Cnutful nominations for Episode 28?

24 September 2008 in Stilgherrian Live by Stilgherrian | 5 comments

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Yes, it’s that time of the week, time to call for nominations for “Cnut of the Week” for tomorrow’s edition of Stilgherrian Live (9.30pm Thursdays Sydney time).

It’s the same rules as usual. We’re after people (or abstract forces of nature) who’ve been futilely trying to hold back the tide of ~~digital~~ change.

Who do you nominate, and why?

[Update 9am: It's been pointed out to me that it's not just digital change we're talking about here, but any relentless tide of change.]

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Stilgherrian on 25 September 2008 at 8:21 am

I’ve just received a nomination from someone too cnutful to write it here himself. He says:

John McCain, for his shameless election campaign grandstanding. First, Sarah Palin and now, suspending his campaign due to bad polli… sorry I mean the current financial crisis.

So who do you nominate?

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Stephen Stockwell on 25 September 2008 at 10:09 am

I nominate not John McCain, but his campaign strategists for their ham-fisted attempts to prevent any further self-exposure of Sarah Palin as the clueless dickhead she is — by quarantining her from media questioning and scrutiny of any kind whatsoever.

(And if US voters can’t see that level of media stage management for what it is, then we’re all fucked.)

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'Pong on 25 September 2008 at 11:48 am

Tourism Authority of Thailand for the censorship of ‘Children in the Dark’ in Bangkok International Film Festival in the minute. http://absolutelybangkok.com/children-people-in-dark-pg12-film-too-hot-thai-govt/
They want to sell the country without telling the truth.

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Stilgherrian on 25 September 2008 at 12:36 pm
@Stephen Stockwell and ’Pong: Ta for some good nominations there. meanwhile I have some further nominees via Twitter:
- The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney for his opposition to same-sex blessings and the consecration of gay clergy.
- The Government of Indonesia for, effectively, banning bikinis as “immoral” in a tpyical act of Javanese imperialism in the diverse island archipelago.
- The US Federal Reserve (again).
- That strange, reclusive herd of religious fundamentalists, the Exclusive Brethren.
Keep those nominations rolling in!
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Michael Meloni on 25 September 2008 at 12:56 pm

The bastards who forced Bruce ‘the hostage taking pig‘ into a life of sexual slavery and emotional torture. Pigs have rights and Bruce’s have been trampled on.

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