Friday, April 07, 2006
I liked this from this week's Popbitch email...
>> Es are good, Es are good <<
Police officers prefer a smiley culture
Must be hard to be a rebellious teenager these
days. Even the police are trendy. The pigs
used to spend their time shutting down raves,
arresting drug dealers and generally trying
to stop us having any fun. It's all changed.
Fed up with the gang culture, weapons carrying
and general moodiness in West End members bars
and clubs, police are now going round actively
encouraging clubs to change from R&B and
hip-hop to house music. Because taking
ecstasy makes you nicer.
Police officers prefer a smiley culture
Must be hard to be a rebellious teenager these
days. Even the police are trendy. The pigs
used to spend their time shutting down raves,
arresting drug dealers and generally trying
to stop us having any fun. It's all changed.
Fed up with the gang culture, weapons carrying
and general moodiness in West End members bars
and clubs, police are now going round actively
encouraging clubs to change from R&B and
hip-hop to house music. Because taking
ecstasy makes you nicer.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Despite swearing that our (the Wife and I) Eastenders days were behind us we've recently been sucked back into the Eastender's vortex and are watching it again (on UK TV.)
When we first bought Foxtel I turned on 'enders just to show myself how far it was behind the UK run and that it would be pointless just watching episodes I've already watched. Reminded me of having a cigarette a few months after I gave up smoking just to *really* make sure I didn't like it. Anyway, the wife and I worked out that it was at least a year and a half, possibly two behind the UK and although we watched the odd 5 minutes I really thought our addiction was broken. Then this week happened.
By chance we flicked over to UK TV one night...
'Shit, I don't think we've seen this one' says the Wife. 'Oh we must have' I replied, in self denial. I knew we hadn't seen it and that the Australian broadcast had caught up with the point we left the UK. Fuck Fuck Fuck. 'No, I'm sure it's up to date now' she said, 'maybe' I replied knowing full well that the answer was definitely. And WHAM! that was it - like the last year and 6 months never happened, I remembered it all so clearly - Den back in the Square, Sharon and Dennis hiding their love for each other, Ian and that dappy bird trying to hide their feelings due to her being married to a desperately ill bloke, that ultra pikey family no one cares about, Dot and Jim's 'comedy' relationship. I felt at home again, amongst the family. And the best thing of all? It's on twice a day here - two episodes back to back. Bugger the denial, let the bad soap addiction begin again. I've missed you Albert Square!
When we first bought Foxtel I turned on 'enders just to show myself how far it was behind the UK run and that it would be pointless just watching episodes I've already watched. Reminded me of having a cigarette a few months after I gave up smoking just to *really* make sure I didn't like it. Anyway, the wife and I worked out that it was at least a year and a half, possibly two behind the UK and although we watched the odd 5 minutes I really thought our addiction was broken. Then this week happened.
By chance we flicked over to UK TV one night...
'Shit, I don't think we've seen this one' says the Wife. 'Oh we must have' I replied, in self denial. I knew we hadn't seen it and that the Australian broadcast had caught up with the point we left the UK. Fuck Fuck Fuck. 'No, I'm sure it's up to date now' she said, 'maybe' I replied knowing full well that the answer was definitely. And WHAM! that was it - like the last year and 6 months never happened, I remembered it all so clearly - Den back in the Square, Sharon and Dennis hiding their love for each other, Ian and that dappy bird trying to hide their feelings due to her being married to a desperately ill bloke, that ultra pikey family no one cares about, Dot and Jim's 'comedy' relationship. I felt at home again, amongst the family. And the best thing of all? It's on twice a day here - two episodes back to back. Bugger the denial, let the bad soap addiction begin again. I've missed you Albert Square!
Wow! That last post really was a rant eh? lol
Well, Autumn is now in full swing here in Melbourne with top temperatures of 17c and a biting wind swirling around. Although the darkness of Winter depresses me I do quite enjoy the cold temperatures, particuarly when cold here means no lower than 10c! Bright, cold, sunny days are wonderful and perfect for bracing walks and afternoons ensconsed in pubs eating hearty pub fare.
Mind you, I always look forward to winter around the eve of winter. Just wait till it starts properly -- I'll be on here like a flash moaning about the cold, the wind, the rain, the darkness. Gee. I am SO predictable.
Well, Autumn is now in full swing here in Melbourne with top temperatures of 17c and a biting wind swirling around. Although the darkness of Winter depresses me I do quite enjoy the cold temperatures, particuarly when cold here means no lower than 10c! Bright, cold, sunny days are wonderful and perfect for bracing walks and afternoons ensconsed in pubs eating hearty pub fare.
Mind you, I always look forward to winter around the eve of winter. Just wait till it starts properly -- I'll be on here like a flash moaning about the cold, the wind, the rain, the darkness. Gee. I am SO predictable.
The Australian calls the Labor policy on schools at the last election as 'class war'. I've got another name for it: social justice. It really makes my blood boil that my tax money goes on subsidising the rich's private education. And Labor, if they are a true progressive party, should be arguing against this flagrant redistribution of money from the have nots to the haves. But with Beazley in charge don't expect anything as courageous as that to happen. The Australian claims that it is the 'politics of envy' but it's not. People should have the right to eduate their children privately but if they wish to do this they should not expect the state to help them. The state should provide a 'public' education system open to all and paying the wealthy middle classes to opt out of this system benefits a few at the expense of the many. They dress this up as 'relieving the pressure on the public system' but as this study on the private medical insurance shows all it does is benefit those people who could already afford to pay. The same goes for education.
But it is a hallmark of this government to give money to people who don't need it. Earn $1million a year and have a baby? Here's $3000! Send your child to the best private school in the country - here's a subsidy! Want private medical insurance? Here's a 30% rebate! Want to get your child into Uni but they aren't clever enough? Pay the full fee and we'll lower the admission score! Unskilled and poorly paid? Here's our new IR changes - fuck you!
But it is a hallmark of this government to give money to people who don't need it. Earn $1million a year and have a baby? Here's $3000! Send your child to the best private school in the country - here's a subsidy! Want private medical insurance? Here's a 30% rebate! Want to get your child into Uni but they aren't clever enough? Pay the full fee and we'll lower the admission score! Unskilled and poorly paid? Here's our new IR changes - fuck you!
Gotta love these. I think I'd look particuarly fetching in the 'Speak English Or Get Out' one.
What is wrong with these people? Takes a particular kind of hateful lunatic to not only think like that but to actually want to wear it on their person??
Meanwhile here are some from the other side....
What is wrong with these people? Takes a particular kind of hateful lunatic to not only think like that but to actually want to wear it on their person??
Meanwhile here are some from the other side....
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Good God. For once I agree with George Galloway. It's ok for the tabloid press in the UK to go around ruining people's lives but they don't like it when they tables are turned do they? I hope the pictures are published. After all, the reporter is a public figure now in his own right, so in the words of many a tabloid journalist, surely he is 'fair game' ?
Putting up a post about 'the end of ironing' was a low point in my blog so far and I apologize for that. Even thinking that it was interesting at the time was disturbing enough but looking back now I am even more horrified by my enthusiasm for breaking domestic chores news. Well, it's time to get back on form so here we go with another politics rant! Hurrah!
If Bomber Beazley really cares about the future of progressive politics in Australia then he should resign. Now.
His current approval ratings stand at less than 40% and less than 30% of people believe he would make a good prime minister. Meanwhile this government gets away with taking money from poor people to subsidise the wealthy middle classes, with dismantling the very notion of meritocracy in universities, with locking non-criminals up for years on end and deporting their own citizens. But not a single minister has resigned. Why? Because Labor are hopeless. Beazley and the Labor party need to accept the fact that as long as he is head of the party they are not going to seize power and that as long as he is leader the government is not going to be held to account.
He is too conservative, too bland, too quick with meaningless soundbites. He doesn't inspire people, he doesn't move people - he doesn't work.
If he really cares about this country and it's future direction he should realise that he is a hindrence to the reform his party wants to introduce and not a benefit. By remaining leader he is denying the progressives a chance to win back power in this country and start winding back some of the injustices of the Howard government, he should resign and let someone younger with more vitality and, more importantly, more vision take over.
Bomber Beazley? He's barely got the firepower of a pea shooter. For god's sake give it up.
If Bomber Beazley really cares about the future of progressive politics in Australia then he should resign. Now.
His current approval ratings stand at less than 40% and less than 30% of people believe he would make a good prime minister. Meanwhile this government gets away with taking money from poor people to subsidise the wealthy middle classes, with dismantling the very notion of meritocracy in universities, with locking non-criminals up for years on end and deporting their own citizens. But not a single minister has resigned. Why? Because Labor are hopeless. Beazley and the Labor party need to accept the fact that as long as he is head of the party they are not going to seize power and that as long as he is leader the government is not going to be held to account.
He is too conservative, too bland, too quick with meaningless soundbites. He doesn't inspire people, he doesn't move people - he doesn't work.
If he really cares about this country and it's future direction he should realise that he is a hindrence to the reform his party wants to introduce and not a benefit. By remaining leader he is denying the progressives a chance to win back power in this country and start winding back some of the injustices of the Howard government, he should resign and let someone younger with more vitality and, more importantly, more vision take over.
Bomber Beazley? He's barely got the firepower of a pea shooter. For god's sake give it up.
Not sure how much attention Madonna is going to pay to a Daily Telegraph petition trying to get her to extend her world tour here but I guess it's worth a shot.
Football is really hitting the big time in Australia at the moment. I reckon if they do well in the World Cup then it could get massive. Let's hope they make it through the first round....
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Monday, April 03, 2006
Billie Piper just loves a quickie apparently. I reckon her fucking Chris Evans would have made this a necessity rather than a choice, could you imagine seeing him naked for more than 5 minutes? Yuck.
Good to see that in the USA, a country where 12.5% of the population live in Poverty and where 30,000 people die each year from being shot, the real priorties are not forgotten. The problem with the US of course is that women are getting too many orgasms from vibrators. So to combat this growing menace Mississipi has banned the sale of sex toys and this ban has been upheld in the courts. Unbeliveable.
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