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October 2, 2012
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So I got my blood test results back from the Doctor yesterday. Apparently my blood pressure is normal, my kidneys are lovely and wait for it, my liver is in perfect health..
This, while I had thought that my liver had been sending me SOS messages for the last 20 years!
Apparently my cholesterol is high though. Too much pasta, rice and potatoes.
“But that’s everything we eat!” I replied…….
At least I can now live on a diet of red, apparently….
Off to see my
quadoc tomorrow and my spec sellers (we used to call them optometrist, I think) …I got my new glasses on Saturday … refused them … like looking through magnifying glasses mid range and blurry as hell on the long distance (back to front – perhaps …) … reading OK … any way another trip …
My regular check up with my doc, St John (pronounced, sinjen) will not be pleasant … after three months I have only lost three kgs … (actually lost five but crept back up) … two weeks in Tassie probably didn’t help … but I have faithfully given up salt, increased my regular 20 minute walk to an hour … reduced my alcohol intake (you may have noticed I now drink 11% white wine instead of 86% proof bourbon!) …
I’m pissed off (put in the effort for nil results) but I reckon he might be more po’d … look out for the “off alcohol” command …
I’ve read this before but worth another laugh … (just into my email in box) Apologies for the upper case …
Get Bassmati rice, wholemeal pasta, and sweet potatoes reb.
The pasta is the worst of the three.
Reb, you probably left bread off your list. Switch to Rye.
I suppose, Rye, is a member of your cow committee?
Nah TB .. Sour-dough/rye bread. Reb was talking about `carbs` in his diet, I dropped the stuff on here, a relative of mine was told to replace the carbs with. The rice and sweet potatoe are `eat all you want`.
Galactic Nooze
I’ve just completed a meal with red at the local Italian place.
My health seems robust enough, mainly due to the fact that I only drink good bottled red.
Queenslanders should note
Gorsky .. LOL
John Howard on our relationship with China…sensible and accurate.
”I find it difficult to accept that growing economic liberalism will continue to walk hand in hand with political authoritarianism,” he said.
”The first newly enriched generation may accept authority but their children will take affluence for granted and demand more say in running their own lives.”
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/fear-illogical-china-will-embrace-democracy–howard-20121002-26xi8.html#ixzz28Au4Mhy4
Thanks 730…
I’ll try the wholemeal pasta. We already eat basmati rice and rye bread. I need to eat more fruit and leafy green vegetables apparently.
Have “you lot” seen the price of tomatoes lately? $12 a kilo for those tasteless things they dub “gourmet tomatoes.”
We’re also meant to eat three pieces of fruit a day. Like that’s going to happen.
I didn’t know you were on a diet TB….
Poor you reduced to white wine instead of your favoured WT….
White wine is also full of sugar by the way…
sreb
I’m not … and never will diet … silly approach IMO …
(I don’t eat as much these days anyway … I actually disappointed a friend, and his missus, last weekend … he had cooked us a lovely dinner … I left half the steak … ate all the veges … he not a happy chappie {really good cook too}… fancy apologising for not eating too much?)
WWvWT … I know … but not as much (apparently) …
John Howard heckled as a “war criminal” at soeaking engagement…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-02/heckler-ejected-as-howard-praises-china/4292208
‘basmati rice’ long grain is great with curries.
Reporter: “Did you know it was Cyril Rioli chasing you?”
Lewis Jetta: “I took a look over my shoulder and thought ‘Good Luck'”
‘Britain’s biggest professional body for psychotherapists has told members it is unethical for them to attempt to ”convert” gay people to being heterosexual, formalising a policy change long demanded by rights groups.’
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/trying-to-convert-gay-people-unethical-british-therapists-told-in-new-guidelines-20121002-26xg1.html#ixzz28Dm1U5MI
‘RELATIONS between Nine Entertainment Co’s lenders have sunk to a new low after Goldman Sachs sent the media company’s directors a letter warning them they could be personally liable if they were not treated fairly in negotiations over the company’s looming $2.2 billion debt pile.
‘The highly personal nature of the letter has surprised the US distressed-debt funds Apollo and Oaktree, which hold more than $1bn of senior debt.’
Darren Davidson in the Oz
‘The controversial former boss of the Health Services Union, Michael Williamson, has been arrested by appointment this morning.
‘The 59-year-old handed himself in at Maroubra Police station at the request of detectives from Strike Force Carnarvon.’
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/former-union-boss-michael-williamson-arrested-20121004-270fo.html#ixzz28HIcnniI
Funsters….
This is a good read from Tim Dunlop on the Alan Jones saga and related musings….
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4292690.html
He nailed it with this:
The name of the anti-Murdoch commenter who emphatically declared the Australian branch of News was about to come tumbling down in the wake of the NOTW crisis has just occurred to me: RAY HUNT
Anyone watch the Presidential debate? Anyone still think Obama can’t speak without a teleprompter?
can’tcan😯
“.read from Tim Dunlop on the Alan Jones saga.”
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Yeah, its okay. I noticed Dunlop`s post seem to follow the blogger-verse on these type of things. .. Gruen seemed to spell out some good points too. .. Tho as I have said before, Jones will be sin-binned a little, then enriched much more.
“To save the dogma of single currency, they are imposing absurd hyper-austerity on France,” said Marine Le Pen from the National Front, France’s unlikely apostle of Keynesian doctrine.
‘France now joins Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, and parts of Eastern Europe in synchronized tightening, with the Netherlands and Belgium cutting too, all dragging each other down in a 1930s slide into the political swamp.’
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (UK Tele)
http://andrewelder.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/picked-and-stuck.html
Libs, Abbott, Jones, Media, Hilarious
“Anyone watch the Presidential debate?”
Yes, I did. As soneone said on twitter, both men went into the debate with low expectations but only Obama lived up to them….
Obama just waffled and failed to make any concise points at all. In fact, at some points it seemed like he was actually agreeing with Mitt.
I notice on one blog that they’re declaring it a win for Obama.
Meanwhile “the rest if the world” admits it was a win for Mitt.
I don’t think Obama will make the same mistake next time….
“I won’t stand by and let others claim that the man I love and the father my children adore, has some agenda against women.”
Mrs Abbott in the Daily Telegraph
Tell it to the wall
Bill Maher:
Michael Moore:
Dennis Miller:
Andrew Sullivan:
Even Chris Matthews didn’t feel the thrill running down his leg this time:
Matthews must be turning conservative because we all know that only conservatives us violent imagery in political discourse!
Breaking News!
Tony Abbott’s mum fronts media to say “he was always such a sweet boy”…
Mrs Abbott in the Daily Telegraph
news.com.au is carrying the tale too .. my comment? “LOL!”
Didn’t the “presidential wives” just do the “exact same” thing?
I am not an animal!
‘Didn’t the “presidential wives” just do the “exact same” thing?’
We are slowly morphing into the US system.
(“he was always such a sweet boy”…)
Didn’t he go around thumping people and getting young ladies in the family way and pissing off …
Hilarity!
‘Didn’t he go around thumping people and getting young ladies in the family way and pissing off’
The facts suggest otherwise, but its interesting and predictable that Nooze is coming to the monk’s aid.
“I am the tough one in the family. He is the soft touch and as a result he has a wonderful relationship with the girls which sometimes I am a little envious of,” Margie Abbott said.
This should get him a boost in the polls, which he sorely needs.
I wouldn’t count on it egg.
‘The latest Newspoll analysis of surveys taken between July and September, conducted exclusively for The Australian, reveals just 29 per cent of female voters are satisfied with his performance compared with 34 per cent of men. Julia Gillard also faces a gender imbalance, with just 27 per cent of men satisfied with her performance compared with 32 per cent of women. The polling also shows Labor no longer faces an electoral wipeout in Queensland, but would lose at the next election based on swing seats in the Sunshine State and NSW alone.’
The Oz
Instapundit:
You mean it was fake Barack? Looks like the Yanks are copying Australian tactics!
There was an Australian-sounding perfesser from Stanford University on ABC radio just now saying he thought Obama won the debate. 😯
Tom R?
He said Australian sounding
I’m from SA 😉
It was Simon Jackman.
http://jackman.stanford.edu/blog/?p=2556
(The ABC collective don’t even try to hide their bias. Their regular commentator on US politics is E.J.Dionne, who is a self-confessed “liberal” and as pro-Obama as they come. Imagine the uproar from the inner-city ‘elites’ if they had on someone like Charles Krauthammer instead – also a columnist for a major newspaper but a staunch critic of Obama.)
You should meet that guy Tom R. You would probably see eye to eye on many things (in a one-eyed sort of way). 🙂
BTW which SA rugby team do you support? I’m a Bulls fan myself.
SA has rugby?
We have devolved.
Actually, I did play a game once in me youth (union), got abused for going for a specky lol
I played a season at school but didn’t understand the rules at the time. I enjoy watching it now. Abbott was a good player in his time, and a good boxer too.
and a good boxer too.
Tyson was a good boxer too. Not voting for him either 😉
Given the outpouring of grief in Melbourne about the rape and murder of Jill Meagher, it’s time to get off the politicised cycle that only seems to debate longer, tougher gaol sentences.
Women actually need protection from rapists and murders. The worst crimes are committed by recidivists.
Without discussing the current prosecution, look at Peter Dupas. He was a serial offender who should never have been able to continue raping and murdering women, he should have still been locked up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dupas
• Tracking rapists is in the public interest, so it’s reasonable to use tracking devices.
• Any convicted rapist should be required to wear a tracking device for 10 years after their release from prison.
• Set up a 24 hour control centre that tracks them.
• Impose a curfew, which can be lifted with the specific prior approval of the control centre.
• Specific tracking when permission is provided outside curfew.
• Require a detailed log book of daily activities and associates, checked each month.
Thank you for your attention.
(tracking devices may be preferable to the “indefinite detention’ imposed on genuine refugees that don’t get a security clearance to)
Abbott never got knocked out in the ring, but the rusted ons say they were softies.
Wonder how much a tracking device and manned tracking centre costs … cmpared to setting up and manning a detention centre … I reckon I could “guess” the answer right now … James, would “know” he “believes” a lot of stuff … 😆
The conservatards rubbish Obama’s debating.
How surprisement.
That man bolt did it first, went in harder & wasn’t afraid to be a fawning elephant humper.
Abbott never got knocked out in the ring, but the rusted ons say they were softies
Didn’t i say earlier that he thumped people … and you said … The facts suggest otherwise
“The conservatards rubbish Obama’s debating.
How surprisement.
That man bolt did it first, went in harder & wasn’t afraid to be a fawning elephant humper.”
They weren’t alone. See the comments of Bill Maher, Michael Moore, Andrew Sullivan and Chris Matthews I posted above. it would be more correct to say that a few rusted-ons (and Michelle) didn’t criticise Obama’s debating.
“The conservatards rubbish Obama’s debating”
You didn’t see the “debate”, then?
‘Didn’t i say earlier that he thumped people … ‘
Oh yeah, so you did.
I don’t think it’s just the conservatives, Toilet.
Agreed sancty. I’d hardly call myself a conservative but I thought Obama’s performance was lame….
I didn’t see it. Dora the Explorer took precedence last night. Just going on Twitter and when even the Left can’t spin a win for Obama, you know he got flogged.
“You didn’t see the “debate”, then?”
Nerp.
Been busy.
Have just read some reactions to it. 😉
I like to post a bit of mindless antagonism every now & again.
Thing is. The elephant humpers would’ve been calling it for Joseph Smith’s Man, no matter how the commie muslim had performed.
I’m so jaded I can’t even find the benefit of the doubt anymore😆I watched it….
It was an endurance test…
Mostly because it was INCREDIBLY BORING!
Both men were polite and courteous…
As much as I hate Mitt and everything that he stands for, he was well-prepared, articulate and made some clear points.
Obama on the other hand just seemed to waffle and hardly made any, if any, clear and concise points..
AsI mentioned yesterday, I doubt he’ll make the same mistake again….
Don’t forget…HE STOOD IN A FASHION UNSUPPORTED BY BOLT & ASSORTED OTHER NUTJOB RALLYING SITES!!! 😯
* Held his leg in the wrong position or somesuch. Not exactly sure what in tarnation they’re on about; having not witnessed it with my own eyeballs. Classic rightard wishful projection, whether he was a flop in the debate or not (and I accept, second hand, that he was).
The result of the upcoming US election is of interest.
Which side will agitate enough of its base to get its man over the line?!
Line ball, I’d have thought, at this point. In spite of the ridiculous anti-Obama fucktardery campaign which has been underway since before it looked like he might dethrone Bush.
Chael Sonnen is a Republican with a big mouth & cojones…but he should polish his technique before he ridicules a Brazilian again. 😆
I must say I haven’t much followed it. I really find the whole American Presidential elections offensive. I understood Obama to be well ahead.
I agree, James … and one “debate” (?) doth not an election make!
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Ser Toillette, are you fending off Taswegians yet?
In a couple of weeks, Ser bee.
Weather is on the improve so hopefully it should be choice by the time we invade.
Went & bought myself a pair of hiking shoes yesterday in case I’m involved in a wilderness manhunt.
Went & bought myself a pair of hiking shoes yesterday in case I’m involved in a wilderness manhunt.
So, you’re planning some dastardly deed … mmm … Wambo of Taswegia!
I may ablute outside of recommended areas.
This list is utterly preposterous.
Looking forward to it!
Reign In Blood shows them all up for the pap that they are, splatter! 😉
Going to pub to be inappropriate. Later interstatescumz…
‘I like to post a bit of mindless antagonism every now & again.’
Sniping From The Sidelines, in other words. 😉
‘I like to post a bit of mindless antagonism every now & again.’
Talking truth to wankers – an utterly fruitless, yet commendable, occupation!
Speaking of
piratingrecording music … my doc introduced Offliberty to me a couple of days ago … play a song from anywhere on the net (Youtube works) … copy the URL … paste into offliberty the OFF button turns into a START button … press start … and offliberty will record the music in Mp3 in seconds flat!http://offliberty.com/
”‘I like to post a bit of mindless antagonism every now & again.’
You should be ashamed of yourself.
From Splatterbottom’s list above: Max Easton (Who the fuck is Max Easton?) referring to Nick Cave’s The Boatman’s Call: “While there’s no doubting the record’s understated beauty, it’s more the fact that this (and not one of his other fucked up masterpieces) is one of Cave’s most lasting impressions on the bulk Australian musical psyche that’s unsettling. After all, no one likes it when the short fused psycho at the party falls in love and goes home.”
Amen to that. 😯
From the same list: Edward Sharp-Paul (WTF is ES-P?): “The Velvet Underground and Nico was a truly novel album. At its heart was the band’s much-mythologised odd couple: The street-wise, swaggering Lou Reed and the esoteric, studious John Cale. When the two met halfway, the results were stunning. ‘Venus In Furs’ and the towering ‘Heroin’ opened the sort of doors that Jim Morrison had merely puked on.”
Nice.
ES-P again, on The White Album: “Anyone that identifies as a “John Lennon guy” ought to remember that they are pledging allegiance to someone that used the most anticipated album of all time as an opportunity to impress his cool new girlfriend with some pseudo-avant garde shit. ‘Revolution #9’ is the sound of an illusion shattering: Yes, The Beatles are human, and sometimes they drop almighty turds.”
Heh.
Collateral damage from the Jones Affair.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/national/jones-scandal-costs-woolworths-executive-simon-berger-his-job/story-fndor8bb-1226489427381
“A Woolworths spokeswoman said Mr Berger had offered his resignation and it had been accepted.”
The polite way of saying “you’re fired!”
‘U.S. oil production surged last week to the highest level since January 1997, reducing the country’s dependence on imported fuels as new technology unlocks crude trapped in shale formations.
‘Crude output rose by 3.7 percent to 6.509 million barrels a day in the week ended Sept. 21, the Energy Department reported today. America met 83 percent of its energy needs in the first six months of the year, department data show. If the trend continues through 2012, it will be the highest level of self- sufficiency since 1991. Imports have declined 3.2 percent from the same period a year earlier.’
Bloomberg
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo will be pleased he signed that petition.
So will Ronald Ryan from Pentridge.
Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse will be glad to have offered their support.
And Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones too….
Oh hang on….
Instapundit, again: Remember when he was the World’s Greatest Orator? Me neither.
‘The White House today announced that it was offering a “substantial cash reward” for information leading to “the location and safe return of President Obama’s mojo.”
‘White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced the search with an air of urgency: “We will use every resource at our disposal to ensure the return of the President’s mojo, and that goes double for his groove.”
‘Mr. Carney said that as of late Wednesday afternoon no one at the White House knew the President’s mojo was missing, but minutes into last night’s televised debate “it became clear that something was terribly, horribly wrong.”’
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2012/10/white-house-authorizes-search-for-presidents-mojo.html#ixzz28QPdUB5j
Well if the abbott total family indulgement that was inflicted upon us by newsltd isn’t an example of organised and co-ordinated political campaigning on behalf of tony abbott I don’t know what is.
I think there’s more to come tomorrow as well, not sure I’ll be recovered enough from my nausea and vomiting to go looking for it.
At least mrs abbott steps up the sloganeering to six words, “surrounded by strong capable women” obviously more intelligent than her husband.
Mr Denmore @MrDenmore
What is the difference between the fluff in the News Ltd papers on Abbott and a paid political ad? Are these people journos or PR people?
Buffy @Buffygirly
LOL! RT @GrogsGamut: This weekend last year Abbott was at Bathurst. Who knew the whole time he’d have rather been home watching Beaches.
Helen Razer @HelenRazer
He’s just a boy. Standing in front of a primary female vote. Asking her to love him #SensitiveTony
The Situation with women
yo cnuts, cARNT RESPOND BETWIXT YITCH BYITCHCHES HAT BEEN SMIKKED BE SOOKED.
iT JUST DONT WORKETH…OH MY ,DEL. NOT ,/DEL. LORD…
http://grogsgamut.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/abbott-shows-everyone-hes-worried.html
God I do love a diverse media.
Just think how bad the internal polling and focus group are that it has reached this stage.
Obviously as well the reason for the stories coming out today is that this weekend is a Newspoll weekend.
Subtle.
Back from the pub toiletboss? 😆
I enjoyed the clip.
Something borrowed, something blue…
toiletboss wins !!!
FLAWLESS VICTORY !
I’m a cnut of a thang…taint no doubt y’all..
Good Caiaphas, the council waits for you.
The Pharisees and priests are here for you.
CAIAPHAS
Ah gentlemen, you know why we are here.
We’ve not much time, and quite a problem here
MOB (outside)
Hosanna! Superstar!
Hosanna! Superstar!
Hosanna! Superstar!
Hosanna! Superstar!
ANNAS
Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street!
A trick or two with lepers, and the whole town’s on its feet.
ALL (inside)
He is dangerous!
MOB (outside)
Jesus Christ Superstar!
ALL (inside)
He is dangerous!
MOB (outside)
Tell us that you’re who they say you are.
PRIEST TWO
The man is in town right now to whip up some support.
PRIEST THREE
A rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort.
ALL (inside)
He is dangerous!
MOB (outside)
Jesus Christ Superstar!
ALL (inside)
He is dangerous!
PRIEST TWO
Look Caiaphas, they’re right outside our yard.
PRIEST THREE
Quick Caiaphas, go call the Roman guard.
CAIAPHAS
No, wait!
We need a more permanent solution to our problem.
ANNAS
What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth?
Miracle wonderman, hero of fools.
PRIEST THREE
No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans.
CAIAPHAS
One thing I’ll say for him — Jesus is cool.
ANNAS
We dare not leave him to his own devices.
His half-witted fans will get out of control.
PRIESTS
But how can we stop him?
His glamour increases
By leaps every moment; he’s top of the poll.
CAIAPHAS
I see bad things arising.
The crowd crown him king; which the Romans would ban.
I see blood and destruction,
Our elimination because of one man.
Blood and destruction because of one man.
ALL (inside)
Because, because, because of one man.
CAIAPHAS
Our elimination because of one man.
ALL (inside)
Because, because, because of one, ’cause of one, ’cause of one man.
PRIEST THREE
What then to do about this Jesus-mania?
ANNAS
Now how to we deal with a carpenter king?
PRIESTS
Where do we start with a man who is bigger
Than John was when John did his baptism thing?
CAIAPHAS
Fools, you have no perception!
The stake we are gambling are frighteningly high!
We must crush him completely,
So like John before him, this Jesus must die.
For the sake of the nation, this Jesus must die.
ALL (inside)
Must die, must die, this Jesus must die.
CAIAPHAS
So like John before him, this Jesus must die.
ALL (inside)
Must die, must die, this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must die!
Vaguely amusing…
So, communist imagery is “cool” again, huh?
Tools!Here’s a 50 minutes lesson in reality, which you’d only watch if you were prepared to
take your head out of your arse for a minutehave your hate for capitalism challengedlisten to an opposing viewpoint with an open mind.The NSW Coalition are haggling over seats for the upcoming Fed election.
‘Eden-Monaro is held by Labor and the Liberal MP Joanna Gash is retiring from Gilmore. The Nationals had threatened to run Angry Anderson in Gilmore.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/liberal-anger-as-nationals-take-cash-from-election-pot-20121005-274pe.html#ixzz28SjQk3Ar
http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/labors-faceless-men-to-deny-wong-top-spot-on-senate-ballot/story-e6frfkp9-1226489471846
I’ve never seen so many fkn dickheads in one club … apart from the boofheads in the Liberal Party trotting out this shit …
http://www.news.com.au/national/margie-abbott-said-tony-does-not-have-a-problem-with-women/story-fndo4eg9-1226489192404
I’m going to scheck out the price of islands for sale … it’s like living in a fkn nightmare of egotistical, stupidity …
I wouldn’t employ any of these arseholes to clean my toilet … they’d spend six hours trying to find it … every day … what a bunch of incompetent morons … all of them …
“Margie Abbott’s dummy spit”
http://denniallen.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/margie-abbotts-dummy-spit/
Good link, sreb, we are not alone … the nasty, deceit of the Liberals was on show last night on Lateline … whoever the “mouthpiece” from the Liberals was! She took her coaching from Mirabella, methinks … constant “blaming” of the ALP … I know many Libs and they all seem to be cut from the same … Mick, money hungry, arrogant, ignorant, decietful, devious and lie like $#!t! And then I look at the ALP voters I know … it’s the fkn SAME!
Whatever happened to honesty, and truth and a fair go … treating other people nicely and arguing the point not the person … I don’t think we’ll ever find the plot again!
Winter is coming!
For amusement.
http://www.news.com.au/national/margie-abbott-said-tony-does-not-have-a-problem-with-women/story-fndo4eg9-1226489192404
I have never read such hypocritical and convoluted statements in my life … absobloodylutely astounding …
When we had REAL politik in Australia …
And you wonder why some of us yearn for the past, scorn the present and fear for the future …
My sunburnt country seems to have developed cancer of the parliament …
Winter is coming!
TB seems you need new friends.
“Whatever happened to honesty, and truth and a fair go … treating other people nicely and arguing the point not the person”
“And you wonder why some of us yearn for the past, scorn the present and fear for the future …”
So Paul Keating exemplifies the kind of parliamentary behaviour current politicians should aspire to?! 😯
Ooookayyy. 🙄
“[F]rom its foundation the party has identified itself as anti-socialist. . .Strong opposition to socialism and communism in Australia and internationally was one of the foundation principles of the Liberal Party.”
‘TB seems you need new friends.’
He does indeed and at his mature age, may I suggest being non-aligned is freedom.
Probably best not to play this at work (on account of it’s a bit explicit).
“may I suggest being non-aligned is freedom.”
Like you would know…. 🙄
‘Like you would know….’
If they want my vote, they’ll have to woo me…
‘The mutation resulted in sperm tails that were 17 per cent shorter than normal and a 50 per cent reduction in sperm production.
‘The most striking result was that all mice with the mutated gene were rendered infertile and their sperm incapable of swimming.
”They weren’t wriggling or going anywhere, they were just twitching,” Professor O’Bryan said.
”With this mutation, we get motors that don’t work properly. To be fertile, sperm need motility … or swimming ability.”
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/sperm-stunner-could-lead-to-male-pill-20121006-2761r.html#ixzz28Yyk3bNY
I know many Libs and they all seem to be cut from the same … Mick, money hungry, arrogant, ignorant, decietful, devious and lie like $#!t! And then I look at the ALP voters I know … it’s the fkn SAME!
On reflection that statement isn’t quite correct and could be seen as sitting on the fence a bit as some “try” to do here …
Redux …
I know many Libs and they all seem to be cut from the same … Mick, money hungry, arrogant, ignorant, decietful, devious and lie like $#!t!
There … that’s closer to the truth … 😉
‘…and could be seen as sitting on the fence a bit as some “try” to do here …’
I’m not a barracker, is that a crime?
I’m not a barracker, is that a crime?
Gee, you popped up quick … methinks, thy doth protest too much, ser!
Left, right, or middle, doth not maketh thee a “barracker” … but only they turn of phrase … 😎
Here ya go,
smartarseToSY …“And you wonder why some of us yearn for the past, scorn the present and fear for the future …”
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-bars/a-mobile-at-the-dinner-table-will-turn-your-relationships-sour/story-fn93ypt9-1226490093420#ixzz28alHraJc
We’ve stopped accepting dinner or lunch engagements from one couple …
(“RIDLEY Scott knows how to screw with your head”, apparently.)
My father uses this term all the time:
“I spit on metaphysics, sir.” 🙂
Hi Meta…I like the metaphysical.
‘Barrackers’ is only a turn of phrase and its not even a real word, like rustedons.
http://christwire.org/2012/10/al-gore-blames-altitude-on-obamas-debate-loss/
Got this via my inbox, thought of `you`Lot`
Oh Dunny .. You won`t Learn anything hanging out at christwire.
It seems Reverend Clyde H. Higgins is quite the `Mitt` crack-pot.
‘JULIAN ASSANGE has hired lawyers to investigate suing the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, for defamation over a claim that WikiLeaks acted ”illegally” in leaking about 250,000 US diplomatic cables.’
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/assange-to-target-gillard-in-possible-defamation-case-20121007-2772w.html#ixzz28eJOpg4y
‘THE Australian Workers Union admitted it “didn’t want the carbon tax” in a letter sent to its members the day after the scheme started, despite publicly endorsing it as long as not one job was lost.
‘The letter reveals that the AWU leadership – which has been among Julia Gillard’s strongest backers – faced considerable unrest from its membership over the introduction of the carbon tax.’
Sid Maher in the Oz
Julian Assange really is a pain in the arse “look at me” …
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Here’s another wanker …
1. Its FEEDBACK AJ, suck it up princess!
2. “no contact … over the car” … does he expect people to believ that? Pure lies!
3. “A contract … which I had no relation to ….” He’s a fkn Director of 2GB! If he didn’rt know about a multi million dollar contract he should resign! Pure lies!
I love it when bully’s get caught out and can’t take it …
THE Australian Workers Union admitted it “didn’t want the carbon tax” The Union or someone who thinks they speak for the union?
BTW, did you know the Carbon Tax has been passed and enacted and been in operation since July … who woulda thunk … the skies still up there …
Maher, shit stirring for shit stirring’s sake … and your just stirring the pot, egg (as Maher hoped you would) … move on …
You’re probably already aware, reportland, that christwire is the most hilarious parody site on the interwebz!
Here’s another fine piece by Reverend Clyde H. Higgins.
http://christwire.org/2012/09/dr-pepper-is-a-quack-endorses-evolution-theory/
True hilarity to be found in the comments, where confusion reigns as the witless get trolled.
* guffaw…
http://christwire.org/2012/09/god-turns-yangtze-river-blood-red-to-protest-obama-democratic-nomination/
True hilarity to be found in the comments, where confusion reigns as the witless get trolled.
Sounds like a sistersite to TDT …
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Renly is dead … Stannis seeks to take Storm’s End!
Winter is Coming!
” True hilarity to be found in the comments, where confusion reigns as the witless get trolled. ”
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Absolutely. The comments are hilarious.
Reminds me of a certain `hover-craft` post. Just keeps giving.
Thanks TB. Offliberty is sensational.
My pleasure, sp, enjoy … 🙂
… you may have noticed … you can record vid too copies as an .flv file …
Apparently there are similar programs but they limit you to 20 mins … I just did a background clip from Youtube … 90 mins worth … 😯
“I love it when bully’s get caught out and can’t take it …”
Me too …. I’ve been over at the Destroy the Joint Facebook page today fighting the good fight…
‘A commercial cargo ship rocketed into orbit Sunday in pursuit of the International Space Station, the first of a dozen supply runs under a mega-contract with NASA.
‘It was the second launch of a Dragon capsule to the orbiting lab by the California-based SpaceX company. The first was last spring.
‘This time was no test flight, however, and the spacecraft carried 1,000 pounds of key science experiments and other precious gear on this truly operational mission.’
Exit Poll Shows Capriles in the Lead, Chavez Says He’ll Respect Results
or not . . .
Chavez wins re-election, electoral council says
I hope Hugo’s brother is governor of Florida…or he might be screwed.
Hugo, Like Fidel, annoy`s the crap out of yank governments of both flavors. That`s okay by me.
Apologies to kitty, this is on the wrong thread, but I know she’s as keen as mustard to slip on her roller skates and catch this lecture.
Trenberth to speak at Uni of NSW on the importance of weather…this from a man who said its a travesty they couldn’t find the warming.
http://www.climatescience.org.au/content/173-kevin-trenberth-public-lecture-extreme-weather-and-its-links-climate-change
The overtly religious continue to scour the
landscapecyberscape, searching for the most hard to find, ludicrous excuses to take offense.http://au.ign.com/articles/2012/10/08/modern-warfare-2-map-removed-following-controversy
Apparently Kyle Sandilands is “a thickshake away from death.”
Do you think he’d prefer chocolate or vanilla…?
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/kyle-thickshake-away-from-diabetes/story-e6fredpu-1226492328052
“The most stable country in the history of mankind, and probably the most boring, by the way, is Switzerland. It’s not even a city-state environment; it’s a municipal state. Most decisions are made at the local level, which allows for distributed errors that don’t adversely affect the wider system. Meanwhile, people want a united Europe, more alignment, and look at the problems. The solution is right in the middle of Europe — Switzerland. It’s not united! It doesn’t have a Brussels! It doesn’t need one.”
” Apparently Kyle Sandilands is a thickshake away from death. ”
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We should send in our `2-for-1` and `up-size` offers/coupons from Krusty-Burger next time round. We all want Kyle to feel satisfied.
Back to the future …
… JBP Era here we come …
… white shoes, brown paper bags, multi portfolio ministers, developers tripping over themselves to cuddle up to Noddy Newman & Cronies … oh, and don’t forget the corrupt police commissioner coming to a suburb or town near you …
… I really do need a shaking head smiley!
http://www.news.com.au/national/newman-puts-watchdog-on-notice/story-fndo4ckr-1226493196233