Drunk threatened city with TV remote
Thu Feb 7, 2008 9:27am EST
CANBERRA (Reuters) - A drunken man's threat to blow up half a city with his television remote control forced Australian police to declare a state of emergency at a luxury golf resort, a local court heard Thursday.
Geoffrey Martin Fryatt, 57, a resident of the Fairways Golf and Lifestyle Retreat in Brisbane, was arrested by elite paramilitary police after terrifying neighbors with a knife and threatening to detonate a store of chemicals with the TV remote.
"One push of the button will blow up half of Brisbane," Fryatt shouted in the standoff last May before police in the Queensland state capital opened fire with rubber bullets.
Fryatt's lawyer told the Brisbane District Court that his client lost control after losing much of his life savings in a fraud carried out by his finance broker, local media said.
"People are genuinely scared of sudden explosions," the judge said, sentencing Fryatt to a year's probation. "Frightening members of the public with threats of bombs and bomb hoaxes has a much greater impact than it once did," she said.
Fryatt accepted probation, but said he was concerned it could interrupt plans to travel overseas to do humanitarian aid work, the Brisbane Times newspaper reported.
"Let's get you right before we send you off to a third world country," the judge said.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
why has sKILLy forsaken us?
Wind-driven 50-degree plunge includes snow punch
My question is, will the living envy the dead (hint: yes)? Datz what I'd like ta know.
My question is, will the living envy the dead (hint: yes)? Datz what I'd like ta know.
Friday, February 8, 2008
I've got it!
I've decided what I'm going to do with George's wonderful gift to me (that I have to give back). The perfect way to spend the money.
I'm gonna buy lottery tickets.
600 of them.
It's a no brainer. It should raise my odds from 1 in 150,000,000 to like, 600 in 150,000,000 right?
I'll just wait till it's like 200 million dollars, and then pounce.
Oh, if it works I might (might) "might" might even consider a spades house 4 Sarge. I'm not promising anything though, so this cannot be construed as such. Just that I may consider it.
Well, now that I figured that out I can get on with the rest of my life...
I'm gonna buy lottery tickets.
600 of them.
It's a no brainer. It should raise my odds from 1 in 150,000,000 to like, 600 in 150,000,000 right?
I'll just wait till it's like 200 million dollars, and then pounce.
Oh, if it works I might (might) "might" might even consider a spades house 4 Sarge. I'm not promising anything though, so this cannot be construed as such. Just that I may consider it.
Well, now that I figured that out I can get on with the rest of my life...
dere is annudder doomsday direkkly behind dis one
Doomsday plan would close 2 Cook hospitals
All 12 of county's neighborhood clinics also would be shut
(Crain’s) — Cook County would close two of its three hospitals and a center that treats one-third of the area’s HIV patients under a doomsday budget scenario officials put forth Friday.
All 12 of county's neighborhood clinics also would be shut
(Crain’s) — Cook County would close two of its three hospitals and a center that treats one-third of the area’s HIV patients under a doomsday budget scenario officials put forth Friday.
Recall all dese phokkers
Paulson: Checks to go out in May
The checks are an advance on next year's refunds, and most, if not all of the money, will be deducted from taxpayers' refunds in 12 months' time.
So, once again, our government has tried to fool us. "Here's a chunk of money" they said. "Oh, and we'll be back for it next year." So how does this help? What happens if we're still in a recession next year and people don't have the money to pay the government back?
Can we just recall da whole bunch? Oh yeah, that's right. A bunch of them are running for re-election, aren't they?
The checks are an advance on next year's refunds, and most, if not all of the money, will be deducted from taxpayers' refunds in 12 months' time.
So, once again, our government has tried to fool us. "Here's a chunk of money" they said. "Oh, and we'll be back for it next year." So how does this help? What happens if we're still in a recession next year and people don't have the money to pay the government back?
Can we just recall da whole bunch? Oh yeah, that's right. A bunch of them are running for re-election, aren't they?
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Anudder one of dese tings?
Yes, apparently:
2008 SelectSmart.com Presidential Candidate Selector
Your Results:
1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (SMIFF!) (100%)
2. Dennis Kucinich (withdrawn) (88%) Information link
3. Barack Obama (85%) Information link
4. Alan Augustson (campaign suspended) (80%) Information link
5. Christopher Dodd (withdrawn) (78%) Information link
6. Joseph Biden (withdrawn) (77%) Information link
7. Hillary Clinton (75%) Information link
8. John Edwards (withdrawn) (72%) Information link
9. Wesley Clark (not running, endorsed Clinton) (71%) Information link
10. Michael Bloomberg (says he will not run) (71%) Information link
11. Al Gore (not announced) (68%) Information link
12. Mike Gravel (66%) Information link
13. Bill Richardson (withdrawn) (59%) Information link
14. Ron Paul (50%) Information link
15. Kent McManigal (campaign suspended) (44%) Information link
16. Elaine Brown (42%) Information link
17. Wayne Allyn Root (32%) Information link
18. Rudolph Giuliani (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (31%) Information link
19. John McCain (30%) Information link
20. Mike Huckabee (28%) Information link
21. Tommy Thompson (withdrawn, endorsed Giuliani) (27%) Information link
22. Alan Keyes (22%) Information link
23. Mitt Romney (withdrawn) (21%) Information link
24. Chuck Hagel (not running) (18%) Information link
25. Sam Brownback (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (16%) Information link
26. Newt Gingrich (says he will not run) (15%) Information link
27. Tom Tancredo (withdrawn, endorsed Romney) (14%) Information link
28. Fred Thompson (withdrawn) (12%) Information link
29. Duncan Hunter (withdrawn) (9%) Information link
30. Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) (8%) Information link
31. Stephen Colbert (campaign halted) (2%) Information link
Wow, Alan Keyes slightly better than Willard Mitt Romney.... and no Ralph Nader (thank God).
2008 SelectSmart.com Presidential Candidate Selector
Your Results:
1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (SMIFF!) (100%)
2. Dennis Kucinich (withdrawn) (88%) Information link
3. Barack Obama (85%) Information link
4. Alan Augustson (campaign suspended) (80%) Information link
5. Christopher Dodd (withdrawn) (78%) Information link
6. Joseph Biden (withdrawn) (77%) Information link
7. Hillary Clinton (75%) Information link
8. John Edwards (withdrawn) (72%) Information link
9. Wesley Clark (not running, endorsed Clinton) (71%) Information link
10. Michael Bloomberg (says he will not run) (71%) Information link
11. Al Gore (not announced) (68%) Information link
12. Mike Gravel (66%) Information link
13. Bill Richardson (withdrawn) (59%) Information link
14. Ron Paul (50%) Information link
15. Kent McManigal (campaign suspended) (44%) Information link
16. Elaine Brown (42%) Information link
17. Wayne Allyn Root (32%) Information link
18. Rudolph Giuliani (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (31%) Information link
19. John McCain (30%) Information link
20. Mike Huckabee (28%) Information link
21. Tommy Thompson (withdrawn, endorsed Giuliani) (27%) Information link
22. Alan Keyes (22%) Information link
23. Mitt Romney (withdrawn) (21%) Information link
24. Chuck Hagel (not running) (18%) Information link
25. Sam Brownback (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (16%) Information link
26. Newt Gingrich (says he will not run) (15%) Information link
27. Tom Tancredo (withdrawn, endorsed Romney) (14%) Information link
28. Fred Thompson (withdrawn) (12%) Information link
29. Duncan Hunter (withdrawn) (9%) Information link
30. Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) (8%) Information link
31. Stephen Colbert (campaign halted) (2%) Information link
Wow, Alan Keyes slightly better than Willard Mitt Romney.... and no Ralph Nader (thank God).
We have become them
CIA: Waterboarding needed, possibly illegal
It might be illegal, but we're gonna do it anyway. Also, we're not going to investigate ourselves because that would be way too inconvenient. We will continue to torture, bomb and maim until people accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior I mean accept democracy, human rights and transparency as the foundation of good governance.
Sorry Mitt, the terrists have already won.
It might be illegal, but we're gonna do it anyway. Also, we're not going to investigate ourselves because that would be way too inconvenient. We will continue to torture, bomb and maim until people accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior I mean accept democracy, human rights and transparency as the foundation of good governance.
Sorry Mitt, the terrists have already won.
Smiff rips Schilling on his blog (cont'd)
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Just wondering if Curt and the other McCain supporters (like ajd24) here will be volunteering for the military to fight the other wars McCain is promising, along with a 100 year commitment to staying in Iraq. Bush has decimated our military (where will McCain be getting all of the troops he will need for Iran and so forth?), so can we count on you to join up?
And Obama has said he will be committed to finding bin Laden (remember him?), you know, the head terrorist guy…
Just wondering if Curt and the other McCain supporters (like ajd24) here will be volunteering for the military to fight the other wars McCain is promising, along with a 100 year commitment to staying in Iraq. Bush has decimated our military (where will McCain be getting all of the troops he will need for Iran and so forth?), so can we count on you to join up?
And Obama has said he will be committed to finding bin Laden (remember him?), you know, the head terrorist guy…
Romney: Quitter
The one ad he kept running out here was about how different he is from Hillary Clinton (maybe that's why she did so well here?). Willard seemed to be running his campaign in reverse - it was if he had already won the Republican nomination and was running against Hillary, who had won the Democratic nomination. I know that for many conservatives, just saying "Hillary Clinton" causes them to grow horns and a third eyeball, but MITT YOU WEREN'T RUNNING AGAINST HER. How about running some ads about McCain being a flip-flopper instead of a "straight talker". Or that fact that he said he doesn't know anything about the economy. Or the fact that he cozies upto and makes deals with pinko commies like Feingold and Ed Kennedy. Nope, he stuck with how "Hillary-care" was going to send everyone to the grave. What a maroon. And this guy made millions as a bidnessman? It must not be very hard then.
Oh, and this is priceless...
Romney at today's CPAC Wingnut Conference: ”If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.”
Oh, and this is priceless...
Romney at today's CPAC Wingnut Conference: ”If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.”
Shocking!
Check it out - 14 inches predicted, only 4 inches realised. Dat's your weather guy for ya...
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
LoC influences the Beeb?
After the Fungster's complaint, they changed the story. It now reads:
He could be living up to his name, Simba, which means lion in Swahili - spoken across East Africa - and means strength in Shona, one of Zimbabwe's main indigenous languages.
Course, this does not satisfy the Fungster. He's still going with Swahili shouldn't have been mentioned, and at the very least least the Shona translation should have been first. So one must keep fighting...
He could be living up to his name, Simba, which means lion in Swahili - spoken across East Africa - and means strength in Shona, one of Zimbabwe's main indigenous languages.
Course, this does not satisfy the Fungster. He's still going with Swahili shouldn't have been mentioned, and at the very least least the Shona translation should have been first. So one must keep fighting...
Whitey keeping darky down (cont)
Our Govt has been saying, for years now, that drugs are bad. Drugs kill. Stay away from drugs. Except, of course, the drugs we approve of...
Heath Ledger autopsy points to accidental pill overdose
Rapper died of cough syrup overdose
And before that, it was America's favorite bimbo, before that it was her son, and the list goes on and on. So, if you take whitey's drugs, it's "accidental", and Big Pharma is let off the hook. If it's darky's drugs, they bomb the $#!+ out of your farm, burning everything in sight. They arrest your @$$ and throw away the key, so they have to build bigger and bigger prisons. All to protect whitey. Damn the consequences. And the darkies.
Oh, who's next, you ask?
Britney Spears' mom claims sidekick drugged her
Heath Ledger autopsy points to accidental pill overdose
Rapper died of cough syrup overdose
And before that, it was America's favorite bimbo, before that it was her son, and the list goes on and on. So, if you take whitey's drugs, it's "accidental", and Big Pharma is let off the hook. If it's darky's drugs, they bomb the $#!+ out of your farm, burning everything in sight. They arrest your @$$ and throw away the key, so they have to build bigger and bigger prisons. All to protect whitey. Damn the consequences. And the darkies.
Oh, who's next, you ask?
Britney Spears' mom claims sidekick drugged her
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