September 2011

Proverbs 30

¹⁸ There are three things that amaze me—
no, four things that I don’t understand:
¹⁹ how an eagle glides through the sky,
how a snake slithers on a rock,
how a ship navigates the ocean,
how a man loves a woman.

Obviously technology has got the better of him today. The post has been deleted but I snapped this in my RSS Reader.:

I wonder who Nick is?

Taken yesterday on my travels, see if you can guess where.

Marlene is nervous.

How is this for evidence. You bet you are being watched.

No wonder people think Judges are tools:

Two Westport men who taped themselves having a threesome with a 15-year-old girl in February have avoided a prison term.

Jacob McLaughlan and Jared Hicks, both now aged 22, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful sexual connection with a 15-year-old. In Westport District Court yesterday, defence counsel Doug Taffs said Hicks had had a prior sexual relationship with the girl and to some extent the events had been spontaneous and consensual.

The publication of the video hadn’t been made by either Hicks or McLaughlan, Mr Taffs said.

A friend of Hicks’ sister had found it and sent it around Westport without their knowledge. It had not been their intention to publish the footage.

Judge Lindsay Moore said there was significant case law which, despite the fact the defendants were only 20 when the offence occurred, pointed to jail time.

“I’m struggling to understand how I can get around this,” he said.

Looks like the judge found a way. Maybe they used “they make people laugh” defense.

Cactus Kate shows us via Twitter how market forces and risk and reward works in one short tweet.

Discuss the merits of this case.

Isn’t it funny when Labour MPs fall from grace they run to the skirt-tails of Helen Clark.

I found this touching photo taken just a few days ago. The blank speech bubble on Helen Clark’s shirt is just ripe for a caption contest.

I'm with Stupid?

A very good valedictory speech from George Hawkins. Towards the middle he is particularly scathing of MMP.

via The Brigade

Not in New Zealand and not this blogger. Blogger Glenn Greenwald comes face to face with a possum.

As we all know, Glenn Greenwald leads a life with many facets: he is part no-holds-barred blogger, part family man, Brazilian resident and lover of dogs. The second half was in evidence on Monday night and Tuesday morning, as Greenwald turned to Twitter to assist him in a perilous mission: dealing with a wild creature (most likely a possum) that had gotten into his pantry.

Greenwald uploaded a video to YouTube, showing him cautiously approaching the beast (which had black fur and was making a low, rumbling growl of a noise) before fleeing his pantry. “Does anyone happen to know what this bizarre creature is- just found in our pantry- & how one can encourage it to exit?” he tweeted.

His followers told him it was a possum, and advised him to leave a trail of cat food going from the pantry to the outside. Greenwald followed their advice and voila!

“[The cat food] & the creature are gone,” he tweeted on Tuesday. Crisis averted!

Had this been me or in NZ then the possum would be dead! Probably with this as the cause of death.