the news thread

Post by **lynt** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:26 am

Crossers her off the list of things to do

Sad for her kids man, first she loses a son, then she goes. Tragic.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:28 am

For sure. Tragic all round for that chick. I wonder if her new husband will take up her fight for the billions...

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:28 am

R.I.P Anna

heard about this this morning. i hear they tried CPR. wonder how that works with fake boobs? no disrespect intended

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:11 am

This scares the bejebus outta me

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ ... 31194.html

If it's not on, it's not on

Rob M · Post by **Rob M** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:13 am

I think it's more sad there is a sexual frenzy for females on valentines day.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:47 am

Lizkins wrote:R.I.P Anna

heard about this this morning. i hear they tried CPR. wonder how that works with fake boobs? no disrespect intended

I'm sure you could still reach the sternum for compressions.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:41 am

How fucking romantic

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ ... 10882.html

valuetime · Post by **valuetime** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:04 pm

zimbabwe's inflation problem reminded me of this article about yugoslavia in the 1990s, whose prices rose by 15 quadrillion percent (15,000,000,000,000,000) in just over a year! interesting read:

http://www.rogershermansociety.com/yugoslavia.htm

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:08 pm

valuetime wrote:zimbabwe's inflation problem reminded me of this article about yugoslavia in the 1990s, whose prices rose by 15 quadrillion percent (15,000,000,000,000,000) in just over a year! interesting read:

http://www.rogershermansociety.com/yugoslavia.htm

I saw a mad docu about Zimbabwe the other day, about how lots of their citizens go to Botswana to work cause there's nothing for them in their home country, but Botswana police are always rounding them up and shipping them back. The lengths the Zimbabwians go to to earn a dollar to feed their family, and what they are put through, is heartbreaking.

valuetime · Post by **valuetime** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:37 pm

john howard's attack on obama. racist?

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0214-20.htm

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:00 am

valuetime wrote:john howard's attack on obama. racist?

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0214-20.htm

Obama's the man, man. During his early years, while he was making hundreds of k a year as a senator, he was living in derelict areas in NY, washing out of a bucket so he could be nearer the people he wanted to help. To be in the thick of it and see it every day to remind him of how bad it is for a lot of Americans. For YEARS he did this. I want him to go all the way (and before the WhiteHouse taints him forever...)

IMHO...

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:24 pm

Does this seem a bit fishy to anyone else??

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=227756

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:08 pm

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=227924

Your mat Phil bloody Jamieson did him self a mishief and had to take himself off to sickbay. Who says playing rock music doesn't pay?

Post by **lynt** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:10 pm

thanks dude

Phil Jamieson has been a shonk for a very long time, guess ice was the straw that broke the camel's back!

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:21 pm

lynt wrote:thanks dude

Phil Jamieson has been a shonk for a very long time, guess ice was the straw that broke the camel's back!

I knew he was a booze hound, and then they released that album called Thrills, Spills and Sunday Pills. His blonde locks don't do him justice, bit of Courtney Love rehab photo.

Post by **lynt** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:28 pm

Hmm, I think he was deeper, some lyrics from Guide to Better Living are quite questionable.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:42 pm

The Mixtress wrote:Does this seem a bit fishy to anyone else??

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=227756

Not really. Just goes to show that its incredibely easy to be a critic, whats difficult is actually trying to bring about real change.

Garrett is invariably in the position where to influence the issues that are dearest to his heart, he probably has to stay quiet on other issues and policies that he may not neccesarily agree with but aren't as important.

It would be easy to turn on Garrett and go on about how he has changed, and sold his soul to the politics, but I think that would be unfair. The man is trying to make a difference about issues he believes in, and he knows he is in a better position to do that from inside a major political party than as an ageing greenie rocker.

To this end he has to live with the realities of being a party politician, sometimes you have to tow the party line.

I believe his position on this is defendable and realistic. It may look like a backflip, but I think he is just getting smarter and fighting the battles that are important.

nic · Post by **nic** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:05 pm

Brendon Nelson is a slimy piece of shit iiiint he.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:07 pm

mrj wrote:
The Mixtress wrote:Does this seem a bit fishy to anyone else??

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=227756
Not really. Just goes to show that its incredibely easy to be a critic, whats difficult is actually trying to bring about real change.

Garrett is invariably in the position where to influence the issues that are dearest to his heart, he probably has to stay quiet on other issues and policies that he may not neccesarily agree with but aren't as important.

It would be easy to turn on Garrett and go on about how he has changed, and sold his soul to the politics, but I think that would be unfair. The man is trying to make a difference about issues he believes in, and he knows he is in a better position to do that from inside a major political party than as an ageing greenie rocker.

To this end he has to live with the realities of being a party politician, sometimes you have to tow the party line.

I believe his position on this is defendable and realistic. It may look like a backflip, but I think he is just getting smarter and fighting the battles that are important.

Hope you're right mrj. I just find that politics seems to change people. Is his commitment to the party more important than his lifelong convictions?

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:17 pm

Not really 'news' exactly, but interesting nonetheless.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/ ... 06589.html

I'm gonna go to the park tonight and put a few coins in the sandpit for kiddies to find.

dust · Post by **dust** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:27 pm

The Mixtress wrote:
mrj wrote:
The Mixtress wrote:Does this seem a bit fishy to anyone else??

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=227756
Not really. Just goes to show that its incredibely easy to be a critic, whats difficult is actually trying to bring about real change.

Garrett is invariably in the position where to influence the issues that are dearest to his heart, he probably has to stay quiet on other issues and policies that he may not neccesarily agree with but aren't as important.

It would be easy to turn on Garrett and go on about how he has changed, and sold his soul to the politics, but I think that would be unfair. The man is trying to make a difference about issues he believes in, and he knows he is in a better position to do that from inside a major political party than as an ageing greenie rocker.

To this end he has to live with the realities of being a party politician, sometimes you have to tow the party line.

I believe his position on this is defendable and realistic. It may look like a backflip, but I think he is just getting smarter and fighting the battles that are important.
Hope you're right mrj. I just find that politics seems to change people. Is his commitment to the party more important than his lifelong convictions?

I feel sorry for Garrett because he has to be seen as being in line with the views of his party when he is obviously a little more to the left. I agree totally with MrJ. He is making shrewd political decisions about what is and isn't important to pursue.

And if you want to discuss back-flips, no doubt about it, Hicks will be back in Australia before the next election.... http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ ... 02399.html

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:31 pm

How pathetically obvious that Howard has decided it's a top priority to bring the man home mere months before an election when he's been in Guantanamo for 5 freaking years.

That's a back flip with a half pike

Terry Tate · Post by **Terry Tate** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:55 am

never too late to right old wrongs

"Texas judge Keith Dean, recently defeated for re-election, decided as he was cleaning out his desk in December that he would order the release of a man that he controversially sentenced to life in prison in 1990. Tyrone Brown was 17 when he committed a $2 robbery, and Dean put him on probation but changed it to life in prison when Brown shortly afterward tested positive for marijuana. (The Dallas Morning News in a series of 2006 articles had reported that Dean had failed to additionally punish a murderer who had tested positive for cocaine several times after his release on probation.)"
[Washington Times, 12-31-06]

Post by **system** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:22 pm

The NSW state government apologises for last night's debacle on the roads (and basically anywhere near the Queen Mary 2) yesterday.

It was a fucking big ship, mind you.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:43 pm

I wanted to see that ship!

It was almost as long as the entire wharf thingo

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:44 pm

system wrote:The NSW state government apologises for last night's debacle on the roads (and basically anywhere near the Queen Mary 2) yesterday.

It was a fucking big ship, mind you.

the pictures of it are rad. its huge!!!

what chaos though. crazy nutters!

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:00 pm

mother fuckers

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=228808

Rob M · Post by **Rob M** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:04 pm

^^ looking at the pic: I thought Lindsey Lohan died for a sec there.

Post by **system** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:07 pm

Lizkins wrote:
system wrote:The NSW state government apologises for last night's debacle on the roads (and basically anywhere near the Queen Mary 2) yesterday.

It was a fucking big ship, mind you.

the pictures of it are rad. its huge!!!

what chaos though. crazy nutters!

It was pretty big and pretty mad as well. It dwarfed the Harbour Bridge, which is no mean feat!

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:08 pm

did you take your camera down there Sys?

Post by **system** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:29 pm

Yep, in the morning and later that night. Biiiiiiig boat.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:40 pm

The Mixtress wrote:mother fuckers

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=228808

Post by **lynt** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:10 am

Nine months after the World Cup, Germany is experiencing a baby boom, which is good news because Germany's birth rate is among the lowest in the world.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:24 am

Proud moment for me (bad for the uni though). My old company Stupid & Stupider Inc actually sold the email server to Melbourne Uni and were responsible for it's maintenance. HA! Morons.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ ... 50435.html

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:24 pm

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/mon ... 50894.html

This quote really made me mad-
"When the crew realised what they'd caught, they spent two hours manoeuvring a net underneath it to haul it on board."

Now forgive me for sounding like a naive nature lover, but when they 'realised what they'd caught', wouldn't it be better to cut the line and let it go? If it's the biggest colossus squid ever found, shouldn't they have taken a picture and let it swim off into the deep blue see instead of gutting it, stuffing it and mounting it in a museum for us all to gape at?

What's with humans making prizes of nature's giants??

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:59 pm

The story's not very funny but the headline killed me

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=229351

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:07 pm

The Mixtress wrote:Proud moment for me (bad for the uni though). My old company Stupid & Stupider Inc actually sold the email server to Melbourne Uni and were responsible for it's maintenance. HA! Morons.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ ... 50435.html

Who did you work for?

That must be a pretty big account yeh?

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:20 pm

I worked for a company who's name DOES NOT match it's integrity.
Information Potential.

I remember visiting the IT Manager at Melb Uni when I first started there and they complained about mass issues with email storage etc. My manager took over the account two minutes after handing it to me saying it was too big for me to deal with. HA! You can imagine how very satisfied I was when I read the article

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:30 pm

hmm. Never heard of them.

Website is shocking!

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:43 pm

The first thing I did when I started was get them to fix the 15000 spelling mistakes. I was too embarrassed to send any of my customers to the site until they fixed em up

The managing director used to send emails like this (to customers mind you)
------------------------------------------------
Mixtress trend for Oct

? ? ?
Going forward

tomorrow please please please/

meeting do

? *

October sales with forecast

tomorrow no

signed xxx
-----------------------------------------------------------

I mean, what the FUCK does that mean?? I swear I'm not sure if the man knew what he was doing

Never been more glad to leave a job in my entire life.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:44 pm

That is awesome!

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:48 pm

It took me 12 minutes to try and re-create what he does in a minute. Complex shiz...

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:09 pm

The Mixtress wrote:http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/mon ... 50894.html

This quote really made me mad-
"When the crew realised what they'd caught, they spent two hours manoeuvring a net underneath it to haul it on board."

Now forgive me for sounding like a naive nature lover, but when they 'realised what they'd caught', wouldn't it be better to cut the line and let it go? If it's the biggest colossus squid ever found, shouldn't they have taken a picture and let it swim off into the deep blue see instead of gutting it, stuffing it and mounting it in a museum for us all to gape at?

What's with humans making prizes of nature's giants??

Mmmmm. Calamari.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:13 pm

You could wear those rings as a belt

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:15 pm

The Mixtress wrote:You could wear those rings as a belt

Mmmmmm. Edible belts.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:50 am

http://www.breakingnews.ie/World/?jp=CW ... N&rss=rss2

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:41 am

jbs wrote:http://www.breakingnews.ie/World/?jp=CW ... N&rss=rss2

you have got to be fucking kidding me.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:29 pm

Good lordy!

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=229606

PahMaLa · Post by **PahMaLa** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:34 pm

The Mixtress wrote:Good lordy!

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=229606

Goodness! But that's quite a bit for just 10mins!
but then again stuff that!

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:41 pm

D wrote:
The Mixtress wrote:Good lordy!

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=229606
Goodness! But that's quite a bit for just 10mins!
but then again stuff that!

10 minutes would feel like a century if someones clubbing you with a stick! Not worth it by a looooong shot.