Oscar Pistorius

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It is always interesting to have a look at what people were looking for when they use a search engine to visit Whaleoil.  The majority of the searches are obviously directly for the blog name, my name or some combination of it.

With about 60,000 searches being delivered to Whaleoil last month, the actual traffic from search engines is negligible to the 1,000,000+ pages that were served up, especially when half of those are looking for me or my blog by name.

But it still remains fun to have a look back.

Around the time of Sir Paul Holmes’ knighting and death, these searches actually outperformed searches for the man’s name itself   Read more »

Just as well there isn’t a jury trial in South Africa, because I don’t think they’d be able to find 12 untainted jurors in the world, let alone South Africa.

The Daily Mail reports

Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius crushed his girlfriend’s skull with a cricket bat before shooting her dead, police have told her family.

Details of the post-mortem examination of South African model Reeva Steenkamp were withheld from last week’s bail application hearing.

But grieving relatives who saw her body before Tuesday’s cremation in Port Elizabeth described horrific injuries from the cricket bat, and entry wounds from 9mm bullets fired by Pistorius.

They were also briefed about the model’s death by police and lawyers from the state prosecutor’s office.

He beat her to an inch of her life, then as she tried to hide in the bathroom, he unloaded some bullets into her.

What a piece of scum.   Read more »

Just a little recap on the Oscar Pistorius posts for those late to the party   Read more »

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Reeva Steenkamp – via The Guardian

Allison Pearson from The Telegraph writes

If you have just accidentally shot dead the woman you love, what do you do? Is it:
a) Dial 111 and summon an ambulance.

b) Call your girlfriend’s parents and beg forgiveness.

c) Go to a church and pray hard.

d) Hire a leading PR firm to manage your reputation.

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The international Circus that is Oscar Pistorius is only going to get bigger.

South African magistrate Desmond Nair has granted bail for Oscar Pistorius, the Olympian athlete star accused of murdering his girlfriend. Read more »

Further to my post yesterday on jokes about Oscar Pistorius I have sourced the latest ones for your viewing pleasure:

Oscar Pistorius has said he won’t be entering any further races.
I think he has to worry more about different races entering him, once he’s in prison.

Oscar Pistorius has murdered his girlfriend.
Proof that even a man with no legs has a better shot than Fernando Torres.

Oscar Pistorius. Not the first South African with a race problem.

I’m struggling to find any of my usual porn.
Now when I google “fucked African amputee” all I get is stories about Oscar Pistorius.

Well I guess we should count ourselves lucky Oscar Pistorius was competing in the men’s 400m at the Olympics, and not starting it.  Read more »

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We’ve had a lot news and talkback about Oscar Pistorius, an how he couldn’t possibly have thought his girlfriend was an intruder, but living in South Africa isn’t like living here.  A lot of houses there have an iron gate inside  the house to stop home invaders entering bedrooms.  Think that one through and see if you can sleep tonight.

Here’s an interesting piece on South African policing.  Not on New Zealand’s worst day of policing is it anywhere near this:

via the tipline

This Oscar Pistorius story is all a bit strange, isn’t it?  There must definitely be more to it.  He seemed so happy just the other day, he had such a spring in his step…

Yes, it was only minutes after Oscar Pistorius’s arrest that the jokes began … all taking the Pistorius.

His lawyer’s got a hard job ahead of him. Realistically, it looks like Pistorius hasn’t got a leg to stand on.

Oscar clearly misunderstood when his girlfriend told him that on Valentine’s Day he had to take her out.

Oscar Pistorius is pleading not guilty due to temporary diminished responsibility.  He claims he was legless at the time of the incident.

Whatever happens in court, he still has a career. The IOC say he’s a front runner  at the next Olympics for pistol shooting.

Police reconstruction indicates that Pistorius lost it when, for his Valentine’s Day gift, his girlfriend gave him a pair of socks.

New Valentine’s Day card: “Roses are red, violets are glorious.  Never creep up On Oscar Pistorius.”

Too many Oscar Pistorius jokes already. Trying to come up with a new one is like taking a shot in the dark.

Looks like he has an expensive lawyer. I hope he can foot the bill.

Otherwise, the Oscar goes to……………………Jail !!

New evidence has been found outside the Pistorius home that completely acquits him of his girlfriend’s murder……………. Footprints!

She didn’t notice Oscar sneaking up behind her. It was the silence of the limbs.  Read more »