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Dead Wobber

2010-10-29T10:45:00.000+10:00

"He was good man. He was the best guy in the world," one relative said.

Who does this clown think he's kidding? The oxygen thief approached security guards with a loaded handgun (possession of which in public a major offence on it's own - unless you are the member of a political minority, of course) with the intention of committing a robbery with violence - and some MORON says he was a "good man"???

The ONLY good thing Kaled Dib to benefit society was to have himself removed from it. If anyone is a genuinely good MAN, it is the security guard who removed this piece of trash from society!

Good riddance! Here is an edited version of the article with the underlined emphasis being mine.

Guard unlikely to face murder charge after robber's death
By Kara Lawrence and David Barrett

August 21, 2008 12:00am

A SECURITY guard who shot dead a convicted violent criminal is highly unlikely to face charges over the shooting, with police saying the evidence so far supports claims of self-defence.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal the dead would-be robber, Kaled Dib, 25, of Lidcombe, was convicted of assaulting two security guards at Parramatta's Albion Hotel earlier this year.

He also had unlicensed driving convictions from 2007 and police intelligence reports linked him to the drug trade, armed robberies and to criminals linked to armed robberies, police sources have confirmed.

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Two of the armed guards entered the branch about 6.20pm and almost immediately were confronted by two men, one of them Dib, wearing masks and brandishing handguns.

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"One of the men ran towards the third security guard who was positioned across the road, adjacent to the getaway car, raised his firearm at the guard, and the guard in self-defence fired one shot," Supt Cotter said.

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Dib was struck in the chest, dropping his handgun which was later found to be loaded. All three men managed to escape in a getaway car.

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At about 6.50pm, a Toyota Hilux utility driven by an associate of Dib pulled up outside Auburn Hospital and left him outside the emergency department. He was already dead.

At least 50 relatives and friends soon arrived at the hospital, demanding the release of his body for a Muslim funeral.

They had to be dispersed by police.

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About 50 mourners dressed in black attended Dib's family's home in Lidcombe yesterday.

"He was good man. He was the best guy in the world," one relative said.

"Everybody is so upset. It's a shock to all of us, but that's part of life."

Dib, who married in the past year, was convicted of the assault of two security guards in March. In June he was fined $1000 plus court costs.

So, in proving that there is no honour amongst thieves, they also dump their garbage somewhere other than at the tip - and the relatives have the absolute gall to want him back for a funeral and then kicked up a stink which required the police to break up (a 'stink' which, I presume, also included people requiring medical attention not being able to get to hospital for treatment).

THIS is why Islam is a curse on the face of this planet. It's followers are again proving that they are primarily STUPID and that the laws of this country do not apply to them.

The dickhead of a magistrate who let this dim-witted piece of shit back on the streets should also be buried with him because it is HIS fault that this even occurred due to not performing his duty when the opportunity presented itself.

Friday Funnies

2010-10-29T10:26:00.001+10:00

These were posted in one of the comment areas of a post on Townhall recently and they were too good to not share.

Enjoy :)

Q: What is the difference between ObamaCare and a car battery?
A: The battery has a positive side.

Q. Why did Obama cross the road?
A. Actually, Obama promised to cross the road, but then he didn't.

President Obama is to statesmanship as an Etch-A-Sketch is to art.

Q. Why was Obama staring at the frozen orange juice can?
A. It said "concentrate".

Q. Why did President Obama feel it was necessary for him to apologize to the world and to degrade the United States?
A. Jimmy Carter had laryngitis.

Q. What do Obama and Osama have in common?
A. They both have friends who bombed the Pentagon.

Q. Why did Obama change his name from Barry to Barack?
A. He thought Barry sounded too American.

Q. Why are there only 2 pallbearers at a Muslim funeral?
A. There's only 2 handles on a garbage can.

Q: Why don't Muslims go out drinking?
A: Why should they when they can get bombed at home?

Q. Why do seagulls have wings?
A. To beat the Muslims to the garbage dump.

Q: What will most Muslims in this country eventually be asked?
A: "Will the defendant please rise?"

Q. How do you address the most powerful Muslim in the world?
A. Mr. President.

Q. What is the Obama Administration's official term for Muslim terrorist?
A. The victim.

Q. What is the current position of Homeland Security regarding terror?
A. If you see a terrorist about to blow himself up, go up to him and say, "Hey! Stop that!"

Q. Did you hear about the latest Muslim invention?
A. Nobody has.

Q. How did the Muslim mother teach her son which way to put his underwear on?
A. Fuse in the front!

Q. What do you call a Muslim who owns a camel and a goat?
A. Bisexual.

Q. What's the difference between Cindy Sheehan and a terrorist enemy?
A. Nothing.

Q. What's the difference between Michael Moore and a one ton CARE package?
A. Michael Moore, if sliced real thin, can feed a larger Afghan village.

Q. Did you hear the one about the Muslim who won a Nobel Prize in Mathematics?
A. There is a Muslim that understands mathematics???

Q. How many muslims does it take to change a roll of toilet paper?
A. What's toilet paper?

Q: What do you ask a man who's just converted to Islam?
A: "Have you started beating your wife?"

Q. How many Muslim extremists will it take to destroy America?
A. None, American Liberals can do it all by themselves, thank you.

Q. How many Muslims does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A. What's a light bulb?

Q. Who are the Muslim 3 Stooges?
A. Saladin, Mohammed, and Osama. Nyuck, Nyuck!

Q: What's the difference between a dead skunk in the road and a dead Democrat in the road?
A: Vultures will eat the skunk.

Q: What's the difference between Obama and a catfish?
A: One is an ugly, scum sucking bottom-feeder and the other is a fish

Q. What do Tehran and Hiroshima have in common?
A. Nothing.... yet.

Q: How can you tell if a Muslim girl is old enough to marry?
A: Make her stand in a barrel. If her chin is over the top, she's old enough. If it isn't, cut the barrel down until her chin is over the top.

Q. What's the difference between a Muslim and a vampire?
A. At some point the vampire will stop being bloodthirsty.

Q. What do you call a Muslim who owns 6 goats?
A. A pimp.

Q. Mohamed and Mouloud are in a car, who’s driving?
A. The police.

Q. What do you call two muslim guys in front of a trash can?
A. A family portrait.

Q. What do you call two muslim guys and two muslim girls in front of a trash can?
A. A night-club.

Q. What’s the difference between a run-over dog and a run-over Arab?
A. There’s usually skid marks in front of the dog.

Q. What’s the difference between E.T and an arab?
A. ET eventually went home

Long time gone....

2010-04-20T14:04:00.002+10:00

You know - I didn't realise just how long it has been since I last posted. I guess this may have something to do with finding someone in my life that doesn't tell me to "shut my cakehole" when I start ranting about the dickheads of this world.

I think I have inflicted more than enough on her, so now I will again start putting on the blog so that only those who are silly enough to read my crap will have to tolerate it.

Great to be back :)

Take Out The Trash

2008-11-04T16:54:00.001+10:00

Are the Bali Bombers dead yet?

Why not?

Why have these useless pieces of trash not been eradicated from the face of the planet? In this, I mean those who constructed the bombs; those who planned the events; those who planted the bombs; and the limpdicks who think that death is not a solution and that this crowd should be allowed to live their days in prison.

In short - not only should these three bombers (names are irrelevant because I choose not to show them the courtesy of learning to speak such filth) be tortured in a way not dissimilar to what many INNOCENT people experienced thanks to the shrapnel used in the devices that shredded the flesh from so many people - but they should also suffer in death. These people should be informed in the seconds before they die that upon death, their worthless carcasses will be cut into four sections (quartered) and then shipped in the opposing four directions of the island to be buried. The burial site would be coated in lime to enhance decomposition and thus thwart attempts to bring the sections back together AND be bathed in pig faeces.

Does this sound inhuman? Does it sound uncaring? Oh - I forgot - these people have rights, don't they. We have to allow them to be buried with the dignity and respect that is demanded by their religion.

Well, guess what....?

They are NOT entitled to any dignity. They are NOT entitled to respect. They do not have any rights since they decreed that it was OK to flay the flesh from people who did nothing more to their society than prop up their tourist trade. They are entitled to NOTHING but utter contempt.

If their religion truly was just and honourable, practitioners would have disowned and disbarred them from practicing years ago. Heads of Christian churches do not condone the actions of the KKK and will not recognise them as proponents of the religion - yet not only are these examples of societal excrement allowed to continue to practice their "religion", they get special treatment on holidays. On top of that, there is footage taken this year of a law enforcement official shaking the hands of one of this people! This is nothing short of abhorrent!

What has happened with the Bali Bombers just goes to prove that Islam is a curse on humanity and that it needs to be eradicated COMPLETELY. I don't give a flying shit if you want to argue about what Catholics did in the name of Christianity. What they did was wrong but they grew past it and grew up - Islam retains it's stone-age mentality and utterly refuses to advance itself in any way, shape or form.

So - kill them - kill them now - and ensure that they know that they will NEVER see their heaven and that if they do, their 70-odd virgins will be utterly repulsed at the sight of them!

Privacy concerns on speed cameras

2008-09-23T15:08:00.002+10:00

So here we go again... Victoria (the Police State) is wanting to bring in an automatic number-plate recognition system for all vehicles on the roads down there.

While I can see the merits in such a system, I know FOR AN ABSOLUTE FACT that it WILL be abused and that the intention for bringing in such a system is brought about by the trend lately for police to go after soft targets. That is, chasing the revenue dollar of Joe & Jane Average who may stray 3km over the speed limit as
opposed to those who drive unlicenced, unregistered, uninsured, commit genuine acts of road rage (not the pussy acts like flipping the bird), use false number plates, etc etc etc - and will be able to mask either themselves or their vehicles so that they cannot be photographed. These are the people that have something to hide and will be able to hide themselves quite easily while those who do not will be tracked relentlessly. Why are innocent people going about their business being tracked?

The system won't even catch the majority of the dipshits in their turbo-powered shitboxes (that sneeze every time they change gears) or the whackers in their 6-cylinder Commondores & Foulcans that go "Look at me! I can spin one wheel on a rain-slicked road!" - because many use false or stolen numberplates anyway!

This project ISN'T about protecting society by chasing criminals and getting them off the streets - this project is about the utter laziness of politicians and cops to do something constructive in society when it comes to dealing with the offenders they catch and "coercing" them to not reoffend. They just want to be able to track each and every person and then use the halfwits excuse of "If you do nothing wrong then you've nothing to worry about!"

Well, SHIT FOR BRAINS, maybe I would like to walk down the street without being tracked and having someone looking over my shoulder all the time? It's a proven fact (it is because I say that it is!) that when genuine contributors to society need a cop, there isn't one to be found - but when a criminal bashes a 75 year old woman for $15 so that he can get drugs, suddenly he has rights and the police are there to protect him!

Read the article....

Privacy concerns on speed cameras

Karen Dearne | September 23, 2008

CRIMTRAC's planned automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system could become a mass surveillance system, taking as many as 70 million photos of cars and drivers every day across a vast network of roadside cameras.

State and federal police forces want full-frontal images of vehicles, including the driver and front passenger, that are clear enough for identification purposes and usable as evidence in court.

"All vehicles passing through a fixed or mobile ANPR camera will have the data recorded and available for interrogation," CrimTrac told the Queensland TravelSafe inquiry into the use of ANPR for road safety.

"Existing camera applications, such as Safe-T-Cam, red light and speed cameras could be upgraded where necessary to provide constant live streaming to a central database.

"National connectivity would be achieved through secure digital networks for fixed cameras. Law enforcement agencies would also use mobile units."

David Vaile, executive director of the University of NSW's Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, warned that the ANPR "could become the next Access Card".

"As a public surveillance system that could be linked to facial recognition, this has enough technology behind it to impinge on everybody's daily life," Mr Vaile said.

"CrimTrac has told us there will be 5000 cameras around the country, overwhelmingly in populated areas, taking some 70 million photos every day.

"There'll be maybe 1000 cameras in downtown Sydney, close to that number in Melbourne, perhaps 100 or so in Brisbane.

"If you use the main roads, you're likely to be snapped several times a day, and all those photos and any related data will be held by CrimTrac for up to five years."

Mr Vaile said it was false to represent the proposal as number plate recognition: "It's a photograph-all-drivers system."

At present, there are an estimated 300 fixed ANPR cameras and 100 mobile units in Australia.

CrimTrac is due to hand a $2.2 million scoping study for an integrated ANPR to the Minister for Home Affairs, Bob Debus, and the Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management in November.

According to a privacy consultation paper issued in June, all ANPR data collected would be made available to participating agencies in real time, and retained for five years for future investigations.

The national system would consist of "sightings data from all cameras in all jurisdictions of all vehicles that pass the camera points".

CrimTrac proposes siting fixed cameras at state border crossings, on main roads, in city centres and around infrastructure such as ports.

CrimTrac ANPR program manager Darren Booy said road transport, police and national security agencies had agreed images were needed for certain vehicle sightings.

"At times, police might not know that a vehicle is stolen or wanted in connection with a crime such as armed robbery until some time after the event," he said.

"Therefore, there's a requirement to capture all vehicle sightings and make those images available for analysis and data matching either immediately or at a later time."

Mr Booy said no decision had been made on the period for which images would be kept.

Images would be retained in cases where a vehicle was on a hot list of stolen or unregistered cars, or in cases involving unlicensed drivers or people wanted by police.

(see the rest online....)

This whole idea is just another push to turn everyone into potential criminals and override their rights under the system that is supposed to regard everyone as innocent until proven guilty in a court of law or by a jury of their peers. Photographing everyone who moves somehow makes the Police & the Judiciary think that you are there in court to prove your innocence rather than them having to prove your guilt - and that is against everything that the Westminster System is supposed to stand for.

My solution to the problems of criminals and prisons is to build a dirty big one in the middle of the Simpson Desert and segregate everyone out there. Nowhere to run - nowhere to hide - and any improper actions of the prisoners is met with extreme force. If you don't like it there - don't go back!

But no - the pantywaist culture that this country is embracing of "protect the criminal and persecute the innocent" is very much alive and well!

The problem is that for every stupid idea like this that gets promoted in Victoria - every other dictatorial state in this country wants to do the same.

If innocent people are going to be hounded and treated like criminals just for paying their taxes and maybe driving a little bit over an grossly-outdated speed limit: maybe I should become one of the protected ones - a criminal? I can see myself being quite happy in executing a few drug dealers and users just for fun - and the funny thing about that is that not only will the government, the judiciary and the police protect me for it - I will be doing more a service to society than all of them combined!

Prostitution Teacher

2008-09-23T11:53:00.002+10:00

Interesting news from New Zealand on Stuff.

Teacher is also a prostitute

Monday, 22 September 2008

An Auckland primary school teacher moonlighting as a prostitute will have to wait for a decision on her future employment by her school's board of trustees.

The new teacher, a mother in her 30s with two children, has been working as a prostitute to supplement her income, the Herald on Sunday reported.

The newspaper, which did not name the teacher or her school, said a parent told the teacher's principal, who was balancing a possible negative reaction from parents with the woman's right to work in a job that has been legal in New Zealand since 2003.

It has been referred to the school's board of trustees, which will meet in committee to debate whether to ignore the issue, discipline the teacher or ask the Teachers' Council to decide.

The woman reportedly told the principal that her action in her own time was not his concern, and that it was not affecting her ability as a teacher.

Teachers Council director Peter Lind said the most important factor was whether the teacher's second job was affecting her teaching duties, "and there would have to be actual evidence".

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Another employment lawyer, Patrick Walsh, said the council could intervene if the school deemed the teacher's second job involved "conduct that brings discredit to the profession".
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So, yet again we see a section of the community thinking itself to be better than the rest of the world and decides to dictate terms to those who are a aprt of that community.
Here we have a teacher who wants to supplement her income as a teacher by working as a prostitute and the wowsers have a problem with this. Why? Are they worried that she will start charging students if business is slow? It's a profession that is legal in NZ yet they choose to attack her over her choice of what she does in her personal life. If anyone is to have a problem with this, it can be her husband or family - everyone else can go and get stuffed!

"Johnny - your dad looks hot... I think he needs to attend a parent-teacher conference to discuss your educational needs. Can you tell him that I will need to see him on Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday?"

Going on what I have seen in the last 20 years with regards the standards of teaching around the world - the profession that will suffer more from the combination of the two will be the oldest one. Of course, it couldn't hurt her should some of her customers want to be disciplined by the Naughty Teacher.

NOW - Stupid, stupid women....

2008-09-18T10:09:00.003+10:00

Interesting....

Women's groups back Obama over McCain, Palin

By Lincoln Archer
September 17, 2008 08:40am

* Women's groups back Obama over McCain
* Say Sarah Palin not enough to win them over
* Obama, Biden vs McCain, Palin: US presidential election

IF Sarah Palin's selection as John McCain's running mate was designed to start a stampede of high-profile endorsements from heavy-hitting women's groups, it has not worked.

But if it was intended to entice a bloc of white women voters into the Republican fold, it might be all systems go.

The leaders of six women's groups stood together overnight to announce that they were backing Barack Obama in the US presidential election, saying Mrs Palin's inclusion on the Republican ticket was not enough to win their approval.

One group, the National Organisation for Women, said it had not endorsed a White House candidate in nearly 25 years but was speaking out this time to highlight Senator McCain's record on so-called women's issues.

The NOW had supported Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries, however, so a Democratic endorsement at this election was likely this time around anyway.

(read article for remainder....)

NOW (the National Organisation for Women) thinks that it speaks for all women in America when clearly it does not. The organisation initially threw it's support behind a candidate (Hillary) who, in her personal life, condones adultery and tolerates a liar in the family AND at the highest levels of government. This means that she's either easily fooled (unlikely) or she will tolerate behaviours like this in order to maintain her social status of power.

So... this equates to NOW saying that it's OK for women to grab the power and the money regardless of what the bloke in their life does. Nice.

I am SO glad that there are REAL women like Palin in the USA and that NOW doesn't like them - it gives me great hope that the USA isn't heading down the greatest socialist toilet that so many moonbats seem to desire.

Achmed the Dead Terrorist & Friends

2008-02-01T15:48:00.000+10:00

This has to be the funniest thing I have read in ages (OK - I can't count the ROTFLMAO user comments associated with Amazon selling a Badonkadonk - some of them are great :)

Anyway - the report here in question is a real life version of Achmed the Dead Terrorist on YouTube. I could embed the videos here but my internet connection is cracking up and I just couldn't be bothered. You can also search on "Jingle Bombs" for a funny version of the Christmas Carol.

Suicide bomber falls down stairs ...

Article from: Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Khost, Afghanistan

January 24, 2008 11:39am

A WOULD-be suicide bomber fell down a flight of stairs and blew himself up as he headed out for an attack in Afghanistan, police say.

It was the second such incident in two days, with another man killing himself and three others on Tuesday when his bomb-filled waistcoat exploded as he was putting it on in the southern town of Lashkar Gah.

Yesterday's blast was in a busy market area of the eastern town of Khost, a deputy provincial police chief said.

The would-be attacker tripped as he was leaving a building apparently to target an opening ceremony for a mosque that was expected to be attended by Afghan and international military officials, said Sakhi Mir.

"Coming down the stairs, he fell down and exploded. Two civilian women and a man were wounded,'' Mir said.
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How would you be? "I am ready to die for Allah and to kill the infidels! I have my bomb... I've said goodbye to my family... I've said my prayers... I've put my sandles on the wrong feet... Whoa! Whoa! WHOA! WHO THOSE FUCKING STEPS THERE??? *thwup* - budda-budda-budda-budda-budda-***BOOM***!!!!!"
Should be more of it just for the comedic value :)

Don't get sick under Labor!!

2007-12-10T16:02:00.000+10:00

Hardly surprising that yet another Labor-led state government is refusing to take responsibility for it's constituents and tries to blame all & sundry for their own ineptitude.

What makes Phillip Island a special case that they're not entitled to a hospital or medical care? I don't know for sure but I wouldn't mind betting that it may not be in a strong Labor electorate. Never let it be said that "incompetence and Labor" doesn't go hand-in-hand like "Labor & Jobs-for-the-union-boys", "Labor & corruption", "Labor & nepotism" and *.... (and the list goes on....)

Hospital troubles not my problem: Premier

Posted Wed Dec 5, 2007 3:38pm AEDT

Victorian Premier John Brumby says his government will not be saving the only hospital on Phillip Island.

The board of the Warley Hospital has appealed for government help but the Victorian Premier John Brumby says it is not the responsibility of the State Government.

The Victorian Government is refusing to step in and save Phillip Island's only hospital.

The management of the privately run, not-for-profit Warley Hospital, has held a crisis meeting to discuss ways of staying open, as it faces severe financial problems and was forced to sell equipment to pay staff and bills.

Warley management is now hoping the Federal Government will come to the rescue.

The Premier John Brumby says his government has no responsibility for private hospitals such as Warley.

"It's not a government-run hospital and it's not a bush nursing hospital, where there are often ah [sic] half-way in between a private and a public," he said.

"So it's really an issue for the hospital itself and for the Federal Government, it's not something which the State Government directly funds."

The Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson says the hospital's imminent closure is a test for the new Health Minister, Nicola Roxon.

"The extent to which Nicola Roxon shows her early commitment to keeping the Warley Hospital open and the commitment to the Phillip Island community through it will be the yardstick against which her performance in this portfolio will be measured in its early days," he said.

Ms Roxon has been unavailable for comment.

It's clear that your health is unimportant to the Victorian government if it means that they have to do their job in supplying and assisting health-care facilities.

Prison - nice place to visit but....

2007-12-10T15:59:00.001+10:00

(actually - no it's not!)

Sorry - I have an archive of news stories to make comment about and I've only just gotten to this one...

Graphic video of prison assault sparks sacking call

By Keith Moor
November 22, 2007 03:26pm

AT least three prison officers involved in the alleged savage assault of a remand inmate should be sacked, the state watchdog has said.

Graphic footage of prison officers allegedly assaulting the inmate was tabled in State Parliament by State Ombudsman George Brouwer today.

At least three Melbourne Custody Centre (MCC) staff may be charged over the incident.

Victoria Police is investigating what Mr Brouwer described as "serious mistreatment involving an excessive use of force" against the prisoner.

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It shows a seemingly compliant prisoner in the early stages of being strip searched.

One MCC staff member lunged at the prisoner and grabbed him around the throat as a second officer helped wrestle him to the ground.

Several other officers entered the room seconds later and a female officer allegedly punched the already restrained prisoner.

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Here's a tip... If you don't like the idea of being strip-searched nor run the risk of having the snot beaten out of you (by a woman, yet) - then DON'T do shit that is liable to land you in prison. I don't know how much clearer a concept that could be.

Everyone knows that prison isn't a fun place to be - so why do things that will put you there - STUPID??!!

Cowardly Taliban

2007-12-10T15:50:00.000+10:00

I've said it before and I will say it again:

The Taliban are COWARDS!

& the supporters of the Taliban are lower than pig-shit

(and this includes the Saudi Royal Family!)

What gives me cause to say this?

I take every right to say this about these Dune Coons when they indulge in practices such as this. Why pick on a kid for knowing another language and teaching his mates?

Taliban kill boy, 16, for teaching English to mates

By Elyas Wahdat in Khost, Afghanistan

November 16, 2007 12:42am

TALIBAN militants shot dead a teenage boy in southeastern Afghanistan for teaching English to his classmates, police said.

Taliban militants have killed a number of teachers and students in recent years for attending government-run schools, taking part in classes for girls or what the hardline Islamist militants consider un-Islamic subjects.

"...un-Islamic subjects..."
And just would qualify as an "Islamic subject"? Would these be good examples?
- Goat Raping 101: Basic techniques and how to tether.
- Goat Raping 102: How to 'do' not only the jenny & the kid but also the Billy (incorporating all aspects of Islam: deprivation of liberty & terrorism; misogynism; paedophila; beastiality & homosexuality).
- Female circumcision 201: how to perform with ceremonial knives.
- Female circumcision 202: how to perform with fingernails and stones.
- Islamic Justice for Women: How a rape victim is always to blame while the perpetrators are just "...doing Allah's will"
- Islamic Justice for Men: *deleted course* as no real 'men' exist in Islam.
- "Allah says so...": How to be a big, tough, strong, Muslim 'man' when beating women and how to cry like a little bitch when meeting someone who will not cower in fear.
- Media Manipulation 301: How to pretend to have the high moral ground on any topic and have the fools in the media believe any garbage you say.
- Stupidity & Judaism 401: "I throw rocks at you, Jewish Pig, but you can't shoot back at me as I hide in a temple on hallowed ground as I am a holy man!"
- Stupidity & Judaism 402: How to push an Israeli just so far until the media shows up.

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Armed men arrived at the school in the Sayed Karam district of Paktia province and grabbed a 16-year-old student and dragged him outside.

“Taliban militants took the boy out and killed him outside the school just because he was teaching English to his classmates,” said General Esmatullah Alizai, the police chief of Paktia province.

Police arrived on the scene and in the ensuing gun battle, two policemen and two militants were killed, he said.

A Taliban spokesman denied the group was involved in the killing.

The militants often deny carrying out unpopular actions.

[..]

Sure they will deny carrying out unpopular actions - did I not make it clear that the Taliban are cowards and will not take responsibility for their actions? Something to do with "crying like little bitches"?

Saudi Royals Family reaffirm terrorist stance.

2007-12-07T14:03:00.000+10:00

This is an absolute crock of shit!

A promise from a terrorist is as good as a promise from a thief - unless, of course, those accepting the promise share the same ideals....

It would appear that the Saudi Royal Family are sympathisers to the Al Qaeda cause. I hope this fact is remembered when it comes to demonstrating how terrorists and their supporters are treated when captured.

These people show nothing but contempt for Westerners and their own women so it wouldn't be a big deal if the whole lot were thrown back into their own country and had the borders sealed.

1,500 Qaeda Members Freed After Counseling
(Part 2)

By ELI LAKE
Staff Reporter of the Sun
November 27, 2007

WASHINGTON — On the eve of the Annapolis summit on the Middle East conflict, the Saudi royal family released 1,500 members of Al Qaeda from prison, requiring them only to promise to refrain from jihad within the Arabian Peninsula.

The presence of the Saudi foreign minister, Saud al-Faisal, at the peace parley has been touted by the White House and the State Department as an important diplomatic breakthrough.

Mr. Faisal has said he was reluctant to attend the meeting, the first time the Saudis would be formal participants in an international peace conference dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict. In an interview with Time magazine, he said he would not shake the Israeli prime minister's hand and that he was only interested in a response to his kingdom's peace offer, a full withdrawal from the territory Israel won in 1967 in exchange for peace.

Mr. Faisal is nothing more than an immature coward with no intention of having peace.

However, while the State Department was wooing the Saudi foreign minister, the kingdom's Interior Ministry released about 1,500 Al Qaeda members arrested in crackdowns that began in 2003 against the group headed by Osama bin Laden.

The story first broke over the weekend in the Saudi newspaper Al Watan. In an interview with the newspaper, a member of a special committee to reform jihadists in the kingdom, Muhammad al-Nujaimi, said the newly released prisoners had been reformed.

"The committee has met around 5,000 times to offer counseling to 3,200 people, who were accused of embracing the takfir ideology. The committee has successfully completed reforming 1,500 people," he said.

What utter, contemptible lies! "The committee met 5,000 times"... Since 2003?
Right! I believe you halfwits! Millions wouldn't - but I do!
Let's do some sums.... Take a full year in 2007 & a full year in 2003 (when the 'crackdowns' started); add 1 for the leap year -- that becomes 1,826 days. That equates to a near repetitive sequence of 2 meeting per day for 2 days and then 3 on the third day. Since WHEN does any committee get ANYTHING done let alone meet that frequently to discuss strategies and solutions?
Whoever told this figure of 5,000 meetings is a LIAR!

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The ideology of takfir is prevalent in both fundamentalist interpretations of Sunni and Shiite Islam, and it holds that there are separate rules that allow Muslims to kill, lie to, and steal from nonbelievers.

While the Saudi state has at times been targeted by Muslims embracing the philosophy of takfir, its mosques and Ministry of Culture and Information also have been exporting the strain of Islam that encourages this doctrine.

And yes, we still have airheaded cocksuckers telling the world that Islam is not dangerous; it's followers are peace-loving and kind; and that even joking about The Prophet being a war-mongering paedophile ("peace be upon him") won't get you killed. There's that believability thing again....

Yesterday, an American intelligence analyst who was following the story said he was wary about the release of the prisoners. "This Saudi process of reform has been so opaque. What no one knows right now is whether the people who have gone through this program have pledged to stop practicing terror or whether they are only pledging to stop terror inside the kingdom."

Considering that dealing with towel-heads in general - they change the rules to suit themselves. They think everyone as stupid as they are to believe their childish lies.

Mr. Nujaimi told Al Watan that the reformed prisoners have pledged to end their campaign to rid the Arabian Peninsula of infidels. "After several graded sessions with the committee, and having been convinced of their misguided vision, they renounced their erroneous ideologies, including the concept of driving out all infidels from the Arabian Peninsula," he said.

Bullshit!

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This is America - speak Spanish you Gringos!

2007-12-06T17:43:00.000+10:00

What a crock of shit!

Spanish-Speaking Workers Challenge English-Only Policy at Sheet Metal Factory
Monday, November 26, 2007
By Catherine Donaldson-Evans

After a sheet metal plant in Connecticut ordered its employees to speak only English on the job because of safety concerns, five Spanish-speaking workers decided to take the company to court.

The employees, who are legal immigrants, say the rule amounts to discrimination and actually makes the workplace more hazardous.

No, DICKHEAD - it makes it more hazardous to have multiple languages in a predominantly english-speaking country! If someone yells out to a co-worker to "LOOK OUT!" in a language that is not that on which the country is based: chances are that the other worker will be injured from not "looking out".

"I can think of no good reason for them to institute this policy," said Steven Jacobs, the lawyer for the workers who are suing GC Industries in Deep River, Conn. "It's offensive to people who speak Spanish and is potentially dangerous. It inhibits them from communicating in their native tongue in situations that could put people at risk."

You're a lawyer - what the fuck would you know about common sense or working in a factory anyway?

According to the lawsuit, the plant's "Common Language Policy" was suddenly posted in fliers on the factory bulletin board on March 15, 2006.

The notice stated that "there be one language spoken during working time at all plants and facilities of GCI, and that language is English." It specified that the policy would be enforced when "any employee is 'on the clock,'" and said violations could lead to warnings and dismissal.

Damn straight! Three cheers for the company in this instance!

Court documents show that the announcement, which was also posted in Spanish, was signed by company president Thomas Arbella.

But Andres Moran, who speaks fluent English, said he and his four co-plaintiffs needed to communicate in Spanish in order to do their jobs.

BULLSHIT! If they want to converse in Spanish in order to do their jobs - how about they fuck off back to Mexico where they will be expected to speak in Spanish and their coworkers can understand them?

"Not everybody over there is fluent in English," said Moran, 22. "How would I be able to talk to them? I wouldn't be able to communicate with them. That was my argument. ... I kept on speaking Spanish to whoever understood my language."

Why are they in America seeking new opportunities and a new life if they don't wish to leave behind their old ones?

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has discouraged such blanket English-only mandates at work, unless they are justified as a business necessity.

Maybe not a business necessity but I would suggest that it is a safety aspect.

"A rule requiring employees to speak only English at all times on the job may violate Title VII, unless an employer shows it is necessary for conducting business," the EEOC says on its Web site. "If an employer believes the English-only rule is critical for business purposes, employees have to be told when they must speak English and the consequences for violating the rule."

A company must also specify why the use of another language hurts or interferes with productivity and efficiency, according to the EEOC.

Moran said that although the rest of the GCI employees "kind of shut their mouth and didn't speak at all," he and the other four continued to use Spanish with their coworkers who weren't well-versed in English.

Again - here's a hint... Learn the language or piss off back to South America if you can't leave it behind!

The five plaintiffs received a second warning to stop speaking Spanish while at work — or face dismissal. Executives told the workers that they could institute any policy they liked because GCI is a private company.

"I felt like I was a slave, basically," said Moran. "I felt discriminated against, violated. I didn't know what to do."

He had the English stick shoved up his arse? He was violated because he wanted everything his way and couldn't have it? Hint: there is a reason why Mexico and South American countries are the way they are - don't come to a prosperous country and expect everything to change to suit how it was "back home" or it will just become a slum as well!

Moran was later transferred from being a packer — which involves packaging sheets of metal — to the more strenuous and less desirable job of hanger, which requires workers to hang heavy sections of metal on racks on the assembly line.

Despite the fact that it was harder work, he said, he was paid the same $9 an hour.

When he persisted in speaking Spanish and asking for his old job back, Moran was laid off after about nine months with the company, he said.

"Richard [Gordon, GCI general manager] took me outside and said, 'We don't need you working anymore. We're not getting as much production,'" Moran remembered. "The next week, they hired somebody else."

You kicked the wrong shit on that one and got what you deserved.

A woman answering the phone at GCI declined to give her name or comment on the legal battle.

The five workers filed their discrimination lawsuit against GCI last week, and are seeking compensatory and punitive damages in the amount of $100,000 per employee, according to Jacobs. The civil suit could ultimately go before a jury.

Jacobs said he also filed a discrimination complaint on behalf of the men with the EEOC and the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights in late spring of 2006.

The plaintiffs contend that GCI hasn't demonstrated how speaking Spanish has had a negative impact on business. To the contrary, they argue, the common-language rule could actually hurt workflow, since so many employees have limited knowledge of English. Most of the GCI employees are of Hispanic origin, according to Jacobs.

"The company claims that the reason for the rule was to enhance the safety of the workplace," he said. "I find that excuse hard to accept when 75 to 80 percent of the workforce speaks Spanish."

He and his clients remain bewildered about what triggered the change in policy.

"I still don't know why they did it," Moran said. "Nobody complained. Nobody cared. ... They're still trying to tell people not to speak Spanish."

Since when was Connecticut in South America? 75-80% of the entire workforce speaks Spanish? Wow - Connecticut really is south of the border! Is it like Hawaii? A seperated state from the mainland?
Idiots >:(

Shitty poems

2007-12-06T17:30:00.000+10:00

You know - I never really thought about Islam having poets amongst it's followers - let alone one that would be thought of as a msytic

Prince Charles Visits Muslim Mystic's Tomb in Turkey

Monday, November 26, 2007

KONYA, Turkey — Prince Charles and his wife visited the mausoleum of one of Islam's greatest mystic poets Monday and watched the traditional whirling dance of his followers, the dervishes.

The heir to the British throne and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are on a four-day tour of historic sites in Turkey.

I bet the minders kept a close eye on her to ensure that she didn't get rounded up into some camel sales....

In Konya, central Turkey, they visited the mausoleum of the 13th-century poet Mavlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi, who is considered to be the father of Sufism — the mystical form of Islam that preaches tolerance and love.

There's a form of Islam that teaches tolerance and love??? Since when??? Going on the deadshit variety of followers that they let into this country, I'm inclined to believe that this form no longer exists.

The two looked at handwritten books and costumes as well as verses of the Quran painted on the ceiling.

"Verses of the Quran painted on the ceiling"?? I had the impression that their holy book and the verses contained therein could not be used as artwork or taken in any variation outside the book lest it be deemed blasphemous?
Hmmm... Yet another example of followers of the Cult of the Paedophile making up 'the rules' as they go along.

Charles and Camilla later watched dervishes whirl in a traditional trancelike meditation, called sema, one palm turned up toward heaven, the other turned down toward earth.

In a speech after the sema ceremony, the prince said: "What better place then here near the resting place of (al-Rumi) to rededicate ourselves to the purpose of reacquiring an understanding heart and a rebalance of the East and West in ourselves."

What will reacquire a rebalance of the East and West is for these towel-heads to mature as a people OUT of the bronze age and allign their thinking with the rest of the planet in accepting others who may not be believers in the same things that they use to guide their lives. Until then, I feel perfectly justified in saying all that I do about this "religion" and it's false prophet!

As for the "great" mystic poet, Mavlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi - I might suggest that being a follower himself of the famous child-rapist/war-monger, his poetry may be something like this:

I saw a 9-year-old
I thought for a moment
Would it seem so bold
To buy her for a goat?

I never said he was a good poet but I suppose it loses a bit in the translation.... >:)

Why Didn't she die??

2007-11-27T17:47:00.000+10:00

Go on - call me racist - I dare ya!
If you do, then that puts you squarely in the typically-illiterate-numbnut-do-gooder category - that is: someone who hears a snippet of a point of a conversation and immediately springs to the defence of an individual if they happen to be one of the 'downtrodden' types.

One thing I have discovered is that those who charge to the defence of blacks / aboriginals / Africans / Mexicans / whatever stating that these people need special requirements to allow them to integrate with society - THEY are the racists! Instead of saying: "Hey - life's tough for everyone - pull your socks up and get on with the job.", these people will infer: "Hey - you're just a dumb coon that clearly isn't as intelligent as I am, so I will make special conditions so that my special mentally-retarded-through-race friend can integrate with us nice white folk."

Life is tough for everyone - not just minorities - and being condescending to people, regardless of race, is insulting and ignorant to those people. Many will notice that I dislike Islam immensely and I'm not about to change the way I think because I refuse to tolerate the bad behaviour that is propagated by a not insignificant number of followers of the Cult of the Paedophile. This behaviour is not "cultural" and the rest of the world shouldn't have to put up with it because some greenie thinks it's because the stone-chucker is stupid. It's not cultural - it's bullshit! They need to grow up as a people and realise that if they are to exist in a world with 5+ billion other people that the lies they believe are not the law for every single person on the planet.

Similarly - people who traffic drugs and are happy for others to die, thanks to addiction, and show no remorse for it - they too need to learn the hard way.

I just find it annoying that this story didn't have a happy ending. The kind of happy ending where the mule dies and the world is less one person willing to make life shit for others.

Woman charged over 'kilo of drugs in stomach'

November 27, 2007 09:54am

AUSTRALIAN Federal Police (AFP) have charged a South African woman with smuggling more than a kilogram of illegal drugs in her stomach.

The 35-year-old woman arrived at Sydney airport on Saturday and was selected for a baggage examination by Customs officers, the AFP said.

During questioning, officers became suspicious that she might have been concealing drugs internally.

The AFP took the woman to hospital for a medical examination and it will be alleged in court that she passed a total of 54 pellets weighing approximately 1.35 kilograms.

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Those who are soft between the ears and go mad at me for being racist obviously think it's OK to traffic drugs and deal in death if you're a member of one of their 'less intelligent' races who don't know the difference when it comes to working out right from wrong.

Labor Party = Corruption

2007-11-24T10:05:00.000+10:00

I found this article as a printout while cleaning my desk the other day (yeah yeah - don't give me grief about having a messy desk. People with clean desks obviously don't have enough to do!)

Anyway - interesting little story to remind those staunch Labor supporters out there that if the state governments (all Labor) are going to be dishonest when it comes to financial matters: how much worse will it be when they get the national chequebook? (without trotting out the old "interest rates" chestnut).

Simple fact: The Labor party does NOT know anything about financial management other than spend, spend, spend until there is nothing left and then putting the country into hock while they spend some more - far too much of it going on aid to other countries with their own corrupt governments who pass nothing on to the people. Think: Ferdinand & Imelda Marcos.
Then we need to get the Liberals back in to make all the hard decisions and bring the country back into the black.

That is the difference between a government who manages the economy and one that works to keep their mates in the cooshy jobs; pander to the unions and keeping up a pretense that they support the people while living the high life themselves at the cost of taxpayers. Think: Bob Gibbs: The Beattie government stooge and cretin who is responsible for 1,500 people losing their (minimum of) $1,000 (each) when he decided to sell off Queensland Raceway when the three other Receivers (Queensland Govt being the fourth) had received advice from the government's own advisor to allow the track to trade out of its financial problems. One thousand people times $1,000 (individual life memberships) plus five-hundred times $1,500 (family life memberships) were not honoured by the new owners.

Incidentally, Bob "Cretin" Gibbs is now in Los Angeles as a "Trade Commissioner" for Queensland (why, nobody knows - more jobs for the boys...). I recall his meal bill a few years ago being around $80,000 because he eats at restaurants for every meal and refuses to eat anywhere that isn't rated at 5-stars. Guess who pays for all this as well as his first-class travel bill? Hint: it's not him.

But I digress... I will be updating the Wiki page for Queensland Raceway though at some time in the future....

Premiers squander $50bn tax bonus

By Samantha Maiden

June 05, 2006 07:51am
Article from: The Australian

THE states have squandered a $50 billion windfall on higher wages for public servants instead of cutting taxes or investing in infrastructure.
A new analysis, prepared by the Institute of Public Affairs, has found that since the GST was introduced in 2000, revenue distributed to the states has increased by more than 9 per cent a year, delivering an extra $22 billion to state governments.

State tax revenue over the same period was $28 billion more than expected, with big increases in stamp duty from property sales contributing an extra $4.1 billion.

However, this unexpected revenue growth has been pumped into higher wages for bureaucrats and public servants rather than being invested in infrastructure and delivering a new reform agenda.

The states' wage Bill has been rising much faster than inflation for the past three years, with a big increase in the number of administrators, leading the report to question the states' commitment to improving frontline services. "The main focus of the states' spending spree has been public servant salaries," the report finds.

The report, published on the eve of the NSW and Queensland budgets, is highly critical of the states' waste of what it terms the "reform bonus".

At the same time, spending on health and education has increased, waiting lists for elective surgery have grown and public school enrolments have fallen.

The report, Opportunity squandered: how the states have wasted the reform bonus, by the IPA's Mike Nahan, found the states also secured the unexpected windfall without honouring an agreement to cut state taxes when the GST was introduced.

"The funds received in the form of higher-than-expected GST payments alone have been sufficient to have allowed all states to meet their tax-cutting commitments under the inter-governmental agreement," the report states.

"But so far, none has done so."

As NSW Premier Morris Iemma prepares his first budget, the IPA report has found his Government has failed to invest the proceeds of state taxes and GST windfalls on infrastructure upgrades.

The public service wage bill in NSW has increased by 8.9 per cent a year since July 2003, the report finds. "NSW, which has been the most aggressive on the tax front in terms of raising taxes and reluctance to meet its GST obligations to cut taxes, received a grant-tax windfall of $14.3 billion - equivalent to 10.5 per cent more revenue than forecast at the time the GST deal was agreed," the report finds.

"The current crisis affecting NSW - declining revenue, budget deficit, public sector lay-offs, could spread to other states, with Tasmania, South Australia and the ACT being the most likely to follow suit, given their heavy dependence on conveyancing fees to fund large increases in wages."

State public servants' remuneration has been rising much faster than inflation in all states and territories since 2003.

The ACT leads the way with an annual increase to the wage bill of 12.6 per cent, with Tasmania close behind at 11.3 per cent.

The report also notes the growth in the size of the state public sector workforce.

Overall, the ranks of state bureaucrats swelled by 11.7 per cent between November 1999 and November last year.

"The states would argue that this spending was justified as it was used to attract and retain the best frontline professionals," the report says.

"During this same period, however, the states increased their administrator or bureaucrat workforce by 44,000, or 30.5 per cent. Clearly, therefore, frontline staff have not been the state's sole focus."

Peter Costello said yesterday the IPA report underlined the risk that the states' lack of action was holding back economic progress.

"The GST has brought a massive revenue windfall to the states," the Treasurer told The Australian.

"This windfall could have gone to accelerating the abolition of agreed taxes, particularly stamp duties.

"Far from accelerating, the states have lagged on the abolition of agreed taxes, keeping the windfall and delaying the abolition of offsetting taxes."

The states have traditionally justified the failure to eliminate or reduce state taxes on the grounds they need to invest in infrastructure or reform services.

However, the report finds only Queensland and Victoria allocated a sizeable share of record GST and tax revenues to capital investment or debt reduction.

Tasmania spent the entire windfall and NSW increased recurrent spending by more than its windfall from the GST and booming state tax receipts.

"Since the introduction of the GST, the states and territories have experienced phenomenal, indeed record, growth in revenue - far in excess of the rate expected at the time the GST was introduced," the report finds.

"The net result was that the states received $70 billion or about 14 per cent more revenue than expected over the first five years of the decade."

According to the report, payroll and land tax - the state's broadest-based taxes - grew on average by 6.9 per cent and 17.4 per cent over five years.

However most of their revenue growth came from elsewhere. "Revenue from stamp duties on conveyances grew over the period by a massive 73.3 per cent or by $4.1 billion," the report states.

"Revenue from stamp duties on insurance grew by 63.7 per cent over the period, thanks primarily due to the inflation in insurance prices following the collapse of HIH, the imposition of the GST."

While the states had forecast a 3.2 per cent increase in revenue, the GST grant income had risen by 10.7 per cent.

The GST is expected to generate an extra $14 billion for the states over the next five years.

The GST has entrenched the commonwealth as the states' "paymaster", assuming direct responsibility for collecting 45 per cent of state revenue, according to the report.

Another Dealer to Die.... WHOOPEE!! :)

2007-11-23T14:14:00.001+10:00

*Sniff* it's the Good News stories like this that bring a tear to my eye....

I applaud the Vietnamese government for doing to drug traffickers what should be done to them all over the world.

I still dream of the day when I see my great plan come to fruition: Swing a Dealer a Day. Wouldn't that be great?

Death sentence for Aussie drug smuggler

By staff writers

November 22, 2007 02:37pm

A NEW South Wales man convicted of trafficking heroin in Vietnam will be put to death, a court has decided.

The People's Court of Appeals in Ho Chi Minh City reaffirmed the sentence for Tony Manh, 40, at a hearing yesterday after hearing no new evidence for a reduction in his sentence, a court official told the Associated Press.

Manh was convicted in September of trafficking 948g of heroin and sentenced to death.

He was arrested in March when security officers at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City found drugs hidden on his body as he was about to board a plane to Sydney.

State media said Manh was paid $US10,000 ($11,445) by a Vietnamese to smuggle the drug into Australia.

Manh has seven days to appeal to President Nguyen Minh Triet for leniency.

About 100 people are sentenced to death in Vietnam each year for drug offences.

Allah says: "Screw your attractive daughters!"??

2007-11-23T11:14:00.000+10:00

Hmmm... Funny how when caught doing something a person knows is morally wrong - and that person is a devotee of Islam (that is: blessed with a subnormal intellect) - they think that a stupid, brainless lie will save them. I knew someone like this once but he was a catholic (in name only). He used his religion as a means of getting favours off people when it suited him.

So... A father in India marries his daughter; knocks her up; knows that it is a reprehensible act; yet tells the biggest load of shit story (ie: "Allah told me to be an incestuous paedophile") to his wife, who believes him and he thinks he's free & clear.

It's a good thing that Hindus aren't stupid like the followers of the war-mongering child-rapist, Mohammad. Maybe Allah told him to do the same thing all those years ago?

Indian Man Who Married Teen Daughter Saved From Lynch Mob

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

A man who married his teen daughter and impregnated her after he claimed Allah told him to do so barely escaped with his life when he was attacked by a mob of angry villagers, the BBC reported Tuesday.

Afazuddin Ali, 36, married his oldest daughter, 15, after telling his former wife that Allah had ordered the arrangement, the BBC reported. The ex-wife, Sakina Ali, went along with it, saying that Ali was a deeply religious man who “would not lie in the name of Allah.”

Not convinced of the divine order, outraged villagers in West Bengal, India, nearly lynched Ali for what they called a clear case of incest, the BBC reported. A police team had to rescue the couple.

"We wanted to smash his head, we were so angry,” village leader Sheikh Ramzan told the BBC.

The couple appeared before a magistrate in Jalpaiguri Monday but were released without being charged because the lower court has no jurisdiction over criminal matters, a sub-divisional officer told the BBC.

Sea Shepherd: "YAY!" Greenpeace: "Fuck off!"

2007-11-23T10:18:00.000+10:00

I love this. At last there is an environmental group out there actually doing something about helping the endangered species other than collecting money to support the great-unwashed lifestyle of the Greenpeace bludgers and the Rent-a-Crowd mentality of the tree hugging hippies.

Singing songs; collecting social security and hassling celebrities (ie: PETA - for more info on what this organisation is really about, check out PETA Kills Animals.

If you want to donate to a truly worthy cause, then Sea Shepherd is the way to go.

Environmentalists vow to ram whaling vessels

November 20, 2007 08:39am
Article from: AAP

RADICAL environmentalist group Sea Shepherd has again vowed to ram Japanese vessels involved in the hunting of whales, including humpback whales, in the Antarctic Ocean.

Japan's six-vessel whaling fleet took off from the western port of Shimonoseki for its five-month voyage on Sunday heading to the Antarctic Ocean for a hunt that will include humpback whales for the first time.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says it will physically stop the hunt by ramming whaling vessels if necessary.

"Basically we're going down there to stop them," Sea Shepherd's Jonny Vasic told Channel 9 this morning.

"We're not going down there to protest; we're going down to directly intervene and put an end to this criminal behaviour.

"We've been known to ram a vessel that's engaged in illegal activity as a last ditch effort to get them to stop.

"We have a reputation of direct action and we mean business.

"We, too, are a non-violent group, but we don't have a problem with economic destruction when it's engaged in illegal activity."

During the last expedition, Sea Shepherd activists threw bottles of chemicals at the whalers in hopes of disrupting them.

The group was also involved in a ramming incident with the Japanese whalers.

Karli Thomas from the environmental group Greenpeace, said they were determined to stop the hunt once the fleet reached the Southern Ocean, but would not go to the same lengths as Sea Shepherd.

"We will do what we can in the bounds of non-violent direct action to stop them hunting whales," Ms Thomas told Nine.

"So that means putting ourselves between the harpoon and the whales, preventing them from taking a shot, and being able to save individual whales from the harpoon.

"We certainly have never rammed a vessel, and we don't intend to."

Humpback whales have been protected under a 1966 worldwide moratorium after years of overhunting.

Japan, which argues that whale meat is part of its culture, planned to kill 950 whales on the five-month mission using a loophole in a global moratorium that allows lethal research on the giant mammals.

Australia, Britain and New Zealand have condemned the decision to go ahead with the catch.

2007-11-22T11:31:00.000+10:00

I noticed this article the other day about a woman in Saudi who was raped 14 times by 7 different "men".

Female rape victim gets 200 lashes and jail

From correspondents in Riyadh

November 16, 2007 08:45am
Article from: AAP

A COURT in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail.
The 19-year-old woman - whose six armed attackers have been sentenced to jail terms - was initially ordered to undergo 90 lashes for "being in the car of an unrelated male at the time of the rape,'' the Arab News reported.

But in a new verdict issued after Saudi Arabia's Higher Judicial Council ordered a retrial, the court in the eastern town of Al-Qatif more than doubled the number of lashes to 200.

A court source told the English-language Arab News that the judges had decided to punish the woman further for "her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media.''

Saudi Arabia enforces a strict Islamic doctrine known as Wahhabism and forbids unrelated men and women from associating with each other, bans women from driving and forces them to cover head-to-toe in public.

Last year, the court sentenced six Saudi men to between one and five years in jail for the rape as well as ordering lashes for the victim, a member of the minority Shi'ite community.

But the woman's lawyer Abdul Rahman al-Lahem appealed, arguing that the punishments were too lenient in a country where the offence can carry the death penalty.

In the new verdict issued on Wednesday, the Al-Qatif court also toughened the sentences against the six men to between two and nine years in prison.

The case has angered members of Saudi Arabia's Shi'ite community. The convicted men are Sunni Muslims, the dominant community in the oil-rich Gulf state.

Mr Lahem, also a human rights activist, said yesterday the court had banned him from handling the rape case and withdrew his licence to practise law because he challenged the verdict.

He said he has also been summoned by the ministry of justice to appear before a disciplinary committee in December.

Mr Lahem said the move might be due to his criticism of some judicial institutions, and "contradicts King Abdullah's quest to introduce reform, especially in the justice system.''

King Abdullah last month approved a new body of laws regulating the judicial system in Saudi Arabia, which rules on the basis of sharia, or Islamic law.

All this proves is that the stories I've heard about Saudi are true. There is NO legal system there other than what one of these goat-fuckers thinks might help him and his mates out at the time. I've heard from a few sources that if a Westerner is involved in a motoring collision with a Saudi then then Westerner is automatically at fault regardless of the circumstances.

Where the hell does this moron of a judge get off thinking that it is OK to punish the victim regardless of what she was doing? Was he a member of the Queensland "Justice" System recently? I say that it is now fair game for the family of this woman to cut the balls (literally) off the rapists once they are set free.

Can you imagine what the result would have been had it been Westerners that performed the rape on a Muslim woman?
Can you imagine how much worse it would be if the victim had been a western woman?

Oh, and I notice that our government is acting French again in refusing to denounce the punishment being handed out to the woman. This has resulted in one of the writers for the News.com.au site creating a blog/petition to be presented to (and most-likely ignored by) the Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Save this rape victim

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (01:13pm)

Politicians have refused to stand up for a gang rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes in Saudi Arabia.

So it’s up to us.

The US and Australian governments have effectively abandoned the woman, who was raped 14 times by seven men. US Democrat Senator Hillary Clinton has urged President George W. Bush to call on Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah to drop the charges, while Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has asked diplomatic staff to “raise Australia’s concern” over the sentence with the Saudi Government.

Compounding the obscenity of the sentence is the fact that it has been increased from 90 lashes. The victim, a 19-year-old who has become known as “Qatif girl” after the Shiite-populated area of Al-Qatif in the Eastern Province she comes from, has vowed to challenge the ruling, even though the judge has warned her sentence could be increased if she loses her appeal.

The politicians’ silence doesn’t stop us from speaking out for her.

Today we are collecting your comments and views in a petition that we will present to the Saudi embassy in Canberra.

Please post your comments below and we will pass them on to the embassy.

We also encourage Australians to protest directly to the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. You can telephone the embassy in Canberra at (02) 6282 6999 and ask to speak with the Australian and New Zealand ambassador Mr Hassan Talat Nazer.

You can also send faxes to (02) 6282 8911 or post letters to:

P.O. Box 9162
Deakin ACT 2600

So, simply put: If Saudi Arabia considers itself to be a righteous, forward-thinking country with any resemblance of maturity, then they are wrong.
Who would have thought that a country with links to the oldest and smartest civilisations this planet has ever known could be so brainless and pathetic in their thinking: punish the victim.

I bet if a group of women attacked a male and repeatedly shoved a sex toy in his back passage that he wouldn't get whipped for his trouble. It is no wonder that many people, including myself, consider Saudi Arabia and the Middle East to be remnants of the Bronze Age with Stone Age thinking and that the world tolerates them only because the most effective way of dealing with them (ie: turning the region into a glass carpark) will irradiate the area too badly to get the oil out. If it wasn't for this, they and their reverence for a paedophile could have been eradicated generations ago and the world would be a much safer & pleasant place for it.

Remember this story the next time one of these Tent Merchants tells you that women are revered in Islam. They lie.

Bad Smokers! Bad!

2007-11-08T16:59:00.000+10:00

Here is an interesting opinion piece where it is blatantly obvious that the author does not like smoking in any way, shape or form - and this is her method of attacking smokers. Maybe she thinks that if she does a but-what-about-the-children-?? piece that she will somehow shame some smokers into quitting and therefore not foul the air she wants to breathe.

In a way, she has a simplistic, idealistic view of how it should be when it comes to smoking - but she does make some valid points.

Some people just shouldn't have kids

By Rita Panahi

November 06, 2007 12:00pm
Article from: Herald Sun

LET'S be honest, some people just shouldn't have kids.
Criminals, junkies, the violent, the insane and smokers.

Yes, smokers.

They are a hazard not only to themselves but to the poor kids who are unfortunate enough to have them as parents.

Who cares if a smoker is a hazard to themself? If it is someone of legal age and they want to smoke then that is their prerogative.

The author appears to have a larger problem with smokers in society than criminals, junkies, violent people, idiots, and pretty-much any sort of undesirable.

If an adult with the full knowledge of the dangers of smoking chooses to inhale cancer causing toxins then that's their business but they have no right to expose unwilling children to their filthy habit.

This is very valid point that applies to many facets of life.

Yes - we, as adults, do have the right to smoke - but we do NOT have the right to inflict the by-products on anyone else. Just like I'm not allowed to shit on the footpath and then scoop it up and fling it at people (if I did, I would probably be issued with a Queensland Drivers Licence and sent on my way in some turbo 4-cylinder piece of junk. That appears to be where diminutive monkies with big egos hang out....).

What about the retards who think it's OK to turn their CRAP "music" up to concert hall volumes with the windows open (on house or car) so that everyone else has to notice their presence?

Certainly, a woman who smokes while pregnant is not worthy of having children let alone receiving a generous government grant for every nicotine-addicted baby she brings in to this world.

DAMN STRAIGHT!!
This point is extremely pertinent in many ways!

Why should I pay taxes so that some cheap slag can get a handout for spitting out a kid that will, in all likelihood, predisposed to illness?

If you willingly want to harm yourself then you have NO right to demand government handouts nor health care over and above someone who does not cause self harm.

Preferential care should be particularly prevalent for drug-users when they get picked up by the ambulance and taken to hospital. If an ambulance does not need to attend a genuine emergency and the hospital is not overflowing (thanks to yet another inept Labor Government cutting back on spending because they want overseas trips instead) then maybe the druggo can receive some treatment. My preference is that they die instead and remove the blight that they have become from the community landscape.

It's sad that in these enlightened times of children's rights the biggest single danger to a child isn't some unknown predator but the very people who should be loving and protecting them above all else.

There's one of those statements that the author thinks will make people quite because she is *such* a wordsmith. Sheesh....

The overwhelming majority of abuse suffered by children is at the hands of a parent; this damning statistic is also true for children who don't survive the abuse, with 81 per cent of child murders committed by a primary caregiver.

Don't these statistics relate to physical abuse rather than second-hand smoke? The author wouldn't be trying to suggest that a portion of the statistics relating to the harm of children comes from cigarette smoke, would she? Do stats on that even get kept? I doubt it...

Interestingly the data shows an equal proportion of mothers and fathers killing their children.

Yep - and all caused by second-hand smoke. There doesn't appear to be any reference to torture in the form of burns from the cigarettes; incest; beatings; carnal knowledge from the mothers boyfriend; or anything else that may harm a child included in this data.

It's easy to make a case against violent, unstable types having kids, yet latest research shows that smokers also pose an imminent danger to their offspring, particularly in infancy.

Generally, I've found that smokers don't really become violent unless some self-righteous prat preaches to them about giving up the smokes. Some get irate at the mere mention of it - others are more serene until the preacher starts shoving the filters up their bum-hole so that they might infuse the cigarettes with a genuine shitty taste.

What does make smokers violent, more often than not, is alcohol. It just seems that having a smoke and having a drink go hand-in-hand.

The leading cause of death among infants aged between one month and one year continues to be Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and a new comprehensive study from Bristol University has found that nine out of 10 babies who die from SIDS had mothers who smoked during pregnancy.

So now she trots out a study about how smoking can harm an infant rather than the dodgy stats listed above.

If that fact alone isn't enough to persuade selfish mums-to-be to butt out their final cigarette, then nothing will, short of legislation banning them from using nicotine-based products.

Ban alcohol first. I've never heard of a woman getting knocked up and left to raise a child on her own because she smoked too many fags and forgot which member of the team actually dropped his load in there.

Such a ban would be difficult to enforce but the clear message it sends - that smoking while pregnant is tantamount to child abuse - would hopefully shame a few more women into give up their nicotine habit.

Why pick on a legal drug when the author seems to ignore any mention of other substances that one may smoke and *genuinely* cause more problems in society?

Maybe then we will stop seeing heavily pregnant girls happily puffing away on their cancer sticks outside every shopping centre.

I don't really care if heavily pregnant girls puff away outside malls. It's the fat trollops that drop yet another kid to yet another bloke and continue to turn up to Centrelink with their chubby mits out wanting more money.

Perhaps shame will work where education campaigns, gentle persuasion and counselling have failed.

Not bloody likely. Have you seen some of these muffin-topped slags? If they can go out in public looking the way they do, they clearly have NO shame. I won't even go into how low their esteem must be if you see the trash they hang around with AND allow the unwashed bludger to put a cock in them.

Recent research suggests up to 30 per cent of Australian women smoke while pregnant, putting their child at higher risk of not only SIDS but a myriad other health and developmental complications.

You mean like the STD they got from being banged in the carpark of the Bottle-o while pissed by some Bogan and his brother?

Even women receiving IVF treatment aren't required to be nicotine-free before undertaking the procedure.

It may not be a requirement but I've noticed that when a woman goes for the silver-tube daddy, they want a family and will make the sacrifices needed voluntarily in order to get a child.

It doesn't augur well for a woman's mothering skills if she cannot make the smallest sacrifice in quitting cigarettes for the sake of her unborn child. Could there be a more selfish, un-maternal act than to knowingly harm your child to satisfy your own immediate needs of a nicotine fix?

Isn't that what society has become? "Me! Me! Me!"? It's all about what I want and I want it all now. "I want people to stop smoking so I'm going to write an article about it! Me! Me! Me!"

We've long known about the devastating effects nicotine has on an unborn child; it's time we tackled this problem without the constraints of political correctness and the usual hogwash from civil libertarians about personal freedoms.

I get the impression that the author is one of these civil libertarians when it involves a topic that doesn't irritate her so much - like rights for criminals over the rights of victims.

Laws banning pregnant women from buying and using cigarettes would have an immediate impact.

No they wouldn't.

A further measure can be the linking of the baby bonus to mothers remaining smoke-free for the term of their pregnancy, a simple test for nicotine can be conducted at the same time other routine blood work is completed during pregnancy.

I quite like this idea but it doesn't go far enough. The tests MUST also include checks for illicit drugs as well - that is: anything that is illegal. This include the "social" drugs that some people think are good to have at parties.

In fact, ALL recipients of monies through Centrelink should be subjected to completely random tests for illicit drugs whereupon their payments are IMMEDIATELY cut off and sent to DeTox upon detection of such substances. If someone wants to be a stupid prick and take drugs - fine - but don't stick your grubby paws out expecting MY tax money to help support your habit!

This year South Australia introduced laws that banned smoking in cars where children under the age of 16 are passengers.

Oh great... not only do the Police not enforce the road rules we have now except for speeding - here is something else that they'll have to look out for thanks to some idiot politician wanting to look like they're acting for the common good.

This legislation was as much about changing attitudes as it was about fining offenders.

Bullshit. The author just wants more laws to support her personal views.

This is exactly what is needed here: make it socially unacceptable to smoke while pregnant and enforce punitive measures to motivate responsible behaviour.

How about instead of giving more bullshit work to the law-enforcement departments that the funds for this be directed towards correcting more of the social ills - that is: ILLEGAL DRUGS!

I still say we should "Swing a Dealer a Day" - hang them by the neck until they are dead.
Who cares if it is painful or degrading? It's not like they cared about the lives they ruined or who they used in the process of them getting wealthy. Remove trash like this from the face of the planet and the planet will become a better place for everyone.

RITA PANAHI is a social commentator.

RITA PANAHI is only interested in what RITA PANAHI wants - and it's clear that she cannot direct her ability to get words to the greater public to help cure the ailments of society. She just wants less cigarette smoke around her cafe while she sips a decaf soy latte (blecch!!)

Another One Bites the Dust :)

2007-11-06T15:01:00.000+10:00

I never got around to writing something about this story because I've been so busy lately, but I'm getting it off my chest now....

Skylarker plunges to death from 24th floor

By Paul Weston

September 09, 2007 12:00am
Article from: The Sunday Mail (Qld)

TYSON Leader was a daredevil "clown" who loved to entertain his family and friends with his crazy stunts.

Sounds more like Tyson was just a stupid cunt.

But the Sunshine Coast teenager's luck ran out on Friday night when he fell from a Gold Coast highrise after hanging by one hand from a balcony on the 24th floor.

YAY!!!

The 18-year-old carpenter from Buderim had been at several Surfers Paradise nightclubs to celebrate a friend's 18th birthday before the group returned to their luxury holiday unit at the Aegean Apartments in Laycock St, Surfers Paradise.

Who cares what he was doing there - he's dead and the world is a better place for it.

His best mate Jimmy Atkins, 18, from Coolum, yesterday recalled how the birthday celebrations swiftly switched to a tragedy which has shattered the close group of friends.

Boo hoo.... I'm so sad... this has really broken me up as we*... he look - a seagull! Cool! :)

"It was one of our mate's 18th. We went out to a few clubs and came back. He was good old Tyson – the loosest of us, and he just went over the rail," Mr Atkins said.

He was pushed over the rail?
He tripped and fell and tried to catch himself?
It was an unfortunate series of circumstances that led to the death of a truly philosophical and wise human being who will forever be remembered as having a dramatic effect on the lives of those around him?
Whaddya mean "he climbed over the rail and fell?" So he really was *just* a stupid cunt.

"Tyson was like a cat. He had lives. He's cheated death plenty of times.

Maybe a retarded cat with 3 legs and no sense of direction....

"He doesn't think about what he does. I saw him – I was standing on the balcony and if I was a foot closer, I could have grabbed his arm."

That right: He didn't think - ever - and now he's dead. The world is a better place for it that he went and didn't take an innocent person with him.

Mr Atkins recalled how he had watched Mr Leader swing himself over the railing, holding on with two hands in a crouching position, then just one hand before he slipped and fell.

Did he say: "HEY STUPID! Get back in here! Don't you give a shit about your family and friends and everyone who cares about you? Jesus, that was dumb!"
I think he may actually have said: "HAHAHAHA! That looks cool! You're crazy, dude! Hey...? Where'd he go?"

Anyone who thinks this MORON was a top bloke almost deserves to grab him and try to save him - and then get dragged over the edge as well. The only truly sad thing about the whole incident is that he didn't land on one of those taxis driven by the usual shit-for-brains cabbie who stops anywhere and doesn't give a rats arse about how much traffic they hold up.

Another friend, Christie Marrett, said they were all in shock.

I could have told her to not look over the edge to see the splat....

"Tyson was the clown of the group. He was always doing crazy stunts," Ms Marrett said. "He was doing what he always does. It just went wrong this time."

He was definitely a clown.

Dying is what he did best? Great - just great! At least the retarded-cat-like-daredevil, STUPID CUNT could have made some money while he was alive by showing a few more Muslims how to do it.

Mr Leader's mother, Jan, agreed, saying her son had escaped a serious car accident in September last year and as a youngster had to be revived after almost drowning following a jump at a waterfall.

"Tyson is a daredevil," Ms Leader said.

Did he cause the car accident due to his "not thinking" and "daredevil" attitude? Who was at fault? Hmmm?

"He had nine lives. He lived life to the fullest.

Looks like lives 4-through-9 went in one hit. Anyone know if he bounced off a few balconies on the way down? I bet the coroner had a bloody tough time looking for brain matter even though his head probably didn't split open until it hit the ground.

"His life was just starting for him. He had just got a car. He'd just got a great job and he had a gorgeous girlfriend. Everything was starting to go right."

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Let me guess... I bet he bought a 6-cylinder Commodore; lowered it to the ground; put a fart can exhaust on it; and drove like he owned the road? Why do I make this generalisation? Hmmm... I only have observational evidence to confirm behaviour like this from MORONS like him.

At least now his "gorgeous girlfriend" might find someone with some smarts about him. Oh wait - young Australian female... she'll just go out and find another idiot like him. It seems that there are plenty to choose from.

Here we go again....

2007-11-06T11:32:00.000+10:00

Here we go again....

What the hell is wrong with these DICKHEADS in the media???? This FOOL, Tony Keim... is he a dedicated cretin or does he just simply not understand the *true* definition of what it is the be a "man"?

Check out this example from the News.com.au site this morning....

Court told of girl's torture, rape

By Tony Keim

November 06, 2007 01:00am
Article from: The Courier-Mail

* Man charged with 10 offences
* Alleged torture over three days
* Victim assaulted with machete

A MAN cried uncontrollably yesterday as he fronted court charged with tying up his teenage girlfriend and then torturing, raping and molesting her while armed with a machete.

Oh yes - a big, tough "man". Thought it was OK at the time to torture and rape a woman but now cries like a little bitch when he gets caught out and faces punishment for his actions.

The 21-year-old man raised his shackled hands out to his family and friends seated in the Caboolture Magistrate's Court and, in an anguished gesture, begged them to "please" help him.

Yes - do! Please help him to become the landfill that he deserves to be. Preferably before the piece of shit breeds!

The gesture prompted a woman, understood to be his mother, to say: "I love you, baby."

This must be the trailer trash that brought it into the world. She must be ever so proud of herself.

Prosecutor Samantha McGee said police had charged the man, who cannot yet be identified under Queensland laws, with 10 offences after his arrest on Sunday night.

There it is again.... "man".... Grrr-rrr.

Police allege the man tortured and raped his girlfriend, 19, over a three-day period.

I hold absolutely no blame over the girl on this but I can't help wondering if she chose this gutter snipe because he was a "bad boy"? She is now laden with mental torture for the rest of her life because she, like every other stupid female in this country, want mental midgets who treat women like shit rather than trying to find a half-decent bloke that will treat her with respect.

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Prosecutors are expected to allege the teenage girl was assaulted with a flat blade machete, burnt with a cigarette lighter, assaulted with a knife and raped while her feet were bound for up to 72 hours.

The only consolation I have is that someone will hopefully do similar things to his arsehole once he gets into prison. If he's crying like a little bitch now, I can only sing with joy at the feelings he's going to experience when that first fist gets rammed up his date and he has to swallow his first load.

Solicitor Timothy Hishon, for the man, simply requested the matter be adjourned for mention on a future date.

"I can advise at this time there will be no application for bail," Mr Hishon said.

Yes - start his own rape sessions now. Why deprive the real bad buggers in society their own bitch?

The man said nothing but continued to cry while standing in the dock when told he faced counts of torture, rape, deprivation of liberty, assault with intent to commit rape, two of assault causing bodily harm and three of assault while armed.

"Boo Hoo! Boo Hoo! Poor me! All I did was deprive her of her liberty, burn her, torture her, rape her, leave her with mental scars for life, and quite possibly cause her to distrust any male in her life ever again - but what about ME? Oh Boo hoo - wahhhh...."

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Just before being removed from the court, the man held up four fingers to his friends and family and then stroked his thumb across his throat - a gesture normally used to suggest someone's throat being cut.

He wants to commit suicide before the trial and remove his oxygen thieving soul from the face of the planet? Where can I send the razor blade to? Does anyone have his address?

Outside the court, his visibly distressed supporters shoved a number of television cameramen filming them.

The supporters are distressed and are taking their anger out on reporters because they too have been caught out in that one of their own has shown his true colours and they were too stupid to put him down at birth. Nothing like having the world discover that you're genuinely stupid, no matter how carefully you keep it hidden.

Muslim "men" can't sleep or pray. Fuck 'em.

2007-11-06T10:46:00.000+10:00

WOO HOO!!! There should be more of it!

Cleric: Women's Sexy Clothing Distracting Muslim Men From Sleep, Prayers

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's Muslim men are suffering sleepless nights and cannot pray properly because their thoughts are distracted by a growing number of women who wear sexy clothes in public, a prominent cleric said.

Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, the spiritual leader of the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, said he wanted to speak about the "emotional abuse" that men face because it is seldom discussed, the party reported on its Web site Wednesday.

"We always [hear about] the abuse of children and wives in households, which is easily perceived by the eye, but the emotional abuse of men cannot be seen," Nik Abdul Aziz said. "Our prayers become unfocused and our sleep is often disturbed."

Nik Abdul Aziz has made controversial comments about women in the past, including that women should stop wearing lipstick and perfume to lower the risk of being raped. Women's groups have slammed his statements, saying Islam teaches both men and women to be responsible for modesty. They say comments like these encourage rapes because it puts the onus on women.

Nik Abdul Aziz's fundamentalist party has about 800,000 members. He is also the chief minister of northeastern Kelantan, the only one of Malaysia's 13 states that is not ruled by the moderate National Front governing coalition.

His party's Web site published an illustration Wednesday of how women should dress — in long, flowing headscarves covering their hair and chests and "baggy and loose" long-sleeved, floor-length dresses.

Most women from Malaysia's Malay Muslim majority wear a modest form of Islamic clothing, though younger women in cities sometimes wear body-hugging dresses or tight T-shirts and jeans.

In Kelantan, the Islamic party has fined Muslim women for not wearing headscarves in workplaces and implemented separate check-out lines for men and women in supermarkets.

How about this for a solution for these "men" of Islam?
- GROW THE FUCK UP and realise that YOU are responsible for YOUR actions.
- If a woman gets raped that it is YOUR fault that it happened and NOT hers.
- If you commit rape then YOU deserve to drown in a vat of pig shit for your efforts.
- You also need to have your worthless carcass dismembered and partially buried; partially burned; and the remainder fed to cannibalistic Jewish types (do these exist?) so that those virgins in heaven can see you for what you are.

[*Sorry to the Jewish types that aren't cannibalistic for the inference that such types exist and to those that are for offering to feed you the worst meal imaginable]

Child Killer wants to leg it

2007-11-06T10:44:00.000+10:00

I found this a few days ago and it makes me think that I would so dearly love to be the Judge sitting on this case. Not only would I mark the case to ONLY come back before me on every appeal, I'd take great delight in pointing out to the child murderer that he should be thankful that he is still alive. Then I would add that he would get his prosthetic legs and he will get plenty of exercise with them - once he is placed back in general population with the knowledge being put out there that he killed an innocent child.

It would be his choice: prosthetic legs and general population or cop it sweet and stay where he is. He's not going to get life easy now that he is one of the "protected" criminal minority.

Idaho Child Killer Who Lost Legs in Suicide Attempt Sues After Being Denied Artificial Ones

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A child killer who lost his legs in a suicide attempt is suing the state prison system for $1 million after being denied artificial legs in prison, saying he was promised prosthetics in plea negotiations.

According to the case filed recently in U.S. District Court, Barry L. McAdoo, 32, of Coeur d'Alene, is experiencing muscle degeneration and may never walk again if he remains confined to a wheelchair.

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McAdoo, convicted of beating his 15-month-old son Brandon to death, is serving 15 years to life at the Idaho State Correctional Institution in Boise.

He told authorities that when the little boy stopped breathing on Jan. 14, 2005, he downed 50 sleeping pills and rat poison, left the trailer where he lived with his pregnant wife, Angela Cowles, and wandered outdoors in freezing weather for three days before he sought help.

McAdoo was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., where both legs had to be amputated because of frostbite.

McAdoo was given no promise the state would provide him prosthetics, Kootenai County Deputy Public Defender Lynn Nelson said, nor does the plea agreement signed by McAdoo, Nelson and Deputy Prosecutor Marty M. Raap mention the issue.

When McAdoo pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, 1st District Judge Charles W. Hosack asked whether he had been promised anything other than what was included in the plea agreement and McAdoo said he had not.

Nonetheless, Nelson asserted that McAdoo is entitled to prosthetics and has legal precedent on his side.

As for Kootenai County Deputy Public Defender, Lynn Nelson: I reckon this is the best solution for someone of their ilk who willingly defends such a creature as McAdoo.

Pakistani police baton-charge lawyers

By Augustine Anthony in Islamabad

November 05, 2007 04:08pm

PAKISTAN police baton-charged lawyers protesting against President Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule today, as police continued to detain his opponents in the face of US pressure to hold elections in January.

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"Police beat lawyers with batons as they came to High Court in the morning. Many of them have been arrested," Akhtar Hussain, a former president of Sindh High Court Bar Association, said.

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Yeah, I know that the stories aren't linked and that the second one is about protesting about freedoms and unconstitutional acts but you have to admit that lawyers getting beaten with batons always has to bring a smile to your face.

Another whinging fucking towelhead

2007-10-30T15:35:00.000+10:00

Well, yet again we have another story in the media about someone being put into prison for good reason and the shithead crim starts crying about "human rights".

Supreme Court Reviews Muslim Inmate's Allegations of Harassment in Prison

Monday, October 29, 2007

WASHINGTON — A Muslim inmate says prisoners around the country are regularly mistreated by their jailers because of religious faith. The Supreme Court is considering his case Monday.

The issue in the inmate's lawsuit is whether he can sue prison officials for allegedly confiscating two copies of his Quran and his prayer rug.

Abdus-Shahid M.S. Ali, a convicted murderer, says the books and rug are among the personal items that have been missing since 2003, when he was moved from a federal penitentiary in Atlanta to a facility at Inez, Ky.

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Ali is serving a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for committing first-degree murder in the District of Columbia.

Somehow they, and their do-gooder supporters, seem to forget that the reason they're in prison in the first place is because they deprived someone else of their rights. In this case, the piece of shit whinging this time is there for murder. OK - so I use the term "piece of shit" because he is a Muslim more than anything because I wouldn't mind betting that when he committed the murder, he probably felt justified in doing it. Note that this is first-degree murder.
Screw the rights of the victim is the impression I get here.

Muslim inmates have been subjected to "very hard times and bad treatment" at the hands of federal, state and local prison employees because of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Ali says in court papers.

So, is he saying that non-Muslim inmates have it easy in prison? Considering the definitive class society that exists in prison, I would suggest that life is tough all round for everyone in prison as far as it goes with treatment from other convicts. With all the "human rights" that inmates are granted - many of which are NOT available to the homeless or even the average joe in society as repayment for breaking the law - the treatment from the Watchers would be the least of ones worries.

It seems as though "the many prison employees think that they can hurt you best taking your personally owned property," Ali wrote.

Ali added that because he has "practiced his faith to the fullest" he has been subjected to prison officials repeatedly confiscating and destroying his legal and religious property.

He said he has been harassed for his religious beliefs "year after year" in both the District of Columbia Department of Corrections and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

Ali says the items he turned over to prison officers in Atlanta for shipment never arrived at Inez.

In the Supreme Court, the question is whether federal prison officials qualify as law enforcement officers and are therefore exempt from suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act of 1946. The statute bars liability claims against law enforcement officers involved in detaining property. Two lower federal courts ruled against Ali.

Besides the two copies of the Quran and the prayer rug, Ali is missing stamps and other personal items worth $177 that he says weren't sent along to Big Sandy penitentiary in Kentucky.

Let me think about this for just a second.

It is truly a bad thing to judge someone on the colour of their skin, hair, looks and race, because, quite honestly, how someone looks doesn't dictate the kind of person they are and how they will behave. It is commonplace here to suggest that if someone is from New Zealand or is of aboriginal descent then there are 3 things that you cannot give them: A fat lip, a black eye, and a job. This is actually incorrect as I know quite a few people from both groups that have much higher personal standards than a lot of white trash that live in this country.

Where the difference comes in is the beliefs that a person may have.

If a group of people read Mein Kampf and believe in the ideals contained therein, then that makes their behaviour a constant. Similarly, if a group of people of various races read a text glorifying the practices of a war-mongering paedophile who decries death and destruction to non-believers, and the reader declares that they're a firm believer in that text - does that not dictate that they are someone to be wary of, regardless of the fact of whether they wear a sheet on their head or not?

So - a people not of this "religion" who believe in plurality and acceptance are attacked and 3000+ like-minded (ie: accepting) people are killed simply because they don't adhere to the 'prophetic' teachings of the hateful misogynist, I think it is exceedingly easy to comprehend why the book that reaffirms this hate might be thrown into a furnace and a blanket that facilitates the prayer might be used for the dogs to lay upon at night.

The solution is has many simple and easy-to-follow steps:
- Don't plan and carry out a murder and then claim hardship when caught.
- Don't openly follow a "religion" that preaches hate towards the people in the country in which you live.
- Don't openly follow a "religion" whose proponents dance in the street when cowardly attacks kill 3000+ people in an attack in that country in which you live.
- Secure those "Human Rights" in the countries that is predominantly that "religion" and then you can whinge and complain about minor inconveniences in the country in which you reside (and commit crime).

In other words: I'll gladly burn your knee rag and your book of hate while your double standards continue to drive the cowardly, French-like do-gooders into dictating how I live in my country!

Dumb black fellas

2007-10-16T18:01:00.000+10:00

Oh wow... like "DUH!" Anyone with any inkling of knowing what it's like to work for something just to see another person come along and be handed all manner of additional privileges simply because they claimed a minority status.

Nothing makes the blood boil quite like slogging your guts out just to be passed over thanks to some rich arsewipe or a half-witted bureaucrat who want to grant favours to relatives or friends. It goes without saying that with Australia about to go to a federal election in just over a month that, if Labor gets in, the favours that will be granted to the union bosses (more bludgers!) will make your head spin.

As a sidebar - Just in case anyone confuses me for a Liberal Party supporter: it is more a case of being a hater of the Labor party rather than a supporter of anyone else. The Labor Party, by and large, exist PURELY to create jobs for the boys and to enact a policy of "Do as I say, not as I do!" This has been proven time and again by every Labor government in this country for far too many years.

Anyway - back to the topic of giving Black Americans* extra favours based simply on their skin colour....

[* = they are "BLACK Americans" - NOT "African Americans" - NOT unless they were born IN Africa and became citizens and then emigrated to the USA! Actually - they're just plain old "Americans" - just like everyone else that is a citizen of the country. How about everyone stop trying to make themselves into a down-trodden minority and looking for ways to get special treatment from everyone else?]

State Bar of California, Civil Rights Group Spar Over Affirmative Action

Monday, October 15, 2007

By William LaJeunesse

Does affirmative action work? An explosive study that suggests it does not is pitting the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights against the State Bar of California in a battle over admissions data that could determine once and for all if racial preferences help or hurt minority students.

"Currently only about one in three African-Americans who goes to an American law school passes the bar on the first attempt and a majority never become lawyers at all," says UCLA law professor Richard Sander.

In an article published in the Stanford Law Review, Sander and his research team concluded several thousand would-be black lawyers either dropped out of law school or failed to pass the bar because of affirmative action.

Known as the ‘mismatch’ effect, Sander claims students who are unprepared and whose academic credentials are below the median are admitted to law schools they are unqualified to attend. If those same students instead were to go to less elite or competitive schools, more would graduate, pass the bar and become lawyers.

So if I understand correctly what is being said: They're saying that if you lower the standards to get onto the difficult & challenging career paths for certain people then more of those people are going to fail because they can't handle the difficult & challenging part. GENIUS!

Hey, while we're at it - let's get that minority of dwarves (all 7 of them, even) into the NBL. I mean, they won't make it on their own merits, so let's just put them there anyway so that they can prove that they can do the job.

What's that? They can't do the job? You racist! What did the pudgy, short-arse, singing dwarf population do to you that you have to be elitist and want to exclude them from opportunities that everyone else can have? Oooohhh... that's right - they're not being excluded because of some pre-conceived BULLSHIT notion that it's their skin colour or fatness or singing - it's because the little shits are NOT UP TO THE JOB!!

Similarly -- if a member of a minority is being excluded, in todays world, from embarking on a particular career path - chances are that it's because THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB!!

Do we send skinny Asian girls out on road games to swing sledge-hammers or drive heavy machinary? NO! It's not because they're Asian - it's because they aren't physically able to do the work (ignoring the fact that most cannot drive to save their lives anyway - and that IS because they're Asian! Go on... prove me wrong...)

Lowering the standards for black Americans to get into law only panders to the notion that the standards have to be lower because we white folk think they're dumb - and THAT is truly insulting.

About bloody time!

2007-10-05T18:05:00.000+10:00

YAY! YAY!

Three cheers for the judiciary! (Finally)

A murderer got his just desserts after sitting in prison for 20 years when he should have been put to death when the sentence was passed!

Court 'closed', inmate executed
From correspondents in Washington

October 04, 2007 07:50am

* Court refuses to stay open to hear appeal
* Inmate Michael Richard subsequently executed
* Local media outraged by attitude of court

A TEXAS death-row inmate was executed after a local court refused to stay open an extra 20 minutes to hear an appeal.

At 10am on September 25, the US Supreme Court announced it would review in early 2008 an appeal by two Kentucky death row inmates challenging the legality of the lethal injection.

The same day, Michael Richard, 48, was due to receive the deadly cocktail at 6pm in southern Texas for the rape and murder of a woman in 1986.

His attorneys said they rushed to draft an appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest court for criminal cases.

At 4.50pm, the lawyers called the court to ask it to remain open 20 more minutes after they were stalled by a computer malfunction.

"We close at five,'' was the response from the court clerk, a quote widely reported by local media.

In a last-ditch effort, Richard's attorneys took their case to the Supreme Court, which remains open for executions.

The legal move delayed the execution by a few hours, but since the convict did not file his appeal with a local court first, his arguments were not accepted in Washington.

The execution went ahead that evening and Richard was declared dead at 8.23pm.

It's quite easy to see that the writer of this article is some anti-death penalty do-gooder. Obviously they've never known anyone close to them to be raped or murdered.

The court's behaviour angered a leading Texas daily newspaper, the Dallas Morning News, which expressed outrage in an editorial entitled "We Closed at 5".

"Hastening the death of a man, even a bad one, because office personnel couldn't be bothered to bend bureaucratic procedure was a breathtakingly petty act and evinced a relish for death that makes the blood of decent people run cold,'' the newspaper said.

This has to be one time when I say that I love bureaucracy. It's just a shame that the same bureaucracy is what was responsible for this person being allowed to remain alive for another 20 years while his victim could not.

Justice needs to be swift and sure and seen to be done. In this case it was seen to be sure - now all they need to do is work on the other 2 requirements and the crime rate might actually go down.

Can't even buy a pig from a Muslim

2007-10-05T17:58:00.000+10:00

Yeah - it's a bit late but I just found this article about Muslims who get jobs in shops and then refuse to touch certain products while suggesting that it somehow insults their religion.

Target shifts Muslims who won’t ring up pork

Department stores in Minn. reassign some cashiers over religious conflict
Updated: 12:14 a.m. ET March 18, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS - Muslim cashiers at some local Target stores who object to ringing up products that contain pork are being shifted to other positions where they don’t need to, the discount retailer said Saturday.

The Star Tribune reported this past week that some Muslim cashiers at local Targets had declined to scan pork products such as bacon because doing so would conflict with their religious beliefs. They would ask other cashiers to ring up such purchases, or sometimes customers would scan those items themselves, the newspaper reported.

Minneapolis-based Target Corp. has now offered its local Muslim cashiers who object to handling pork the option of wearing gloves while cashiering, shifting to other positions or transferring to other nearby stores.

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Islam teaches that pigs are unclean and eating pork is a sin, and some Muslims feel selling or handling pork is also forbidden because it would make them complicit in the sins of others.

Damn straight! I don't give a shit if you don't like what I'm buying. I am there in that store to buy a product that I wish to purchase and you, ask a checkout-monkey, have no right nor say in the matter on what I purchase.

I was going to say that if the cultist types don't like it then they can quit but I'd almost do what I can to prevent that happening since it is bloody rare to see a Muslim with a job. All of the Islamic types that I see around the place are on welfare and seemingly expect my taxes to pay for their bludging, whinging, anti-western lifestyles (while living in the west).

Collision of work and faith.

As the local Muslim population grows, fueled by immigration from East African countries such as Somalia, efforts by Muslims to live by the rules of their faith often come into conflict with the realities of the American workplace.

Disputes over how employers should accommodate prayer times surface from time to time, and there’s an ongoing dispute involving cab drivers who serve Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport—many of whom are Muslim—who refuse to take passengers who are carrying alcohol.

The Metropolitan Airports Commission is expected to vote in April on a proposal that would hand out 30-day license suspensions to cabbies who refuse service for any reason, with a second refusal leading to a two-year revocation.

I love that bit. Just like a checkout operator who thinks that they have the right to tell you what you can and cannot buy because of their worship of a paedophile - some shithead cab driver thinks that he can refuse your fare because you're carrying an unopened container of liquor.

It makes me want to get a bag of pigshit that will leak everywhere in the boot when placed in there just to annoy the cretin.

Worker walks over issue
Muse Dahir told the AP this past week he quit his job at the Sam’s Club in Bloomington after he was transferred from another position to cashiering and was ordered to ring up pork purchases.

Fuck it... the only Muslim out there with a legitimate job that he didn't get through his family - and he quits... :(

He said it doesn’t matter if the pork product is packaged. “Even if you just sell it to someone, you break a promise to Allah,” he said.

FUCK ALLAH!!! If that piss-poor excuse for a deity was really all-powerful, why are there pigs in the first place?

You stupid pack of c*nts!

Burqa-bomber hides identity

2007-10-04T17:08:00.000+10:00

I can't say that I'm surprised about this.

Burqa-bomber kills 13 in Pakistan
By Saad Khan in Peshawar

October 01, 2007 04:11pm

A SUICIDE bomber wearing a woman's burqa struck at a police checkpost in northwestern Pakistan today, killing at least 13

people and wounding 20 others.

The blast happened on the outskirts of Bannu, a key garrison town near Pakistan's troubled tribal areas bordering

Afghanistan where the army is battling al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.

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"A man disguised in a burqa got out of an auto-rickshaw when police stopped the vehicle for a search. He then blew himself

up, killing at least 13 people,'' police officer Asar Islam said.

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Police sources said they had earlier received intelligence that male suicide bombers dressed in all-covering women's burqas,

a common garment in conservative northwestern Pakistan, would soon launch attacks.

We've heard in the latest year or so about various states in various western countries allowing Muslim women to be photographed for their drivers licence while wearing a burqa.

I just hope that the MORONS who preach acceptance of a religion that detests us non-believers, are the ones who are on the receiving end of a shotgun barrel when someone thinks it's a good idea to go and hold up a bank or a gas station using one of these 'ghost costumes' as a disguise.

Do-Gooder: Help! Police! I was robbed! Help!
Police: Did you get a good look at your attacker?
Do-Gooder: Um....
Police: What did they look like?
Do-Gooder: Uh....
Police: Was it a man or a woman? A child or an adult? Skin colour? Hair colour? An amputee maybe?

Daylight Saving in Qld

2007-10-04T14:52:00.000+10:00

The Gold Coast wants Daylight Saving:

Gold Coast threatens to go it alone on daylight saving
By Greg Stolz

* Queensland Government rules out daylight saving
* Gold Coast threatens to go it alone in new time zone
* Most Queenslanders in support of daylight saving

THE Gold Coast is considering defying the the Queensland Government and going it alone on daylight saving.

Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke was seeking legal advice yesterday about whether the tourist strip could have its own time zone

after the Government controversially ruled out a daylight saving referendum, despite a majority of Queenslanders supporting it.

Coast business and tourism leaders joined Cr Clarke in condemning Premier Anna Bligh's decision to reject a referendum, daylight saving trial or southeast corner zonal system. Ms Bligh justified the decision on Government-commissioned research showing minority support for daylight saving outside the state's southeast.

A frustrated Cr Clarke said he had asked the city solicitor to investigate the legality of the Gold Coast going it alone on daylight saving.

He said ideally, southeast Queensland would introduce daylight saving under the banner of the Council of Mayors.

Cr Clark is frustrated? Maybe Cr Clark should think about where the boundaries of Queensland actually begin & end. Hint for this self-absorbed idiot: QUEENSLAND doesn't start at Tweed Heads & end at Labrador! There is more to this state than your shithole corner!

"It's a really stupid decision by the Government – the people want daylight saving,"

Which people?
Was this an actual poll taken of people on holiday on the coast or your mates at the golf club?

"It's just ridiculous, absolutely ludicrous, that the Premier can bow to the wishes of the minority," Gold Coast Licensed Venues spokesman Jim Bell said. "The majority want it and we should have it."

As opposed to the minority on the Gold Coast who think it should be implemented and a state full of people be forced to change so that they may increase their profits?

Gold Coast Tourism chief executive Pavan Bhatia said the multibillion-dollar tourism industry would fight the Government's decision.

"There's lot of investment in this town that is dependant on something called sunlight," Mr Bhatia said.

Bullshit! The Gold Coast only has sunshine as an ancillary feature. It's the drug-life that is the popular attraction in that dump!

Government polling this week showed that 51 per cent of respondents statewide supported the adoption of daylight saving – a level that increased to 63 per cent in the southeast corner. Support throughout the rest of the state, however, was much weaker at 31 per cent.

I actually support the dual time-zone for Queensland idea but object greatly when power-mad local councils start dictating what the time should and shouldn't be in their regions.

Let the Gold Coast have their daylight saving - it's not like anything of any consequence happens down there other than an increased crime-rate; drug-taking; drunkenness; and tolerance of debauchery.

Does Malaysia have Daylight Saving? What about Singapore? Bangkok? Has anyone worked out that the closer you get to the equator, the more STUPID an idea it is to have Daylight Saving? Evidently not.

I admit that I was dubious about what Anna Bligh was going to do when she fell into the job of Premier of Queensland - she's got big shoes to fill if she's going to be anywhere near as incompetent as Petie Beater. It seems though that she got it right on this one in that she is sticking up for QUEENSLAND.

Let the Gold Coast secede from the state. How about the Gold Coast also not stick its hand out to the State Government for monies (ie: taxes from ME and people from ALL over the state. Ie: the "minorities") to maintain facilities that are often neglected while corrupt councilors vote themselves pay-rises and new cars.

It's not like Ron Clark has made much sense in the last couple of years anyway. What can be expected of someone who employs an abusive cretin like Jim Soorley to be your "advisor" after hitting public office?

Druggo Footballer Gets Sympathy

2007-10-04T14:36:00.000+10:00

Oh dear... poor Georgie cries because a close friend died. That is indeed a sad thing because it is rough losing friends and family before their time. BUT.......

Don't look in my direction for sympathy or sadness if the bloke died of a drug overdose. Maybe women wouldn't be having miscarriages in hospitals if the druggo's of the world weren't congesting emergency rooms with self-inflicted life-threatening conditions.

Would Georgie be so sad for him if Chris Mainwaring had lived ONLY because he was rushed to an emergency room and treated while, for example, it was her sister sitting in the emergency room missing out on treatment because he was occupying a bed that someone who truly deserved medical attention could have used? A hypothetical situation, for sure, but the dickhead does not deserve extra privileges simply because he could run around and kick a ball.

Fuck the Hippocratic Oath, I say. Save those who aren't wasting public hospital funds through their own stupidity.

It's about time people in this society remembered that they should be held responsible for their actions and that people who CHOOSE to live in the public eye are NOT entitled to act like the morons that so many seem to be. If you want to be a private person with a private life then DON'T maintain a celebrity lifestyle unless you're prepared to accept the responsibilities that go with it. If you cannot handle being in the spotlight and need drugs to cope: bite the bullet and get OUT of there and get a real job! Some people can handle being the centre of attention and some cannot. Those that cannot without some "help" should be mature for once in their life and get out of the game. It's as simple as that.

Recreational drugs are NOT fun and I still say that every country on this planet should make Saturday the "Swing a Dealer Day" (by the neck until they're dead) until the message gets through that there are better ways to make money.

I long for the day when hospitals have a heavy security net at the entrance and anyone with a self-inflicted condition (ie: drugs or alcohol) take a seat in the 2nd-class room while those who are in need of medical attention through no fault of their own take precedence. If a druggo dies while waiting - who cares - one less maggot on the Social Security net.

More Trash Reporting

2007-10-03T16:00:00.000+10:00

This just smacks of what I call "typical media reporting" in this country.

Channel 9 chopper narrowly avoids disaster
By Fiona Connolly

October 02, 2007 01:00am
Article from: The Daily Telegraph

A CHANNEL Nine helicopter crew filming the NRL grand final narrowly avoided disaster after a laser beam was shone from the

ground, temporarily blinding a cameraman.

The vast majority of the clowns in the media cannot get simple terms and definitions correct and continue with their hit'n'miss attitude of reporting by suggesting that a laser shone through a camera lens "almost" creates a disaster had it gone in the eyes of the pilot.

So... did the laser actually go into the eyes of the pilot?
Is the feigned outrage from Channel-9 execs based more on the concern of maybe losing a helicopter - or the people inside?

Nice going on those "reporting" skills, Fiona. I understand that since you almost entered the wrong building while studying at University to get the piece of toilet paper that you call your "Degree in Journalism", you must also be qualified to be a School Teacher and may soon embark in a career as a Civil Engineer.

Oh, I know for a fact that the owner of this fluff piece would justify her position and make all sorts of excuses but the simple fact is that her facts are wrong and her Editor is just as big a moron for allowing such tripe to go to print.

Human Rights???

2007-10-02T16:50:00.000+10:00

Amnesty International is trying to gain clemency for the Bali Bombers??

WTF???

Amnesty stands by Bali clemency plea

October 02, 2007 06:58am
Article from: The Daily Telegraph

THE head of Amnesty International Australia's bid to save the Bali bombers has asked the families of victims to understand why he is fighting to spare the killers.

Amnesty International Australia anti-death penalty co-ordinator Tim Goodwin yesterday told the families of the dead the execution of Bali mastermind Amrozi and his two accomplices would not deliver justice or prevent future attacks.

Left-wing moonbat, Tim Goodwin, says that the lives of the Bali Bombers are worth more than those of the people that were murdered in the name of Islam.

"The first thing I would say is I can't begin to appreciate people's suffering and their losses," he said.

"I'm not going to say I can even begin to understand and certainly I can see emotions are definitely running raw.

"These are unmistakably terrible terrible crimes against humanity that these people have committed but even so we think the answer doesn't lie in more violations of human rights."

That's right, DICKHEAD - you DON'T understand the suffering that family and friends go through when a member of their own is literally torn to shreds by shrapnel while they are on holidays and seemingly in a safe location. You can't begin to understand yet you still think that this planet needs trash like this on it. Tim Goodwin, you are indeed a moron.

So, human rights seem to only apply to criminals in the mindset of Amnesty International?

Mr Goodwin said the Australian chapter of Amnesty International was obliged to lobby to save the lives of the three terrorists as part of its universal opposition to capital punishment.

Since is it understood that Islam is a proponent of the eye-for-an-eye theory and the bombers are being tried and (hopefully) executed in a Islamic country: how about you show the truth of your convictions and allow yourself to be executed in the place of Amrozi if the grinning fool is worth saving?

However he denied the Australian arm had tried to avoid publicity because of fears of the public reaction.

Nah - you wouldn't collect donations from the Australian public on a daily basis and then use those funds to save people who would happily see us dead - and have already put those words into action.

Amrozi, Ghufron and Samudra face imminent execution by firing squad for their involvement in the terrorist attacks that killed 202 people including 88 Australians.

Mr Goodwin said they may have as little as weeks to live as their legal avenues run out.

The only right that the Bali Bombers are entitled to, is the right to have a bullet in the temple and then thrown into a sty to feed the pigs. I reckon that would be a fitting end to their "divine" quest. I think that an Islamic fuckwit proceeding into heaven covered in pigshit will really be sought after by those 70 virgins.

Headed "Death penalty is never the solution", the statement has been distributed to members and posted on AI websites all around the globe, including the Australian chapter's.

The death penalty is the ONLY solution.
This planet does not need perverse people like the Bali Bombers running around, committing murder and thinking it is funny. This is no laughing matter and fools like Tim Goodman could do the world a favour and join Amrozi's disected body in various landfills around the place. How stupid do you need to be to think that the bombers have rights while the victims and their families clearly do not (as dictated by his actions and words)?

If Islam is indeed a religion of peace (which, evidently, it is not): It's true proponents would not give credence to the actions of the bombers and would execute and bury them in a manner that is dishonourable to it's followers to show the contempt in which they hold people who double-cross their own ideals.

Been slack again....

2007-10-01T17:56:00.000+10:00

Apologies to all who look back occasionally to this site to see what new crap I've written - life has just gotten VERY busy lately.

As is the way with how I view my life: if something is perceived to be difficult, different, or something I would not ordinarily be partial to doing - I would seriously consider giving it a go. Of course, this theory doesn't apply to perverse activities and things that are damaging to the body (I've only got this almost-complete one and I need it to last a few years yet without engaging in dickhead games like taking drugs or getting shot up the arse by some homosexual type).

I've still got plenty to say on lots of subjects - just no time to indulge in writing about them. I'm working on this though so please check back occasionally.

Of course, I will stick to my usual topics on:
- Cheering when a car thief crashes the car and dies (and, if we're lucky, takes a bunch of his stupid mates with him).
- Cheering even louder when some drunken fuckwit falls out of a high-rise building on the Gold Coast and turns himself into road-pizza (anyone remember that jerk's name?)
- Saying "Why didn't you take some more of your mates?" when yet another member of the Cult of the Paedophile (Peace be upon him) straps a bomb to his body and blows himself up, thinking that the next life is going to be better simply because some donkey-raper in a dress said so.
- Making references to the Paris Hilton's, Pamela Anderson's and assorted other slags'n'sluts of the world who somehow convince young women that they can act like drug-taking, sperm-collection points and pretend that they are 'ladies' as well.

Bugger - time to go.... keep a watch for new posts and may the gutless fuckers who send anonymous death-threats keep up their piss-weak work - you make me laugh! :)

TMI Files: "SLUT!!!!"

2007-06-12T17:57:00.000+10:00

Well, it's clearly been a while between posts - and anyone thinking that I've mellowed or will have anything earth-shattering to say should probably just give up now. You just know that this is going to be the same old soap-box subject that I crap on about - namely: females (amongst other things).

I don't know if I've put this in another post as I only write this crap (I don't read it - that's your job :) but I'll point out again that I took myself off the market sometime about September or October last year. It was around the time when I became friends with a bird I had met but she'd developed a few mental issues over the years thanks to being perpetually flogged by yet another one of those gutless arsewipes that are allowed to exist in our society: the-bloke-who-hits-women. Nice bird with similar interests to myself but I wasn't going to string her along nor was I going to use her.

"...not use her"...

What a strange concept that is in society today....
Is it an idea that is SO alien today that people figure that since everyone is using someone in some way then it is OK to do it themselves? What happened to principles? What happened to integrity? Oh yeah - forgot... They don't rate in this world today.

So now it comes around to the propagation of double standards that is ever-present today - and particularly from the female of the species.

Once upon a time, a bloke could rely on a woman to be the objective one while she lovingly gazed upon her other half: the typical beer-swilling, bug-killing type that would act like a child in all the wrong situations. Mind you - this is the bloke of the 80's or whenever - not the kind of bloke that was around in the 40's and 50's when being a 'man' was a big thing and meant something. Now it's just a title that the adult-sized boys think they can bestow upon themselves when they turn 18.

Now there is an ever-increasing number of women (I think the percentage must be about 98% of the population) who are so full of their own bullshit that they think that the words they say are actually relevant and are as good as gospel. Excuse me, but imagine a bird who is 5'4" tall, weighs 60kg and her exercise regime consists of trotting to the kitchen cupboard to attack her stash of potato chips, and she stands in front of me telling me what a temper she has and that she's going to belt me one if I happen to disagree with her personal dogma.

WTF???

The only response I can offer is: "What are *you* going to do to me? Bleed on me?" (in reference to the most-likely outcome of her hitting me being that she will hurt herself in the process).

Which tends to lead me onto the topic of this post.... double standards aka: the believing-of-one's-own-bullshit aka: SLUT!

To the women reading this: how many are you going to say the usual crap: "Oh yes - if a bloke sleeps around, he's a stud but if a woman does it, she's a slut!" Well - yeah - but you're only half right. A bloke who sleeps around is ONLY a stud in YOUR eyes because that is the title YOU gave him - not me! I don't respect any bloke who hasn't the honour to commit to one woman nor possesses the principles to treat any of them like a lady - which, I guess, is contradictory in itself as there are very few young women in this world that are worthy of the treatment that goes with the title of 'lady' but I still treat them as such anyway. I have one mate who claims to have lost count after being with 100 women over the years. Another kept a diary because he wanted to bang one from every race and religion (and only missed that goal by about 3 or so - over 200 according to him).

Note: I do NOT respect them for this. I also do not take advice from them on how to treat a woman because that is NOT my goal in life. I do NOT believe that getting my end wet as many times as possible and spreading social diseases is going to enrich my life in any way, shape or form. So to the majority of women out there: this is called "Practicing what one preaches" - and I have no problem in suggesting that it is a concept that is alien to most of you.

I also believe that anyone (male or female) who sleeps around while single is not going to change their ways when they "commit" to someone if the opportunity presents itself where they think that they will not get caught. This way of thinking, to me, is a clear lack of self-respect as well as a lack of respect for anyone else. Of course, these same people also get all high and mighty when anyone questions their integrity. Can anyone see a point developing about double standards?

Has anyone worked out why my tirade is on this particular subject today? It shouldn't be hard to guess....

Yes - it happened to me *again* where I made a promise to myself that I am going to stay off the market and if the right one comes along then hopefully I will know it (because actually looking for a good woman clearly doesn't work!).

As many already realise, I go to dance classes a few times a week and I meet a lot of different women. Tall, short, fat, thin, smart, dumb, sweaty, overbite, underbite, buck-teeth, no teeth, honest, dishonest, broke, wealthy - all sorts. The point is that I go to class to learn a skill that I currently do not posses and not to pick up anything with a pulse.

Earlier this year, I meet a bird who is *not* Australian. This is a good omen for me because I am now firmly of the opinion that the women here work at being brainless skanks whose personal goal seems to be as much a drunken fuckwit as the average bloke. This essentially equates to a complete and utter void of class and the qualities that a bloke such as myself can admire in a woman, so I look elsewhere.

This bird is nice. She has looks and muscle-tone and a bit of class. She's also got one of the best qualities that I admire in a person: honesty - and she has it in spades (when it suits her).

So, me being me, after hanging around and going out with her for a while, I develop feelings for her. I also put my usual practice into play of NOT trying to get intimate for at least 2 months because I want to know what she's like as a person first. How many of us know people who've fucked on the first date - most likely while drunk - and become attached to someone for a few months before discovering that when the sex runs out, the person they're with is complete turd?

You may equate this to mean that I can't get laid - but I can. I can get it anytime I want if I wanted it because there are professionals out there who cater to people who want meaningless sex. There is no need to go out and give a girl drugs or get her drunk or pack-rape her with your football or muslim buddies when the services are there for someone who will, chances are, do a much better job on a bloke AND she won't want to move in with you or claim half your possessions.

Back to the girl-of-interest....

She's got manners and class and all the things I admire in a woman - and yet again I fall for the time-honoured lie that all women give when a bloke shows interest in her: "I'm not looking for a relationship right now." OK - fine. I always take this line and her at face value and back off even though I know for a fact that it really means: "I just don't want a relationship with YOU unless you have no job, no prospects, no education, huge debts, will treat me like shit, want to do a threesome with my sister / mother / best friend / brother, and make crude comments in public about wanting to fuck me up the arse!"

Think I'm lying? Prove me wrong!

You can't.

This one tells me that she doesn't want a relationship but has a couple of drinks one night and allows herself to be screwed by some bloke who has been whinging at her for months to come across even though she openly admits that she doesn't like him.

Again... WTF???

Has this moron never heard of batteries? Doesn't a dildo make a suitable non-diseased solution until a decent bloke comes along? Evidently not.

And there was the reasoning behind it.... "A girl has to have fun sometime."

Yeah... right... A bloke with a good job; good income; a career; his own home; lives clean; has a can-do attitude; treats the girl with respect and values her opinion is NOT wanted while some dickhead who never wants to aspire to do anything more in life than drink and fuck sluts gets rewarded for his behaviour.

Let me think about this a second... so - if your dog gets up on the bed and shits on your pillow - you're going to give him doggie treats and allow him to continue sleeping on the bed and you will leave the shit there on your pillow while you sleep. Is that not the same thing? Negative reinforcement? How about the child who screams loudly in the supermarket because they know that they will get lollies instead of a boot in the arse that they really deserve?

But I get over this. I put it down to me not having the right to decide how she should live her life and if she chooses to do that then that is her perogative and I decide that she's not for me.

A couple of months go by and she's calling me up most weeks to go out dancing somewhere and inviting me around to dinner and stuff and I'm starting to think that maybe she's thought that I'm a bit of a catch after all. How fucking stupid am I?

I mention again that we've been doing things together than that I would like to maybe start something with her because we get on so well and like a lot of common things and this time there is no utterance of what I call "the usual lie" (I take this to mean that there is hope for me....)

Then some "friend" from the distant past who doesn't keep contact all that often and could not be bothered to actually come to this country to see her pays for her ticket to a halfway destination whereupon I say "Yay! You should always stay in touch with friends! Go! Have a great time!" - and she does. She has a GREAT time getting fucked 4 ways from Sunday for the entirety of the trip. And the excuse is.... (wait for it) "A girl's gotta have fun sometime...."

If this isn't a lying, conniving, using slut, I don't know what is - and since I've never personally met Paris Hilton, this girl will fit the bill quite nicely. I've cut off all contact and deleted all ways of contacting her just in case my forgiving nature (and yes, I do have one!) gets the better of me again.

So now I am back to being OFF the market because I'm am again firmly of the opinion that there are NO decent women out there that are worth finding. I make a point of eating good food and looking after myself (personal grooming) and being the kind of bloke that a woman would want. Such a shame that it seems that they all seemingly want to be a proverbial "ho" until they decide they're getting old and want to marry a bloke - then it seems I'll be wanted - when they're all clapped out (emphasis on "CLAP") and proven to the entire football team that she really can suck-start a Harley Davidson!

So long gone...

2007-04-08T08:57:00.000+10:00

Apologies to the 3 people who think I have crap worth reading but I've been busy the last couple of months. I started a new job in my chosen profession and this means my priorities have changed a wee bit.

It's funny though that I still get calls from various recruiters around the place asking me if I'm working yet. The funny bit is that when I found the job, I made sure to practice what I preached and contacted all of the recruiters that knew how to practice GOOD BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS and bothered to stay in touch with me when I contacted their firm with regards a position. Every single one I contacted were grateful that I let them know that I was working again and wished me well. Those that weren't bothered to contact me with any form of update got the same back - and it's these businesses that are contacting me now.

I received a notification from one firm the other day about how I had missed out on a position that I had applied for in excess of 2 months prior to the date of the email. It had taken the employer and the agency OVER 2 months to get back to me.

HOW SLACK IS THAT???

Needless to say, I contacted the agency and informed them that they need to coach their client that if they want talented, driven, dedicated and professional staff: this kind of person is not going to wait around for 2 months or more while they think about getting their thumbs out of their collective backsides. They cannot see the contradiction here - they WANT professional and driven people to join their lacklustre collective. Oil & water?
I was being semi-polite about it when I contacted them as I have my list of agencies that I will deal with in future [hint: these are the ones who know business etiquette and what communication in business actually means].

In the end, the firm that employed me seem to be very happy. The offered me a position and said I could think about the pay and the offer for a few days. Not being someone who'll sit around and wait, I wanted it settled on the day. Papers were then to be sent out and a chain of mail would go back and forth and then a start date decided. After showing my enthusiasm for getting the job done, the offer was made on a Friday and it was agreed that I would start on the following Monday. Government departments: are you reading this? This is a professional position and I don't have time to waste waiting for your paper trail. This organisation knew it and I was in there solving problems 72 hours after the initial offer of employment!
Well... this is the benefit of dealing with private enterprise... less bludgers - less politics - more interested in getting the job done with less mindless, half-witted bureaucracy!

Other news:
Well... after X number of years of training in one of the martial arts, 2 spine operations, 1 knee operation and another knee ripped out of it's socket (none of these caused by the training!), I finally got my black belt. In martial arts' terms: I have just learned to crawl. This is now where the *real* learning begins. It's true too as I have learned more in the last 3 months than in the last 2 years!

More news:
One thing about martial arts training is that you know where your body parts are just about all the time and you are aware of where people and objects are. Do you know where this really helps? Dancing! After doing latin dancing for 3 months back in 2004 (before knee surgery), I finally decided to go back about 6 months ago and it is GREAT! Lots of fantastic-looking women and, thanks to past training and an ability to work *with* "training partners", I get to achieve the ultimate compliment a bloke can get from a woman - that I've made her happy. I then go home alone and I am happy too! :)
[OK - so that last bit isn't entirely true... I have been thinking more about the female of the species lately but it is like trying to jam that camel through the eye of a needle in trying to find one worth finding... Oh, forgot the usual caveat - the trick is to find one that is worth finding that thinks that *I* am worth finding as well... I guess most prefer the bludgers and lazy pricks who want to dominate them and treat them like sluts.... Oh well...]

My thoughts are now that while people think that dancers are gay and football players are real men, it is actually the other way around. Tell me: who is the homo? A bloke who would prefer to run around an oval grabbing other blokes around the hips and backside with their face at arse or crotch height - and then want to have a shower with them afterwards -- or, the bloke who gets to hold a girl with very sexy hip movements so close that you can feel her heartbeat (and she does this willingly without any money changing hands).
Give me the dancing any day! :)

Recruitment Agencies #1

2007-01-21T09:27:00.000+10:00

I can see this post as being the start of quite a few along these lines.

What I plan to do here is start naming and showing the homepage of Recruitment Agencies that operate here in Australia that claim to be "professional" in their business dealings but actually aren't and you should AVOID as a part of your business.

Here is a tip... One of the KEY elements of 'Business' is Business Communications. If you do not communicate with clients or staff then you are not achieving the most basic of elements required to operate effectively. If you intend to alienate potential clients then you would want to make sure that the capital for the business is limitless as your income will be, or should be, nil.

A lack of communication and basic courtesy definitely does NOT portray professionalism in any way, shape or form. In fact: Not making return contact with a potential client indicates laziness and apathy. It gives a general impression that your time & effort as a client isn't really worth much to anyone at that particular company and you can expect to always be regarded as an inconvenience. That is, unless you like paying for the privilege of being treated like the equivalent of pond scum.

It seems that so many companies seem to forget that the job applicant of today may be the employer of tomorrow - and you can trust me when I say that I possess a LONG memory when it comes to those who thought they could get away with bone-idle laziness and those who treated me with respect and extended basic courtesies.

As such, I am quite happy to display the banners and/or home pages of agencies that I consider to be inept and unreliable. For the sake of clarity: don't go whinging that you're going to sue me if you represent one of these companies. If you go broke, it will be due to your lack of business etiquette and acumen - it won't be because I advertised the fact.

In the case of recruitment agencies, they deal with people who are looking for work. Often these people are *real* professionals - they know how business communications and etiquette works and the value in treating clients with respect. As someone who practices simple courtesies when it comes to business communications, the following process is abhorrent to someone who wants to be a contributor to society rather than a debt:
- Submit an application for a role.
- Hear nothing back from the agency.
- Make contact with the agency.
- Being told "If we don't contact you then we didn't proceed with your application".

How can behaviour like this be regarded as anything but pathetic & unprofessional? Is it not a real indicator of a company with which you should not waste your valuable time? It is. I do not care for excuses about how much time it takes to contact someone or what your silly company policies say - the above is NOT acceptable behaviour for a company that wishes to stay in business. End of story!

Here are the first few....

First Choice Recruitment provide clever and insightful staffing solutions.

Offering trust and skills, coupled with in-house experience of more than forty years in the recruitment and human resource arena, our clients know us as experts in the field of permanent placements, temporary staff and part-time personnel.

Provide "clever" and "insightful" staffing solutions??

Offering "trust" and "skills"??

How? When?

How delusional do you have to be to think that you can make a claim like this about your business practices when you can't practice simple etiquette?

They may be experts at taking money from companies looking for staff but they are utterly incapable of treating clients with respect.

Perafel offers a comprehensive range of professional services for employers and job seekers.

With years of experience in the industry, we have built up a strong network of relationships and inside knowledge to help you find the best people, and roles, before the rest.

Yep - we've built up a very solid network of people that we can ignore when the mood takes us. We've even managed to associate ourselves with a substantial client base that are willing to be ignored by us over and over again.

Whether you require permanent staff, specialist consultants or are seeking a total recruitment solution, we have the knowledge, experience, and, most importantly, the quality candidates to match job seekers with businesses of all sizes.

Well... we have a bit of knowledge and experience but we don't really have that many "quality" candidates as we couldn't be bothered to contact them to let them know that they may have missed out on a role. That's their fault anyway - we can't be expected to pander to their insecurities about how their application is going.

It's all about selection. Each and every candidate is interviewed and tested. We use the latest software technology to gauge their skills, this compliments our consultants' ability to personally profile each one. We match software abilities and as importantly - character.

Oh yeah - we use all the latest software like Microsoft Word 1.0 and Windows 98 - and we have the very best in consultants to go with this cutting edge technology. Our specialist consultants are trained in the use of rotary-dial phones so that they can ignore all our clients equally.

We are considering changing our slogan from "People Helping People" to "Hire someone through us and you'll be getting someone about the same standard as our own staff: slack - idle - lazy."

M&T Resources is a leading provider of ICT contracting and permanent recruitment solutions. As a client or potential candidate, our commitment to you is based on the values of Reliability, Experience, Support, Performance, Energy, Commitment and Trust.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.???
Trust?? Reliability?? Support?? Energy?? COMMITMENT???!!

I can tell you for a fact that NOBODY in the Brisbane office of M&T seems to understand what any of these qualities represent. Yet again, we have another company that has what they call a "Values Statement" that is intended to bullshit the world into thinking that they not only possess those value but that they practice them as well. HA!

To be fair, the centre of brilliant incompetence for M&T seems to be located in the Brisbane office. The office in Canberra bent over backwards to try and secure me a role. Of course, they too did not call me back when nothing was heard from the government department that didn't know if they really wanted someone to fill a role or if they wanted to flex the afternoon off.

When thinking of M&T, think: Brisbane's Leading Unit (of) Dim-witted Grotesquely-Egotistical Retarded Slackers or B.L.U.D.G.E.R.S.

Fucking Tent Merchants!

2007-01-15T12:42:00.000+10:00

Sounds like a plan to me!

(article on news.com.au)

A SUNNI Muslim community group has called for all Australians, both Muslim and non-Muslim, to denounce outspoken cleric Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilali.

How's this for a 'denouncing'?

Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilali is a:

FRAUD

Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilali is a:

COWARD

Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilali is a:

LIAR

Do you think that is clear enough for him to understand? Oh... that's right - he's only lived here since 1982 and still cannot speak the language. I know for a fact that if I lived in his country (that's right - HIS country - the one where he should fucking stay! In other words: NOT THIS ONE!), I would have learned the language after 24 years!

In the television interview, the sheik labelled white Australians "liars" and said Muslims were more entitled to be in Australia than those with a convict heritage.

Really? Pray tell, please inform me of anything that Muslims have contributed to society other than an oppressive religion? What have you lot done to benefit Australia? Any other country in the world? I can tell you: "Bleeding the Social Security system dry because, as a follower of Mohammad, you're lazy, stupid and unemployable" does NOT count as being in the positive.

Responding to the criticism, Mr Howard said it was up to the Islamic community to show leadership on the issue, warning they risked embarrassment and hurt if the sheik was not reined in.

Too late. If there are good and decent people in the Islamic world, I'd like to meet some of them because I sure-as-shit haven't yet!

Darulfatwa today issued a statement saying it had fielded scores of calls from non-Muslim Australians angered by the sheik's comments, and received a number of complaints from Muslims who claimed they had been the target of discrimination.

Unfortunately, thanks to the efforts of professional LIAR, Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilali, and his ability to act purely as an unelected political representative rather than a spiritual leader by saying what people want to hear, good and decent Muslims (there has to be some out there - surely....) will continue to be discriminated against by those who will take out the stupid acts of an individual against a group in society.

Darulfatwa has also increased their stock by several points by speaking out against this moron. Well done!

"The Hilali has again been a divisive figure in the community causing tensions between Muslim and non-Muslim Australians," Darulfatwa said.

No shit!

"Hilali is not a revered figure nor is he an Islamic representative to Australia's Muslims.

Then piss the stupid cunt off! (sorry about language) What's so hard to understand about that?? Revoke his passport? Leave him there with the other Camel Jockeys!

"Australian Muslims must take every opportunity to denounce the Hilali as their leader, including those at the Lebanese Muslim Association, while non-Muslims can support their fellow Muslim friends by not recognising or labelling the Hilali as a mufti to Australia's Muslim community."

Yeah... well... getting rid of the spastics who deem themselves to be religious leaders is the start. Next thing needed is a way to deal with the standard of journalism in this country. Oh... wait - I know just how to fix that....

(Thanks to The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler for the design.)

The sheik is on holiday in Egypt in what was supposed to be a self-imposed exile following comments he made late last year during a Ramadan speech at Sydney's Lakemba mosque.

Stay there, shit-for-brains.

He compared immodestly-dressed women to "uncovered meat" and said they were responsible for the sexual assaults they incur.

The sheik said his comments on Egyptian television were taken out of context.

He said the same about the media reports of his comments made at Lakemba mosque.

So.. which is it? Australian media got it wrong... Egyptian media got it wrong... Who got it right? Did those words mean something else? Was the punctuation wrong? Sounds more to me like my initial definition of this cocksucker was correct.

"I love Australia. I respect the Australian nationality, Australian society, the land of peace. Australia is the best country in the world."

I bet Sheik Donkey-Fucker wouldn't be saying that if he wasn't getting free money on the dole.

Mr Trad said his imam friend was a proud Australian.

So Mr Trad is a liar as well then?

Sheik Hilaly is likely to return to Australia later this week and confront a storm of protest from within and without the Muslim community.

I'd be asking Customs to give the Goat Scotum a full cavity search but I've got the feeling that this skirt-wearer would enjoy it a little bit too much.

Sheik Hilaly came to Australia in 1982 and was granted permanent residency in 1990.

There's a lottery that everyone lost on.

Get them outta there!

2007-01-09T16:25:00.001+10:00

I'm with this bloke with regards to bringing the troops home (and most other things he puts on the sign outside his restaurant, Casa D'Ice, 1901 Lincoln Highway, North Versailles, PA 15137.

Of course, my interest in getting the troops out of Iraq isn't based on the same reasoning that the Moonbat Left use (do they even understand the concept of 'reason'? Seems to me that the Wannabe-Communists say that everyone is entitled to their opinion - but only when it concurs with their own!).

Simply put - I object to my tax monies being used to defend the rights of people who will only lose them again 15 seconds after the USA and everyone else pulls their troops out. These people only understand the way of the warlord and they tolerate it because they embrace it when it's their side that's reaping the benefits and crying foul when they're on the receiving end. Quite frankly, it's typical bronze age/schoolyard mentality that will never be fixed while the people in these countries want to embrace a primitive religion (ie: Islam) which allows them to act and behave in the lawless manner that they do.

There is only one thing that is consistent in these countries. They breed hate.

They breed hate for anything non-Muslim.
They breed hate for anything Western.
They breed their hate into their children.
They contribute NOTHING to the world except hate and oil.
They will not embrace a western-style 'civilisation' with what passes for democracy.

So... The solution....?

Close the borders.
Pull ALL the soldiers out. All the rebuilding efforts & people. Everything.
Have a demilitarised zone around the entire area. Any unauthorised vehicle by land, air or sea, entering or leaving: Stopped with extreme force.
Anyone trying to smuggle in anything that could make weapons - instant execution.
Anyone trying to smuggle anything out that may be a weapon - detonate it AND them together in the DMZ.

This way - soldiers aren't putting their lives at risk for a people that will slash their own throats before they show appreciation and the taxes of all the countries involved will be used on their own people instead of wasting BILLIONS on people who don't give a shit if you live or die, but would prefer you to die....

Absolutely NO emigration from these areas to civilised countries. If they can't get their own shit in a pile in their own country, what makes you think they're going to be able to do it anywhere else?

Finally, the Greens/Socialists/Lefties and all those assorted cocksuckers who seem to have little grasp of the reality of the dangers emanating from these countries thanks to their worship of a sadistic paedophile from history - THEY can live in the DMZ and they can spend their money from the jobs they have and see how grateful the people of the region are when it's theirmoney on the line. Considering how few of these people have houses, jobs or anything resembling a work ethic, they won't last long without their bongs and their dole money.
Oh yeah - any attacks, either by force or verbal, on the soldiers protecting the borders - met with the same deadly force that any potential escapee may have.

I'm not preaching death or hate or calling for an eradication of people from the Middle East - I'm just saying that they should keep their brand of hate in their own part of the world and not export it to people who aren't involved and don't want to be involved.

Oh yes - one final point. Any bullet - any rocket - any bomb - any attack whatsoever on the state of Israel and the Jews - met with a 100-fold response on random targets. I don't give a shit that it may seem unfair - it's about time these people grew-the-fuck-up and took responsibility for their actions instead of blaming everything on the media and the west.

The 12-year itch??

2007-01-04T22:10:00.000+10:00

I found this while scouring the news sites today...

It's another one of those opinion pieces that talks about relationships and everything else that goes wrong when males & females try to coexist when they're too rigid in their thinking. I've reproduced the piece in full as the link will probably be cut in a week or so.

Look out for 12-year itch boys
January 04, 2007 12:00am

TRADITIONALLY it may be the man who gets on bended knee and asks The Question but statistically it is the woman who 12 years later decides she's had enough and files for divorce.

Married couples - like smokers - are becoming a minority in a world where divorce affects about one in every three couples. According to a new report it is still the woman who initiates separation, while men tick the "I don't know" box as to why their marriage ended.

A University of Queensland study examined the gender differences between men and women and found women were not only more likely to initiate separation - they were also more inclined to cite more reasons for the breakdown.

Cue the cartoon of the baffled man shrugging his shoulders while his weary wife packs her bags, according to Relationships Australia's Anne Hollonds, who admits it might be a stereotypical image but one defined by statistics.

"It is hard to generalise because every situation is different but sometimes if a woman is taking action it is a sign she has been thinking about it for a while and she is ready, which can then take the bloke by surprise," she explains.

"That can then make it harder for him in that he doesn't feel in control, and then there is sadness and bitterness and anger on both sides."

The $3 billion wedding industry is a moneyspinner that is not going out of fashion anytime soon. Despite the cold, hard statistics men are still asking the question and women are still saying yes -- 100,000 couples every year say "I do".

But on average about 12 years later 64 per cent of women will start divorce proceedings.

The "It's not you - it's me" rationalisation dolled out to stunned men might be an easy way out but the University of Queensland academics conclude that, in some circumstances, the woman is not walking away because she is unhappy - but because the marriage is making her husband or her children miserable.

"Thus it appears that wives' greater monitoring of and responsibility for the quality of relationships paradoxically extends to taking responsibility for ending the marriage in circumstances where they perceive that their husband or children are being adversely affected," the densely worded report reads.

Ms Hollonds translates that to meaning women are still the caretakers of a relationship - even if that caretaking comes in the guise of guiding the demise of the marriage.

"Women are more likely to be the initiators for counselling, they are more likely to ring for a doctor for their husband; they are more likely to take action," Ms Hollonds said.

"It goes back to what is traditionally the woman's role; they are the ones who take control, to do things for the family is seen as women's work.

"This isn't to suggest that the men are completely happy, but women are more likely to be active around the issue of what is happening to the marriage because they are more familiar with the role.

"Men work longer hours or drink more with their mates rather than deal with the reality of what is happening, whereas women are more able to face facts and that requires a lot of thought and planning.

"Sometimes they have to do things on their own because things have deteriorated to such an extent that they can't engage their partner and he can remain in denial. That's why some men say they had no idea what was happening."

Women are twice as likely as men to initiate separation, according to the report, and are happier in following years, with the research indicating the spouse who initiated the break-up has a more positive attitude to divorce, is more able to articulate why the marriage ended and can see more alternatives.

Clinical psychologist Grant Brecht said it can come down to classic lack of communication with women analysing relationships to pieces with their friends while the husbands then miss their emotional cues.

"Sometimes the women will then communicate from an emotional state and the men will then write it off as them being emotional," he said.

"In more cases than not, men - no matter what they say - make their priority work and they will put in long hours where females are often left to organise socialising. Women will put more effort into nesting and trying to make relationships working while they are organising dinner parties and feeding and bathing the kids."

A recent Relationships Australia survey found when it comes to improving a relationship, men tended to nominate unoriginal actions such as "doing nice things" and "cooking", while women picked more practical measures like "trying to get issues out in the open".

Ironically the same survey found only 10 per cent of couples surveyed were worried about the future of their relationship, 22 per cent were "not very worried" and 68 per cent were "not at all worried".

So despite the sour statistics, rose-coloured relationship beginnings still have roots in optimism - either that or denial.

Author unknown.

I went to post a reply to the article but it seems that it is limited to 1,200 characters. I don't think I can write anything that short anymore....

In any case - feel free to tell me I'm wrong if you disagree. I'm always wrong anyway when it comes to a disagreement with a female - I'm used to it.

I have a theory (it may be wrong seeing as I'm an eternal bachelor and can think for myself).

Look at the relationships of people you've known & met over the years - what is something that is consistent in relationships in various age groups?

Young blokes: find a bird that will give him the sex he wants and he will be happy to float along and be content being with her until there is a threat that she's going to leave whereupon he will make a move. This move may be any one of the following: moving in together; getting engaged; getting married; having kids; taking an overseas holiday; buying a house together. Any one of these things or more and not necessarily in this order.

What does it tell you... It says that a bloke can find contentment and stability very easily. Of course, it also indicates that your average Aussie bloke is quick to take the woman for granted.

When does the bloke make a move? When the woman is getting itchy about their "relationship".

What does *this* tell you? It says that women, by and large, need to have progression in their lives. Something to keep the juices flowing (so to speak) and keep the relationship alive. There needs to be change: home renovations; career; engagements; marriage; kids; things to keep one's mind active and interesting. Of course, having a few kids also means having no time to be bored or to think about the relationship going nowhere unless the bloke is one of these typical cowards who thinks it's OK to beat up on a woman.

It all comes back to stability trying to cohabitate with change. If one member of the pairing gets slack and doesn't put their fair share in, the other *WILL* notice and people know that life is too short to hang around and waste your time with someone who doesn't think the way the partner does.

Then it delves into the area of legal theft where the "justice" system (term used VERY loosely) is heavily weighed against the bloke and he could face all sorts of penalties depending on how rabid the woman wants to be when she leaves - particularly if there are kids involved.

The solution...

Blokes: think with big head instead of little head and wonder if you're up to the challenge of keeping life interesting for someone who will change the 'rules' at every opportunity. Just because you do something good in 1998 - it's not going to carry you through until the day you die.

Women: Be a bit more selective about who you let into your beds. My observations show that young women all want the pretty little bad boys with their tiny little tattoos and their pretend 'attitude' who will treat you like dirt and not like a lady (then again, not many women act like ladies now anyway...).

It seems that those of us who get our acts together and have a few houses, few debts, a business, can run our lives and haven't gone in for the one-night-stand routine aren't wanted until that old biological clock starts ticking and suddenly the useless bad boy with no brains and no future isn't that great a catch anymore. Well, guess what - you leave us sitting on the sidelines for long enough, we work out that most of the women out there aren't worth finding after you've been through that emotional wringer a few times.

The REAL solution....

Blokes: GROW UP! Don't buy that stupid 6-cylinder clunker with the big exhaust or spend huge amounts of money on toy cars. Spend the money on your future and invest. Have some self-discipline and train yourself to treat others with respect and honour and one day you might actually grow up to be a 'man'.

Women: Have some self-respect and don't reward the cretins of this world by giving them the goodies they desire betwixt your thighs when they haven't worked for it. Hint: Using the "when in Rome" theory and becoming a drug-taking drunkard like most blokes out there DOESN'T make you a catch except for someone with bloody low standards. Stand up for yourselves. Be strong and independent and don't expect the world to change constantly to keep *you* happy.

What does the fault boil down to? Laziness. Sloth. Apathy. Both men and women in this country practice it and things will never get better while you indulge.

If you think that I'm just a rambling idiot in the darkness - check out some articles by Doug Giles. Makes damn good sense this bloke. I reckon that any bloke that earns the hand of one of his daughters in the future will have earned it and will get a smart, articulate, independent and extremely desirable woman in his life.

Girls get RAW

2007-01-04T18:46:00.000+10:00

*sniff* - It's news stories like this that bring a tear to my eye. A tear of joy, that is.

EXCITED chatter echoes through a room filled with young women. Clutching bags of ammunition, they are bursting to get outside and get their hands on a gun at the Madden Rifle Range at Belmont, in Brisbane's east.
They're there as part of Brisbane City Council's Real Adventure Women (RAW) activities program.

The Women Take Aim shooting activity gives women the chance to use several different guns – including shotguns, pistols and rifles – to shoot targets at the shooting range.

One of the group leaders, Stacey Wedlock, 23, says that when she first came to the range a year ago with her friend Megan Cottan, there were about 40 women, around half the present turnout. "It has just exploded. A lot of people who had been before have brought friends. That's how it has started to build," she says.

(cont'd)

"We didn't know what to expect – at first we thought it would be a bunch of rednecks," Wedlock says, adding that she and Cottan decided not to tell anyone where they were going.

And isn't that the usual story. People in this society have so many preconceived notions about something that they won't allow themselves to experience it so that they can find out for themselves.

There is SO much misinformation out there that is propagated by what is termed to be the "Gun Control" crowd. Here's a hint: The people who run the target-shooting clubs and organisations like the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia and the National Rifle Association, or NRA, in America are the TRUE proponents of gun control. These organisations seek to teach and educate and to remove firearms from the possession of those who seek to do harm to others. The leftie-losers who claim to be the "gun control" crowd are actually gun prohibitionists - they want everyone to be disarmed, to not have an interest in something that they don't find interesting, to not develop a skill that they could never master, and to be at the mercy of the lawless.

But they enjoyed their first experience so much they decided to do it again with a large group of friends.

Wedlock is now a RAW leader, spends weekends at the rifle range and after undergoing training has applied to get her firearms licence.

Most Sporting Shooters Association of Aust (Qld) members are males, but president Don Ruwoldt says the proportion of females is significant.

There are around 35 females aged between 11 and 18, 45 between 18 and 25, 120 between 25 and 35 and around 600 over 35.

So... average-type women go along to a range to try out something new - they think they're going to be around beer-swilling morons and will be attacked BUT they actually find it to be interesting, fun, challenging and the people there to be quite normal and personable as well? Fancy that.

But shooting is also proving to be popular choice for young women.

Women can benefit from RAW activities says Duffield, because they are able to challenge themselves without committing to the ongoing membership of a club.

In addition, it's a great opportunity to meet new people and be physically active in the outdoors.

"Research from Griffith University shows people become energised and have a feeling of self accomplishment and enjoyment," she says.

According to Duffield the program was designed to encourage women to try activities in a safe and supportive environment.

She said anecdotal information had shown it resulted in a lifestyle change for many women, in that they furthered their participation in the sport once they have given it a go, often by going directly into the club.

So... women are finding it challenging and exciting? That is good. It will also build your confidence and knowledge in areas that will benefit you in other areas of your life. Please, don't try to use the excuse of "I don't want to get hit on by the blokes out there..." because if you go to work, a pub or club, a gymnasium or even a shopping centre, you'll get hit on there just as much or even more.

For information on RAW activities, visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au
Next shooting day: Feb 3, Madden Shooting Range, 292 Mt Petrie Rd, Belmont, 8am-3.30pm. Contact Don Ruwoldt, ssaabris@technet2000.com.au

I would also suggest you contact the local chapter of the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia and learn the truth about firearms from people who know rather than from someone who wouldn't know which end to hold.

Do you go to an astronomer to learn how to build a house? Do you go to a plumber to get a database management system implemented in a business? NO. So why go to a member of the Great Unwashed to learn about a subject of which they know NOTHING?

Burst cocaine condom kills man

2007-01-04T18:45:00.000+10:00

Every once in a while, a bit of good news comes along....

A QUEENSLAND man died after a condom full of cocaine burst in his stomach during a flight to Australia from Thailand.

The man had swallowed 37 condoms containing the drug, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said .

A 26-year-old female alleged to have taken part in the smuggling operation was said to have swallowed 28 condoms containing cocaine.

The man, who has not been named, arrived on a flight into Brisbane from Thailand on December 20.

He became ill and was rushed to Prince Charles Hospital where he had surgery but died on December 27.

The AFP said it was believed the man had overdosed after one of the condoms ruptured.

(cont'd)

Oh yes - I know - It's not very charitable to wish such a painful and gruesome death on my fellow man but, gosh darn it, what sort of life was he wishing on his fellow man (and woman)? You know - the kinds of lives that not only destroy that of the taker but oh-so many around them.

To me, this is just a damn good start. May there be many more deaths in the coming year of drug-traffickers, drug-dealers and those is power who accept the gratuities to cover up the practices and not act upon them.

I won't wish for numerous deaths of actual users - I wish for them to get better and to realise that there is *much* more to life than escapism.

If only I could start my campaign of "Swing a Dealer a Day" with a public hanging in every capital city of a convicted dealer until there are none left.

Boy shot after egging SUV

2007-01-04T18:40:00.000+10:00

Police: Boy, 14, fatally shot after egging SUV
POSTED: 1407 GMT (2207 HKT), December 3, 2006

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A 14-year-old boy who was throwing eggs at cars along with two other teenagers was shot and killed by someone who had been in a sport utility vehicle that was hit, police said.

Danny Crawford was killed by a gunshot wound to his upper body, Franklin County Coroner Brad Lewis said. He died in an alley on the city's west side early Saturday, authorities said.

The teens were throwing eggs at cars when an SUV that was struck chased them, Detective Tim Huston said. The vehicle stopped and several gunshots were fired, he said.

Police were looking for the shooter, who fled in the SUV, Sgt. Dana Norman said. The SUV believed to be involved was found a short time later near where Crawford died.

The other teens were not hurt, police said.

Many who know me know that I openly dislike SUV's (also known as 4-Wheel-Drives). Actually, it's not the vehicles I dislike - I quite like them - it's the DICKHEADS who buy them and don't use them for the purpose for which they were built - to go places that standard cars can't.

Anyway, I won't go into this now....

The point I will make though is about the ever-increasing number of youngsters who somehow think that, as a child and being a subsequent parasite off their parents until they get a job and contribute to society, they have rights resembling those of myself. THEY DO NOT!!

A child has the right to be seen and not heard. A child also has a right to an upbringing that will not see them emerge into society as a criminal - this includes the right of supervision and control from it's parents.

A child does NOT have the right to act lawlessly and then state to whomever they've assaulted that they have rights and the person can't give them the kick in the arse that they deserve.

Of course, I don't really support the idea of shooting kids (not all of them, anyway - some of them *do* deserve something resembling an 55th-trimester abortion though). Sorry - that was out of line to my pro-life friends and those with kids but there really are some teens that are better off becoming fertiliser than a member of society. Some people even used to say that about me! (the upside being that you wouldn't be reading my shit had they been successful :)

Basically, people need to remind kids that if they choose to break the law and disrespect other people in society - they are those out there who can not only break the law better than they can, the results can often be far worse for the individual who didn't expect the reception they got for their efforts.

Simple solution: If you have kids (and this is NOT directed to friends of mine who I know to be good parents) - raise the little bastards to have some respect. You can also do your job of not expecting the rest of the world to be your babysitter just because you decided to get lazy.

Do your job or you can spend another 9 months making a replacement if the kid has so little value in your life that you'll let it run wild.

Idiot Transportation "Solutions"

2007-01-04T18:39:00.000+10:00

Why is it that the road toll in Queensland is higher now than it has ever been yet there is just one knee-jerk reaction from the political "leaders" after another rather than addressing the issues instead of trying to solve the problem when it could have been avoided in the first place?

This is an entry in response to an article in The Crappier Mail last week.

Oh yes... As per usual, we have the "Premier" of Queensland out there making statements about issues he knows NOTHING about.

I will say that I agree with the confiscation of vehicles of serial offenders, to claim that speeding and young people (of which I am *not* one of either group) are the core group dying on the roads is displaying his ignorance yet again.

There are already laws in place that are there to make the roads safer but are they enforced? NO!
There are methods that are tried and tested overseas and work exceptionally well - but are they considered or adapted to this country? NO!
There are psychological means to make people choose to obey the laws willingly as a member of a forward-thinking society, but are they considered or used? NO!
There is the option of education programs and retesting of existing operators (of motor vehicles) out there to prevent people dying *before* the fact, but is this considered or used? NO!
Are speed cameras primarily located around schools, shopping centres, roadworks and other areas where steel-on-flesh is more likely to destroy a life than steel-on-steel? NO!
Is the value of the life of your child, sister, brother, mother, cousin, friend or neighbour worth more than the value of a fine to the state budget? NO!
Are mobile speed units being deployed in a fashion that enhances the work of the police in trying to save lives? NO!
Are all road rules being enforced instead of just those that are profitable to the budget? NO!
Are those who intentionally cause issues on the roads being charged as conspirators to commit murder? NO!
Are people who wield vehicles like weapons treated the same way as someone who walks down the street with a gun (even an unloaded one)? NO!

So... what *is* being done by the Beattie Government (or the NSW, Victorian, Tasmanian, South Australian, Western Australian & NT governments for that matter) to try and reduce the carnage on the roads?

Nothing.

It is just the same old knee-jerk reaction and the usual running to the media spruking how good they are performing when their efforts are nothing short of piss-poor.

How about the state Transport Ministers and their respective "Premiers" get about doing the goddamn job instead of making the roads safer for all instead of treating the public like expendable cash-cows? How about they concentrate their energies on serving the people and making the state better instead of standing behind podiums & in front of cameras saying "God, I'm good! Vote for me - I'm really not here to line my pockets - honest injun!"

The other option.... Make me Transport Minister for Queensland and I will halve the road toll in a year! Why? I can make the hard decisions; I know what needs to be done; I refuse to toe the line set down by union bosses and don't care if the public vote for me next time around. Your work ethic and results should speak for themselves.

In other words - the Politicians of this country should grow a pair.

Very true.
The politicians of this country *do* need to grow a pair if they are to have any part in reducing the needless deaths on the road. I guess this is the idealist in me.... thinking that peoples lives are worth more than budget-balancing fines and the best way to save money on aged care is to kill the populace off before they get old enough to need it.

And yet, while action is slow, nay, non-existent on some issues - when it comes to the political party of choice for the wannabe-communists, the Premier of Queensland will go in balls-and-all with intimidation tactics to reclaim monies that a candidate may have been entitled should she have remained a socialist but is required to return the money when the wishes of the Union Bosses cannot be pandered to as a priority.

Then we have a typically corrupt judge, Marcus Einfeld (as is the way of the Australian "legal" system) who is breaking the law; lying about it; still claiming a position of respect in society; and feigning disgust and persecution because somebody dared to criticize him over his behaviour.

"So what if I did lie about not being behind the wheel of that car? I was only a little bit drunk. I'm a judge! I judge you, not the other way around! I am entitled to special privileges - even if that includes lying about a dead woman being the driver of my car when I got caught driving dangerously. How dare you criticize me?"

Only to be met with yet another knee-jerk reaction of banning P-Platers from using mobile phones while driving. So it's OK for learner drivers to have mobile phones? It's OK for that diminutive woman in her never-seen-offroad 2-tonne, four-wheel-drive, chunk-of-shit, oversized-station-wagon to use a mobile phone? How about actually enforcing the laws in place already for the use of mobile phones in cars?

I'm not a p-plater and haven't been for many years but I can tell you for certain that there are bigger issues on the road than learner-drivers and p-platers - and a lot of it comes from the UTTER ARROGANCE of people in this country to operate a motor vehicle with their heads planted firmly up their arseholes while cruising the right lane of any given motorway.

Ban the Burqa

2007-01-04T18:34:00.000+10:00

This was on CNN on November 17, 2006.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The Dutch government, facing re-election next week, said Friday it plans to draw up legislation "as soon as possible" banning the head-to-toe garment known as burqas and other clothing that covers the entire face in public places.

The announcement puts the Netherlands, once considered one of Europe's most welcoming nations for immigrants and asylum seekers, at the forefront of a general European hardening of attitudes toward Muslim minorities.

"The Cabinet finds it undesirable that face-covering clothing -- including the burqa -- is worn in public places for reasons of public order, security and protection of citizens," Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk said in a statement.

"From a security standpoint, people should always be recognizable and from the standpoint of integration, we think people should be able to communicate with one another," Verdonk told national broadcaster NOS.

(cont'd)

Amsterdam's mayor, Job Cohen, of the opposition Labor party, said he would like to see burqas disappear, though he did not advocate a ban.

"From a viewpoint of integration and communication, naturally it's very bad," he told reporters. "You can't speak with each other if you can't see each other, so in that sense, I'd say myself the less (it's worn), the better."

(cont'd)

In Holland, policies associated with the nationalist fringe in 2002 have been co-opted by the center: holding asylum-seekers in detention centers, more muscle for the police and intelligence services, and visa examinations that require would-be immigrants to watch videos of homosexuals kissing and of topless women on the beach. Everyone must learn to speak Dutch, and Muslim clerics must mind what they say in their Friday sermons for fear of deportation.

(cont'd)

The city of Utrecht has cut some welfare benefits to unemployed women who insist on wearing burqas to job interviews. The city claimed the women were using the burqa to avoid working, since they knew they would not be hired.

It's just that I've heard nothing more about it since the article which, I assume, would have provoked an outpouring of abuse and name-calling from the Great Unwashed (the left -- same diff. The crowd of moonbats that believe that Islam is the Religion of Peace as opposed to what it really is: the Cult of the Paedophile).

I guess I'm also too lazy to do a simple search....

If the Captain of the Titanic can find Ice....

2006-11-06T18:36:00.000+10:00

So now the media are "coming to the rescue" of druggies because they're not getting the product they paid for?

Dealers duping users with 'fake ice'

POLICE suspect South Australian drug dealers are cashing in on the ice craze by selling "normal" methamphetamine as the more potent form of the deadly drug.

SA Police Commissioner Mal Hyde is quoted as saying:

"But you have got to balance that with the fact there is a product out there that looks like ice, it is produced to look like ice, but it is methamphetamine that has been cut with another agent and it produces a crystal form.

"So a lot of people might be reporting using ice, but in fact they are really using methamphetamine, rather than the ice form of methamphetamine."

That's just great.... Members of the Australian Media are now taking up the charge that it's just not right that people are paying their hard-earned (or easily-stolen) money for a highly addictive illegal drug and getting a cheaper version in it's stead.

What this article tells me is that the writer, Nigel Hunt, writing for The Sunday Mail, is one of 2 things: He's pissed off because he got ripped off on his last hit -or- he thinks that druggies have rights.

Fact: While my arse points to the ground - druggies have NO rights other than to be treated like the 2nd-class shit that they are! They ruin their own lives and those of people around them through their thoughtlessness and outright selfishness.

May they all die a horrible (and Health-System cheap) death so that people who wish to be productive members of society can live in peace.

Definitions extended: Rent-a-....

2006-10-10T18:37:00.000+10:00

With regards to the latest protests over the speech* to scholars by Pope Benedict XVI where he made an indirect quote from history, I have decided to create a new** definition that I think should be included in the various dictionaries of the world.

Rent-a-Jihad [pron: rend - ar - ji-hahd, also pron: buhnch - ov - prim-i-tiv - fuhk-wits]

1.
Similar in nature to Rent-a-crowd [pron: buhnch - ov - uhn-wosht - moonbats] but consists entirely of Muslims feigning insult at the most miniscule and remote reference to Islam in a factual sense.

2.
A Rent-a-Jihad can form in nano-seconds with matches ready at hand and an assortment of flags of countries from around the world that have been sprayed with petrol and ready to burn.

3.
While a Rent-a-Jihad can form very quickly, it can take many days for one to dissipate and not before immature screams of "persecution!", "religious intolerance", "kill all non-believers!" and "man, that is one sexy camel! I wish that my uncle Achmed the Tent Merchant was here" are heard at great volume and at regular intervals.

4.
A typical Rent-a-Jihad-ist will be male and will barely have the intellectual capacity to work out that he can get water to his mouth if he cups his hands. After that, it appears that to be a genetic flaw that a member is utterly incapable of inventing anything that benefits mankind in any way. Most appear to be even more unemployable than the average wharfie from any port in Australia (in a *real* job, that is - you know - where people actually work).

5.
Older Rent-a-Jihad-ists are indentified by their wearing of dresses so that they can look just like their mama ("the wretched whore!") while the younger ones have a uniform consisting of parachute material tracksuits that were shite when they first appeared in the 80's before dying a well-earned fashion death.

source: Jai's Dictionary of Phrases That Need to be Adopted by the Media

[Note: Astute readers will note that the photos attached to this post were indeed taken during the protests that occurred after some Danish cartoonists drew some caricatures and stick figures of the world's best known historical paedophile (peace be upon him (or is that "piss be upon him"? )). The pictures can be used because they never change - it's the same scene every time.]

* Check out the following links on The Thin Man Returns for better coverage than I can provide)

-- Within Reason
-- Pope Apologises; Religion Of Peace Goes About Business As Usual
-- Quod Erat Demonstrandum, Baby
-- So Sad, Too Bad

** It may be new or it may not but I'll claim it as mine nonetheless :)

Dickheads in the Media, part #678

2006-10-04T13:18:00.000+10:00

I kinda got a bit irate when hearing a bit of the radio program on Triple-M called the Spoonman on the way home last night. The rest below is what I threw on the Triple-M forum(They call it the 'Message Board').

I find it interesting that, Spoon asked a cyclist to call in to explain why cyclists ride on the road when there is a path beside the highway - presumably to find out some information - only to start using snide comments and attacking the woman who called in and cyclists in general.

Yet, when asked about a woman living in Australia who wears a burqa, she is recognised as having freedom to choose what she does.

So - which is it? A social group is judged entirely on what numbers of them do or are they individuals making decisions for themselves??

I will not deny that there are a LOT of cyclists - *oops*, I mean "bike-riders" out there who are nothing more than "temporary Australians" - idiots let loose in public to do whatever they want before someone in a car turns them into road pizza. I am a cyclist and I consider myself to be in the 5-10% of all "bike-riders" who show courtesy to other road users AND I obey the road rules in full. Being a Commissioner for Declarations, it does not look favourably upon my ability to be an upstanding member of the community to break the law but it seems that Spoonman has decreed that I'm just another bitumen-stain waiting to happen.

One thing about this country is that people are told when they are speaking out of turn about a subject which they know nothing about. I would not presume to tell Spoon who to run a radio broadcast but I would expect him to have some modicum of objectivity (none of it displayed in the segment last night) when discussing a subject that he CLEARLY has no understanding of and knows nothing more about it than the fact that a bicycle has 2 wheels!

He asked the question: "Why ride on the road when there are paths?" and chose to talk down to the woman who was trying to answer the question - not to mention belittle the knowledge that she has, which he does not and obviously thinks that he is smarter without.

Myself, I am a cyclist - I have had a car licence for a long time. I have only owned V8's and I have a classic American Musclecar as well as a hotrod. I also ride motorbikes and drive trucks. Add to that some extensive experience as being a qualified motorsport official on both dragstrips and circuit racing AND having been a racer and driving instructor on several occasions.

I can tell Spoonman quite unequivocally that HE DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMMENT ON NOR BERATE CYCLISTS ON THE ROAD WHILE HE KNOWS **JACK** ABOUT WHY THEY DO WHAT THEY DO!!!

Again - a vast majority of those on bikes just shouldn't be there but don't be too smug about this knowledge as, in my experience as a professional driver AND as a cyclist, there is a similar differentiation between "drivers" and "car-operators".

Your typical car-operator comprises about 95% of the motoring population - they are someone who can press pedal-A and shift lever-B and turn round-thing-C to make a motor vehicle move in the desired direction. This DOES NOT make someone a DRIVER! Just like on the news when they say "An 18 year old 'man' was taken into custody for beating, robbing and raping an 83 year old woman." - this creature is a "male" and NOT a "man"!

A "driver" is someone who obeys the road rules; they drive to the conditions; they show courtesy to all other road users; they know what the shiny things on the doors are for; they know what the pretty, flciky lights are for and HOW TO USE THEM; they know how to handle a motor vehicle; they don't drive while under the influence of any legal or non-legal drug EVER; they don't smoke or use a phone EVER while "driving"; and they recognise the fact that they own the car and not the friggin' road and that it must be shared with others (even if they are totally brain dead and all seem to want to be in Toyota Landcruisers that never leave the blocktop!)

I don't give a rat's arse if this is semantics or not - the apathy in this country is becoming so mind-numbingly overwhelming that everyone is becoming a bludger who won't take responsibility for their actions - and a motorist blaming a person on a bike for holding them up (the choice of the rider is that of an INDIVIDUAL and not representative of the group!) is assigning responsibility for poor design of the road system to someone on a bike. How F***ING stupid is that???
What level of responsibility belongs to the person behind the wheel when they choose to sit as a single-occupant in a car, out of some selfish excuse of "right" when it has always been a "privilege", when there are better options available?

So, Mr Spoon... Your treatment of that young lady last night, in asking a question and then turning it into an attack when all she was doing was trying to help you, makes you a MALE and FAR from being a MAN! Be big enough to cease the attacks on cyclists until you get a f***ing idea what the hell you're talking about and you'll be the better MAN for it.

As for you 95% of "car-operators" out there: registration does NOT pay for the roads and the issue of licencing cyclists and registering bicycles is just as big an issue in the cycling world as it is for other road users. Motorists would also do well to remember that a road is a part of the carriageway which runs from property-boundry to property-boundary and that pedestrians have right-of-way over cars at significantly more locations than just on pedestrian crossings.

But then, being a car-operator who presumes to know the law fully - you already knew that....

One final point - why cyclists don't ride on paths at every opportunity. BECAUSE THEY CAN'T! Bicycle paths are made for recreational riders who can't hold a line and the paths meander all over the bloody place! They are useless for getting from Point-A to Point-B and are only constructed to make it appear as though a politician is doing something for the community other than lining their own pockets!

Have you ever been stuck behind a set of Charlies-'Angels' in a shopping centre and couldn't get past? This is what I call anyone from girls to women who walk 3-or-more abreast (often with an arse that can be measured with a lengthwise pick-handle!) and you cannot get around them. Do YOU get irritated at this when you're busy and got sh*t to do? Try doing that on a path and cannot run the risk of riding off onto the side because your wheels can sometimes be caught in a rut and throw you off.

Do you think it would be fair to drive your car in the dirt down the side of the highway because morons are issued licences without being taught or tested fully yet you cannot get around them? Would you willingly use a road if you got a flat tyre every second time you went down that way because someone else thinks that you should? What about horses pulling carts on the road? They hold you up - should they be removed as well? What about trams? They are a far more efficient form of transport than any car and they cause traffic chaos at times that FAR exceeds cyclists - should they be removed?

The simple solution is for people in cars, who DON'T know what the f**k they're talking about, to GROW UP and lay the blame for the problems with the roads at the feet of those responsible for them - not OTHER road users who are doing you a favour by removing yet another car from the traffic jam!

If you fail to understand the point I'm trying to make here, I have a half-housebrick at home that you can use to knock some sense into yourself. Failing that, have a read of a blogpost from a woman in Toronto in Canada - it's worth reading.

Things a non-cyclist might not understand Part I: An open letter to motorists who dislike cyclists.

Germaine Greer vs Steve Irwin

2006-09-28T10:45:00.000+10:00

I saw this on CNN last week.

Germaine Greer is slagging off at Steve Irwin.

WHO THE HELL DOES THIS BRAINLESS SLAG THINK SHE IS?

She moved to England and say that she won't return to Australia unless welcomed by the traditional owners, yet says that many turn up to the airport to greet her when she arrives?
Which tribe are they from? The tribe that "owned" the whole country?

Greer, best known for her feminist book "The Female Eunuch", said Wednesday Irwin was an "embarrassment" and a "self-deluded animal torturer."

There is only one embarassment in this argument -- and it ISN'T Steve Irwin.

Greer said Irwin had not treated animals with the respect they deserved.

Just because he didn't stick his finger up the date of a horrid, comtempible whore like Greer actually works in his favour from where I stand.

Greer can stay in England - or better yet, go to Afghanistan and put a potato sack on her head and she can take the cock-biters in the media who put credence in what she says and publishes her comments in the "news".

Steve Irwin was 100 times the man that Greer could ever hope or want to be >:)

NT Speed Limited

2006-09-28T10:36:00.000+10:00

Fan-fucking-tastic news.... NOT!!

The Northern Territory - the last bastion of true Aussies left in the country (or rather, the 52nd state of the USA (Canada is 51)). A place where common-bloody-sense is still a requirement to live and everything is not over-legislated to comply with keeping the lowest common denominator of society (ie: STUPID PEOPLE) alive.

They're now talking about introducing a speed limit on the open roads because people keep killing themselves.

Gee - do you think that this is going to stop those that are unlicenced? What about those who drink themselves into a stupour and then get in the car to drive to the pub for more beer?

NO!!!

Yet again, the hopeless wannabe's in government are putting limitations on everyone else in the territory because the irresponsible and downright stupid people amongst us weren't strangled at birth.

There will be MORE deaths on the roads in NT if speed limits are introduced because 100 & 110kph is a DEADLY speed - it is sleep-inducing. At least, if in the middle of nowhere with no other traffic and an endless horizon, a reasonable speed helps to keep the driver awake.

Pity the lawmakers can't stay awake. I guess the state coffers are running low and they need more money for the overseas holidays that Queensland's Peter Beattie is constantly taking at taxpayers expense.

Wild Bean is CRAP, eh!

2006-09-28T10:26:00.000+10:00

(Sorry for the bit of Canadian language in the title but it fits :)

Well... here in Oz, BP (British Petroleum) has taken a wonderful step forward in presentation in marketing by introducing what they call the Wild Bean Cafe back in 2004.

It was now possible to turn up to a servo in the middle of the night after a 4- or 5-hour drive and get a half-decent coffee instead of the mud that McDonalds makes (even though it does keep you awake).

But then, THANKS to the usual halfwits of the world who sue corporations for any reason and the cretins in marketing who think that they need to be "proactive"* in preventing said halfwits from having a go: the only kind of coffee you can get at a Wild Bean Cafe is a COLD one!

I have to have my coffee HOT. Not quite thermo-nuclear hot but definitely more than the 65-degrees-C that the staff have been instructed to not go over. To me, that is COLD and I can inhale a 12-oz cup in the same time it take to drink a similar sized glass of water.

I supply them with a non-leaking travel mug and informed them that I am indeed old enough to take responsibility for my actions and that if I spill it on my dick then that is my tough shit. I have even gone to the lengths of asking them to show me to the microwave overn so that I could heat the pathetic attempt up to a satisfactory level. Of course, I don't abuse staff or belittle them because they are acting under instructions from idiot managers.

If you like HOT coffee: AVOID BP & WILD BEAN CAFE!!!

* "Proactive" - wank-word used by management = do it my way.

Heroin disguised as Coffee

2006-09-28T10:06:00.001+10:00

It is cases like THIS where I think on the same wavelength as the Indonesians.

Whereas they will kill drug traffickers while allowing mass-murderers to go free with a slap on the wrist (I've mentioned elsewhere that the race is totally corrupt and will happily bend the rule for like-minded people or a fistful of cash. Don't take my word for it though - this came from a mate of mine who is half-Indo and KNOWS what they're like).

A MAN will appear in court today charged with trying to smuggle up to 3kg of heroin disguised as coffee through Melbourne Airport at the weekend.

The 46-year-old Australian man arrived in Melbourne on Saturday from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, via Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, an Australian Federal Police (AFP) spokesman said today.

A "man"??? I see the media are still as incompetent as ever when it come to correct use of terminology.

An "...Australian Federal Police (AFP) spokesman..."?? So the AFP was aware of the shipment but still did not follow the EXCELLENT example set by Mick Keelty in informing the Customs controls of Malaysia? I understand that they have the death penalty there as well - which is EXACTLY what this contemptible sack-of-shit deserves for his troubles. It also saves MY taxes being used to both defend and prosecute him and then keep him in a house with a bed and 3 squares a day. What about the homeless people who don't willingly import substances that can kill hundreds of people?

If convicted, the man faces life imprisonment and/or a fine up to $825,000.

I still prefer the other option.... Hang him by the neck until he's DEAD.
I'll even provide the tree AND the rope!

Nic is self-centred??

2006-09-07T16:22:00.000+10:00

I remember asking Nick & Nora a few years ago about what the deal was with Nicole Kidman.

Was she really the nice sort of bird that you see on TV or was she a young harridan in disguise?

T'is funny what you see and may possible describe as "deja vu". :)

Arm the Seals!

2006-09-03T11:41:00.001+10:00

I find this to be a very distressing story.

Why did a couple of dickheads choose to kill 40 fur seals on Kanowna Island?

Was it the fishing industry whinging about them eating fish or was it a couple of drunken fuckwits looking for something to shoot?

Would they be so quick to shoot them if the seals could shoot back? Would they have thought that it was fair if there was someone on the shore thinking that there were too many fishermen in the waters and took a few shots back?

Personally, I have no problem with performing the latter. I'm getting pretty close to having had more than enough of fuckwits in this society that think that they can do things like this because they want to make more money so that they'll have more beer to drink.

How about this?
Wait for the next batch of fake Muslims* to have a riot in Sydney or Melbourne and then sit in your boat of shore and pick a few of them off? They're a drain on the public purse and are a threat to your way of life AND there'll be a few people willing to pay for the ammo for you to do it as well!

Failing that - go back up to the Torres Straight and pick off a few of the illegal fishing boats that rape the environment up there.

Get your priorities right.

*"fake Muslims" - the kind that claim to be a part of a nation that isn't Islamic but want to change it so that it will become that way so that they can fulfil their dreams of self-importance.

Integrate or FUCK OFF!

2006-09-03T11:18:00.000+10:00

Honestly? What is so hard to understand about the concept of learning the language and treating your women (and ours) like real people instead of possessions?

Australia is NOT a Muslim nation (and hopefully it never will be) yet people of the Islamic faith are allowed to live here (and collect Social Security which they SHOULDN'T get - there's enough bludgers here now!) and are accepted. Yet, the values of THIS COUNTRY aren't good enough for some followers of the Cult of the Paedophile and think that they can live in their own little enclaves and take over suburbs in major cities and treat Aussies like 2nd class citizens?

Excuse me? If you came here as a refugee - is that not the treatment that you claim you are fleeing yet you think it's OK to go to another country and do it to other people?

Then they pipe up again and demand that THEIR law is the only one that counts. If you want Sharia Law; if you want to treat your women like 2/3 or half the worth of a male (as I've seldom seen behaviour becoming a man in a Muslim male); if you want to riot in the streets about the AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister upholding AUSTRALIAN values; then FUCK OFF back to the country from whence you came!

If you try to tell me that you're an Aussie while holding "values" listed above: you're not one of us - you're just a coward and a liar!
If you think that it's more important to be something other than an Aussie and that the country should change to suit you, then again: FUCK OFF!! There's countries out there that are Muslim and will happily accept those ideals. MY country isn't one of them.

For the record, if you're one of these bleeding-heart liberal-minded cock-biters that say that I'm wrong - YOU can PISS OFF with them! Let's see just how well you'll get on in a Muslim country behaving the way you do here?

So... the choice is simple.... Learn English and treat women as equals or LEAVE!
If you want to indulge in Threats of Violence against civilised people just to get your own way - be warned that the government hasn't been able to disarm ALL of the nation just yet.

Fingerprints kept Illegally

2006-09-03T11:05:00.000+10:00

Well, DUH!!!

This report suggests that it was just the Victorian Police that were doing this.

THE fingerprints of up to half a million innocent Victorians have been retained illegally by Victoria Police.
Senior police have warned the scandal could expose the force to a fine totalling millions of dollars.
Leaked documents, seen by the Sunday Herald Sun, reveal it could take police two decades to clear a backlog of hundreds of thousands of fingerprint sets.

Seriously: Is there anyone out there STUPID enough to believe that if the police destroy that little card with your finger-painting on it? They ALWAYS say that the prints will be destroyed which I believed when I was younger but I know now that the original collection card of the prints will be destroyed but the question avoids an answer when you ask about COPIES of your prints.

Having been someone that's been printed a couple of times, the subterfuge used to obtain your prints has been something foremost in my mind when dealing with the Police.

Don't get me wrong - I am far from being anti-cop as I would most definitely be in prison or dead now had I not been thrown around that back room by the ears all those years ago. I am actually grateful for that.
What troubles me when dealing with the police is that great numbers of them (not all) treat everyone they meet like potential criminals and/or suspects and use the line of "If you've done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to worry about!"

Well, I'll tell you: I will not be fingerprinted again nor will I ever participate in a DNA test unless there is actual need for it (ie: a charge being laid). I like my privacy to be mine and my word is my bond. Accept that or piss off!

Opposition police spokesman Kim Wells said: "The Victoria Police is an organisation you would expect to abide by the law, so I'm gobsmacked by this."

Fucking dreamer....

Pallywood: Palestinian Hollywood

2006-08-25T11:19:00.000+10:00

It's never been a secret that I think Hollywood is just a collective of bullshitters considering how they are constantly trying to change history via movies (U571, Pearl Harbour, and soon-to-be-released Twin Towers are 3 that immediately spring to mind) Yet, PALLYWood (Hollywood for Palestinians) is doing the very same thing in southern Lebanon thanks to the mainstream media.

Bullshitters creating "news" of the evil, foul, nasty, Zionist Israelis -- yet failing to take into account some very basic requirements when actually in what is termed to be a "war zone". I would have thought that with the Israelis being one of the best armies in the world: dodging bullets would be a prime requisite. Standing in the street, 100m away from an Israeli compound makes a person to be an extremely easy target.

It is clear and obvious that the insurgents are using the media purely to get the more simple-minded people of this world to believe that Jews are bad and that violence-inducing Palestinians are the oppressed. All it truly proves is that Palestinians and others like them are liars who practice deception at every available opportunity.

It's 18 minutes long but it's worth watching to see just how we are all being duped by the mass media.

Thanks to Nick & Nora for posting details of the video on their blog.

Now THAT'S a Bike Race!

2006-08-25T09:44:00.000+10:00

If you're one of these people who likes to blame cyclists on the road for every little problem you face while cruising mindlessly in your single-occupant car going nowhere fast in traffic: Watch THIS!

I hope it makes you spit your Starbucks all over the inside of your windscreen! >:)

"Description of Suspect"

2006-08-25T09:32:00.000+10:00

I don't care if you hate Ann Coulter or not because I think she is great. She speaks sense and facts while all around (liberal, bleeding-heart shitheads) are trying to save the world.

If you don't agree with what A.C. says then my response to that is that you are the kind of person who believes that criminals have rights while victims of crime do not; that terrorists have rights while their victims do not; that organisations like Hezbollah and it's ilk have a right to exist while hiding behind women and children for the sole cowardly purpose of using them as shields and then crying to the media about it afterwards.

Try to deny the facts in this video regardless of who says them.

If the vid doesn't work, try this link.

Dennis Miller? Larry Miller!!

2006-08-24T15:38:00.000+10:00

As I've been doing lately when I've been too disinterested to write my own comment, I've been including rants and emails sent to me by other people.

I was sent this one this morning and liked it so much that I thought that I would include it on the blog - but there was this *thing* in my head that said to check out the post on Snopes first. I love this site sometimes.

It seems that the piece WASN'T actually written by a bloke called 'Dennis Miller' but an edited version of this piece from The Daily Standard.
(See this piece on Snopes to read more).

The email/incorrect version is below so that it is easy to spot but I would strongly suggest you read the full article. A good read.

THIS IS VERY COOL AND UNEXPECTED FROM DENNIS MILLER,

Subject: Israel For those who don't know, Dennis Miller is a comedian from America who has a show called Dennis Miller Live on HBO. He is not Jewish. He recently said the following about the Middle East situation:

"A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as a service to all Americans who still don't get it, I now offer you the story of the Middle East in just a few paragraphs, which is all you really need.

Here we go: The Palestinians want their own country. There's just one thing about that: There are no Palestinians. It's a made up word. Israel was called Palestine for two thousand years. Like "Wiccan", "Palestinian" sounds ancient but is really a modern invention. Before the Israelis won the land in the 1967 war, Gaza was owned by Egypt,The West Bank was owned by Jordan, and there were no "Palestinians." As soon as the Jews took over and started growing oranges as big as basketballs, what do you know, say hello to the "Palestinians," weeping for their deep bond with their lost "land" and "nation." So for the sake of honesty, let's not use the word "Palestinian" anymore to describe these delightful folks, who dance for joy at our deaths, until someone points out they're being taped.

Instead, let's call them what they are: "Other Arabs Who Can't Accomplish Anything In Life And Would Rather Wrap Themselves In The Seductive Melodrama Of Eternal Struggle And Death."

I know that's a bit unwieldy to expect to see on CNN. How about this, then: "Adjacent Jew-Haters." Okay, so the Adjacent Jew-Haters want their own country. Oops, just one more thing. No, they don't. They could've had their own country any time in the last thirty years, especially two years ago at Camp David but if you have your own country, you have to have traffic lights and garbage trucks and Chambers of Commerce, and worse, you actually have to figure out some way to make a living. That's no fun. No, they want what all the other Jew-Haters in the region want: Israel. They also want a big pile of dead Jews, of course -- that's where the real fun is -- but mostly they want Israel. Why? For one thing, trying to destroy Israel - or "The Zionist Entity" as their textbooks call it -- for the last fifty years has allowed the rulers of Arab countries to divert the attention of their own people away from the fact that they're the blue-ribbon most illiterate, poorest, and tribally backward on God's Earth, and if you've ever been around God's Earth ... you know that's really saying something.

It makes me roll my eyes every time one of our pundits waxes poetic about the great history and culture of the Muslim Middle-East. Unless I'm missing something, the Arabs haven't given anything to the world since Algebra, and, by the way, thanks a hell of a lot for that one.

Chew this around & spit it out: 500 million Arabs; 5 million Jews. Think of all the Arab countries as a football field, and Israel as a pack of matches sitting in the middle of it. And now these same folks swear that, if Israel gives them half of that pack of matches, everyone will be pals.
Really? Wow, what neat news. Hey, but what about the string of wars to obliterate the tiny country and the constant din of rabid blood oaths to drive every Jew into the sea? Oh, that? We were just kidding.

My friend Kevin Rooney made a gorgeous point the other day: Just reverse the Numbers. Imagine 500 million Jews and 5 million Arabs. I was stunned at the simple brilliance of it. Can anyone picture the Jews strapping belts of razor blades and dynamite to themselves? Of course not.
Or marshalling every fibre and force at their disposal for generations to drive a tiny Arab State into the sea? Nonsense.
Or dancing for joy at the murder of innocents? Impossible.
Or spreading and believing horrible lies about the Arabs baking their bread with the blood of children? Disgusting.

No, as you know, left to themselves in a world of peace, the worst Jews would ever do to people is debate them to death. Mr. Bush, God bless him, is walking a tightrope. I understand that, with vital operations in Iraq and others, it's in our interest, as Americans, to try to stabilize our Arab allies as much as possible, and, after all, that can't be much harder than stabilizing a roomful of super models who've just had their drugs taken away. However, in any big-picture strategy, there's always a danger of losing moral weight. We've already lost some.

After September 11th, our president told us and the world he was going to root out all terrorists and the countries that supported them. Beautiful. Then the Israelis, after months and months of having the equivalent of an Oklahoma City every week (and then every day), start to do the same thing we did, and we tell them to show restraint. If America were being attacked with an Oklahoma City every day, we would all very shortly be screaming for the administration to just be done with it and kill everything south of the Mediterranean and east of the Jordan.

Please feel free to pass this along to your friends Walk in peace! Be Happy! Have a wonderful life

Teachers SHOULD hit back!!

2006-08-24T15:28:00.000+10:00

There's this charming bit of news from the cultural centre of Thuggery and Buggary here in Australia: New South Wales.

TEACHERS have been karate-kicked, punched, headbutted, sprayed with acid and attacked with weapons in a disturbing range of assaults by violent students in New South Wales public schools.

It seems that the old trend of disallowing a teacher to defend themselves still stands in the classroom. I personally know of a bloke who grew up on the streets of Sydney and became a teacher to give something back to the community. The teacher was suspended for knocking unconscious the high-school student who stuck a knife under his chin for telling the student to stop vandalising the desk.

I say he did the right thing - and that maybe a few kicks in the ribs while the kid was on the floor wouldn't have gone astray either (preferably while conscious though so that he has something to remember the beating-he-so-greatly-deserved by).

It seems that the education system in this country follows the legal system quite well. Run away from those who incite violence and terror and wait to get stabbed or beaten up whereupon something will be done *after* the fact - even though the attackee really didn't deserve the pain in the first place.

HELL NO!!!

The crackdown on anti-teacher violence follows a 16-year-old student from Randwick Boys High School in Sydney's east appearing in Bidura Children's Court for allegedly choking a female teacher on June 19.

As for this cretin that has been raised to be such an oh-so-valuable member of society - I know a few women that would pummell his gutless head into the middle of next week just for choosing a soft target rather than someone who could better defend themselves.

Bring back corporal punishment into schools.
It is clear that schoolkids who know no respect - whether it be through fear or actual respect - will just grow into adults with no respect for anyone or anything.

Sign me up, STUPID

2006-08-24T15:23:00.000+10:00

Hallelujah! I am saved!

It seems that German Scientists (or rather, just one) are coming to my rescue yet again as they have invented an 'Anti-stupidity' pill.

"...And not a moment too soon!" comes the cry from people who know me or read the crap that I write.

I just want to know if my Health Care Card will cover the cost of it so that I can be less stupid when it comes to going to an interview for a job....

Here's the article in full:

A GERMAN scientist has been testing an "anti-stupidity" pill with encouraging results on mice and fruit flies, Bild newspaper reported today.
It said Hans-Hilger Ropers, director at Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, has tested a pill thwarting hyperactivity in certain brain nerve cells, helping stabilise short-term memory and improve attentiveness.

"With mice and fruit flies we were able to eliminate the loss of short-term memory," Ropers, 62, is quoted saying in the German newspaper, which has dubbed it the "world's first anti-stupidity pill".

Pavlov's Daughter

2006-08-06T23:34:00.000+10:00

Let's see if I can elicit a response like he got from his dog?

If a good hubby is a rare species: maybe I should advertise my skills?

- interior decorating of the house isn't courtesy of XXXX and beer mats.
- I know how to clean a toilet (and do)
- I know how to change a toilet roll (and do)
- I know how to hang towels up (always)
- I know how to sweep and mop floors
- The bedroom floor isn't a wardrobe
- The kitchen floor isn't a wardrobe
- No nude calendars in the house (bikini one in the workshop though - where it belongs!)
- I can fix things
- I can build things
- I can remove creepy crawlies from the house without squealing like a metrosexual or killing them
- I bathe EVERY day
- The washing-up is done more often than once a month or when I run out of dishes
- Same goes for 'washing' and 'jocks'
- Watching sports on TV is a waste of time (unless it's the Tour de France)
- I like to eat good food and go out to restaurants
- I like to go to the gym and exercise often
- I like to dance

Oh shit.... reading through this, I've just realised that I'm almost gay. Great - just fuckin' great....

Oh wait... I *like* to dance but can't do it very well. *PHEW* - that was close :)

City girls go country in search of Mr Right

2006-08-06T23:19:00.000+10:00

Hmmm... seems to me that Sydney women are possibly suffering from what I call 'Sydney Disease' - that is, that the state of New South Wales ends at the limits of greater Sydney (you know - the 'gong in the south; Liverpool to the west; Gosford to the north).

Here is a story about City Girls getting sick of the heterosexual-bloke-pretending-to-be-caring-so-that-they-can-get-into-your-pants thing - better known as 'metrosexual'.

About friggin' time.

Of course, the woman in the article seems to think that the only course her life must take is 'settling down' and 'having kids'. If nothing else, she is a product of the standard of education in this country. There is far more to life than just squirting out kids, lady!

Then again, looking at this bird, a bloke could do far worse and may actually take that option. I must admit that I held a baby during the week (2nd one since niece was born something like 24 years ago (I forget how old she is...)). No crying - no spewing - big smiles - I guess they are the moments that sell parenthood to idiots like me who will try just about anything to land a good woman.

The unfortunate thing is that I live in the city as well and even though I live alone in my own home and have a car and can manage my money, the City Girls often aren't worth finding as they are just as selfish and immature as the blokes.
Maybe I can find a job in a country town where the people are genuine and I can leave the stupidity of the city to the people who deserve it.

I wish the girl (Katey Barrett) the best of luck though - she'll need it.

0 for ... double figures (TMI files)

2006-08-06T22:54:00.000+10:00

Here is another one of my TMI files where I slag off at the female population for thinking me not good enough - or is it?

After registering on a dating site on the internet (yes, I had to have a go so that I could say that I did make an attempt to meet someone) and contacting somewhere around 50 individuals (kept records), I have finally found a single female on this site that is capable of telling the truth - or at least expressing an opinion.

I've met many before this day who are able to do this and if I say something dumb then they tell me - that is what I like: honesty. Unfortunately, most are seemingly incapable of doing this. They *say* they do, but we all know that actions speak louder than words.

Of course, said female still isn't interested in me but that doesn't matter because at least she had the intestinal fortitude to say so and to give a hint as to how I could make things better for myself. That, dear Ladies, is what you call a genuine person!

Dammit... I just remembered that there was another on this site that spoke the truth as well. OK - make that 2. Two out of fifty? Not great odds, is it? Does it mean anything when the blatantly obvious Russian Bride Scam artists don't even write back? :)

In any case, I have taken pause and are now considering my next move based on the information I have been given - which, surprisingly, is the same as that given me by the first one who gave me feedback: "You are too full on."

When I work out what this means, I'll try to do something with it.

I thought that a bloke being "full on" with a new bird is the one who is professing love and devotion and talking about the names of the kids and what colour the bathroom will be painted after you've been talking for maybe 5 minutes. I really fail to see how I could frighten someone when all I do is speak freely and don't bullshit - maybe it's the quantity that I write?

Oh well - who cares. I tell myself that a woman who is put off by a bloke who does more than sits around scratching his nuts and grunting probably won't hang around for long anyway. Just remember this the next time you're trying to impress your friends about what kind of bloke you think you deserve - if you mention "can string together a coherent sentence" - you're lying! (No? Prove me wrong! Win-Win for me, I say >:)

The upside of all of this is that I have gone back to dance classes (Salsa, Merengue, Cha Cha) and am enjoying it immensely. What's even better is that there are about 10 women there to maybe 3 blokes :) All different ages and sizes and such but I don't care as all are friendly and it's great to see a smile when I get something right.
Apparently, I've also been asked to bring along some "cute guys" so that there are more blokes there for the women to dance with. HELL, NO! If I knew where the cute guys hung out, I'd be selling their locations to the gay blokes so that I can make some cash on the side. Also, the standards of the women are lower when there isn't much choice there in partners - better for me :)

I think I just answered the "full on" question as well.... :/

Vietnam Veteran Dies Needlessly

2006-07-28T18:17:00.000+10:00

You know... I seem to find myself asking "What is going on in the world??" Just a little bit too often lately.

Here is a case of a Vietnam Veteran walking into a office of the Department of Veterans Affairs down in Melbourne, sits a while, then pulls out a gun and shoots himself dead.

Now, from this, I know for a fact that there will be:
- people concerned about those who work in the offices of the DVA and will rush to get counselling for those workers.
- MORONS saying that if we had tougher gun controls, this couldn't have happened.
- MORE MORONS saying that it wouldn't have happened had there been security on the desk at the entry to the building.

When, IN FACT, the whole solution could have been avoided simply had the Department for Veterans Affairs actually done what it's name suggests and works FOR Veterans and not AGAINST Veterans - which is what it actually seems to do!

The man was known to have made threats to DVA staff.

Does anyone out there know WHY he would have made threats to DVA staff? Anyone? C'mon, it's not that hard a question....

THE REASON why threats are made against staff in government offices is that people are TOTALLY FRUSTRATED at the utter ineptitude of some staff; bewildered by the mindless, half-witted bureaucracy enforced by others; and, forced to listen to bullshit excuses about why payments to those who DEFENDED THE COUNTRY have NOT been kept up with the cost of living since 1976 when BLUDGERS in Canberra and every state parliament vote themselves anywhere between a 5-to-25% payrise every stinking year. If they can't get a pay-rise for themselves, they vote for an increase in travel allowances - don't they, *Mr* Iemma? (I use the "Mr" very loosely because people of your ilk are not worthy of respect in any way shape or form!)

The people in this country who ARE worthy of respect are the ones who CLEAN UP the FUCK-UPS of politicians when it gets to the point where their bullshit lies cannot save them any longer!

So... we have members of the MSM saying Muslims are worthy of respect.
We have feminists saying that they're worthy of respect.
We have dole-bludgers saying that they deserve something for nothing.
We have drug using shithead football players saying that they're worthy of respect.
We have politicians who say that they could make more money in private enterprise because of their skills and they deserve respect. Not only do I doubt that a shithouse rat makes anything near what these bludgers do (yet does it better) but the shithouse rat also does not control the budget and vote themselves constant pay rises while everyone else in the country seems to have permission to go fuck themselves!

"We don't believe the DVA handled this very well, nowhere near sensitively enough.

NO SHIT, Sherlock - What gave away the clue???

"They knew he was not a mentally well man. The fact is the tightness of government money had driven this man to an extreme act; the same government he once put his life on the line for."

The tightness of government money? It's NOT THEIR FUCKING MONEY!!!
Not only do they control OUR money as taxpayers - they can't control it very well. It might be better said that they couldn't run a greasy stick up the snatch of a $5 whore let alone the budget of an entire country!

Fellow prison officers said Mr Heffernan had been deeply disturbed after thinking a surprise exercise in which a female guard was "taken hostage" by inmates was real.
"It wasn't a good thing to have happen to a Vietnam vet," a source said.

Nah - it was a perfectly reasonable act. Get someone who was in the jungles of Vietnam and a mental condition because of it and then scare the shit out of him by helping him relive the days that made him into the mental wreck that he is now.

"The DVA was far too officious. They were technically correct but they were dealing with a man who needed real compassion and care," he said.

Just him? He's the only one needing real compassion and care? Nobody else? They're all good to go except for him? Right.

"He was never ignored," the source said.

BULL-FUCKING-SHIT!!!! They're ALL ignored unless they get loud about it. A Veteran just about HAS to shove a gun in the face of a government official to get the prick off their high horse and to DO something.

For what it's worth - I've never been in the defence forces as my father banned me from joining due to what he went through. I know enough from friends who are ex-defence, Vietnam Vets, Korean Vets, an Uncle who landed at Gallipoli and talking to diggers over the years that if this country needs a soldier, a RAAFie or a Sailor, they can look not in my direction because you can do the honourable thing to serve your country - then your country says "FUCK YOU" when it's safe again.

Well, Minister for Veterans Affairs - maybe someone will shove that gun on your face instead of their own and MAYBE those who actually DO SERVE their country will get a fair shake instead of some know-nothing shithead behind a desk in Canberra who does nothing for anyone but themselves.

Convenient Canadians (& Australians)`

2006-07-27T17:10:00.000+10:00

I was sent this by a mate in Canada.

While the numbers of Australians in the region are nowhere near 50,000, there is still a large number of "Convenient Aussies" who go: "I moved to a region where it is well known that there will be strife of some sort as it's been here for years but it's still the responsibility of the government (to which I pay no taxes), to come and rescue my stupid, pathetic arse - and then to cop it sweet when I say that they didn't come quick enough!"

What further annoys me is that I hear that the Police in Victoria are following suit of the USA in that they're not allowed to state appearance of a race when trying to locate a suspect yet people of the same appearance stand up and proudly say SHIT like "I'm a Lebanese-Australian!" or "I'm an Asian-Australian!" or "I'm Scottish-Australian!" (for balance).

What the fuck are you? Are you Lebanese, Asian, Scottish or Australian? If you're one of the former, then FUCK OFF back there! If you can't come here and proudly proclaim to be an Aussie and accept us like we accept you then who hell needs your ungrateful, bludging arse? PISS OFF!

Same goes for DICKHEADS in the media like Spoonman (OK - I don't think he is that bad but while in the car the other night, I did hear him ADD to the division in this country by referring to some woman as a "Lebanese-Australian"). This joker makes sense when I've listened to him but like all radio shows, I'm not going to give them credence by calling in and saying the usual shit like "Long time listener, First time caller....".

Here is the article from the Toronto Sun...

Convenient Canadians
By PETER WORTHINGTON

What in heaven's name are 50,000 Canadians doing in Lebanon?

Surely they can't all be there for a wedding, or a family reunion, or an academic conference, or even as tourists?

The estimated 50,000 are roughly 20% of all the Lebanese who have become Canadian citizens -- about 250,000 of 'em.

Put another way, there are twice as many Canadians in Lebanon as there are Canadians in the army.

Are they all in Lebanon for a visit? Hardly.

Most are dual-citizenship Canadians who've chosen to return to the motherland to live as Lebanese -- until trouble strikes and then they want the Canadian government to rescue them, not the Lebanese government.

Under terms of Canada's dual citizenship policy, the country in which people choose to live, or to visit, takes precedence over Canadian law -- which isn't to say we, as a country, shouldn't help people in trouble.

Frankly, any dual-citizenship Canadian who chooses to live in one of the danger areas of the world should not expect Canada to rush to his aid and rescue him and relatives when danger threatens.

Instead, appeal to the government you prefer to live under, rather than the Canadian one.

Now Canada is chartering seven ships and a bunch of aircraft to rescue these citizens, many of whom have chosen not to live in Canada. Does Canada have an obligation to be responsible for them? The cost to taxpayers of removing tens of thousands from Lebanon is enormous.

How many, one wonders, of these people will move back to Lebanon when the crisis is over and security is restored -- assuming it ever will be in Lebanon?

The view that "a Canadian is a Canadian" and all should be treated equally may need revising.

Why should the government be responsible for naturalized citizens who return to live in a dangerous country in which they are also citizens?

Tourists or short-term visitors are in a different category.

Some MPs have suggested Canadians in Lebanon whose principal country of residence is Canada, should be rescued first, since those whose primary home is Lebanon are better able to survive than visitors.

Although Lebanese have settled in Canada for well over a century and are productive citizens, Canada's current policies risk clogging the country with people who shouldn't be here and whom we don't want.

Already, we won't deport terrorist suspects or criminals if there's fear they may be executed or tortured in their birth country. This means virtually no bad guy can be deported to the Middle East.

Canadians of Syrian or Iranian descent should avoid visiting Damascus or Tehran where they're in danger of being grabbed on phony charges -- which in no way is to suggest that the Lebanese Canadians being evacuated have done anything illegal.

We already have a self-described al-Qaida family in Canada, with one member charged with murdering an American soldier in Afghanistan. Many feel this family doesn't deserve to be Canadian, since their allegiance is to an enemy of Canada.

Canada accepts that dual citizens have special rights. But the policy needs fine-tuning. It can be argued -- as some countries do -- that allegiance should be to one country, not two or three.

If someone wants to be a Canadian, that person should give up citizenship in his birth country.

An exception should be made with the U.S. on grounds that we are geographically, traditionally and culturally close.

But for other immigrants, the choice should be one citizenship and one passport.

It's too late now for Lebanon, where 50,000 Canadians outnumber Americans by a two-to-one ratio.

Ludicrous. Change the law before the next crisis!

"The LARK Program"

2006-07-21T20:05:00.000+10:00

In keeping with my recent inability to post anything even remotely original (as I seem to be sent things that, to me, are funnier and more interesting), here is my latest offering. Enjoy :)

The LARK PROGRAM

A female libertarian wrote a lot of letters to the White House complaining about the treatment of a captive insurgent (terrorist) being held in Guantanamo Bay. She received back the following reply:

Dear Concerned Citizen,

Thank you for your recent letter roundly criticizing our treatment of the Taliban and Al Quaeda detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Our administration takes these matters seriously and your opinion was heard loud and clear here in Washington. You'll be pleased to learn that, thanks to the concerns of citizens like yourself, we are creating a new division of the Terrorist Retraining Program, to be called the "Liberals Accept Responsibility for Killers" program, or LARK for short.

In accordance with the guidelines of this new program, we have decided to place one terrorist under your personal care. Your personal detainee has been selected and scheduled for transportation under heavily armed guard to your residence next Monday.

Ali Mohammed Ahmed bin Mahmud (you can just call him Ahmed) is to be cared for pursuant to the standards you personally demanded in our letter of complaint. It will likely be necessary for you to hire some assistant caretakers.

We will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your standards of care for Ahmed are commensurate with those you so strongly recommended in your letter.

Although Ahmed is a sociopath and extremely violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you described as his "attitudinal problem" will help him overcome these character flaws. Perhaps you are correct in describing these problems as mere cultural differences. We understand that you plan to offer counseling and home schooling.

Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with such simple items as a pencil or nail clippers. We advise that you do not ask him to demonstrate these skills at your next yoga group. He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive devices from common household products, so you may wish to keep those items locked up, unless (in your opinion) this might offend him.

Ahmed will not wish to interact with you or your daughters (except sexually), since he views females as a subhuman form of property. This is a particularly sensitive subject for him and he has been known to show violent tendencies around women who fail to comply with the new dress code that he will recommend as more appropriate attire. I'm sure you will come to enjoy the anonymity offered by the burka -- over time.

Just remember that it is all part of "respecting his culture and his religious beliefs" -- wasn't that how you put it?

Thanks again for your letter. We truly appreciate it when folks like you keep us informed of the proper way to do our job. You take good care of Ahmed - and remember...we'll be watching.

Good luck!

Cordially, your friend,

Don Rumsfeld

[Note: obviously the letter wasn't written by Donald Rumsfeld but it reads better that way :) ]

BREAKING NEWS:- Muslim Heaven!

2006-07-19T18:04:00.000+10:00

sent to me via email - probably blogged somewhere else but I just HAD to post it :)

Muslim Heaven, June 13, 2006

Al Qaeda leader "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi", killed by US Forces in Iraq last week, has just met with the first of his 72 virgins that Allah promised !!

Daily News reporter Jack Hoff captured THIS exclusive photo of Mr al-Zarqawi with his first virgin.

"Allah is good!"

What you do now can kill your grandchildren???

2006-07-17T14:15:00.000+10:00

I've just finished watching 'The Ghost in your Genes' - a topic on the Horizon program shown last week on SBS.

This documentary virtually confirmed something I had long believed and often been told to be bunk by "those who know" - or think they know.

What the show spoke about was an emerging science in genetic research called epigenetics, or, if I understand correctly, the study of genes retaining some memory of the previous generations from whence they came.

Previous scientific thought suggested that your genes were your genes and that their sequence was locked into place and no matter what you did in your life, the genes that you pass on to your children will be those that you were given upon your own conception.

So, instead of your offspring (unless you're like me where nature has decreed that you are never, never, never, ever, ever, ever going to be allowed to breed :) being given a clean genome sequence, they will actually get one from you that has been affected by your life experiences. If you've been through a traumatic experience; famine; good harvests; no stress, etc. etc., the differences will be reflected in your future generations.
Proof of this has been found in children and grandchildren of survivors of the Jewish Holocaust in the 1940's.

Before you say: "Ah, but that's just a Jewish thing to whinge and complain the way they do like on TV - there are no flow-through effects there!", think about this.... Studies have been done on women who were pregnant and present at the site of the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City. A child that had not been born yet cannot be affected by 'teachings' yet it shows that they were.
Surprisingly, it was only children who were in the third trimester at the time of the attacks who were affected.

Other tests were done on lab rats where they were exposed to a toxin that would flip a switch on one of their genetic elements. Not only did the switch get reflected in their offspring but this was carried through subsequent generations. Inference is given that non-exposed rats continued with their genetic structure unchanged.

I just know that this topic will have some serious detractors and supporters in the scientific world. Myself, I am a supporter. I have long believed that, as the offspring of a violent alcoholic, that I have the same weakness for addiction - this is why I knew from an early age that I should never, ever start drinking. Well, that and the fact that I am a totally cheap bastard and don't want to have to pay stupid amounts of money for a good time that I'll never remember anyway :)
Considering that I'm a shit-stirrer as well and have no problem walking into a pub out west and asking for a glass of milk just to see the look on the face of the publican and the people in the bar. Quite a few have said that either I can fight or I'm just nuts. I just say that I like milk :)

Now, considering that people have always been of the opinion that "my life is my life" and what I do to it won't affect anyone else, let alone their offspring - what genetic switches are being flipped in people here in Australia now that we are regarded as one of the highest users (per capita) of 'social' drug use - marijuana, ecstacy, ice, etc? Don't forget alcohol in that mix either.

What genetic switches have been 'flipped' in those around us who've abused their bodies in the belief that they will just pass on a 'clean' genome sequence?

Kinda scary, eh?

Maybe I should be glad....

2006-07-13T16:21:00.000+10:00

Maybe I should be glad that I'm single? I get to avoid all of this:

You Can't Win (or Why Men Die First)

If you put a woman on a pedestal and try to protect her from the rat race -- you're a male chauvinist.

If you stay home and do the housework -- you're a pansy.

If you work too hard -- there's never any time for her.

If you don't work enough -- you're a good-for-nothing bum.

If she has a boring repetitive job with low pay -- this is exploitation.

If you have a boring repetitive job with low pay -- you should get off your lazy behind and find something better.

If you get a promotion ahead of her -- that is favouritism.

If she gets a job ahead of you -- it's equal opportunity.

If you mention how nice she looks -- it's sexual harassment.

If you keep quiet -- it's male indifference.

If you cry -- you're a wimp.

If you don't -- you're an insensitive bastard.

If you make a decision without consulting her -- you're a chauvinist.

If she makes a decision without consulting you -- she's a liberated woman.

If you ask her to do something she doesn't enjoy -- that's domination.

If SHE asks you -- it's a favour.

If you appreciate the female form and frilly underwear -- you're a pervert.

If you don't -- you're gay.

If you like a woman to shave her legs and keep in shape -- you're sexist.

If you don't -- you're unromantic.

If you try to keep yourself in shape -- you're vain.

If you don't -- you're a slob.

If you buy her flowers -- you're after something.

If you don't -- you're not thoughtful.

If you're proud of your achievements -- you're full of yourself.

If you're not -- you're not ambitious.

If she has a headache -- she's tired.

If you have a headache -- you don't love her anymore.

If you want it too often -- you're oversexed.

If you don't -- there must be someone else.

Men die first because they want to!

Just had to post this - score is now 0 for 7.

Dancing on Ice

2006-07-12T16:14:00.000+10:00

Channel 9 have managed to do it again....

In the ever-increasing world of broadcasters wanting to do a reality show where they can make some bucks by having people call in to vote for their "favourite"-whatever, the "Fuck off, already" Eddie Maguire crowd are trying to cash in on another celebrity-based show.

I know that Channel 7 has run a couple of seasons of this sort of thing with "Dancing with the Stars" but I refused to watch that on the basis that if I want to see dancers competing, then I will watch some DANCERS and not the Obliviots that inhabit TV already.

Channel 7 further delved into the "celebrity" gene pool by creating another celebrity show this time with singing. I won't watch Australian Idle (I know how it's spelt and this way is more relevant!) and music videos aren't worth watching anymore thanks to what passes for "talent" in the music world now. Same goes for radio but the killer there are the untalented fuckwits that are employed as announcers.

Can anyone see where this is going?

Yep - it ALL comes down to the announcers, the presenters, the people out front!

Ch7 had the diminutive little prick that was on Hey Hey It's Saturday not enough years ago. What was it's name? Daryl Sommers? The head on the stick had more talent! At least Grant Denyer on the singing one doesn't seem to be too bad - at least he can drive a car.

So - back to Ch9.
Instead of getting someone with any sort of on-air charisma, they've gone to the pot where they find the new presenters for Funniest Home Videos (a misnomer in itself). I'm bloody certain that the only way some of those birds get the job on that show is by how long they took it on the board room table!
For Dancing on Ice, they pick some saucepan shuffler by the name of Jamie Durie (is that how you spell it? Who cares....). His co-host is some bird who is so wooden in her performance that they must have injected her with viagra or something. If you picked her up off a street corner, you'd get splinters in your cock!

Needless to say, I did tape the show because I knew that Ch9 was going to have endless advertisements with opinions from dickhead presenters and more endless replays of boring routines. Basically, I just wanted to see one show to perve on the girlies in their minimal costumes. While they looked very pleasing, I can't stand it anymore and even with the fast-forward button being worked overtime, the show is still totally unwatchable.

Good thing for me, I guess. Can go back to my own dance classes instead of watching someone else have fun :)
Thanks Channel 9 for making the decision so easy! :)

QR for Careers???

2006-07-12T12:51:00.000+10:00

What the??!!

First, I hear an advertisement on the radio stating that Queensland Rail, now known as QR, has a Careers webpage. Then, upon looking at the webpage, I see that some cock-biter has suggested that QR offers "…rewarding career opportunities in areas like: Information Technology…"

Who the fuck do they think they are kidding???

If there is anything to be said, it is that Queensland Rail DOES NOT offer anything resembling a rewarding career in Information Technology!! - not unless you happen to be an unskilled dickhead with a leaning towards being a political player who doesn't care who they step on; use; abuse; deceive; and will suck copious quantities of dick if it means that they can make someone else look bad while making themselves look good.

Queensland Rail will happily allow it's "rewarding career" prospects wallow in go-nowhere jobs where there is NO chance of advancement unless someone dies, or leaves the organisation for a company where their skills are acknowledged and appreciated.

All you IT Graduates: BE WARNED!! Don't listen to the spin! Don't believe the SHIT!

They will tell you that QR is a respected leader in the IT field. BULLSHIT!!

Queensland Rail is known far and wide in the IT industry as being stocked predominantly with people who *think* they know what they're doing when in reality they wouldn't know shit from clay. The people who are truly skilled and do give a rat's arse about the quality of their work, just do their jobs without the need to run to a manager's office to say how good they are.

So too should ALL Queensland Rail employees be concerned should they have access to email. Even though an agreement may be in place yet NOT be legally binding: non-security-cleared factions will happily take it upon themselves to NOT work with the formal Security section in preventing SPAM and assorted unwanted, unsolicited, non-work-related emails into the organisation, yet will NOT provide the software that they use themselves to entrap employees to locate it. Management will also happily use illegal entrapment techniques and policies to reduce employee numbers while claiming that there is a No Forced Redundancy policy.

Is this software made avaliable to employees to assist them in cleaning up their machines so that anything that is offensive in nature can be removed? NO!

Is information sent around saying that an employee can be sacked if a file exists in a temporary directory because Windows does NOT clean up after itself? NO!

Note: this is not directed to the 2 or 3 managers in IT in the organisation that actually give a rat's arse about their staff. Their jobs are hard enough without being lumped in with the rest of the morons that are running the joint.

Spot the difference...

2006-07-10T15:16:00.000+10:00

Gregory Itzen (actor)
Plays US President Charles Logan in '24' (Fox)
(pic from IMDB)

Peter Beattie (politician)
Plays at being Queensland Premier
A total nobody on the world stage.
(pic from somewhere - who fucking cares)

Spot the difference....

One is an actor working overtime to portray himself as an incompetent imbecile at every conceivable opportunity. The other one *... hmmm....

(Let's start this one again)

One is a politician on TV who does things that benefits his public image while doing nothing useful for the people while the other one *.... (SHIT!)

(Take: 3)

One runs around with no idea of what he is doing in his job and blames everyone else for his shortcomings while *... (oh, COME ON!! Give me a fucking break here!)

(Attempt #4)

One knows that he is an actor whose primary role it is to bullshit the public into thinking that he is someone he is not while the oth*.... (FUCK IT!!!!)

Aussie Dunny Pets

2006-07-10T15:11:00.000+10:00

There! You see??!! I told you that the noise coming out of the bog was from the Barking Dunny Spider, but did you believe me? NOOOOO-OOOOO....

The problem with this image is that I know for a fact that these bastards can jump - finding that there would not only help you evacuate your bowels in record time but would make you jump pretty high as well!

I dunno where the pic was taken - just came in an email from a mate. Looks like a female Huntsman to me. Even in the shitter, some women just can't leave you alone :)

0 for 6 (TMI Files)

2006-07-04T17:54:00.000+10:00

Well... seeing as I'm not very good at lying, I will 'fess up right from the word go that I am going to steal the idea of the 'TMI Files' from my mate Nilknarf.

I figure that my mates have pretty much had a gutful of me whinging about not being able to find a woman that can tolerate me, so I'll dump it on that poor sod that reads my blog (whomever you are - sorry about this :)

Well... my score now stands at none for 6. That's not bad when you consider that I'm not really trying that hard to drive people away.

I registered on a dating site (NO! Not RSVP or AMM - bleh :P ) about 2 months ago as I figured that someone isn't going to magically turn up and that I need to actually go looking and that maybe someone on there is going to be desperate enough to want someone like me. HA! More fool me.
Still, one has to at least try this sometime as a friend (she's #2) that I was interested in did say to find someone younger and with less baggage. The problem there being that this friend is still the pick of the crop because she is nobody's fool -- but I took her advice and respected her wishes and started my search anyway.

I don't know about anyone else who has tried this, but I seem to find an extraordinary number of women who are looking for someone with a particular build and has integrity and honesty and caring etc etc etc (qualities which I believe I have) yet I seem to consistently find those who are too busy in their lives to have someone else there after their careers and such (not counting #2 from above - I have nothing negative to say about her! She remembers herself as she was 10 years ago - I only knew her as she is now and I still say that she is the choice selection! :)

I will keep trying but I long for the day when I find a woman who means what she says and says what she means.
If I'm not good enough: say so.
If you've found someone better: say so.
If you're looking for someone short, skinny, weak, domineering and dishonourable: say so.
Just don't LIE about what you want so that you can appear superior to your girlfriends or appear to have your head altogether with what you want. If you want a bloke who talks shit and can't do anything useful with his life other than work on his crappy car worth all of $300 with $5,000 wheels on it, then don't write a profile that says that you want a bloke who won't make you cry; will be honest and caring; and won't try to bang you up the arse in a public park!

Say what you mean - mean what you say.
It just seems to me that women pretend to want a bloke that will treat her with respect and dignity and like a lady - but when he comes along, he is the LAST thing they want.

(again - friend from above.... #2 of the 6 (so far) is NOT included in the group-of-liars :) Just thought I'd better qualify that....

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong in my points but experience is teaching me different.

Weird things in my head #0001

2006-07-04T17:43:00.000+10:00

I figure that it's about time I stopped griping about the incompetent moron politicians and premier of Queensland and maybe share a few more things with the person who reads my blog (thanks! :)

Those who know me know that I have a lot of weird thoughts come out of my head at times and they always seem to miss the "idiotic filter" on the way out and are thus shared with the world. In the case of this blog, I'll just start again at one - the numbering system is required because it won't be the last dumb thing I will say or think in my life :)

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On the way back from the shops this afternoon (having a coffee and reading news printed out from various news sites and Townhall.com) I was about 1.5km from home on the bike (pedal kind) after having had a nice short blast of a ride (about 5km) with a tailwind (the best kind :)

Coming to the top of a hill, past goes this Toyota Landcruiser dual-cab 4-wheel drive with what I initially thought was a sheep on the back.

First thought was:

Oh? He's taking his girlfriend for a drive?

Upon looking again, I realised that this sheep wasn't a sheep but was actually a dog - or to be more precise, a labradoodle (the crossbreeding of a labrador with a poodle which gives a really good dog for people requiring a guide dog for the blind).

Next thought was: (as I like animals)

Hey... That's really nice of that blind guy to take his dog for a ride....

Pause.....

Hey - Waitaminit????

Don't Try This At Home

2006-06-26T15:47:00.000+10:00

If you are ready for the adventure of a lifetime, TRY THIS:

Enter Pakistan, Afghanistan or Iraq illegally. Never mind immigration quotas, visas, international law, or any of
that nonsense.

Once there, demand that the local government provide free medical care for you and your entire family. Demand bilingual nurses and doctors. Demand free bilingual local government forms, bulletins, etc. Procreate abundantly.

Deflect any criticism of this allegedly irresponsible reproductive behaviour with, "It is a cultural thing; you wouldn't understand mate."
Keep your Australian identity strong.

Fly the your national flag from your rooftop, or proudly display it in your front window or on your car bumper.

Speak only English at home and in public and insist that your children do likewise. Demand classes on English and Australian culture in the Muslim school system.

Demand a local country driver license. This will afford other legal rights and will go far to legitimise your unauthorised, illegal, presence in Pakistan, Afghanistan or Iraq. Drive around with no liability insurance and ignore local traffic laws. Insist that local country, law enforcement teach English to all its officers.

Good luck! You'll soon be dead.

Because it will never happen in Pakistan, Afghanistan or Iraq or any other country in the world except right here in Australia. For we are run by soft, politically correct politicians, that are too scared to "offend" anyone.

If you agree, pass it on.
If you don't, go ahead and try the above in Pakistan, Afghanistan or Iraq. Better yet: piss off there and see how far your namby-pamby left-wing bullshit gets you.

Noah to build an Ark in Australia

2006-06-26T13:39:00.000+10:00

In the year 2006, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in Melbourne, Australia, as an illegal immigrant and said,

"Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save two of every living thing along with a few good humans."

He gave Noah the blueprints, saying,

"You have six months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights".

Noah was dubious about the project, because unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights is normal in Melbourne, but he knew he must bow to the will of the Lord.

Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his revered quarter acre section....but no ark.

"Noah", He roared, "I'm about to start the rain! Where is the Ark?"

"Forgive me, Lord," begged Noah. "but things have changed. I needed a
building consent from the council,. I've been arguing with the FESA about the need for a sprinkler system. My neighbours claim that I've violated the zoning laws by building the Ark on my property and exceeding the height limitations. We then had to go to Arbitration for a decision.

Then the electricity companies demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions, to clear the passage for the Ark's move to the sea. I argued that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it.

Getting the wood was another problem. The Greens have placed a ban on cutting local timber in order to save the Koala . I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the birds. But no go!

When I started gathering the animals, I got sued by an animal rights group. They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will. As well, they argued the accommodation was too restrictive and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space.

Aborigines have forbidden the project to continue unless witchetty grubs are permitted on the Ark and indigenous tribes own half the Ark after I have designed and built it. I also have to agree to pay $150 Billion for depriving Aboriginals of traditional lands by means of inundation, which they allege, is simply a case of "holy colonization".

I am bogged down in further negotiations on multimillion payments for rights to sail the Ark on the seas of The Pacific. Other Aboriginals tribes have sued me because they allege the Ark is a European version of the Aboriginal ancient canoe and they have appealed to the Aboriginal Cultural Tribunal to declare it sacred.

Then the Environmental Court ruled that I couldn't build the Ark until they'd conducted an environmental impact study on your proposed flood.

I'm still trying to resolve a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many Aborigines I'm supposed to hire for my building crew and the requirement for separate female toilets in case I hire a woman. Also, the trade unions say I can't use my sons.

They insist I have to hire only Union workers with Ark building experience, and they expect a day in lieu if we work weekends or public holidays plus holiday day pay and rain allowances.

OSH has decreed each employee must be equipped with a life jacket and personal life raft even though we are building on the mountain. When I pointed this out, they made me provide ice axes and climbing boots for each employee and their families, and harnesses because I was working over 3 metres in height.

To make matters worse, the Tax Department seized all my assets, claiming I'm trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species.

At first the Liberal government was in favour of my project because it created building jobs on our mountain. Then they were shocked by an opinion poll which revealed that 99% of all Australians opposed a devastating flood, and after an emergency cabinet meeting, John Howard announced that the coalition had never favoured floods as a means of solving problems and was totally opposed to the project (unless future opinion polls revealed popular support for the Ark).

She said "God should sit down and talk sensibly about the issues."

So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least ten years for me to finish this Ark."

Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky. Noah looked up in wonder and asked,

"You mean, You're not going to destroy the world?".
"No," said the Lord. "The Australian Government beat me to it."

Compulsory Reading?

2006-06-26T09:28:00.000+10:00

They should make this mandatory reading for all University students. There will be some who will nod knowingly and the rest probably need the message pounded between their eyes a few times....

A very self-important college freshman attending a recent football game, took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation.

"You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one,"the student said, loud enough for many of those nearby to hear. "The young people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel, man walking on the moon, our spaceships have visited Mars. We have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed processing ....and," pausing to take another drink of beer......

The Senior took advantage of the break in the student's litany and said,
"You're right, son. We didn't have those things when we were young........so we invented them. Now, you arrogant little shithead: what are you doing for the next generation?"

... and that's just the feds!

2006-06-23T12:08:00.000+10:00

So, it is costing the Australian taxpayer $16million to send our politicians on overseas trips. Does this figure include just the federal parliament or all of the bludgers in the state governments as well? What about local councillors who think that city and shire budgets are there for them to use as personal pocket money?

I don't have a problem with John Howard as such as he *is* the Prime Minister and is the elected leader of the country. What I do have a problem with is a half-witted MORON like Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie going on overseas trips as part of some delegation for which he is so UNqualified to attend as well as being a total nothing on the world stage.

I think that if Petie Beatter is going to spend much-needed state funds on a trip overseas - the least the fuckwit can do is stay there and not come back!

Do It! Do It!!

2006-06-23T12:03:00.000+10:00

Milat threatens suicide.

I don't particularly have a dislike for Ivan Milat as I don't know the bloke but what I do have a problem with him being in prison is that he is costing ... how much is it again? $150,000 a year? That much taxpayer money being wasted to keep him locked up, given 3 squares a day and a bed when it is blatantly obvious that he can never be released.

My question now is: where do I send the box of aspirin and the razor blades?

Bucky the Beaver: "Those choppers are HUGE!!"

2006-06-18T12:05:00.000+10:00

Renowned cleric for the worship of Muhammed The Paedophile (peace be upon him) says that Australian PM, John Howard, should convert to Islam.

Sorry, dude - I understand that John Howard already has a religion and it seemingly has nothing to do with mutilating or degrading women and having sex with livestock. Nor does it worship a child rapist cum warmonger and preacher of hate.

"Islam is the absolute truth.

"I say to all infidels, it is useless to fight Islam for you will be destroyed and Islam will win absolutely."

Onlookers roared approval as Bashir urged them to "fight fanatically" for their religion.

Seemingly, he wasn't treated for senility while he played arse-bandit in prison.

Bashir, whose convoy was escorted from the capital by police motorcycle outriders, stopped twice along the 500km journey to pray, including once in a service station prayer room, where he again slammed Australia's government as "kaffirs", or unbelievers.

Isn't it funny how if I were to refer to someone as a "Kaffir", I would most likely be carted off to a holding cell and charged with some form of hate speech - not to mention the trial by media that would be executed by the MORONS who believe that Islam is the religion of peace.

Kaf·fir also Kaf·ir
1. Offensive.
1. A Xhosa.
2. often kaffir Used especially in southern Africa as a disparaging term for a Black person.
2. Kafir A Nuristani.
3. also kaffir Islam. An infidel.

So, advice is now being dispensed by a cretin to world leaders on how the world should be run. But wait! How can the advice be sound when the same person utters quotes along the lines of:

Bashir urges Muslims to fight infidels

when it is a known fact that, according to the rule of The Paedophile (peace be upon him), anyone who is not a Muslim is an infidel? Does that also mean that anyone who isn't fashioning themselves after The Prophet is therefore not a paedophile and doesn't think it's OK to rape children and livestock?

Since neither a goat, a camel nor a child (of either sex) is remotely attractive to me in any way shape or form, I guess I will have to settle for being a Kaffir.

Before anyone questions why I equate Islam with being The Cult of The Paedophile, think about this:

- You do not worship Satan if you live for peace and honour and honesty and lightness in your life.
- You do not join Scientology if you never want to leave Earth in a spaceship.
- You do not follow Buddhism if violence is your 'thing'.
- You do not worship Jesus if you hate Jews.

Yet, if the person whose teachings you follow is someone who was well into adulthood and 'started' on a girl when she was 6 and had your first child by her when she was 9. You're either a member of NAMBLA or you condone child rape. There is NO reasonable excuse to accept this nor can the facts be refuted.

Diet Coke & Mentos

2006-06-18T11:54:00.000+10:00

Seemingly a slow news day on www.news.com.au. One may also suggest a slow blog day for me as well :)

There is a report on the site about how Mentos dropped into a bottle of Diet Coke will produce a geyser effect.

I suppose you have to do *something* with Diet Coke - the shit isn't fit for drinking!

Check out this for what people with too much time on their hands can do with info like this.... :)

Survey Says....

2006-06-16T17:57:00.000+10:00

Here we go again....

The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ)(emphasis on 'Automobile') are holding another What Cheeses You Off? survey to gauge driver attitudes on the roads - in Queensland, presumably.

The problem is that, for some reason, the RACQ seems to think that it is qualified to comment on driver attitudes to cyclists and that it somehow caters to cyclists.

Screaming big, billboard-sized, mental note to RACQ - YOU DON'T!!!
You don't cater to cyclists and your poor-excuse-for-toilet-paper members magazine, The Road Ahead, displays this on almost a monthly basis with some form of half-witted comment from the magazine editor.

What this jerkoff fails to realise is that the RACQ is NOT about roads and who should use them but about AUTOMOBILES and their owners. The RACQ isn't even very good at their core audience anyway as people like me who own a rarely-driven classic that ISN'T 30 years old are forced to pay full registration in Queensland and that the eastern states are NOT alligned in their registration laws. It costs me $55 just in registration fees to back this car onto the road before anything else because it does not get driven every day or every weekend.

Here's a simple method to use....
A person sitting behind the steering wheel in a car is NOT a 'driver'.
A person sitting on the seat of a bicycle is NOT a 'cyclist'.

A driver knows their vehicle; knows the law; doesn't cruise the roads in a fashion that impedes the progress of other road users; they 'drive' to the conditions of the road and weather; they USE THEIR MIRRORS; they move over for emergency vehicles; and generally show courtesy on the road.
Everyone else, which means 98% of the driving public in Queensland, is a 'Car Operator'! They know how to push this pedal to push this thingy over to there and pull another thingy to make a flicky noise and to turn a round whatsit in order to get their 2-tonne weapon the 1.5km to the shops to get a newspaper - or to cruise to work following the identical route of a railway line or bus line (mainly in Brisbane).

A 'cyclist' knows their bicycle; they know how to ride; they look ahead to ride defensively; they keep to the left and know the road rules; they are aware that they tun a great chance of arriving DEAD if they do even a remotely stupid thing; and they too know courtesy on the roads. They are also required to take some liberties with road rules (in safety) because situations demand it. Not everyone in colourful lycra is a cyclist - a $4000 bicycle does not a cyclist make!
Everyone else on a bike is a 'bike-rider'. They're the ones who ride without due care and attention to their surroundings and show neither courtesy nor common sense when on the roads. THIS is the bracket that the dickhead editor of The Road Ahead seems inclined to lump EVERY person on a bicycle into. I wouldn't mind betting that he is one of the car-operators that thinks it's OK to verbally and physically attacks cyclists on the road as well.

I am NOT a rabid pro-green moron either. I have a hotrod and an imported American V8 in the shed as well as holding a truck licence, a motorbike licence, and I know the road rules better than most. I object to some FOOL editor thinking that it is OK to attack me as a cyclist when he doesn't know SHIT about the state of the roads and does NOTHING to promote the reality that ALL taxpayers are entitled to use the roads and that registration fees DO NOT pay for the bitumen that we all use!
My taxes pay for those roads just like those of everyone else.

So - pull your fucking head in, you wannabe-journalist cock-biter and get out on the road on a bicycle and try to actually commute anywhere in Brisbane, on the Gold Coast or on the Sunshine Coast WITHOUT getting DEAD thanks to fuckwits like you who have no idea what it's like out there and think that roads are just for cars!

While we're on the subject of wannabe-journalist cock-biters, someone drag that shithead Mike O'Connor from The Crappier Mail out of the Wickham and put him on a bicycle on Coronation drive during peak hour while all the lazy arsewipes in their one-occupant vehicles are trying to get home while stuck in that 5km carpark!

Almost but not quite....

2006-06-14T17:34:00.000+10:00

The news from Victoria is that Judge re-education is 'unnecessary'.

Is it? Is it, really?

I disagree.
I don't just disagree kinda - I disagree vehemently!

Judges, for the most part, are so detached from everyday society that they may as well live in the same prisons that they don't send the crims to.

"We will be sitting again this week. It's very simple - get rid of suspended sentencing."

What is this rubbish about suspended sentencing anyway? Who came up with this crock of shit? Was it created by some fool magistrate who wants to pretend that he's some kind of touchy-feely social worker and that every tortured soul can be saved?

"You've been a bad bugger lately and I've seen you in my court several times before even though I'm not allowed to make reference to that fact or consider it in making a judgement. Since you say that you have remorse and that you feel bad about the other 15 times you committed the same crime, I will let you out onto the streets and take you on your word that you won't do it again.
"What's that?
"Ahhh - who cares about what law-abiding society thinks - they're not going to break the law as retribution for my stupidity now, will they?
"Go now - be free and do as you will. I'm a judge and I answer to nobody!"

Can I be a judge too? I'm sure that I can teach myself to not know how much a loaf of bread costs anymore or that it's OK to drive the car after half-a-carafe of sherry or cognac (gift from an equally inept politician for letting his son off the hook).

I know for a fact that I will be able to handle the $215,000 a year that a normal scungy magistrate makes (in WA, anyway) not counting the car and kickbacks.

Mr Hulls said continued professional development would help judicial officers respond to community expectations.

"The Bracks government is committed to modernising the legal system," he said in the Herald Sun.

So, which is it? Helping judicial officers respond to community expectations or having the Brack's government 'modernise' the legal system?
These are mutually exclusive events going on what I hear is going on in 'Brackistan'.

Student funds 'misused' at university

2006-06-14T09:53:00.000+10:00

It seems that student funds were misused at Melbourne's Monash University.

HUNDREDS of thousands of dollars in student funds were used to pay for overseas junkets and postgraduate education of staff employed to provide services at Australia's biggest university.

Victoria's Monash University has moved to take over the running of student services amid allegations that its company Monyx, set up to manage compulsory student fees, has mishandled the funds.

The company has been accused of paying for staff to undertake master degrees at the institution's Graduate School of Business worth almost half a million dollars, as well as overseas trips and tours of US campuses.

So who thinks that this is an isolated incident and that, by and large, the funds collected by the compulory unionism imposed by Student 'Associations' is used for good?
If you are, then you're either a complete moron - or a proponent of the Student Union system. I would suggest that you're both.

Under the VSU changes, passed by parliament last year, universities will no longer be able to collect the fees that go towards student services. The Howard Government argued the money was also used for student politics.

Damn straight that the money was used for student politics!

I was employed by a student union because of compulsory unionism. I never received Austudy and I refused to pay the fees due to a lack of services received for what I had paid. I paid my own way through and I worked at the same time.

Compulsory membership to an left-wing bunch of dickheads like that really stuck in my craw but I had to do it because I needed the money in order to complete my studies.
I was even threatened with job loss back in 1992 (I think it was around then) by the General Manager of this collective of Indian-Chief halfwits (I was the Indian) if I didn't vote Labor in the upcoming federal election at the time. Actually, this was put to the entire staff in a meeting and not just me. We were told that if the Libs got in then we'd all be out of jobs because compulsory unionism would be abolished.

Money was wasted at the DDIAE/UCSQ/USQ Student Union hand-over-fist and I understand that it still is. There were junketts interstate for board members and their girlfriends and many, many members did not get value for money from their union fees due to the wastage (well - until I started playing Robin Hood anyway.... >:)

It couldn't have happened soon enough that compulsory unionism was abolished. The next big thing that needs a scalpel through it in every university is the removal of DICKHEAD lecturers/professors who think that it's OK to bring personal political opinions into the lecture theatres to inflict on impressionable students.

I've thought of going back to study many times in the last few years but I just know that it's not worth the agro. Having to put up with the Moonbats and their special rights for minority groups would be too much to ignore.

The Car Show

2006-06-05T16:31:00.000+10:00

Here we go again.... My usual love affair with the media - particularly Channel 9.

This time it's The Car Show.

Now, being somewhat of an enthusiast, I don't mind watching a show like this when I get time in between building & rebuilding my own cars as there can be some interesting tidbits of entertaining information in there. I've sent this blog entry to The Car Show but I'll have to put it on my blog because wannabe journo's don't like having their 'stories' discredited. Thank god for blogs - at least I can get some of what I say out there!

I've never had a problem with Glenn Ridge as he seems like a half decent bloke. He even spared a few words for me when I was down in Targa Tasmania a few years ago. Where The Car Show failed is by incorporating know-nothing plonkers like Steven Jacobs into it's line-up (when the show started) and more recently, some fool called 'Dieter' who pretends to be a journalist but really can't get his head around the concept of 'research' (which makes him quite suitable for just about any media outlet in Australia!).

Sure, he's young... he's "hip"... he's "cool" - he's also a friggin' tosser that doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about yet still thinks he's qualified to offer an opinion.

What's that? "Everyone is entitled to an opinion?"
That's very true - everyone *is* entitled to an opinion - but NOT on a nationally syndicated TV show where your half-baked opinion can be confused for fact.

Deiter: facts are facts but your opinion is CRAP.

Yes... I know... people will wonder why my ire is being directed at this young chap who doesn't really know much about anything, let alone his arse from his elbow, but this time The Car Show took on a subject about which I know more than the average bear: The Ford Mustang. I'm no expert but I know my share.

Don't take my word for it though - watch the videos yourself...
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

So... where did they go wrong?

1. They talk about Ford producing Mustangs in the beginning yet the show decides to grab the pinacle from the 1965 production year, the Shelby GT350 - and they can't even get the name right or allude to the fact that it was not a product supplied by Ford but rather a remanufactured new car from Carroll Shelby's workshops.

2. They talk about the current Ford Mustang yet they pick the (almost) top shelf version of 2006 - A Saleen S281 - yet another remanufactured new car that is NOT available through Ford. It's true that it is a very much upmarket version that will blow the doors off any standard Monaro and GTS Coupe but it's not the standard.

3. While talking about and driving tricked-up versions of the production years in question, Deiter refers to a "dag factor of 10" for cars built in the 70's, 80's and 90's. I would put it to him that he's never seen any of these cars in the flesh in any form let alone driven one nor seen one of the versions that were tricked-up like what he was driving.

4. Deiter then refers to the interior of the car being lacking for a $135,000 car. Since when was this car worth $135,000??? NEVER!! The car he is sitting in can be bought in Canada for C$40,000 which equates to maybe A$45,000. The difference in price comes from freight from the US; Conversion costs* (see bottom); Import duties; Luxury car duties; and profit for the importer.

5. Deiter makes reference to the live rear axle and the lack of gears in the auto gearbox. Well... an auto gearbox is only there for people who don't and can't drive - that's YOU, Deiter. When you have notched up between half-a-million and a million miles of driving all sorts of vehicles, then you'll be qualified to comment on what is good and what isn't. You're driving a NEW car that is strictly a grossly overpriced bread'n'butter vehicle. It is doubtful that you've driven much of anything in your life let alone some of the clunkers from Australian motoring history!

6. There's that reference again to the $135,000 car. Your lack of knowledge is coming to the fore again. That car is NOT a $135,000 car - it is one that is worth about the same as a Holden Calais! That price tag is NEVER going to be value for money - no way, no how! The only people who will pay that are brainless prats with more dollars than sense!

7. "On the track, the Saleen Coupe makes the convertible look overpriced and underdone". How many times does it need to be said that Deiter has done virtually no research for this story and is comparing a remanufactured and power-added vehicle with suspension and brake modifications to a stock model with a sludge-box. Apples with oranges! This is like comparing a 2006 Corvette to a Monaro! NO comparison!

8. "Live rear axles went out, in automotive terms, in the dark ages." Deiter: do you even know when independent rear suspension came about? How about fuel injection? The turbo? These things didn't magically appear during the 1980's or 90's and didn't come out of Japan! RESEARCH!!! You should be commentating football matches with your clear and obvious lack of knowledge (moron).

9. Then comes Glenn Ridge talking about the '66 model and the lack of handling and brakes. DUH! It's a 40-year-old car that was made in America! It was built cheap and yank cars could never turn a corner anyway! Different driving techniques are needed to get a Mustang, a Corvette, a Falcon, or anything with a live axle and no handling, around a track!

10. What? Now the Saleen is a $120,000 car? At least you got that bit right about there being better cars out there for that kind of money. Go and drive an Audi A6 and see what a car in the price range should deliver. Just avoid the BMW dealers because Australia is being soundly ripped off in price comparisons. The very same 330i with some BMW Motorsport options is over A$40,000 cheaper (including taxes) in Canada than it is here! It doesn't cost $40,000 to chuck a car on a container ship!

The only upside to Deiter's cruddy part of the story is that maybe the more stupid consumers out there will see the 'report' and do some homework to discover just how badly they're being ripped off.

How about The Car Show and it's presenters stick to the little Japanese front-wheel drives and bottom-end European buzz-boxes and leave the classic cars to 'Cruizin' on Briz-31 and the high-end cars to Jeremy Clarkson and the team on Top Gear. These people KNOW what they're on about.

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*Conversion costs: this is a figure that can run to roughly A$35,000 or more (retail) to butcher a perfectly good vehicle that is left hand drive and make it right hand drive. Australia is THE LAST country in the developed (term used loosely) world that FORCES this requirement on vehicle owners when it is NOT NECESSARY. It is just another way of keeping dickhead bureaucrats and shonky converters in a job.
What purchasers of these vehicles do not understand is that they're paying these conversion fees at a retail rate and then the importer is putting a percentage profit on top of the finished job. You'll know this concept well in the form of GST - usually a tax on a tax.
If you were to import one of these convertibles, as it sits, left hand drive and fully loaded, it would cost you about A$57,000 - freight, duties and taxes paid.
It is the short-sightedness of the bureaucrats that is costing you the extra (almost) $80,000!

It's Getting Ugly....

2006-06-02T22:24:00.000+10:00

The War on Terror is getting uglier by the day....

This morning, from a cave somewhere in Pakistan: Taliban Minister of Migration, Mohammed Omar, warned the United States that if military action against Iraq continues, Taliban authorities will cut off America's supply of convenience store managers.

If this action does not yield sufficient results: cab drivers will be next followed by Dell customer service reps.

Inflatable Dolls

2006-05-31T18:22:00.000+10:00

A guy goes in an adult store and asks for an inflatable doll.

Guy behind the counter asks,
"Male or female?"
Customer says,
"Female"

"Black or white?"
"White"

"Christian or Muslim?"
"What the hell does religion have to do with it?"

Counter guy says,
"The Muslim one blows itself up."

Union Bosses

2006-05-31T18:12:00.000+10:00

This is brilliant - I love it! (click on this link to watch or download)

It's an advertisement that has just started showing in the USA but is equally relevent here - especially when referring to the arsewipes in the CFMEU and TWU, and the biggest bludgers of all: Wharfies (OK, so a close toss-up between Wharfies and the Train Drivers Union in Queensland...)

Don't forget: The BLF wasn't deregistered because they sang too loud at choir practice.

Let's not forget the halfwits that populate Student Unions in every university in the country. How else are Labor politicians to get 'qualifications' unless they're bestowed upon them by the socialist buddies in the form of 'honorary doctrates'?

How Much?

2006-05-31T17:24:00.000+10:00

I wonder if they're selling them?

HELL'S Angels bikies in the Northern Territory are involved in the production of rocket launchers, a bikie source says.

I have a distinct need for a few of these, particularly when I see:

- a speed camera situated on an open stretch of highway in some imaginary 'black spot' (police officer will be warned to get out of vehicle first if a mobile unit)

- a billboard paid for by the taxpayers of Queensland to push the false advertising line of "Every K over is a Killer".

- yet another shithead in his no-2-panels-the-same-colour Commodore or turbo-charged batty-boy sitting 6 inches off my bumper when it is blatantly obvious that I can neither go faster nor move out of the way.

- representatives of Australian media claiming to "bring you the news".

Fining litterers

2006-05-31T17:15:00.000+10:00

It's about friggin' time!

UNDERCOVER council rangers are fining smokers who drop cigarette butts in Sydney's CBD.

The "Butt Force" of 30 plain clothed City of Sydney rangers issued 45 $60 fines during its first week of patrols last week.

A steeper $200 fine applies for people who throw lit cigarettes on the ground.

Look - I don't give a shit if people want to smoke. Your lungs - do what you want. What I do have a problem with is the brainless, inconsiderate DICKHEADS who think it's OK to hurl a cigarette butt anywhere they want.

First point - we're in the middle of a drought, you wankers - the water to put out the fires you start often comes from dams which house our ever-dwindling supply of drinking water!

Second point - YOU'RE A BLUDGER! If you have ever had to do a shitty job for an even shittier pay, one of those jobs may have been cleaning out gutters and garden beds of filthy, disgusting cigarette butts that some self-important spastic has deemed to dump there.

Just keep flicking your rubbish on the ground - I'm sure you won't mind when I dump a binload of rubbish (stolen from McDonalds or somewhere similar) in through your car window.

Changed her life?

2006-05-31T17:07:00.000+10:00

WTF???

Good old Grimey Traceyshaw (Tracey Grimshaw) is now saying that interviewing Todd Russell & Brant Webb from the Beaconsfield Mine cave-in has changed her life.

Whoop-de-friggin'-doo!

Yep - it must have been hard to do an interview... something you were (kinda) trained to do... in your chosen profession... and then come out of it with a new understanding of life, the universe and everything (Thank You Mr Adams :)

How STUPID can you get?

Yet another example of some halfwit journalist (term used VERY loosely) thinking that they have some grounding in the real world just because they spoke to someone who's been through some hardship. Try living it sometime, Grimey.

The Cowboy, Indian and Arab

2006-05-25T22:34:00.000+10:00

Three strangers strike up a conversation in the airport passenger lounge in Calgary Alberta, while awaiting their respective flights.

One is an American Indian passing through from Lame Deer.

Another is a cowboy on his way to Lethbridge for a livestock show.

The third passenger is a fundamentalist Arab student, newly arrived at the University of Calgary from the Middle East.

Their discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soon, the two Westerners learn that the Arab is a devout, radical Muslim and the conversation falls into an uneasy lull.

The cowboy leans back in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine table and tips his big sweat-stained hat forward over his face. The wind outside is blowing tumbleweeds around, and the old windsock is flapping; but still no plane comes.

Finally, the American Indian clears his throat and softly he speaks,
"At one time here, my people were many, but sadly, now we are few."

The Muslim student raises an eyebrow and leans forward,
"Once my people were few," he sneers, "and now we are many. Why do you suppose that is?"

The cowboy shifts his toothpick to one side of his mouth and from the darkness beneath his Stetson says in a smooth drawl,
"That's 'cause we ain't played Cowboys and Muslims yet, but I do believe it's a-comin'."

It's not working...

2006-05-20T16:21:00.000+10:00

There was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald a couple of weeks ago saying that the death penalty wasn't working.

Of course, this is yet another play on words by some left-wing, do-gooder who thinks that criminals have rights while their victims are left wanting justice.

A double murderer was put to death in Ohio today but not until after one of his veins had collapsed, causing the condemned man to sit up and tell his executioners, "It's not working", officials say.

Simply put: the death penalty DOES work because it removes a fetid pool of contemptible DNA from the gene pool never to spawn an offspring (if we're lucky).

The problem with the death penalty is that such a sentence can never work in Australia because the legal system is run by bigger crooks than those they seek to put behind bars. Who's crooked? Think of the stories you hear of magistrates who let repeat offenders out on the street with nothing more than a suspended sentence (and not the 'suspended' sentence that they should get - the kind where they're suspended by the neck!) - if they're not robbing the public purse by accepting huge salaries for gross negligence and incompetence, then what exactly is a crook?

The Australian legal system is a JOKE - it seeks to find someone to wear the blame instead of finding out what really happened and then laying the punishment on the party who deserves it.

My actual preference is for public corporal punishment to be introduced but only after the "justice" system is revamped to something like the French system (yes, the French *are* actually good for something!). Some will say that the French system works on a presumption of guilt with the defendent required to prove innocence - not so as this is a falacy. The French system works like an Inquiry does here in Oz - it is a court that seeks to determine the TRUTH instead of what happens now, ie: crims walking free.

"So if we do find the truth, then why not the death penalty? It still exists in the Westminster system for cases of High Treason." (oh, if only they would use it.... so many members of the Labor party and the Greens - so few bullets.... :(

Because the majority of crimes happen down the petty end of the scale. Old women being raped and robbed. Drug crimes. Robberies. Road rage. Accidental deaths as a result of crime. Gang-related crime.

It worked in Singapore - it can work here. Deal with the petty crimes in ways that keep the small-time crims out of jail (I don't want to see them getting 3 square meals and a bed paid for with my taxes!) but give them a memento of "appreciation" from society to remember us by: 3 or 6 of the best across the buttocks with a bamboo cane delivered by a martial artist.

That's the problem now.... there is no real punishment for crime - nothing to remember the lesson that society doesn't like your actions if you choose to indulge. Unless you happen to be a victim of that crime - THEN you not only have to deal with the crime itself and associated losses in your life but you also have the sense of being let down and treated like the criminal because you were a taxpayer and not someone who "needed help".

A proven record of dealing with crime will never be accepted in this country as it seems that the decisions are being made by people who refuse to look outside our borders and to see what tests and trials have been undertaken around the world and which were successful.
Even in the most liberal country on the planet - The Netherlands - they have proven that drug shooting rooms DO NOT WORK - but do those results mean anything to the most arrogant and ignorant of bureaucrats who think they know better? No.
In Singapore where gang crime was relentless and seemingly uncontrollable - how did they fix that? Tough laws that were enacted across the board (not pithy 'efforts' like they use here where the road toll is "dealt with" using silly, pathetic ad campaigns and an orchestrated overuse of speed cameras.)

Man - I dream about the day when I turn on the news and there is a lead story about vigilantes dealing out justice the way it should be dealt - swift and hard.

1 in 5, eh?

2006-05-19T22:24:00.000+10:00

ALMOST one in five cars tested during a blitz in Melbourne was unroadworthy, police said.
Victoria Police today said they were concerned by the number of motorists driving unroadworthy vehicles after the operation in Caulfield, in Melbourne's southeast, between 9.30am (AEST) and 3pm (AEST) today.

Police stopped about 1500 drivers in a major road block and detected almost 300 unroadworthy cars.

A further 96 drivers were fined for driving unregistered vehicles or driving without a licence, police said.

"It is always a concern when so many unsafe vehicles and unlicensed drivers are detected," Sergeant Dean Cooper said.

Hmmm... yes - vehicles being deemed unroadworthy by those who are not really qualified to do so.

A Police Officer is there to enforce the law - if he was a natural at knowing the mechanicals of a vehicle, he/she/it could make a lot more money working as a spanner-turner than as a cop.

Sure - some cops know what they're looking at but most DON'T. I've heard of police pulling 2 cars less than 3 months old off the road for something that was obviously fictional in nature. Then again, going on *some* of the police in Brisbane, if you can't get someone on something legitimate: we can create something AND give you attitude about it as well!

With Victoria being FAR tougher on vehicles than Queensland is, I'm not really surprised that they managed to "find" one in five vehicles to be unroadworthy. Like most other things in Victoria: "Penalise the majority of the populace over the most pathetic bullshit you can find and protect the crims and minorities."

Da Vinci Code

2006-05-19T22:02:00.000+10:00

Well... I went and saw it today and I have to admit that the critics are WRONG!!

OK... sure... Maybe Tom Hanks has gone to the Keanu Reeves School of Facial Expressions to learn how to display none at all but this was only pointed out to me afterwards as I quite enjoyed the performances of all involved.

So, who should see it and who shouldn't....

- If you are someone who is thin-skinned about your religion and you're a christian: the you should NOT see it.

- If you are someone who is a devout anti-christian who wants to see the fall of the catholic church: you're going to be disappointed.

- If you're someone who is going to pick on little things through the movie like whether someone should be written in Greek or Hebrew: wake up to yourself and realise that you're dealing with a movie that is based on a fictional book and was produced by Hollywood. Sometimes they have to dumb it down to get bums on seats. If you can keep your analytical mind on a chain: Go see it.

- If you're a typical airhead that just goes for action movies and can't maintain a philosophical discussion past "See Spot Run", go and see the next Slow & The Ridiculous (TF&TF) movie (in Tokyo yet!) - it's more your mental pace.

- If you're up for a movie that makes you think a bit and you're into conspiracy theories, then it's a good one for you.

- If you're a muslim who thinks that anyone who worships another god is someone who should die while themselves worshipping a paedophile: Go fuck yourself. Nobody cares about what you think or want. Don't laugh - maybe there'll be a movie soon about the REAL Mohammed. Get ready to burn something else you COWARDS!

As for me, I enjoyed it because I used to have a problem with christianity and religion in general in my younger days and read everything I could on the subject while often referring to the bible as a book of fairy tales. I'm still not a christian but I do believe in what I call "The 7 Commandments" (the first 3 don't apply to me) and the bible does contain some good lessons to help one through life.

I've not read Dan Brown's book but I did read 'Bloodline of the Holy Grail' by Laurence Gardner (the one in the lawsuit where Dan Brown is being sued for plagiarism). There are quite a few things that match up with what I've read over the years and at least they got it right in the movie that a pentacle does NOT go hand-in-hand with devil worship (but on the other hand, they did get it wrong in saying it was a pentacle - it was a pentagram. It only becomes a pentacle when there is a circle around the 5-pointed star.)

If you have a little bit of knowledge and you're not afraid to suspend reality for a while - go see it. At worst, checking out the French bird in it has it's own redeeming features :)

End Protective Custody NOW

2006-05-19T21:05:00.000+10:00

The next thing that should go is the use of protective custody for rock-spiders like this sack of shit and other assorted dirtbags.

Why should MY taxes (and yours too) be used to protect scum who prey on children or suggest that the women in this country are trash and are only there to be raped and beaten?

Put them in general population - and if they happen to have the same treatment inflicted on them as was inflicted on their victims, maybe they'll comprehend that what they did was wrong. And if they die - who cares! Good riddance to bad company.

If you happen to be one of these do-gooders who think that 'people' like this have rights then let's see if you're as forgiving if it's YOUR 6-year-old daughter that is fiddled with by some paedophile (named Mohammed?) or raped repeatedly when she's 15 by a gang who describe her as "trash".
If you still think they have 'rights', I say that you'd be the sort of person that shirks responsibility and would gladly leave it up to someone else to help the girl pick up what's left of her life and to battle through the emotional scars.

Cowards protecting cowards.

postscript: as for the pack rapist wanting a family.... sure, let him have a family but NOT at my expense. Nor is he to get any form of special medical treatment that he doesn't pay for UP FRONT while people are on extensive waiting lists in hospitals all around the country. If he makes it out of jail with his nutsack still attached and there is a woman STUPID enough to take his seed: good luck to him. I'd prefer to see his cock and balls nailed to a wooden chair while he sits there and watches.