Deputy PM Anthony Albanese has beers with controversial MP Craig Thomson

It's interesting that the ALP spent $350,000 on Craig Thompson's legal fees.

Kevin Rudd has publicly come out and asked/begged/pleaded fror members of the public to donate $5 to fund the ALP campaign.

$350,000 divided by 5 is 70,000.

Julia Gillard said Craig Thompson had crossed a line and had to go from the ALP.

So to those gullible, naive fools who actually donate $5 to the ALP.

Craig Thompson says a big thank you.

Michael, is there any chance Ben Fordham can get Albo on his show and you can get his version of events about his attendance at the rub and tug joints. It is no coincidence that Albo and Thommo were talking to eachother: they were probably discussing new venues where they could get therapy for their back problems.

Both Alwaysleazey and Thomson wear them ripple soled shoes that used to called brothel creepers way back in the 60's

Judged by the Company One Keeps
by Unknown
Frequently attributed to Benjamin Hapgood Burt.

One night in late October,
When I was far from sober,
Returning with my load with manly pride,
My poor feet began to stutter,
So I lay down in the gutter,
And a pig came near and lay down by my side;
Then we sang "It's all fair weather when good fellows get together",

Till a lady passing by was heard to say:
"You can tell a man who boozes,
By the company he chooses",
And the pig got up and slowly walked away.

If "Kokoda Kev" Kardashian wants to lead a more 'Presidential' style of Government, he certainly has the right person for the role of "VICE President" - the A.L.P.'s Deputy Prime Brothel-Crawler, Alwaysleazy Albanese.

Good to see Alwaysleazy and Craig "It wasn't me!"; "No, wait a minute - Yes it was!" Thompson, two of the three members of the A.L.P.'s Parliamentary "Brothelyser Squad", out on the town. I suspect that closer inspection might have revealed their mate, Old Slippery Pete hiding under the table, up to heaven knows what.

Mitsubishi shut up shop 2 years ago; the A.L.P. have delivered on their last campaign promise of "Moving Ford"; Holden and Toyota are on their last legs, but at least under beady eyes of Labor's "Brothelyser Squad, the nation's knock shops and brothels will always be financial.

LABOR - bringing dignity, decorum and gravitas to a brothel near you!

I cannot understand why the media are not all over the Tru Thai massage story. It is deeply disturbing to me that the deputy PM has been openly visiting an illegal brothel with what is known about underworld connections to prostitution, and I am referring to organised crime involving bikie gangs and sex slavery.

Mr Albanese and Mr Rudd, I demand to know what our deputy PM is doing entering a premise apparently known to be illegally offering sexual services. With the state of corruption in the ALP, I am concerned that the highest offices of this land have been compromised further by organised crime. An explanation is well overdue.

"IT"S A BOY!!" Albo shouted. "I CAN"T BELIEVE IT!!! IT'S A BOY!!!". And with the tears welling in his eyes, Albo swore he would never again visit a Thai brothel.

Makes me wonder who else enjoyed a night's entertainment with Craig at the establishment on the credit card courtesy of the HSU.

Gee it's a crook world when a couple of mates can't have a beer after work without you lot tipping a bucket of s**** all over them.
When was it Illegal to have a beer with a mate Australia's gone down hill since I left..
PS:I paid my phone bill before I left.

You would have to wonder at the street smarts of these two. Thomson has nothing left to lose, for better or worse Albo is still Deputy PM and in an election campaign. After the $ he's being paid, next time someone says pay peanuts you get monkeys about pollies I'll bloody thump em!

Albanese must be hallucinating and thinking they're the NSW ALP not the national version.

Or is it just that NSW ALP and federal socialism are basically the same monster with two heads?

Hi Michael,

it really set my blood boiling every time I watched Albanese run interference whenever Thomson and Gillard were questioned in parliament. Everyone in the house, including every journalist, knew that what Albanese was doing was morally wrong.Every member of parliament knew of the eveidence you had on Gillard and still, Albanese kept on running interference.

If I had the technical ability, I would do a video of Albanese doing this to cover for Thomson and then I'd do another one of his unforgivable treatment of Julie Bishop. I will never ever forget watching our government laughing and enjoying themselves while watching Albanese and especially Gillard, ridiculing Julie Bishop and Tony Abbott who were trying to get to the truth.

I hope someone here can do something, for Michael to put up in a few days time.I want Australia to see the the government laughing at the people who were trying to uncover the inherent corruption in the labor party.

Thank you Michael for everything you do.

Political consorting or just Labor mates having a drink? Labor should know by now, It is all about voters perceptions. Edward James

It is not just the brothels that Right Dishonourable A.L.P. Parliamentarians frequent, that have organized crime connections - Kelvin Thompson, the A.L.P. Member for Wills (Bob Hawke's old seat) gave a favourable character reference for Tony Mokbel a few years ago, when the notorious convicted heroin dealer and multiple murderer was applying for a liquor license.

Don Mackay, Oily Al Grassby's Liberal opponent in Griffith, NSW, was murdered just after he orchestrated Grassby's long overdue defeat as A.L.P. representative for the seat of Eden-Monaro.

In every State and territory that the crooked, rotten and corrupt A.L.P. operates in, there are A.L.P. connections with criminals and A.L.P. former Parliamentarians either in, or about to be sentenced to, or recently released from, jails.

That's probably why they refer to their membership as the "rank-and-file". The members are rank, and a lot of them need a file to start work on the window bars in their cells.

Today it has been announced that millions will be spent on a "centre of excellence" for the South Sydney RLFC members and officials to enjoy. By the way , wasn't Albanese a former director of this outfit? How many more millions is this corrupt government going to borrow to ensure the fix is in?

Albo meets Thomson, now Dastyari going for Senate, my bet court case over the so call arrangement to pay the legal fees has gone away as Albo fixed the problem. Dastyari in the clear.

Hi Kurt.
For me, the moment that defines Albanese is when he reportedly left a chair on a political panel typeTV show and passed Piers Akerman in the wings. Akerman was replacing Albo in the chair.
Albo's comment to Akerman was along the lines of -
"If I had known it was you coming in, I'd have 'gollied' in the water glass." (Spat)
All style is Albo
There is no recovery from that level of slimy thinking.

Double snap ...

At $2.5K dollars, she was either one helluva hooker, or he had best buddies similarly occupied in the establishment or there was more than one player in the room.

Maybe that's why he was so aggrieved by his predicament - they all got their 'jollies' and he's the only one paying for it.

A bit OT but did you read that a Sydney Massage Parlour was robbed on Monday.
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Crime/2013/08/06/Sydney_massage_parlour_robbed_894118.html

They say you are known by the company you keep. - http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2209994

Craig was one of the masters apprentices, Senior Labor people know generically as the men who lunch a lot! Many of them are still lunching a lot! Edward James

Pros and cons, wonderful spot on i am sure! Edward James

Secretary of NSW Labor, Sam Dastyari (born in Northern Iran), denied a couple of weeks ago that he would be standing for the Senate if Matt Thistlewaite was chosen as the Labor's House of Reps candidate for Kingsford Smith.

It was announced today that Sam Dastyari will be on Labor's NSW ticket for the Senate.

Craig Thomson's lawyer (Chris McArdle) had recently taken legal action against NSW Labor and Sam Dastyari for reneging on an agreement to pay $35,000 towards McArdles' fees. McArdle has text messages between himself and Dastyari evidencing the agreement.

Anthony Albanese meets with Craig Thomson yesterday for a drink and to talk about old times.

Today we have the Sam Dastyari announcement that he is entering politics.

Could it be that we will hear very soon that Chris McArdle has lodged a Notice of Discontinuance of his action against NSW Labor and Sam Dastyari? What did Craig Thomson and Anthony Albanese really discuss at that meeting? Why was Dastyari given the green light to be a Senate candidate? Did NSW ALP right wing faction have its way? Albanese belongs to that faction so was he sent to be the mediator in the McArdle legal stouch?

How do the people of Kingsford Smith feel about their candidate Matt Thistlewaite being a pawn of Labor powerbrokers in this game of musical chairs - not once but twice. Matt Thistlewaite (a former General Secretary of NSW Labor) was parachuted into the Senate at the 2010 elections, taking office in 2011. In 2010 he worked for a short time with the legal firm Mallesons Stephen Jacques which was a change of direction for him as all of his working life had been with NSW Labor. NSW Labor was starting to smell. NSW Labor must have got desperate as they called him in to stand in the Federal Senate elections held at the end of 2010 and he gave up a promising legal career to answer the party's call.

Another former NSW General Secretary of the ALP, Mark Arbib, resigned from the Senate in 2012 as "it was getting too hot" in the kitchen, and he was replaced with that great man Bob Carr who, by the way, lives in the electorate of Kingsford Smith.

NSW Labor powerbrokers will never die.

Not a pal o' mine, just a palomine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMJfo-IxxEA

"Bettie Serveert – Palomine"

"Well I wish I had known your name
Is it possible that we might have felt the same
'bout the senselessness within the air
paints it's words almost everywhere
now the sun will always shine on this palomine

Well I wish I had known you then
well who knows I might have been a better friend
but now the senselessness within the air
paints it's words almost everywhere
how come life sometimes makes you feel so scared
I know the sun will always shine (2x)
yes the sun will always shine on this palomine

Well even when I think out about
the things you used to say out loud
even then I can't say I was prepared
to settle down to what you did
you made your choice and that was it
how come life sometimes makes you feel so scared
I know the sun will always shine (2x)
yes the sun will always shine on this palomine"