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Regrets? They’ve had a few…
July 8th, 2008 § 0 comments § permalink
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Regret? My arse! Rattys’ rubbing his hands together with glee at the thought of all those traditional [bigotted] Christians running back to the ‘one true faith’.
Service Announcement
July 7th, 2008 § 0 comments § permalink
I have just updated the Pivot software, so any problems let me know.
Thanx
Teh Management.
On women bishops
July 7th, 2008 § 2 comments § permalink
An evangelical chap on the Today programme on Radio 4 explains why it would be “intolerant and unjust” to bring him under the authority of a woman bishop.
Hmm. “Intolerant and unjust” to allow a woman to become a bishop. There’s a flaw in his argument somewhere.
He did also say that it isn’t a sexist issue but a theological one. Which to my mind, makes his religion sexist.
Nice , eh?
Passing the buck
July 6th, 2008 § 0 comments § permalink
British GP goes to Donnington
July 4th, 2008 § 0 comments § permalink
BBC:
The race’s traditional home is owned by the British Racing Drivers’ Club, who had been in talks for a new deal with Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone.
“We wanted a world class venue for F1 in Britain, something that the teams and fans could be proud of,” he said.
“Donington’s development plans will give us exactly that, a venue to put British motorsport back on the map.”
Ecclestone said he was disappointed that the government had not intervened to help Silverstone retain the race.
Silverstone and Donnington are both privately venues. Why should the government help one or the other? If Silverstone isn’t upto it, and franlkly it’s a shite track then it shouldn’t get the deal.
I just hope the development of Donningtons’ track doesn’t fuck it up for the bike racing.
More Sharia
July 4th, 2008 § 2 comments § permalink
BBC:
Lord Phillips, the most senior judge in England and Wales, said there was no reason sharia law’s principles could not be used in mediation
Lord Phillips has given a speech to a Muslim centre in Whitechapel that has reaffirmed what Dr Rowan Williams said in February.
What I said then was:
I cannot see any law being enacted in this day and age that would exempt certain groups of people from receiving various human rights…
Although, with hindsight I may still be wrong…
Chain emails
July 3rd, 2008 § 0 comments § permalink
Via email:
Hello, my name is Billy and I suffer from guilt for not forwarding 50 billion f***ing chain letters sent to me by people who actually believe, if you send them on, a poor six-year-old girl in Scotland with a breast on her forehead will be able to raise enough money to have it removed before her redneck parents sell her to a travelling freak show.
And, do you honestly believe that Bill Gates is going to give $1000 to you, and everyone to whom you send ‘his’ email?
How stupid are we?
Ooooh, looky here! If I scroll down this page and make a wish, I’ll get laid by a model I just happen to run into the next day!
What a bunch of bullshit.
Maybe the evil chain letter leprechauns will come into my house and sodomise me in my sleep for not continuing a chain letter that was started by St Peter in 5AD and brought to this country by midget pilgrim stowaways on the Endeavour.
F**k ’em!!
If you’re going to forward something, at least send me something mildly amusing.
I’ve seen all the ‘send this to 10 of your closest friends, and this poor, wretched excuse for a human being will somehow receive a nickel from some omniscient being’ forwards about 90 times. I don’t f**king care.
Show a little intelligence and think about what you’re actually contributing to by sending out these forwards. Chances are, it’s our own unpopularity.
The point being?
If you get some chain letter that’s threatening to leave you shagless or luckless for the rest of your life, delete it.
If it’s funny, send it on.
Don’t piss people off by making them feel guilty about a leper in Botswana with no teeth who has been tied to the arse of a dead elephant for 27 years and whose only salvation is the 5 cents per letter he’ll receive if you forward this email.
“Believe me, it’s torture.”
July 2nd, 2008 § 0 comments § permalink
Hitchens recounts how he was lashed tightly to a sloping board, then, “on top of the hood, three layers of enveloping towel were added. In this pregnant darkness, head downward, I waited until I abruptly felt a slow cascade of water going up my nose … I held my breath for a while and then had to exhale and – as you might expect – inhale in turn.”
That, he says, “brought the damp cloths tight against my nostrils, as if a huge, wet paw had been suddenly and annihilatingly clamped over my face. Unable to determine whether I was breathing in or out, flooded more with sheer panic than with water, I triggered the pre-arranged signal” and felt the “unbelievable relief” of being pulled upright.
Via Lenin
An annoyance and inconvenience
July 1st, 2008 § 0 comments § permalink
Australians have been warned they face hefty fines if they annoy the crowds gathering to see the Pope during his visit later this month, under new regulations that critics say represent a blow to free speech.
Areas around Sydney’s landmark opera house, train stations and city parks are being set aside for the World Youth Day festival, a six-day Catholic evangelical event in July at which the Pope will conduct mass and lead prayer meetings.
Police and emergency services will have the power to order people to cease behaviour that “causes annoyance or inconvenience to participants in a World Youth Day event” under the regulations. Anyone who fails to comply could be fined A$5,500 (£2,630).
Do you reckon it works both ways? Could some one file a complaint about the noise the event will create or the lies it will perpetuate? Do you think the police will have to arrest someone for the inconvenience caused to passersby for disruption to travel services or not being able not being able to use the parks or visit the opera house?
Will they bugger.
Update 15-07-08: They get the go ahead to annoy the old bastard
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