Remember, Frodo had to work with Gollum, distasteful as it was, in order to achieve a higher goal.
Beware, John. Winston is more tricksy and less trustworthy that Gollum ever was. And of course he is his own Preciousssssss...
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Winston Preciousssssss Peters
Dear old John Key has today refused to rule out working with Winston Peters in the next post-election fallout.
Remember, Frodo had to work with Gollum, distasteful as it was, in order to achieve a higher goal.
Beware, John. Winston is more tricksy and less trustworthy that Gollum ever was. And of course he is his own Preciousssssss...
Remember, Frodo had to work with Gollum, distasteful as it was, in order to achieve a higher goal.
Beware, John. Winston is more tricksy and less trustworthy that Gollum ever was. And of course he is his own Preciousssssss...
Saul Jacob Beaumont - scumbag
Saul Jacob Beaumont appeared in the Hamilton District court today, charged with deliberately breaking the tails of 46 cows. Beaumont acknowledged responsibility for the depraved acts and cited 'anger issues' as some sort of defense.
more >> http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/dairy/8962587/Abhorrent-Man-charged-with-breaking-cows-tails
What a bloody monster.
You would have to fear that this creature is going to have a long and terrible career as a violent criminal.
This sort of offending tells you that he is a danger to all those around him - children especially.
Let's hope he's impotent.
more >> http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/dairy/8962587/Abhorrent-Man-charged-with-breaking-cows-tails
What a bloody monster.
You would have to fear that this creature is going to have a long and terrible career as a violent criminal.
This sort of offending tells you that he is a danger to all those around him - children especially.
Let's hope he's impotent.
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Monday, 22 July 2013
X Factor unveiled by Simon Sweetman
I have a new God of Plain Talking.
His name is Simon Sweetman. He's written an article on stuff.co.nz that has really laid the X Factor bare.
I love the sort of directness Simon sprinkled liberally through his article. Some of the gems....
The X-cruciating factor (headline)
...New Zealand's next big pop star is Jackie Thomas. Who? Well, that's right - she'll be working at the checkout counter before too long.
But are there really any winners? By winning the competition isn't she already set up as the biggest loser...
...a second season is already lined up after all and our idiotic funding body has already gone into bat, giving out our money.
His name is Simon Sweetman. He's written an article on stuff.co.nz that has really laid the X Factor bare.
I love the sort of directness Simon sprinkled liberally through his article. Some of the gems....
The X-cruciating factor (headline)
...New Zealand's next big pop star is Jackie Thomas. Who? Well, that's right - she'll be working at the checkout counter before too long.
But are there really any winners? By winning the competition isn't she already set up as the biggest loser...
...a second season is already lined up after all and our idiotic funding body has already gone into bat, giving out our money.
Jackie Thomas will join the names Ben Lummis and Rosita Vai - people who can sing at the local church or RSA and hey, they're better than you and me, sure, but they did no such thing as become a pop star. Their fame wasn't even fleeting - they were paraded around cruelly for another tier of ugliness
Jackie Thomas is a nobody.
So I couldn't watch it. Not even for the car-crash.
X-Factor is a cruel rort; a nasty ruse and we're all being ripped off by it.
But now Jackie Thomas will think she's somebody for a day. For a week. For a tour. For an excruciating album with a tacky video and for a handful of promotional appearances at movie theatre malls around the country timed for the school holidays.
And then she'll work at a packhouse or as a cleaner or go on to train to do whatever else in this world.
... wearing The X-Factor crown is worse than meaningless - it's the ultimate sign that you have nothing close to anything resembling an x-factor.
... another sign that NZ On Air is a cruel, nasty joke. A clueless, sac-less vacuity.
Just another laughing stock in waiting while New Zealand's real talent schleps it out loading its own gear, playing to no one for twice as long and half as much as it should.
The X-Factor should make us all die inside a little.
X-Factor you are cruel. You are ugly. You are not what I want for this world.
Simon - I salute you.
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Asiana fake pilot names
Apologies to the grieving families and friends, but I have to admit that this story had me in stitches.
US television station KTVU approached the NTSB (National Transportation Transport Board) and asked them to confirm the names of the pilots in the ill-fated plane which crash landed in San Francisco.
According to the NTSB, a 'summer intern' exceeded their authority in confirming the names to the TV station.
The names were duly read out live on air.
US television station KTVU approached the NTSB (National Transportation Transport Board) and asked them to confirm the names of the pilots in the ill-fated plane which crash landed in San Francisco.
According to the NTSB, a 'summer intern' exceeded their authority in confirming the names to the TV station.
The names were duly read out live on air.
(Source: YouTube, KTVU)
Setting aside the racial element, the really funny thing is that the fake names are in
ascending order of panic you might expect in the cockpit immediately prior to the crash.
I'd like to find the person responsible for this little gem and shake them by the hand. It's an awesome bit of comedy.
Want to know the really, really, REALLY funny thing? The airline is planning to sue the TV station. Claiming ...
"We decided to sue KTVU because Asiana Airlines thinks their news defames our pilots and our company's reputation," Kiwon Suh, an Asiana spokesman, said.
Surely that should be spokeman We Su Yu As?
Of course the Asiana pilots didn't manage to dent their companies reputation by crash landing the plane did they?
Give it up Asiana. All you'll reap is more comedy at your expense.
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Zombie Newsflash - they're dangerous!
I like a laugh. Especially when it concerns Zombies. So I had to re-post the following article from stuff.co.nz.
Zombie injury bill scary stuff
Zombies and vampires may be popular in Hollywood, but their supernatural antics should come with a warning after ghostly injuries cost ACC almost $25,000 in the past five years.
ACC claims figures show the agency paid out $24,834 to more than 20 people between 2008 and 2012 for ghost, vampire and zombie-related accidents.
Explanations for the paranormal injuries varied.
They included crashing into a pole while playing zombies at school, accidentally put arm through window telling a ghost story, hit head crawling under bed to find ghost, fell off stage during ghost tour, bumped into dishwasher playing ghost tag, banged forehead on door frame wearing a blanket pretending to be a ghost and knocked over by a vampire.
Most of the money was paid out in 2010, where six claimants received varying shares of $20,696.
An ACC spokeswoman said many of the unearthly injuries were the result of preventable accidents.
"The safest place in your house for a zombie is the living room," she said.
- © Fairfax NZ News
Zombies are dangerous. Who would have thought?
(image - americablog.com)
Braaaaiiinnnnnnnnsssssss.....
Nick Smith - so close and yet so far....
Conservation Minister Nick Smith pushed all the right buttons when he declined the Milford Dart tunnel project through conservation land.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8930108/Final-call-on-Milford-Tunnel-due
In his decision released yesterday, Smith explained that the $180 million project to link the Fiordland and Mt Aspiring National Parks via tunnel was "beyond what was appropriate for a World Heritage Area".
It's virtually unthinkable for a Minister of the National government to place environmental concerns ahead of profits and jobs. Applause all round I would say.
Unfortunately Smith has undone much of the good work with this little bombshell released later the same day:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8934809/Nick-Smith-backs-1080-call
That's right our conservation Minister backs the plan to use more 1080. He is OK with pouring more of this incredibly toxic crap all over the pristine countryside he wants so much to protect.
*sigh*
So it's one step forwards, and one back it seems.
That's right Nick. You were that close to gaining a great deal of support for your conservation stance.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8930108/Final-call-on-Milford-Tunnel-due
In his decision released yesterday, Smith explained that the $180 million project to link the Fiordland and Mt Aspiring National Parks via tunnel was "beyond what was appropriate for a World Heritage Area".
It's virtually unthinkable for a Minister of the National government to place environmental concerns ahead of profits and jobs. Applause all round I would say.
Unfortunately Smith has undone much of the good work with this little bombshell released later the same day:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8934809/Nick-Smith-backs-1080-call
That's right our conservation Minister backs the plan to use more 1080. He is OK with pouring more of this incredibly toxic crap all over the pristine countryside he wants so much to protect.
*sigh*
So it's one step forwards, and one back it seems.
(image - stuff.co.nz)
That's right Nick. You were that close to gaining a great deal of support for your conservation stance.
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