It’s been a while, pretty much because I’m quite lazy. Luckily, no one really reads this anyway.
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But, to kick it off, here’s a lovely story from the Sydney Morning Herald about a dog who survived falling overboard.
Big pats for Sophie Tucker, Survivalist Extraordinaire
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From the New York Times, this one is about DIY-ers and the posterchild of their movement.
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A firefighter in the US saved a poor smoke affected kitty-cat with a bit of cross-species mouth-to-mouth. Good on you dude! Thanks to the Sydney Morning Herald for this one.
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Tagged DIY, Hero Firefighters, Kitties, New York Times, Sydney Morning Herald
This one from the New York Times is about Vogue India’s latest fashion spread, depicting poor, working class (and worse off) folk modelling extremely expensive designer accessories. Not Surprisingly, it hasn’t gone down well with…well, most.
The poor used to make fashion look even better to the rich jerks who can afford it.
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I found out about this reprehensible situation from my favourite time waster Jezebel. Apparently people can get away with hideous acts such as gang rape when they are employed by massive corporations and working in a foreign, worn-torn country. I hope this woman is able to find some justice, somehow.
I guess the rules of a normal, humane society just don’t apply there…
This Old Geezer writing for Vanity Fair decided to test the notion of torture, and give waterboarding a try for himself.
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World Youth Day (or World Catholics Invade Sydney and Spend Oodles of Taxpayers cash In The Process Week) is only a few weeks away and the Australian Government has decided to introduce a whole bunch of laws that forbid ‘annoying’ pilgrims who have invaded the city. Protesters, even those who are victims of abuse from the Catholic Church will need to have their placards ‘okayed’ by police, so as not to offend any Catholics with their messages of years of pain and suffering. This, as you may see, is a particular sore point with me, a passionate atheist and advocate of free speech. I am fine with my city being blocked off, my already over-run public transport being bombarded with godly types, and my tax money being spent on something that I’m not particularly fond of, all I want in return is the right to wear a t-shirt that says ‘Black-hearted Atheist’, ‘Jesus is coming, everyone look busy!’ or “I’m sure Jesus died for someone’s sins, just not mine’ without the fear of being arrested and fined $5500. Is that too much to ask? Probably. Heres a look into the matter from the Sydney Morning Herald.
WYD, please trample all over my rights of free speech.
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Tagged Free Speech, Sydney Morning Herald, Torture, Vanity Fair, Waterboarding, WYD
From the Sydney Morning Herald, an article about the bizarre declining male birthrate.
Did you know that males are actually the weaker sex?.
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Tagged Male Birthrate, Sydney Morning Herald, The Weaker Sex
I found this one linked from my newest guilty secret Jezebel, about the alarmingly low incidences of convictions in rape cases in the UK
Only 5.7 per cent of cases result in a conviction.
