The Daily Gaggle

We have had a beautiful sunny day here on the Central Coast of NSW, No bull ! yesterday noon temp was 12 deg Cel lower than today and tiddling down. Barcelona Bullfighting Ban Wednesday July 28, 2010 The regional parliament in Barcelona has passed into law a resolution to ban bullfighting in Catalonia. The result of the vote was 68 in favor of the ban, 55 against and nine absentions. A few hundred less bulls will die in the region because of the ruling, but what were the real motives behind the ban? The move comes after years of opposition in the region, where the animal rights case has been mixed in with Catalan nationalism as the region attempts to distance itself from the rest of Spain. The separatists have used the emotive case of bullfighting to get international attention for the 'plight' of the 'repressed' Catalan nation. Anti-bullfighting campaigns in Catalonia are always accompanied by Catalan flags. So what has been the result of the ban? Has the anim...

After two  mild sunny winter days, today it returned to a stiff southerly from Antarctica and cloudy with drizzle, however, it is expected to become sunny later!! and the near Cel 0 deg temps to continue overnight. This would be the ideal time to wear a Burqa, provided is was worn in the confines of your residence. A LIBERAL senator has called for a ban on burqas after a man was robbed at gunpoint by another man wearing one. Cory Bernardi, Tony Abbott's Parliamentary Secretary, says Australia should forbid people wearing the garment, which is worn by women in some Islamic traditions for the purpose of hiding a female's body when out in public. The burqa covers a person completely, apart from a slit for eyes. Mr Bernardi denied his call is an attack on religious freedoms, insisting that allowing the garment to be worn made Australia a "less inclusive" society. On Saturday, Belgium became the first European country to ban clothes or veils that cover the face,...

   How can the Govt of Singapore be regarded as democratic if it squirms under scrutiny, Has the law concerning freedom of speech and particularly criticism of government been abolished in this Commonwealth Country?  British author Alan Shadrake arrested in Singapore over his death penalty book . ............................................................................................................................................................. . .SINGAPORE police arrested a British author yesterday, a day after he launched a book alleging double standards in the city-state's use of the death penalty. Alan Shadrake, who wrote the book Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice on the Dock, was detained on charges including criminal defamation and contempt of court, police said in a statement. "Police confirm that they have arrested British national Alan Shadrake. He is being investigated for alleged offences of criminal defamation and other offences," it said. ...

Help is on hand for our P/S. A so far unknown benefactor and relative has suggested that  a combined effort be made  by all senior adult relatives Presumably In Laws as well to equally contribute to funds in order to rehabilitate P/S. The anon message reads. Vest did you enjoy your birthday while out there somewhere your P/S as you call him is in dire need of help.Why not club together and fund his rehabilitation-that wouldn't be too difficult. Ok sport , I am suggesting that you quote a monetary figure for each of thirty possible contributors then let me know who will cough up and those who refuse. If you acquire 25 loonies prepared to part with a suggested amount of their hard earned I will double my amount of dosh for the kitty. However, one vital factor is unclear and that is "Who the sodding hell are you". If you cannot divulge your identity its the end of the matter. In any case the  problem to be addressed satisfactorily would require more than one handout and...

Mon July 14 Hi everyone. Haven't been posting recently, other domestic issues have taken priority also health issues. Although generally I feel fine and I am getting about quite well, Its these Doctors who keep finding faults in my system, although the area above the shoulders is in near peak condition..  I have an appointment With the Anesthetist this Thurs prior to my Op on  (When it suits them at 24Hrs notice) plus a circulation test on the 28th. The weather Monday one might consider to be normal for the time of the year, dry overcast a warmer wind from the North (yes North)and some sunshine, recently temperatures fell to 0.8 deg overnight (local) the coldest on record .Aborigines are telling us its the coldest since the dream times, crafty lot our fellow Ozzie's - they only do a rain dance when they get a high tech weather forecast. Today, Bastille day is my eldest G/daughters birthday, I believe her name is Kylie ? but will she remember my 4th 21st this Fr...

LAWS FOR FOOD PROCESSED IN CHINA , HONG KONG , VIETNAM AND THAILAND !! DANGEROUS IMPORTED FOODS The whole world is scared of China made 'black hearted goods'. Can you differentiate which one is made in the USA , Philippines , Taiwan or China ? For your Information ... the first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code wherein the product was made. E.g.: all barcodes that start with 690 up to 695 are all MADE IN CHINA. 471 is Made in Taiwan. This is our human right to know, but the government and related department never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves. Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products 'made in China ', so they don't show from which country it is made. However, you can refer to the barcode, remember if the first 3 digits are 690 to 695, then it is Made in China . 00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA 30 ~ 37 FRANCE 40 ~ 44 GERMANY 49 ~ JAPAN 50 ~ UK 57 ~ Denmark 64 ~ Finland 76 ~ Switzerland and Lien...

This will be my last post this week(Intentionally) Unless something unusual sparks my brain from its focus on reality and back to flagrant evasion of my responsibilities like coughing up my hard earned to the bureaucrats, I dunno, its so hard to be dishonest when beset by govt agents tracking every cent passing through your wallet. Ah well here is something for you lovely Ladies. An insult to Mothers! Or would you prefer to have been born Backwards? An Insult to Mothers - Who Don't Claim Perfection I do wonder at the mentality of some people:"Our 9-month-old gr/gr daughter is bonding with her nanny so strongly that at night she cries for her. This is really upsetting her parents as they spend a lot of time with their daughter -- they give her breakfast, bathe her, and play with her for one to two hours every day. They are worried that she's more attached to her nanny than she is to her parents. What should I do? they are both asking me. "The obvious answer is to ...

Recommended Reading This Blog Linked From Here The Web This Blog Linked From Here .The Web . Tuesday, 5 December 2006 GORGE YOUR GLUTTONOUS SELVES TO DEATH, SAY'S 'BABE' DO YOU REMEMBER THE LITTLE PORKER WHO HAD HIS BACON SAVED BY THE FARMER WHEN HE BECAME A SUCCESSFUL SHEEP PIG, WELL ITS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN WHEN ALL THE LITTLE PORKERS LINE UP TO BE SLAUGHTERED, AND NOT ONLY PIGGIES BUT SHEEP AND CATTLE AS WELL, THEIR SCREAMS WHEN DYING I HOPE WILL HAUNT THOSE WHO CARRY OUT THIS DASTARDLY AND INHUMANE METHOD OF SLAUGHTER. Please click on to the websites below, there is a wealth of information contained there to keep you interested for hours. This information is not designed to Stuff up your dinner parties, however, Dads and mums, its similarity to having your sons and daughters throats cut in front of you and seeing them fed to hungry lions, is well worth thinking about. http://www.animalliberationfront.com/practical/factoryfarm/slaughter/sl...

To my Husband Les (Vest) On our '57th Wedding Anniversary' I LOVE YOU For all the things you do for me and our family. Love Rosemary.XXXXXXX.

Nothing much to tell but the smell we are becoming used too, Our PM is hardly a needy person like those he supposedly represents. His personal fortune of AUD $50,000000 plus does not give him licence to gauge the lifestyles of the lesser coddled citizens of oz. I often  wondered what was meant by the phrase uttered by Ulster Protestants, " If your name is Kevin you have no hope of being employed by 'Harland &Wolfe' the Belfast Ship builders.  I thus assumed that the given name Kevin was a  restricted Papist label awarded to persons within  the minority faith Industry group in the six counties meaning the Catholics. So our Kev the PM has been playing it cool.. Raised a Mick yes but not entirely convinced of its profitability sees no reason why a bit of kneeling in the Anglican and Judaic temples should go amiss, and , to add more flexibility sought out  a wealthy robust - rather jolly  protestant (Anglican) lady for his E ve . This...

The secret plan  the Socceroos devised to beat the Krauts must have been leaked Say's one cranky OZ sports writer. A complete load of skcolloB Say's I. After loading my own opinion into the Chinese built enigma soccer result computer, that the result of 4 nil  or with a dodgy goal by the Roos making it 4-1,  to the spurious opinions of the cocksure Aus Footy Assoc Dingbats, the Oz input of  "We are better than anyone" failed. This was due to the U S Dollar sign and the word Referee had not replaced the winning  Rivkin search en gin of  "We pay our Umpires more" The result:  Shicklegrubers   T anks 4. Kev's Pram Pushers 0.

In the last Century The British gave up on the Afghanistan problem as unsolvable. Then we had the Russians from 1979 in on the act but after a decade pulling out after failing to solve the riddle of why Afghanistanis are so thick in the head to continue their archaic beliefs and dyed in the wool intolerably - dogmatic and non progressive lifestyles. The Taliban, another ancient religious bunch of loonies specialising in self opinionated uneducated males acquiring the major benefits of living using the entrenched laws of this lavatorial branch of the Faith Industry whose slogan does not relate to Faith, Hope and Charity but Fear Greed and Cruelty I am certain most level headed people in our world would  agree that a 'Seven year old boy is simply a Seven year old Boy and nothing else.and not a spy and be hanged. The U/S backed Afghan president Hamid Karzai Condemmed the act. ...Vest.Daily Gaggle. .Taliban executes seven-year-old 'spy' TALIBAN militants in Afghanistan...

A young 13 yr old Mexican girl involved in a murder plot with her boyfriend used the 'C' Word on TV without batting an eyelid was among other sordid stuff I received today from Nth America , like Nelson Mandela's 13yr old Gr Granddaughter killed in a drink driving incident prior to the RSA v Mexico World  Cup Soccer (Proper football) clash, I suspect a great sadness will descend among the populace and a sombre mark of respect at the start of all forthcoming World Cup Fixtures. Thank you to the UK Relative who expressed thanks for my not using untoward language in my posts, what I write here is not necessary that which I utter in private. I recall  blogging with a guy called Flute  who was an expert in the field and a former political speech writer who constantly used the quaint expression "Bollocks" to add power to his opinions. It is a pity Flutey isn't around any more. Now the news for which  was requested by two people emailing me f...

It seems the next few days will be similar to the past week, no posts, just a few pics sent out to friends and relatives Haven't heard from the new kids on the block in England since Christmas, are they still snowed under. Or was it something unpalatable or some unthinkable parallels they read? or did they discover something inordinate and not in line with their perception of the lost tribe? Ah well, what ever your calling and expectations there are a million and one behavioral codes on our planet and the strange thing is we are all only two percent genetically different from chimpanzees, so please stop monkeying around. Tomorrow I hav e to see the Quack, regarding the jolly roger reservoir, OK Graeme I know you wanted your turkeys to read about this and how did the party go; I heard the police were called. We had another call from the Pr/Son yesterday the message was just as abusive as the last one, we are expected to pay his out goings amounting to um...

.Facebook has been in the hot seat over site privacy. (QMI Agency files) TORONTO — Joseph Dee is preparing to hit the delete key on his Facebook account. And if they stick to their pledge, thousands of others will be joining him Monday in “defriending” the social networking site. Dee, a web technologist, is one-half of the Toronto duo behind QuitFacebookDay.com. Dee and Matthew Milan launched the site May 12 to announce their plans to bid adieu to Facebook, expressing concerns over how the popular site manages the personal data of its more than 400 million users, which include 15 million in Canada. QuitFacebookDay.com provides an open forum for others to share their views, as well as allowing those who are inclined to submit their pledge to “commit to quit.” As of early Sunday, more than 24,000 had signed on committing to quit Facebook. Dee said while privacy is a commonly discussed theme, the issue for both him and Milan regarding Facebook runs deeper. “It’s more than just...

Last Wednesday the funeral of my dear friend Harry Arthur Lidbetter went off with little fuss and with great dignity. More the pity that Stan also a friend turned up with a Royal Navy White Ensign after someone had draped the coffin with the Australian Navy Ensign. Harry, Stanley, myself and others now well in their eighties did the hard yards for the benefit of Australia with the British Pacific Fleet during WW2. Unlike my forty years some of these men have resided in Australia most of their adult life prior to serving as children in the Royal Navy and despite all and being Australians by choice were denied the basic award to similar serving Australians. To me it seemed the draping of the Australian Ensign on Harry's coffin was an admittance at least he deserved a Posthumous Goldcard . Vale Harry. On behalf of the HMS King George V (Australia) Association. To Veteran Affairs. Q;: When will you cease spending more on the * dead and chicken hawk politicians rather than ...

Facebook will simplify controls on the social networking service to appease its critics. Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyce said, " we'v e spent the last couple of weeks listening to users and consulting with experts in California, Washington DC and around the world. The messages we've received are pretty clear."users appreciate... precise and comprehensive controls, but want them simpler and easier to use." Recently a great deal of criminal activity born from the loins of face book by users has been exposed by   prominent bloggers due to its rapid increase in  murders and rape  by members of  facebook ." Facebook has been under fire for features its critics claim compromise the privacy of members. Equally worrying is a little known default setting buried within a user's account giving F acebook permission to share profile information with third party applications, such as advertisers. This happens all across the net. They do not operate somethi...

I first met Harry about sixty six years ago, I was serving aboard The 40,000 Ton British Battltleship the HMS King GEORGE V. I was still 17 at the time and H arry was about six months older than me, old! did I say/ It was about eighteen months later - after serving in the Atlantic the Mediterranean East Indies and finally as the flag ship of the British Pacific Fleet  for the final nine months and probably the worst period of Air/Sea conflict of WW2,  Our Admiral Vice Ad, Sir Bernard R awlings described our crew  to U/S Admiral Spruance as mere children, the average age of the 1,800 crew being close to nineteen. Harry and I were T opmen, our action stations were on and above decks, I high on the exposed ADP and Harry the gunlayer on an eight barrelled Multiple Pom Pom. Might  be too frightening for todays Teens. When hostilities ceased and our ship returned to the UK March 1946 after repairs in Sydney, which was seven months after th...

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