Discovered Dr Grumpy's blog tonight ... it's an hilarious read.
But for me the stand out winner was this wonderfun post on buying ice (the cold type not the drug).
Go read - enjoy.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Quote of the Day
Just heard on Burn Notice:
It does no permenant damage, but the temporary damage hurts like hell.
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It does no permenant damage, but the temporary damage hurts like hell.
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Political Spectrum Quiz
Just done a Political Spectrum quiz.
It had some interesting questions but I think there were a lot more questions that could have been asked which would give a more complete profile.
Here's my results anyway. If you do the questionnaire let me know in comments how you went.
By the way the website has some cool demographic comparison tools.
Here's my results compared to other Australian women in my age group:
It had some interesting questions but I think there were a lot more questions that could have been asked which would give a more complete profile.
Here's my results anyway. If you do the questionnaire let me know in comments how you went.
By the way the website has some cool demographic comparison tools.
Here's my results compared to other Australian women in my age group:
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Avoiding Rape
Like the approach taken in this post:
Only rapists can prevent rape:
A lot has been said about how to prevent rape. Women should learn self-defense. Women should lock themselves in their houses after dark. Women shouldn’t have long hair and women shouldn’t wear short skirts. Women shouldn’t leave drinks unattended. Fuck, they shouldn’t dare to get drunk at all. Instead of that bullshit, how about:
If a woman is drunk, don’t rape her.
If a woman is walking alone at night, don’t rape her.
If a women is drugged and unconscious, don’t rape her.
If a woman is wearing a short skirt, don’t rape her.
If a woman is jogging in a park at 5 am, don’t rape her.
If a woman looks like your ex-girlfriend you’re still hung up on, don’t rape her.
If a woman is asleep in her bed, don’t rape her.
If a woman is asleep in your bed, don’t rape her.
If a woman is doing her laundry, don’t rape her.
If a woman is in a coma, don’t rape her.
If a woman changes her mind in the middle of or about a particular activity, don’t rape her.
If a woman has repeatedly refused a certain activity, don’t rape her.
If a woman is not yet a woman, but a child, don’t rape her.
If your girlfriend or wife is not in the mood, don’t rape her.
If your step-daughter is watching TV, don’t rape her.
If you break into a house and find a woman there, don’t rape her.
If your friend thinks it’s okay to rape someone, tell him it’s not, and that he’s not your friend.
If your “friend” tells you he raped someone, report him to the police.
If your frat-brother or another guy at the party tells you there’s an unconscious woman upstairs and it’s your turn, don’t rape her, call the police and tell the guy he’s a rapist.
Tell your sons, god-sons, nephews, grandsons, sons of friends it’s not okay to rape someone.
Don’t tell your women friends how to be safe and avoid rape.
Don’t imply that she could have avoided it if she’d only done/not done x.
Don’t imply that it’s in any way her fault.
Don’t let silence imply agreement when someone tells you he “got some” with the drunk girl.
Note:
This goes for any gendered rape, male on female or female on male or female on female or FTM on MTF or non gendered to dual gendered and so on and so forth….
-author unknown
Only rapists can prevent rape:
A lot has been said about how to prevent rape. Women should learn self-defense. Women should lock themselves in their houses after dark. Women shouldn’t have long hair and women shouldn’t wear short skirts. Women shouldn’t leave drinks unattended. Fuck, they shouldn’t dare to get drunk at all. Instead of that bullshit, how about:
If a woman is drunk, don’t rape her.
If a woman is walking alone at night, don’t rape her.
If a women is drugged and unconscious, don’t rape her.
If a woman is wearing a short skirt, don’t rape her.
If a woman is jogging in a park at 5 am, don’t rape her.
If a woman looks like your ex-girlfriend you’re still hung up on, don’t rape her.
If a woman is asleep in her bed, don’t rape her.
If a woman is asleep in your bed, don’t rape her.
If a woman is doing her laundry, don’t rape her.
If a woman is in a coma, don’t rape her.
If a woman changes her mind in the middle of or about a particular activity, don’t rape her.
If a woman has repeatedly refused a certain activity, don’t rape her.
If a woman is not yet a woman, but a child, don’t rape her.
If your girlfriend or wife is not in the mood, don’t rape her.
If your step-daughter is watching TV, don’t rape her.
If you break into a house and find a woman there, don’t rape her.
If your friend thinks it’s okay to rape someone, tell him it’s not, and that he’s not your friend.
If your “friend” tells you he raped someone, report him to the police.
If your frat-brother or another guy at the party tells you there’s an unconscious woman upstairs and it’s your turn, don’t rape her, call the police and tell the guy he’s a rapist.
Tell your sons, god-sons, nephews, grandsons, sons of friends it’s not okay to rape someone.
Don’t tell your women friends how to be safe and avoid rape.
Don’t imply that she could have avoided it if she’d only done/not done x.
Don’t imply that it’s in any way her fault.
Don’t let silence imply agreement when someone tells you he “got some” with the drunk girl.
Note:
This goes for any gendered rape, male on female or female on male or female on female or FTM on MTF or non gendered to dual gendered and so on and so forth….
-author unknown
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
So how would licensing the gun stop accidents or am I missing something again??
There's this story about a women who shot herself in the face while relaoding an air rifle.
Woman shoots herself in face reloading rifle
A WOMAN who shot herself in the face with an air rifle was lucky to escape serious injury but the man she was with now faces a fine for an unlicensed firearm.
Just after 5.30pm yesterday a man and woman were shooting targets in their backyard in Leanne Court, Greenbank.
As the woman was reloading the weapon it discharged a pellet which grazed her cheek.
Police said the injury was not serious but could have been much more dangerous if it had hit her eye.
``They don't usually penetrate the skin but if it had hit a vital area like an eye, it could have been more serious,'' said Regional Duty Officer Inspector David Lacey.
When police attended they discovered the gun was unlicensed and the man was issued a notice to appear in court for possessing an unlicensed firearm.
``People really need to look into their sheds for these weapons, and license them or hand them into police,'' said Insp Lacey.
How would licensing the gun have made any difference?
Woman shoots herself in face reloading rifle
A WOMAN who shot herself in the face with an air rifle was lucky to escape serious injury but the man she was with now faces a fine for an unlicensed firearm.
Just after 5.30pm yesterday a man and woman were shooting targets in their backyard in Leanne Court, Greenbank.
As the woman was reloading the weapon it discharged a pellet which grazed her cheek.
Police said the injury was not serious but could have been much more dangerous if it had hit her eye.
``They don't usually penetrate the skin but if it had hit a vital area like an eye, it could have been more serious,'' said Regional Duty Officer Inspector David Lacey.
When police attended they discovered the gun was unlicensed and the man was issued a notice to appear in court for possessing an unlicensed firearm.
``People really need to look into their sheds for these weapons, and license them or hand them into police,'' said Insp Lacey.
How would licensing the gun have made any difference?
The aim of the course was "to teach kids where food comes from" so what's the problem?
Making news around the world (well UK & Australia anyway) is a story about Marcus the sheep.
The headline in Australia was: Schoolkids vote 13-1 to slaughter lamb, with the blurb:
A GROUP of schoolchildren who reared a lamb from birth and named it Marcus have overridden objections by parents and rights activists and voted to send the animal to slaughter.
Marcus the six-month-old lamb has now been culled, the head teacher of the primary school in Kent confirmed yesterday, after the school's council - a 14-member group of children aged six to 11 - voted 13-1 to have him killed.
The decision has provoked fury among animal-loving celebrities, animal and human rights campaigners and the parents of some of the children, and led to threats against Lydd primary school and its teachers, according to a member of staff.
which linked back to the original story at The Daily Mail.
The story is basically that a school farm was set up to teach kids where food comes from. Marcus the sheep was hand reared by the kids who, when it got to 6 months old, voted to have it slaughtered. This has apparently caused a whole bunch of people to get upset.
Oh well, I guess some people like to pretend that the meat they buy in the supermarket didn't actually come from animals (either that or they are all vegetarians).
The headline in Australia was: Schoolkids vote 13-1 to slaughter lamb, with the blurb:
A GROUP of schoolchildren who reared a lamb from birth and named it Marcus have overridden objections by parents and rights activists and voted to send the animal to slaughter.
Marcus the six-month-old lamb has now been culled, the head teacher of the primary school in Kent confirmed yesterday, after the school's council - a 14-member group of children aged six to 11 - voted 13-1 to have him killed.
The decision has provoked fury among animal-loving celebrities, animal and human rights campaigners and the parents of some of the children, and led to threats against Lydd primary school and its teachers, according to a member of staff.
which linked back to the original story at The Daily Mail.
The story is basically that a school farm was set up to teach kids where food comes from. Marcus the sheep was hand reared by the kids who, when it got to 6 months old, voted to have it slaughtered. This has apparently caused a whole bunch of people to get upset.
Oh well, I guess some people like to pretend that the meat they buy in the supermarket didn't actually come from animals (either that or they are all vegetarians).
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
'Porn as dangerous as guns to kids'
from http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26051837-29277,00.html
'Porn as dangerous as guns to kids'
PORN should be treated like guns and kept under lock and key so children aren't inadvertently exposed to it at home, a senior Liberal MP has suggested.
Scott Morrison says there should by laws prohibiting parents from letting their children view restricted material.
"It is not acceptable to knowingly or negligently expose a child to pornographic material," Mr Morrison told Federal Parliament tonight.
"To do so in my view is child abuse.
"Even those who would defend an adult's right to porn would surely not oppose any restriction or sanction placed on parents who knowingly or negligently expose their children to this abuse."
Mr Morrison said Australia's laws currently "exempted" from sanction parents who exposed their children to porn.
"Our laws should and must draw the line."
The NSW Liberal said the legal system protected children from the dangers of firearms in the home and should similarly protect them from pornography.
"Any ammunition must be stored in a locked and separate container, it must be put in a locked receptacle which is very solid, and failure to meet these requirements attracts a jail sentence," Mr Morrison said.
"If we can protect our children from guns then we should also be aware of the loaded gun that is lying around in the homes of thousands of Australians on their computer, on their coffee table, in their bathroom or in their bookcase."
The opposition's housing spokesman said long-term exposure to porn put children at great risk of developing sexually deviant tendencies, committing sexual offences and having difficulties with intimate relationships.
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Apart from the "how is exposing children to guns dangerous" question, I'm wondering how they plan to "police" whether or not parents expose their kids to porn.
But as it's "for the children" I'm guessing they've got a plan!
'Porn as dangerous as guns to kids'
PORN should be treated like guns and kept under lock and key so children aren't inadvertently exposed to it at home, a senior Liberal MP has suggested.
Scott Morrison says there should by laws prohibiting parents from letting their children view restricted material.
"It is not acceptable to knowingly or negligently expose a child to pornographic material," Mr Morrison told Federal Parliament tonight.
"To do so in my view is child abuse.
"Even those who would defend an adult's right to porn would surely not oppose any restriction or sanction placed on parents who knowingly or negligently expose their children to this abuse."
Mr Morrison said Australia's laws currently "exempted" from sanction parents who exposed their children to porn.
"Our laws should and must draw the line."
The NSW Liberal said the legal system protected children from the dangers of firearms in the home and should similarly protect them from pornography.
"Any ammunition must be stored in a locked and separate container, it must be put in a locked receptacle which is very solid, and failure to meet these requirements attracts a jail sentence," Mr Morrison said.
"If we can protect our children from guns then we should also be aware of the loaded gun that is lying around in the homes of thousands of Australians on their computer, on their coffee table, in their bathroom or in their bookcase."
The opposition's housing spokesman said long-term exposure to porn put children at great risk of developing sexually deviant tendencies, committing sexual offences and having difficulties with intimate relationships.
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Apart from the "how is exposing children to guns dangerous" question, I'm wondering how they plan to "police" whether or not parents expose their kids to porn.
But as it's "for the children" I'm guessing they've got a plan!
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