Desert Wine
Jun. 23rd, 2010 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckycanuckThis evening I left work early (6:30 is early for me on a sitting day) and went to a film being screened by the Israeli Embassy.
It was called "A Matter of Size" and it was very good. It's all about a morbidly obese 35 year old Israeli man who lives with his passive agressive mother, who leaves his diet group to form a sumo team with his Japanese employer.
I was even given a bottle of Israeli wine (a pinot noir grown in the Negev desert in case you were interested, and it's kosher for Passover.)
Yes, I think I can safely be decribed as a Judeophile. The Jewish people have fascinated me form a young age, and in later years when I came to think more about religious points, the Jewish faith seemed to open up a rich vein of theological thought. It's a good thing I've got Mitzi around. She would have loved the movie, and she would have had the chance to check out "the talent" as she put it. :)
Oh yes, and the Prime Minister may not be Prime Minister in another 24 hours. Someone in the Labor party has moved a spill (basically a vote to elect a new leader) and we will know the result of that vote tomorrow. I don't think he will be kicked out. The most likely replacement has so far shown no interest in the job and I think she would be mad to take it at this point. Still, this does not make him look like a strong leader and it does not make his party look like it has got its act together.
EDIT: Ok, so Gillard, the most likely replacement who everyone thought had no plans to take on the job, is apparently the one who has moved for the spill. And that's not the sort of thing you do unless you think you can win.
The LIberals have had three leaders since the last election, and now it looks like the PM and the "bright young things" who work for him may be replaced as well. All this time, the Nats have had only one leader.
The odds of me and everyone in our office having a job tomorrow are as solid as ever, unlike some of my colleagues and opponents.
Rudd looked positively unhinged as he spoke to the media. He never struck me as being able to cop criticism, and he was seething as he spoke.
He also said that Australians elected him PM not Labor factional leaders. But he conveniently forgot that Labor factional leaders delivered him (and Gillard) the leadership.
And now that the NSW and Victorian RIght is apparently backing Gillard, who is from the Left, Rudd, who is from the right, is appealing to the left.
Whoa. I'm getting dizzy.
It was called "A Matter of Size" and it was very good. It's all about a morbidly obese 35 year old Israeli man who lives with his passive agressive mother, who leaves his diet group to form a sumo team with his Japanese employer.
I was even given a bottle of Israeli wine (a pinot noir grown in the Negev desert in case you were interested, and it's kosher for Passover.)
Yes, I think I can safely be decribed as a Judeophile. The Jewish people have fascinated me form a young age, and in later years when I came to think more about religious points, the Jewish faith seemed to open up a rich vein of theological thought. It's a good thing I've got Mitzi around. She would have loved the movie, and she would have had the chance to check out "the talent" as she put it. :)
Oh yes, and the Prime Minister may not be Prime Minister in another 24 hours. Someone in the Labor party has moved a spill (basically a vote to elect a new leader) and we will know the result of that vote tomorrow. I don't think he will be kicked out. The most likely replacement has so far shown no interest in the job and I think she would be mad to take it at this point. Still, this does not make him look like a strong leader and it does not make his party look like it has got its act together.
EDIT: Ok, so Gillard, the most likely replacement who everyone thought had no plans to take on the job, is apparently the one who has moved for the spill. And that's not the sort of thing you do unless you think you can win.
The LIberals have had three leaders since the last election, and now it looks like the PM and the "bright young things" who work for him may be replaced as well. All this time, the Nats have had only one leader.
The odds of me and everyone in our office having a job tomorrow are as solid as ever, unlike some of my colleagues and opponents.
Rudd looked positively unhinged as he spoke to the media. He never struck me as being able to cop criticism, and he was seething as he spoke.
He also said that Australians elected him PM not Labor factional leaders. But he conveniently forgot that Labor factional leaders delivered him (and Gillard) the leadership.
And now that the NSW and Victorian RIght is apparently backing Gillard, who is from the Left, Rudd, who is from the right, is appealing to the left.
Whoa. I'm getting dizzy.
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Date: 2010-06-23 03:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-23 04:25 pm (UTC)I can't imagine Rudd would stay in politics. He never had a real base in the party. They only went with him because they thought he was electable. Now he's not. People are saying his only faction was Newspoll, and that has abandoned him, so he's gone.
He is also being described as a "crypto-fascist." He certainly was a control freak.
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Date: 2010-06-23 07:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-23 07:42 pm (UTC)Your whole Parliamentary form of government makes me rather dizzy. I like to think of myself as better informed of events beyond our borders than the average American – for one, I realize there is a world beyond our borders, other than Iraq and Afghanistan – but I’ve never really had a good handle on Parliament. I also didn’t realize Mr. Rudd was in trouble politically. I must have missed that in my best source of info on events overseas, “The Economist”.
Out of all of your post, though, I’m most glad to see that you stand a good chance of still being gainfully employed when this is through.
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Date: 2010-06-23 09:34 pm (UTC)Comparative politics seems to be a forte of mine. People at work are often asking me about politics in Canada and the UK and even America (though I'm not sure why they think I know anything special about that.)
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Date: 2010-06-24 11:30 am (UTC)So many people asked me today if Gillard being a woman will influence my voting in the election. Um, no. Her performance is what counts - I could really care less about her gender.
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Date: 2010-06-24 12:27 pm (UTC)The woman question will get a lot of play in the near future and it may swing a few votes, but it won't win an election.