, the people of his electorate. This case demonstrates the need for a right of recall of any MP. Or indeed the whole government. Wading through the spin about his succes in pork barrelling for his electorate, and unbelievably, imposing financial transparency on his union, his case is that he’s the victim of identity theft. So why didn’t he go to the police? He claims Channel 7 reporters were lurking under his bathroom window while his pregnant wife was taking a shower. Channel 7 that says that's the first time they heard of that. Why didn't he go to the police? Why didn't he complain to the broadcasting regulator? He claimed his defamation case was settled. It wasn’t. He - actually the Labor Party - even had to pay the newspaper’s costs. His defence yesterday was implausible at best. The people should be able to recall him. Now.
What is this presumption of innocence Julia Gillard is going on about? It only applies criminal trials. It means the Crown has to prove its case. Beyond reasonable doubt. It doesn't apply in relation to Fair Work Australia. The onus there is on the employer. And who was responsible for this? Julia Gillard. And it was Julia Gillard’s Fair Work Australia which spent over three years investigating Craig Thomson.. They found 167 breaches. Approximately half $1 million taken from the union. By Craig Thompson, they said Julia Gillard told the ACTU that this distressed her. It dismayed her. It disgusted her. When she came back from Europe she said the line had been crossed. So Craig Thomson was suspended from the ALP. So why is she should talking about a presumption of innocence? A principle which only applies in criminal trials. There was no presumption of innocence against the commandant Of the Australian Defence Forces Academy when Minister Stephen Smith objected to the prosecution of a female cadet going ahead. A process subsequently found to be proper. There was no presumption of innocence by Labor when they joined in a witch-hunt against former Governor- General Peter Hollingworth. There was no presumption of innocence when allegations were made against ministers in the Howard government over the so-called "children overboard" affair and the wheat board scandal. It is ridiculous to use a principle which applies only in the criminal law to the legitimate discussion of the standards of performance standards of performance of our politicians. The parties and factions have taken a stranglehold on our political life. By doing so they have minimised the role and function of the people - as envisaged in our constitution. The proper answer is for a process to be established to allow the people by petition to recall any or all members of Parliament. This would have to be done by a vote triggered by a petition supported by an adequate number of electors. The good sense of the Australian people will of course ensure that this is not abused. After all it was the people of the several states who, as the preamble says, “ relying upon the blessings of Almighty God “ agreed to unite in our indissoluble Federal Commonwealth under the crown . It's the people's Commonwealth. The people’s country. It doesn't belong to Julia Gillard or the politicians. Give us back our country!
The Craig Thompson affair has highlighted one fundamental problem with the way our system of government has deteriorated. If Australia is a democracy, why are the people powerless between elections? But since Federation the political parties- with smaller and smaller memberships - have gained a stranglehold on the system. They have given themselves privileges and advantages never dreamt of by our founders. Taxpayers even fund their campaign expenses. And far from representing the people who elected them, too many politicians take orders from their party and even their factional bosses. They represent their party bosses. Not the people. Even at elections, the effective choice has been predetermined by a small clique. The Craig Thomson affair is the result. And not the only one. The only way to counter this undemocratic stranglehold is to give the people the right to recall any elected reserved representative or a whole Parliament to an election. This could be effected by a constitutional amendment. The only way to clean up the mess that we are in – a mess created by the politicians – is to empower the people to act as a check and balance on the politicians. Do sign our Petition calling on the parliaments to act.
Hi gentle listeners! Welcome to Episode 94 in a series of 1000 free markets of ideas from your intellectual friends Ben "Graham "Chook" Fowler" Pobjie and Cam "John "Completely Legitimate Businessman" Ibrahim" Smith. Look, there is nothing about crime in this podcast, but hey Underbelly 3: The Golden Mile, it was kind of a bit weird that you kept on cutting away from all these crime people (crimers?) doing crimes to a completely normal guy just trying to run a nightclub. I mean, really. I'm getting distracted by things of a past nature, gentle listeners! This podcast is all about the HERE and the NOW. Here is the general gist of the things that are discussed: War Pigs. Life saving. Clive Palmer. The press gallery. Peter Slipper. Craig Thomson. TWITTER WARS. and weird small burgers at Hungry Jacks. Wow, how do you stay so relevant guys? Well, a relaxing long weekend at Kangaroo Island every now and then certainly doesn't hurt. ENJOY THE PODCAST PLEASE. If you like it, why not tell a friend? If you don't like it, why not tell a frenemy? Subscribe on iTunes.