Friday Night Possum Rescue, Political News
On our way home tonight ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
caseopaya spotted a possum sitting in the middle of Yarra Blvd. It was clearly alive, but barely moved when I picked it up, but became somewhat more animated as we returned home, giving me a nip on the thumb. It was clearly somewhat wounded, with a bloody eye, probably on the receiving glance of a car. We rang Wildlife Victoria and then took the (now caged) critter to Lort Smith Animal Hospital.
It's been a busy week in politics. Last Tuesday I attended a Kew branch meeting of the ALP, and on the following night decided to drop out of the Federal campaign committee for Kooyong. I don't really have the time for working in a seat that we can't win; and in any case I've publically said in the past that the ALP shouldn't run candidates in seats liking Kooyong and Higgins that it can't win (plus it needs to work with the Greens to keep the LNP out of office). Apropos, ten questions that Labor MPs should be asking themselves. On Wednesday met with Benjamin P. of the Generation Alpha (FB) environmentalist group on Facebook.
The Tories have taken the opportunity to display their classic mentality with a pretty sexist menu, with a restaurant owner taking the role of patsy. As is often the case sexism is matched with homophobia, and West Australians can are blessed with the sacking of shock-jock, Howard Sattler. I think I was twelve at the time (way back in 1980!) when I was first published in a major newspaper with a letter to the editor criticising Sattler (it was on republicanism). If I can find that letter I'll repost.
caseopaya spotted a possum sitting in the middle of Yarra Blvd. It was clearly alive, but barely moved when I picked it up, but became somewhat more animated as we returned home, giving me a nip on the thumb. It was clearly somewhat wounded, with a bloody eye, probably on the receiving glance of a car. We rang Wildlife Victoria and then took the (now caged) critter to Lort Smith Animal Hospital.
It's been a busy week in politics. Last Tuesday I attended a Kew branch meeting of the ALP, and on the following night decided to drop out of the Federal campaign committee for Kooyong. I don't really have the time for working in a seat that we can't win; and in any case I've publically said in the past that the ALP shouldn't run candidates in seats liking Kooyong and Higgins that it can't win (plus it needs to work with the Greens to keep the LNP out of office). Apropos, ten questions that Labor MPs should be asking themselves. On Wednesday met with Benjamin P. of the Generation Alpha (FB) environmentalist group on Facebook.
The Tories have taken the opportunity to display their classic mentality with a pretty sexist menu, with a restaurant owner taking the role of patsy. As is often the case sexism is matched with homophobia, and West Australians can are blessed with the sacking of shock-jock, Howard Sattler. I think I was twelve at the time (way back in 1980!) when I was first published in a major newspaper with a letter to the editor criticising Sattler (it was on republicanism). If I can find that letter I'll repost.
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(N.A. possums don't carry rabies, they're just evil.)
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We used to let one visit our flat in St. Kilda, and would leave carrot and apple out for it.
http://levlafayette.com/files/possum03.jpg
It even tried the Linux operating system (Mandriva, if I remember correctly)
http://levlafayette.com/files/possum02.jpg
The good people at Lort Smith did mention that I should keep a couple of minor scratches (which did pierce my skin) clean; I had already done so with tea-tree oil and I'm already on antibiotics. It's already pretty much healed.
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Good idea, sounds like last week when my dog nipped me, I just put ointment on it and a band-aid to keep it from getting dirty. It's a good thing she's cute too.
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But ours are cute. Sooo cute.
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So wrong that my response to this is "ooooh" rather than "ewww". But it is.
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(Google fu fails me, I get "possums in plague proportions" (especially prefixed with 'pest') from New Zealanders.