Ex-journalist, ex-broadcaster, ex-Catholic, ex-X, ex-hausted. Mr Denmore is the long-term nom-de-plume of now retired Australasian journalist and corporate communications hack, Jim Parker https://www.jparkermedia.com.au/https://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mv25kbqlqs2lThe Middle East is on fire but the tabloid blow-ins at ABC News are leading their morning news bulletin with car crashes and domestics. Why I prefer SBS.08 Sep 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv25kbqlqs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mugzmft2xs2vIn what universe do the imbeciles in the ALP think that continuing to kowtow to Trump’s insane regime and the Murdoch crime family is good politics? Someone needs to roll that spineless lisping prick01 Sep 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugzmft2xs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3msr476pgsk24How predictable. The supremely cynical Albo stitching up a deal with the Coalition on gambling ‘reform’. Another victory for ‘sensible centrism’10 Aug 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3msr476pgsk24https://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mrhhiqqmzk2fWith the two major parties clearly owned by the US security establishment, the defence lobby and the Sinophobes, Australia needs a referendum on AUKUS or give up on the pretence that we are a working democracy.25 Jul 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhhiqqmzk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mrgkrzotac2p‘Australia’s no-holds-barred bipartisan embrace of AUKUS is likely to be one of the worst defence and foreign policy decisions our country has made,’ writes former Foreign Affairs Minister Gareth Evans. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/defence/2026/07/25/case-against-aukus25 Jul 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgkrzotac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mqxpiweysc2cDemarcation dispute in legacy media land. “We will decide how bullying is defined and who is bullied,” writes septugenarian shockjock Neil Michell from his own bully pulpit. https://www.smh.com.au/national/these-witches-claim-to-have-brought-down-kyle-karl-and-alan-jones-in-fact-they-re-bullies-20260717-p60g4z.html19 Jul 2026 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxpiweysc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mquqsd5t7k2dWhere are all the 'freedom' warriors when an artist loses his job for dedicating a piece of music to journalists killed in Gaza? MSO clearly is putting the sponsorship dollars from the vile Zionist lobby ahead of artistic integrity. https://theconversation.com/the-mso-and-lattouf-rulings-are-seemingly-at-odds-where-does-this-leave-free-speech-at-work-28728817 Jul 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquqsd5t7k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mqig5ud25c26What is it with the gerontocracy in the USA? People just hanging on forever in Congress and the Supreme Court well into their dotage, blocking younger people with new ideas and when they should be out in the garden with their grandkids enjoying retirement. https://static.klipy.com/ii/d6b0ce929193df3c242ac34b5654d2ce/22/02/VcSc2aqS.gif?hh=360&ww=480&mp4=syeUb0dJVaJWNZBfKcMd&webm=qA0uigNqG5SI13 Jul 2026 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqig5ud25c26https://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mqdcb6nvus24‘The significance of Harry’s reunion meeting with his father, King Charles, cannot be overstated,’ gravely intones the ABC News reporter. Actually, it can and you just did. https://static.klipy.com/ii/39f2394ae36df6e199be9eb7c9fa1012/a9/b0/ZSi3waMP.gif?hh=150&ww=200&mp4=jyqx0lOUesNZ&webm=pNI1PWXnEHyTf10 Jul 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqdcb6nvus24https://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mpnnfjxcms2vWhat is wrong with the ALP in its refusal to tackle the gambling industry?? Is there anyone with a conscience in that party ready to speak out? It just defies reason02 Jul 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnnfjxcms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mpl4rf5o6k27I’m another baby boomer who has done well out of the house price lottery. But I also want to see prices become more affordable so my adult children are not shut out of the market. I really don’t understand why Angus Taylor and the looney Libs find that so hard to understand. Anyone??01 Jul 2026 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpl4rf5o6k27https://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3molxrpphc22hReminder to the press gallery as they roll out the boilerplate language on tax reform changes. This is what a ‘backflip’ looks like: https://giphy.com/gifs/xT0xetpPHT8UryiiqY18 Jun 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3molxrpphc22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mmwzfbnb3c2mA new book focusing on media coverage of Gaza - like the recent ABC 7.30 report interview with a flotilla victim - shows how judgements regularly made in other contexts become controversial only when applied to the state of Israel. https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-how-to-sell-a-genocide-exposes-the-double-standards-of-reporting-on-gaza-28122328 May 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwzfbnb3c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mmcxiqfsuk2qIsraeli police force Gaza flotilla activists to kneel with hands bound, video shows - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-flotilla-activists-detained-israel-after-interception-rights-group-says-2026-05-20/20 May 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcxiqfsuk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mm3ylto4a22bAs News Corp attacks sensible tax reform via its news pages, recall that by far its most profitable investment in Australia is its majority stake in the digital real estate giant REA Group, which has a market value of $22bn and an EBITDA margin of 62%. Of course they hate attacks on property spivs!18 May 2026 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3ylto4a22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mm3ekfuxwk2wAmid the media's hysterical pearl clutching over the Budget, ask yourself: If by some miracle the Libs regained power, would they restore the Howard era CGT discount and NG regime? The answer is NO. Both fiscal reality & demographics are against them. It's all noise and confected outrage, folks. https://media.tenor.com/Z_Eb_gATTkQAAAAC/wont-somebody-please-think-of-the-children-think-of-the-children.gif?hh=382&ww=49817 May 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3ekfuxwk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mlpvtgd2n227Journo to Albo: ‘Will you apologise to the people who voted for you after you said you wouldn’t change CGT or negative gearing?” Umm, I don’t think the geared up spivs concerned about losing their tax perks ever voted for the ALP.13 May 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpvtgd2n227https://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mlou6wwwgc2a‘But you said we’d stop for an ice cream.’ The press gallery’s infantile squawking about ‘broken promises’ ignores that the silly ‘rule in-rule out’ games in election campaigns are for the media’s own benefit. The rest of us in the real world simply don’t care. It’s good policy we care about.12 May 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlou6wwwgc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mlksnkafbs2tOne wonders at the intelligence of the Australian electorate when they vote for the hatchet-faced woman’s party of grifters as an expression of the interests of the ‘underdog’ when she’s getting flown the world around by a fascist billionaire masquerading as a poet.11 May 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlksnkafbs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mlhmfkwwi22mIf the Libs’ identity crisis explains One Nation and the inevitability of a coalition between the two, surely the ALP will finally twig that its own demise will only be prevented by enfranchising its left flank and forming a coalition with the Greens?10 May 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhmfkwwi22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mlfwzm3hbs2wThe electorate in Farrer https://static.klipy.com/ii/4e7bea9f7a3371424e6c16ebc93252fe/5c/35/uMd8WCNpiw8SvLs.gif?hh=230&ww=498&mp4=oNCh1QpSwhY9ri&webm=G2hKLOm4AiIJwAbN09 May 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfwzm3hbs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3mldfvj5eys2bI see the Bondi Royal Commission has devolved into ‘someone once said something nasty to me because I am Jewish’. We all despise prejudice against ANYONE based on race or religion but why is legitimate criticism of the state of Israel over genocide of Palestinians always recast as anti-semitism?08 May 2026 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldfvj5eys2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3ml6bg2o6ec2eSchoolboy stuff, except the kids are better behaved. The lower the stakes with these clowns the lower the behaviour. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fugitive-farley-ducks-tv-cameras-in-farrer-as-taylor-takes-firm-line-against-one-nation-20260506-p5zu63.html06 May 2026 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6bg2o6ec2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mrdenmore.bsky.social/post/3ml3rvkb6ks2dSomeone is going to have to explain to me how raising interest rates domestically lowers global oil prices. ‘When the only tool you have is a hammer…’ #RBAclueless https://media.tenor.com/tPm83AJNXusAAAAC/hammer-crush.gif?hh=498&ww=28105 May 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:smotwdka2difxv6pd2msryev/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3rvkb6ks2d