November 2008

Mayor Andrew Williams, the cock of Campbells Bay, threatens to sue Whaleoil for calling him “mental”.

Mayor Andrew Williams, the cock of Campbells Bay calls a North Shore City councillor a smartarse, and is asked to leave an official council committee meeting as a result.

Truly he is a cock, mental and a fool while defining double standard with his very existence. I guess like most bullies, he likes to dish it out, but can’t take it back.

Still waiting for the writ, tosser.

Just what every man wants for Christmas. A cookbook about testicles.

To quote Boing Boing;

Check out The Testicle Cookbook: Cooking with Balls by Serbian chef, Ljubomir Erovic. This multimedia cookbook tells you how to peel and slice animal testicles to make such wonders as Testicle Pizza – just add your own toppings!

Wouldn’t you know *it* tastes like chicken. But *it* works like Viagra!

Here in Kiwiland you are not a real man until you have eaten Mountain Oysters. They are especially tasty if harvested with your on hands and thus very, very fresh.

I’m off to the Aussie Butcher to see if they sell…..uhmmm…..balls.

This blog post is about man stuff even if it has a review about clothes.

First up, I went shopping today, I fucking hate shopping at this time of the year. My hyper-vigilance really kicks in and causes me no end of stress.

Nevertheless I had worn out yet another pair of jeans. It is the perennial problem when you have big balls, the crotch wears out. Anyway I’m the sort of flla that likes what he likes and I had kindo settled on the make and model of jeans that I wear.

Except the fuckers at Levi’s have decided that that particular model isn’t cool anymore and so I can’t buy them anywhere. This was a problem until the hottie at the jeans store recommended Mavi Jeans to me.

These things rock, the look great, the feel great and when I asked if they pull chicks like a fast car the girl at the counter looked like a stunned mullet as she got the deathstare and I got a slap from you know who. She nodded slowly as she backed away from the counter.

I had never heard of Mavi jeans before so I made a quick check on the font of all knowledge and found out that they are a famous brand of denim jeans founded in 1991, headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. Since being introduced in the US in 1996, Mavi has become one of the favorite fitting denim brands among young women and men. Celebrity fans include Kate Winslet, Juliette Lewis, Julia Stiles,Geri Halliwell, Annie Lennox, Sugababes, Billy Zane, Hillary Duff, and Jason Biggs.

And now Whaleoil!

Now on to shaving. As you have witnessed from my Movember photos I seem to have no problem growing hair. Baldness doesn’t run in the family. My grandfather had a full head of hair when he croaked and Dad still has good head of hair as well. I think my brother got the bad genes though. Anyway I hate shaving. I shave the bare minimum to get away with. I constantly try to find shaving products that have to meet several criteria. The first is that the fucking blades stay sharp longer than two shaves. Without exception this requirement disqualifies Gillette, Wilkinson Sword and Schick. All of their blades are complete rubbish and two shaves on my beard does in the blades.

The second criteria is that the shave is close without tearing my skin off. Again all the major brands fail.

I have now found a contender. The King of Shaves Azor. Accroding to the marketng it is;

“A razor that shaves closer, lasts longer and costs less. The finished item looks simple.”

You know what? It does. More marketing;

“What you see is what you get. A razor, with super long lasting (Endurium coated) cartridges which allows you to “shave closer, for longer, for less”.”

Ok so “Endurium” is marketing bullshit but the blades do last longer, they are quite a bit cheaper and they certainly shave closer than all the other crap brands out there. I went at the Mo’ today, ok a little early, but I was over it. It stripped that thing off like it was never there. I even tried out one of my old Gilette razors in competition and gave up. The Azor simply blitzed it. The Gilette had a brand new blade and the Azor one I’ve been using for two weeks. End of story as far as I am concerned.

Even better the boss of KoS has a blog and so too does the Azor Campaign Battle Bus. Well bloggers have to support bloggers so I will be using the Azor from now on.

Labour challenges coalition compromise over climate deal – Labour is crying foul over a climate change compromise reached between Act and National [TVNZ News Politics]

Labour’s fat little pudding climate change spokesman is all upset because a select committee is going to be set up to look at the science of climate change.

Newsflash Charles baby! You lost, eat that!

I hope that the first person that the select committee invites to testify before it will be Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. Then in no particular order these fellows;

• Dr Vincent Gray, of Wellington, an expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), most recently a visiting scholar at the Beijing Climate Centre in China.
• Dr Gerrit J. van der Lingen, of Christchurch, geologist/paleoclimatologist, climate change consultant, former director GRAINZ (Geoscience Research and Investigations New Zealand).
• Professor Bob Carter, a New Zealand-trained geologist with extensive research experience in palaeoclimatology, now at the Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia.
• Warwick Hughes, a New Zealand earth scientist living in Perth, who conducts a comprehensive website: www.warwickhughes.com
• Roger Dewhurst, of Katikati, consulting environmental geologist and hydrogeologist
• Professor David J. Bellamy OBE an English botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner, who originally trained as a botanist at Durham University, where he later held the post of senior lecturer in botany until 1982, and still holds the post of Honorary Professor for Adult and Continuing Education.

They certainly look like eminent peer-reviewed scientists that don’t believe the hype of the new religionists. You see unlike the adherents of the new religion of climate science I simply do not believe that there is anywhere near a consensus that is claimed. A select committee examining ALL of the evidence is a fine thing to have happen, then at least all sides get to produce evidence and when I mean evidence I don’t mean imaginary “evidence” like the “hockey stick”.

“Capitalism gone wild“, IS exhorts us to believe, with the reports that someone died at a Wal-Mart due to shoppers being crushed due to crowds.

With the arrest of Opposition MP Damien Green, the Brown led Labour Government has bought themselves a government ending crisis of mammoth proportions.

ConservativeHome has 34 questions that need to be answered.

Perhaps the most damning one is this;

Is it not a breach of Parliamentary Privilege for the police to arrest a Member of Parliament for using information he received for Parliamentary purposes?

This is a dangerous precedent that Gordon Brown’s ministry has instigated. It must be fought with extreme vigor.

A massive scandal has erupted in the UK with the arrest of shadow immigration spokesman Damien Green, aConservative MP.

The scandal isn’t about what mr Green may have done but about the corruption of the Police and Governemnt officials in colluding to arrest an Opposition MP while the house wasn’t sitting and having his House of Commons Office searched.

Reaction:

ConservativeHome

The “judicial intimidation” of Damian Green

When did ministers know?

Cameron “supportive” of Damian Green and angry at “Stalinesque” treatment of him

Guido Fawkes

Clunking Fists Strike Opponents

As Conservative Home says “Britain is not Zimbabwe: Yesterday’s events were deeply worrying but Britain is not Zimbabwe and we must be careful about suggesting otherwise.  To do so risks insulting the suffering of women like Memory.  As Robert H Halfon has previously blogged: We must not trivialise real evil.”

I agree but it seems that Gordon Brown must clearly have been consulting with Helen Clark at some considerable length about how to deal with pesky opposition MP’s.

Greens take dim view of reversal of light bulb decision – The Greens are unhappy with National’s decision to overturn the previous government’s ban on incandescent light bulbs [TVNZ News Politics]

Boo fucking Hoo, the Greens are upset that one of their pet bans has been overturned.

I don’t think the Greens have yet realised that by picking Labour as the dead horse to ride in the election sweepstakes they didn’t get to finish with a say.

National on the other hand has quickly delivered on something the population were wanting them to deliver on even if it wasn’t overtly promised.

The first nail in the coffin of the Electoral Finance Act was driven in today by Simon Power.

Government disbands EFA Expert Panel

Justice Minister Simon Power today announced that the Government has disestablished the Expert Panel on Electoral Administration which was established by the Labour Government two months ago.

The panel was to have reviewed the administration of the electoral system under the Electoral Finance Act and whether or not political parties should be state funded.

Its terms of reference included convening a Citizens’ Forum of 70 people to consider the findings of the panel. The cost of the Expert Panel and the forums had been budgeted at $4.57 million.

The three members appointed to the panel were Associate Professor Andrew Geddis (Chair) of Otago University, Dr Jean Drage of Canterbury University/Victoria University, and Professor Stephen Levine of Victoria University.

Mr Power says he has written to the panellists advising them of the decision to disestablish the committee and thanking them for their willingness to contribute their “considerable expertise”.

“The Electoral Finance Act 2007 was passed without a broad base of support across parties represented in Parliament. Similarly, the Expert Panel was established without wider political consultation. National opposed both of these measures.

“So we are disbanding the panel and will start this whole process afresh.

“The next phase in the Government’s plan is to repeal the EFA as an interim measure, as promised during the election campaign.

“We want to return to the spirit of bipartisanship on this issue which till recently had shaped electoral reform in New Zealand.

“The Government has been sufficiently encouraged by statements made by the Leader of the Opposition since the election which suggest there is now a willingness to participate in a constructive approach toward the reform of electoral administration.

“Following the repeal of the EFA, we will start work on a new law that will seek as broad a range of parliamentary and public support as possible, to provide an enduring framework for the administration of elections.”

Ends

Nice, and note how National refers to the repeal of the Act, completely ignoring Phil Goff’s rather lame attempt to admit failure by calling for the EFA to be amended.

Many thanks to the fans who have donated thus far. There are two days to go for those of you who haven’t donated yet. Right now I am in the top 200 fundraisers and only a few hundred of joining the Platinum Movember Club. Please help me get there.

To donate to my Mo you can Click this link and donate online using your credit card.

Remember, all donations over $10 are tax deductible.

The money raised by Movember is used to raise awareness of men’s health issues and donated to the Cancer Society of New Zealand and the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand. These two charities will use the money raised to fund research and increase support networks for those affected with prostate cancer and experiencing depression.

Did you know:

• Depression affects 1 in 10 men….Most people who experience depression make a full recovery. The first step is seeking help.
• Last year in New Zealand 2,700 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 600 died of prostate cancer – (that’s nearly two each day).