Suppression orders

Friggin' judges need to have a think about who they actually work for!

This is why people like Cameron Slater are sticking their necks out.

"An 86-year-old victim of a vicious street mugging is disgusted her alleged attacker has received name suppression out of consideration for his 90-year-old grandmother..."


Cameron may be in contempt of court.

The courts are showing nothing but contempt towards the good people of New Zealand.

Blogging Lite

Does the frickin' world stop?

I'm sick of hearing a message of non-belief when you try to explain that you HAVE to work on Christmas day.

I just had to be rather blunt when somebody couldn't comprehend that I can't 'just pop out for a couple of hours'

In fact there are a LOT of folks work ALL these public holidays. If you aren't a pen-pusher, teacher or work in a shop- chances are you will be working or on-call.

Poeple don't stop getting hurt, needing water, power, phone or TV. Crims never stop their antics and cows don't dry up for the day.

So don't bug the essential services workers about 'just taking a little time off'

They rest of you cry like schoolgirls when these services get cut.

You may have a job where it doesn't matter if you take a day or two off. We don't- people depend on us.

Want to bet on who's job may be replaced by a robot one day?

Christmas Present

Go Here to get the coupon code for a FREE copy of 'Meddlers in Time'.

This offer is available until the new year.

Invasion of ther zombies

It's that time of year again- all the city dwellers descend upon their hoilday homes and the average IQ drops sharply.

It seems the normal rules of the road are supended. As soon as these types leave the city,they seem to come to a conculsion that the rules of the road do not apply in small towns. Indicators become optional extras, parking is anywhere you want- for as long as you want and it's OK to stop on a pedestrian crossing and have a meaningful conversation while the traffic waits for you.

(in reality, the road rules are only suspended for oversized agricultural vehicles that the uniformed branch of the IRD are unable to see)

A small tip for the loopies out driving off the sealed roads.

Don't.

You suck at it!

UPDATE:

It's not just me...

Seasonal stuff

Childcare or kiddie prison

"...Academic opinion is divided on the effect of childcare on babies, but Dr Angus said there was enough evidence to be concerned. Some studies showed very young children were over-anxious for long periods, or became anti-social and aggressive..."

Academic opinion- Enough said.

Bloody academics can't find their own arses with a GPS and a map!

Now I happen to believe that small children are generally raised best at home by parents (note the plural)- but since the dawn of time kids have been minded under all kinds of family or group arangements, through necessity . They are more resilient that you might think.

Not all daycares are equal, as are stay at home parents. Day cares, like parents, generally do the best they can and get by OK.

Now, if staying at home is ALWAYS the best option, then taxpayer-funded parents on the DPB should all raise kids that are above the norm developmentaly! They are fully funded to give 24/7 care with better adult/child ratios than daycares.

See where theory turns to crap!

One small step...

The first royalty payment came in today!

Just a wee one, but a huge landmark for me!

Comments

Haloscan have sold out and I had to remove it before they pull the plug in a few days.

Unfortunatly, in going back to blogger all the comments went west.

I do have them saved but will have to figure out how to get them back!

Bugger!

UPDATE:

I now have intense debate installed. They are hopefully going to figure out a way to reinstall old comments.

The Sting

"Auckland booze stores have been caught out selling alcohol to minors in a pre-Christmas police sting.

Alcohol features in more than half of all police work, from minor to major crimes, police said.

They carried out an operation last week, sending under 18-year-olds into 130 Auckland stores to try and buy booze - 127 of them were off-licensed premises and three were on-licensed premises..."

So when do they plan to mention that they use 'boys' that weigh in at 100kg and upwards...

Please explain

With a respectable sample of 40,000 drivers, it appears that one in four hundred is technically pissed.

So how do we account for the shit driving of the rest?

Arbeit Macht Frei

Some bugger has nicked the sign!