Thursday, December 13, 2007

Dogs save boy from drowning in dam


A little boy owes his life to his family's pet dogs, who rescued him after he wandered away from his home and fell into a dam on a nearby property.

The incident occurred on the morning of 13/12/07 on Glenpark Rd Andergrove in Queensland. Police reported that the boy, 2 year-old Max Hillier, had apparently wandered from his home followed by the family dogs, a black rottweiler cross and a brindle Staffordshire terrier.

The boy's mother had noticed he was missing at around 10:30am and had alerted neighbours. They searched but had been unable to find him anywhere in the vicinity of his home.

At 10:50am in her house 300m down the road from Max's home, Mrs Narelle Kay heard the sound of an animal in distress.
"The sound was like a whining. It was shrill like a kitten crying or screaming like it had been stood on"
Mrs Kay looked out her kitchen window and saw two dogs on the embankment of the dam in a horse paddock 30m away.
"At first I thought the dogs were trying to kill something"
"The dogs were halfway around the dam in a frenzied state"
"The brindle dog was pacing back and forth like it wanted help"
"Then I saw Max standing by the edge of the dam. My heart just went and I ran"
She found Max naked and covered in mud and slime from the dam. His upper arms had teeth marks where a dog had grabbed him.
"The black dog was wet all over. I assume he was the one who retrieved Max out of the water. The brindle dog was making sure the boy wouldn't go back into the water."

Sergeant Eric Close of Mackay police station told reporters that police had identified slide marks in the soft mud at the edge of the dam which indicated that the boy had been dragged out of the dam by the dogs.
"The boy was found covered in mud with both of the dogs beside him," he said. "He also had several scratches and abrasions on his arms that were consistent with the dogs dragging him out of the dam."

The boy was taken with his mother to Mackay Base Hospital, from where he was released in good health after a check-up and a wash.

Sources:
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3758364&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=336459

Friday, November 02, 2007

RTA, women, police and magistrates need brain enlargement patches




http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/31/1193618974061.html
More evidence of how moronic Australian society has become can be found in the above story.

Apparently a man changed lane in front of a woman who flashed her lights, stuck her middle finger up, and then did the little pinky finger gesture from the RTA anti-speeding campaign which suggests the man driver has a small penis. The man got angry and threw a plastic bottle at her car. Then police and a magistrate helped the woman charge the man with malicious damage and give him a $400 fine which went to the govt.

RTA Campaign
A recent RTA campaign tried to equate the small penis gesture with men who drive above the limit posted by the RTA. This campaign is based upon a few simple assumptions:
* having a small penis is bad and makes a man inferior to larger penised men
* speed limits posted by the RTA are correct, to exceed them is bad
* exceeding a speed limit is like having a small penis
* the public should condemn and mock speedsters as they should men with a small penis

I mostly disagree with these assumptions.

I am particularly displeased by a govt campaign based upon denigrating people based on body image. Since people cannot control most of the way their body looks it is unfair to judge a person by the size or shape of their body or body parts. The RTA campaign does this. In today's moronic society it is acceptable to denigrate men but not women. The RTA campaign does this.

Proper Behaviour on the Road
The way to behave on a road in my opinion is not to change lane offensively, not to flash lights, not to stick up middle finger, not to make little pinky gesture and not to throw plastic bottles at other cars.

The man seems to think it is OK to change lane offensively, but not to make little pinky gesture, in which case it is OK to throw a plastic bottle.
The woman seems to think it is not OK to change lane offensively, in which case it is OK to raise middle finger and OK to make little pinky gesture. It is not OK to throw a plastic bottle, in which case it is OK to level a charge of malicious damage. The police and magistrate seem to agree with the woman. I don't.

Reverse Gender
Imagine if the gender was reversed. Imagine as I walk through a cafe a careless woman steps in front of me. I say "hey floppy tits, keep your fat bum away from me, you look like a cow". The woman gets angry and throws a plastic drink bottle at me. I go to the police and have her charged with assault. I sincerely hope that the police and magistrates would not support my charge in this case. What do you think?

Sunday, August 12, 2007

No giving rego the slip

No giving rego the slip

Three weeks ago I re-registered my 15-year-old car, costing $262. Last week the gearbox blew up. It's not worth fixing. I took the number plates to the RTA for cancellation and refund. For using less than a month out of a year's registration fee I am only going to get about half back. This is state robbery. My green slip provider will give a pro-rata refund, minus a small administration fee. Why doesn't the RTA do likewise? An arrogant, unaccountable bullying bureaucracy - a pox on them.

Daniel Flesch Bellingen
http://www.smh.com.au/letters

The moral of this story: Don't vote Labor and don't vote Liberal. A govt of unaligned independents might fix this rip-off. Labor and Liberal created it and are unlikely to fix it.

Monday, May 21, 2007

How Internet Perverts Get Off in Queensland

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/man-not-guilty-of-luring-schoolgirl-online-for-sex/2007/05/21/1179601317477.html

Thank you for coming in today for this interview. Can we start by asking what is your current position?

I’m currently a Detective for the Queensland Police.

Excellent, and what essentially does this job involve and what skills does it require?

This job involves enforcing the laws of Queensland, investigating cases where a law has been broken, uncovering evidence indicating which persons broke said law, and charging those suspects in Court. Our role also involves maintaining a presence to help deter crime. Skills include investigation, interview techniques, computer skills, time management and making best use of scarce taxpayer-funded resources.

Very good. The position you have applied for will require you to work undercover and possibly in disguise where you must assume another identity. Can you demonstrate any experience in this area?

Yes. In one Police operation I was disguised as a 13yo girl and worked under the alias "Erin Princess Baby".

Oh! For how long were you able to keep up this disguise and for what purpose?

I was able to maintain the disguise during a 3 1/2 hour period for the purpose of conversing with a suspect.

This is very hard to believe since you don't look at all like a 13yo girl. How did you achieve it?

I was able to maintain the disguise by chatting on the Internet and typing things such as would be typed by a typical 13yo girl. This included discussing the colour of pubic hair and the size of breasts. I was able to further the deception by emailing a photo of a teenage girl to the suspect, and pretending to follow a series of instructions on how to masturbate.

I am sure you must have been investigating a very serious crime if you were prepared to go to such lengths. In this role we need someone with such determination combined with an excellent knowledge of the law. Do you possess such knowledge?

Yes of course. In fact in my role as a Detective I often enforced the law and charged many suspects with breaking various laws.

Could you perhaps tell us the most recent case in which you did this? not revealing any names of course.

Yes. In the most recent case I charged a man with "using the Internet to procure a child under 16 for a sex act" so I clearly understand the law in this type of case.

Could you please elaborate a little? How many children was he suspected of procuring, and how many charges did you convict him on?

Um, zero and um zero.

What?

Well the suspect was actually only chatting on the Internet to another man who was pretending to be a teenage girl, so there was no actual child involved. Although the other man had typed in details of pubic hair, breasts and masturbation, and sent a photo of a girl, this was insufficient to convince the Court that a crime had taken place.

We are looking for someone who can handle setbacks in a dynamic environment and make fast decisions on his feet. In this case, did you consider laying charges against the other pervert? The one who was misrepresenting himself as a young girl, apparently encouraging illegal sexual conduct, and ultimately wasting police time?

Er, no, the other man was in fact a Queensland Detective who was working undercover at the time, myself in fact.

Next candidate please.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Morons abound

One of my theories as to why our society is going backwards is that there are too many people acting like morons and failing to think for themselves. Morons simply do not know what they are doing. They do not know their own business.

This is simple stuff. If you need to drive a car, then learn to drive. If you need to vote, then learn how to vote. If you need to work as a shop assistant, then learn what is required to do that job.

My "moron of the day" award was all set to go to these New Zealand morons:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/column/story.cfm?c_id=702&objectid=10435764

On Thursday Louisa Merceanu and her friends were going to the Waiwera hot pools to celebrate her 13th birthday. "On the way we stopped at the Pak'n Save supermarket in Albany to buy some picnic food for our trip. My friends and I bought some food, fizzy and ice and went to the checkout. The checkout operator asked us for ID because we were buying ice. Initially we thought he was joking, but he called the supervisor and she confirmed that we needed ID because the ice is stored in the alcohol section. We had to go and get my Dad who assured them that he was over 18 and was allowed to purchase the ice. We sure had a good laugh but is this madness or what?"

So children are banned from buying frozen water in New Zealand. That is clearly "moron award" material.

But I saw 5 minutes of the nightly news and heard the following story.
A woman was in a supermarket and saw a thief snatch her bag and stuff her wallet into his pants. She grabbed the thief and called out to the shop assistants for some assistance. These shop assistants told her that they were not able to apprehend thieves and so instead of doing this they escorted the suspect out of the store and let him go free. The woman called the police who arrested the suspect in a nearby store shortly afterward. A policewoman was interviewed and said that all citizens, including shop assistants, are entitled to make a citizen's arrest in a case such as this.

My take on today's happenings: The "moron of the day" award goes to the Australian shop assistants who escorted the thief from the premises. The police should charge each of these morons with being an accessory to the theft.

How stupid can people be? What is next? A person collapses in a shop aisle and the shop assistants don't ring 000 because they are not allowed to make phone calls while on duty. The shopper dies. It is going to happen one day.

It all goes to show a few things.
Firstly, there is often an existing law to do a thing. We do not always need new laws to be written. These morons can be charged under an existing law, and this could serve as an example to people.

Second thing it shows is that many people act like morons and do not know the simplest things about doing their job. Morons like this are dangerous enough when working in a store. They are much more dangerous when driving cars, working as teachers, or govt officials, or police. Here is what can happen.

Man charged with 'unauthorised use of milk crate'
May 21 2003
New York: Jesse Taveras, 19, stepped out for a breather from the hair-braiding salon where he works and sat down on a plastic milk crate that happened to be on the footpath.
A New York City police officer on the Grand Concourse, a main boulevard in the borough of the Bronx, walked up to Taveras and wrote him a ticket citing him for "unauthorised use of a milk crate".
The infraction can carry a fine of up to $US105 ($A161).
As he told the story to the New York Daily News, Taveras was incredulous.
"I don't believe this," he told the cop, identified only as police officer Payan.
Payan asked Taveras for identification, radioed his name to the local precinct to check for outstanding warrants, found none and gave him the ticket.

If you were ever in a spot of bother and needed a policeman to help you, how would you feel about relying on such a moron as this ticket-writer? Does scum such as this have what it takes to deal justly with any incident where any level of judgment is needed (such as a rowdy crowd)? I don't think so.

Morons are especially dangerous in the voting booth. Morons clearly do not know their own business, yet they eagerly poke their nose into other people's business when they vote-in politicians to write all kinds of bans, restrictions and regulations.

Friday, April 20, 2007

Sydney's Housing Disaster

Part 1 of this article is found at http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/2007/0420.html

Sydney's Housing Disaster

Sydney is suffering a housing crisis. Housing has become so expensive to buy or rent that many families cannot afford independent housing. In Sydney and most other places in Australia an average family can no longer afford to buy an average house.

In response to the crisis, many young adults have delayed moving out of their parents' homes, some younger buyers are pooling resources (eg two couples buy one house) and outright homelessness has increased with charities reporting record numbers of homeless people in Australia.

In crisis there is opportunity and landlords have responded by raising Sydney rents to a high percentage of average earnings, and by creating an unprecedented number of illegal half-houses to rent to people desperate for even half a house to live in.

Since Australia's population now exceeds 20 million, and we now have less than 100 acres of land per person, some people believe that this acute shortage of land is what has driven housing to unattainable prices for an average young family.

I think the housing crisis is not caused by a shortage of land, but by a shortage of govt permission to build houses. Govt has simply given permission to build fewer houses than are needed to house all the families here. It's that simple. It is a monumental failure by central planners.

This article is about more than just a planning problem in one city. It is about ignorance of markets and price, and the absurd things people believe about economics. I recommend the article to all readers with an interest in these things, particularly part 1.

The housing crisis in Sydney is duplicated throughout the world where similar views and policies are found. Every Australian capital city is affected, as are parts of New Zealand, the United Kingdom and parts of the USA. I recommend this entire article to all readers who are concerned for poorer families struggling to pay for housing in these places.
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Monday, March 19, 2007

How voters cause their own headaches

There once was a man who would become easily upset at things and bang his head against a wall. This man suffered from headaches and eventually decided to visit a doctor and seek a cure.

The doctor at first was puzzled by the man's symptoms, and did all kinds of tests and asked all kinds of questions. But when he heard about the head-banging behaviour, the doctor knew at once what the remedy would be.

"These headaches are caused by your action of banging your head against a wall." said the doctor "Next time you are about to do this action, I want you to stop and think about the consequences. Do you want these headaches to continue? If not then do the complete opposite of what you were about to do. Do the complete opposite of what is causing these problems, and I promise, your problem will go away."

A few days later the man returned to the doctor's surgery. Not only were his headaches still bad, but he now had the imprint of a shoe on his face.
"What on earth happened to you?" asked the doctor.
"I did as you said" replied the man "When I got upset I did the complete opposite of my usual behaviour. Instead of banging my head on the wall I banged my head on the floor. I was doing this when someone trod on me".

"You fool!" said the doctor, momentarily losing his detached demeanor "the complete opposite of banging your head on a wall is to NOT bang your head on a wall."

The Labor government has failed so this time I am voting Liberal.

In society today there are not many people who bang their heads on walls or floors. However there are many voters who are not happy with their govt who continue to vote for the two major parties. They somehow think that alternating between these two woeful mobs will somehow solve the headache.

Many voters seem to think that the complete opposite of voting Labor is to vote Liberal, and vice versa. This is not so. The complete opposite of voting Labor is to NOT vote Labor. The two major parties are not so much complete opposites, but more like two different sides of the same turd.

Vote on merit, not likelihood of win
When I vote for a party I base it on how good this party is likely to be IF ELECTED. I don't base my vote how LIKELY they are to be elected. The votes determine the likelihood of winning. If you think the likelihood of winning should determine the vote you have got the cart before the horse. I don't base my vote on my guess of a party's likelihood of winning, ie on how popular they were last election, or how I think other people might vote this election.
For example in the March 2007 election I will be putting Labor last because they have been an extremely bad govt, and are likely to be extremely bad if re-elected.
I know that Labor was most popular last election. That's not going to get my vote.
I know that Liberal was 2nd most popular last election. That's not going to get my vote either.

I base my vote on which party would make the best govt if elected. Some morons seem to think voting is like betting money on a football team. In that case you might like one team, but place your money on another team which you feel is more likely to win on the day. To be a winner you should bet that way.

But voting is completely different to this. In voting the only way you can win is if your preferred party gets the most votes. The only way you can help it and yourself is by voting for it. Sadly, many morons base their vote on which party they feel is more likely to win. eg they would like to see more independents but feel that Liberal has a better chance and hence vote Liberal. Losers vote this way. Don't they see that they are creating a vicious cycle? If enough morons vote for a bad party because they think it will get many votes, then this bad party WILL get many votes - because of the morons themselves. These morons make themselves correct, and make themselves losers, by their own stupid policy.

When you vote, that is your way of saying what you want and marginally steering govt toward that. Voting is not your way of guessing what you think other people will want. Become a fashion designer, or trade shares, if you want to play that game.
Imagine if many other people vote that way too. In that case voting would be your way of guessing what other people are guessing what other people will vote. It is ridiculous.

Let us use an extreme example to demonstrate the two ways of voting. Imagine you and several million other people are taken back in time to Germany in the 1930's just before Hitler was first elected by German morons. You all get to vote in that election. You know that Hitler is likely to win, and you are sure he will start a ruinous World War. The trick is that your group has several million votes which can thwart those German fools and avoid a disastrous war. Will you vote against Hitler because his govt will be bad, or will you vote for Hitler because he is popular with morons and hence most likely to win?
Do you vote on merit or likelihood of winning? Think about it.

How to figure who is best
I vote based on a points system. Parties gain points for being likely to do good things. Parties lose points for being likely to do bad things.
The surest way of knowing what a party is likely to do is to see what that party did when last in govt. For this reason a govt that has done good things gets many points, whereas a govt that has done bad things loses many points.

When any member of a party tells lies or deceives I subtract points from the entire party and do not believe any promises made by anyone from that party. You might think this is harsh, but a good honest man has no business forming a gang with scoundrels. A good honest man cannot accomplish any good in such a gang and should be treated like the scoundrels he chooses to associate with and probably will become.

Remember that these barstards will block-vote in 99% of cases. This means that all the Liberals vote one way and all the Labors vote the other way - regardless of the will of the voters each is supposed to be representing. If they can use their numbers against you, then turn it around and use their numbers against them. Punish all of them for the failing of each one. This is a great way of destroying giant unrepresentative parties. When I see a party block-voting or doing shabby deals, that party loses points.

If a party does bad things whilst in govt, but promises good things next time, then I do not believe these promises.
A leopard does not change its spots, and a political party never reforms itself just after retaining power. When a party is re-elected it is going to keep doing what is has been doing. If they did a bad job last time, they WILL do a bad job this time.

If a govt builds 200km of new railway in its first term and promises to build another 100km next term, that's credible. But if a govt builds 0km of new railway for 10 years then promises to build some next time, that's not credible.

Points are carried over from previous years but are discounted over time, and as the people behind them leave the party. For example lies told by Paul Keating count less because they were many years ago, and stupid plans of Mark Latham count less because he has left the party.

My voting points system has never needed me to keep accurate records because the point margins are alway huge. Every govt in my lifetime has done such a bad job and have got so many negative points that I must vote them last.
Also every election the other major party is carrying so many negative points from its last term in govt that I must vote them 2nd last.
Independent candidate who have I do not know will start at zero points and get a small negative or positive score based upon their stated policies. There credibility being not yet known.

This March 2007 I will be voting Independents and Greens, then Liberal 2nd last and Labor last.

If everyone voted like me then the Labor and Liberal parties would not have a single member in govt or in parliament. These scoundrels would be out on the street the very next day asking people what they did wrong. "What must we do better next time" these elites would be asking the voters.

Even if only 10% or 20% of people vote like me then it will have an enormous impact. You see, sadly probably 60% of Australian voters are complete morons who base their vote not on the merit of a party, or the likelihood of its winning, but rather on the spelling of its name. Probably 30% of Australians are complete morons who always vote Liberal and 30% are complete morons who always vote Labor. They don't realise that the only thing the Labor party of 1970 has in common with the Labor party of 2007 is the spelling of its name. Same goes for Liberal. All the candidates and policies have changed, only the name remains. Anyway, since 60% of the voters have essentially put their vote on autopilot, and flushed their chance to make a difference down the toilet, the politicians realise they need only tend to the other 40%. Therefore if a small percentage of people vote like me, it would be a significant part of the 40% of votes that the major party politicians are trying to win.