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8 August 2005

Quote of the day

Greenies dont care about the rational arguments behind Nuclear Power. They oppose it for the same reasons they oppose any other kind of power:

Power enables consumption and capitalism, and they'd much prefer we lived in the woods burning turds for warmth and eating berries.

- Yobbo

 

Lefty demands hatred of Australia

The Age's übersuckhead Terry Lane is actually outraged at a recent poll showing foreigners view Australia very favourably:

This is perception we are talking about, not reality. And there is no doubt that the perception of Australia benefits from widespread ignorance.

Worldwide "perception" of Australia is exactly what bleeding valentines like Lane have been wailing about ever since Howard came to power. Remember how were were all going to be regarded as a "racist pariah" and similar drool? Looks like it didn't happen, and the likes of Lane don't enjoy having their fantasies spoiled. Kinda like every time Howard wins an election, Lane and his ilk react with amazement at the populace's temerity at not doing what they're told.

And now, Lane expresses similar frustration at the people of the world for not sharing his rage at the stupid Australian population:

What is almost inexplicable is that neither Australia nor Britain seems to suffer from their sycophantic, obsequious relationship with the US.

Inexplicable! Those bastards.

We might be getting off lightly. We can only hope that Osama bin Laden hasn't noticed.

Guess Lane is upset we haven't had another Sari club bombing to teach us a lesson.

Steve Irwin, Neighbours, Home and Away and Bill Bryson's Down Under are credited by Anholt with creating a Shangri La fantasy image of Australia in the minds of people who have never been here.

Lane must be upset that his own efforts at creating a nazi-gulag fantasy of Australia haven't been as successful.

Perhaps the koala is the perfect national symbol for Australia — cuddly, lovable but not too bright.

Aww, sweet.

I think being neutered is a job requirement for working at Fairfax.

 

Buyer's market?

I'm sorta looking around for an apartment to buy right now, and it must be a competitive environment for the lenders & builders out there, because I got approved for a loan six times my salary, despite five-digit debts, little savings, one dependent, only two motorbikes for collateral and no deposit required. And the loan itself was a stock-standard variable-rate loan.

Oh, did I mention one developer was willing to eat the stamp duty himself?

On another one I'm looking at, the price has dropped by $17,000 in just over a month.

I'm hoping this trend continues.

 

Changed my mind

I'm not getting a PS/2 or Xbox. Might as well wait till I get a high-spec PC later this year for my games fix.

Thanks to all those who wrote in with info on this subject.

 

Ashes thriller

Last night, Australia lost the second Ashes test by two runs. An amazing game, featuring some brilliant and absolutely horrid cricket by both sides.

As Scott says: why the hell does Australia always lose these close ones?

I was watching that amazing match in Melbourne 1982, when Australia lost to England by 3 runs.

I was watching in 1993 when Australia lost to the West Indies by one run.

I was watching in 1995 when Australia lost to South Africa by five runs.

And I watched last night. It all gets a little hard to take after a while.

I don't what this means for the rest of the series. Australia's batting is absolute shit right now, and Glenn McGrath is out for at least one more test. On the other hand, England nearly managed to lose from an unloseable position: their bowling and fielding on the final day was terrible for the most part.

Australia still has the edge I think, but it's not a particularly comfortable one. Our blokes need to get their act together: McGrath or no McGrath.

 

Dammit!

Why am I saving up for an apartment when runout models of Honda's SP2 v-twin superbike are being sold for $17,995?

Arrrgh. Arrrrgh. So many wonderful motorcycles, so little money.

 

Where can I get one of these?

There's an amazing new piece of super-weaponry developed in Australia. It's called Metal Storm.

The unfortunately-named Wanda Fish at the Green Left Weekly provides a glowing recommendation:

Metal Storm, an Australian company whose shares have recently skyrocketed on the stock exchange, has developed a robotised killing machine capable of firing more than 1 million rounds a minute — enough to shred an entire building in the blink of an eye.

Bitchen ;)

It gets better:

an in-flight live-fire demonstration of an unmanned aerial vehicle did not receive clearance due to “operational restrictions”. The test would have mounted the Metal Storm 40mm weapon onto a Dragonfly unmanned aerial vehicle that would essentially create an unmanned combat air vehicle, capable of hailing down deadly arsenal of apocalyptic destruction. However, more recent announcements from Metal Storm’s CEO infer that a live test will be conducted soon, and that the aerial weaponry may be available for military application soon.

Sounds great so far. Fishface is wetting her hemp undies though, threatening that this will be used by Bush & Howard on anti-war protestors:

The potential for this weapon to be used by civil authorities to control angry crowds of protesters cannot be dismissed. Given the overwhelming response by millions of anti-war protesters prior to the invasion of Iraq, it seems only logical that Coalition of the Willing governments are keen to find new and more effective means of crowd dispersal, particularly if pre-emptive invasions of nation states continue.

Whatever you say, Fishface. She's very angry that this weapon will allow the Americans to destroy enemies without taking greenie-cheering casualties:

Now, the surviving Iraqi civilians face the terrible spectre of a robot that can devastate every living creature in a hailstorm of more than one million bullets a minute.

While the Iraqi death toll has the potential to mount to tsunami proportions, American soldiers can “safely” annihilate entire urban populations without personal risk. Metal Storm’s UVGs will be able to penetrate resistance pockets such as Fallujah, and indiscriminately kill every man, woman, child and animal in a storm of lethal bullets.

Dang, this thing rocks.

There's some usual blubber about corporations acting all corporation-y before she closes with this:

There is indeed a deadly storm brewing on the horizon of the war on terror. Only this time it is not the suicide bombers who threaten our world. It is Metal Storm in the hands of the coalition of killing.

Oooooh, scarwwwy, innit? We gotta start using these on some islamists. Makes me proud to be an aussie I tell ya.

You can read more of Wanda's crap at her own website, which features such gems as "the terrorism of debt", who's really responsible for 9/11 (hint: it's not Osama), how the terrorists in Guantanamo Bay are "heroes in this shameful and corrupt war against terrorism", and a fascinating essay on how she is no longer a "slave" of "her things". Oddly, she then unloads these evil "things" onto poor families, so they presumably can be similarly cursed. Nice lady.

 

A cute puppy & the fucking wanker who ate junk food for 30 days and complained he got fat

Radley Balko posts some pictures of his cute new pup.

Oh, and go check out his excellent "Spurlock Watch" site.

 

Gratuitous Katherine Heigl picture

Grey's Anatomy was on tonight, and she was the only good thing about it:



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