The loons the Greens reject

Whilst the Greens do their best to put a reasonable face on their party, you know that just beneath the surface, a boiling maelstrom of fadism, stupidity and ginger groups exist. This much was obvious this week when the NSW Greens health spokesman floated the idea of an inquiry into putting fluoride into water (with the aim presumably of giving an anti-fluoride loony group a soap box to spread their ravings from).

That lead balloon floated for a few millions of a second before being shot down by the Liberal health minister, the Labor shadow minister and even the Greens federal leader.

It was very refreshing to hear the idea being trounced as a "waste of money", which it surely was.

Green thieves

Two teenagers are due in court charged after a police pursuit through Sydney’s inner west this morning.
Police were in a fully-marked car behind a white Toyota Prius on Averill Street at Rhodes about 1.30am today (Sunday 9 June 2013), when the Prius allegedly made an illegal turn. A registration check revealed the vehicle had been reported stolen from Woy Woy last Wednesday (5 June).
Police activated warning lights, however, the vehicle accelerated and a pursuit was initiated. It continued along Concord Road where seconds later it struck the back of a Hyundai Getz; it then crossed the median strip and hit a BMW travelling in the opposite direction.

For crying out loud - what sort of person steals a Prius and then tries to make a run for it?

Thieves aren't getting any smarter.

Then again, they might have had a choice between stealing a Prius and a Ford, and decided to steal something that would at least get them from Woy Woy to the city without breaking down.

What kills more birds - duck hunting or wind turbines?

Just a thought - if Greens hate the killing of birds so much (ala duck hunting), why aren't they marching on wind turbines with pitchforks and firebrands?

Choice: it's getting cold, or I'm getting soft

Funny thing about the fog - it's actually nice and warm (for something that is supposed to be cold and damp).  I've been quite comfortable riding into work before dawn when the fog has been around as it's taken the edge off the morning cold.

Just when you get used to something nice, it ups and disappears on you. This morning was crystal clear - and crystal cold. Within a few minutes of hitting the road, I thought my arms were going to freeze off. I was cursing myself for not adding a thermal shirt under my jersey.

That quickly passed - by the time I got to work, I had sweat pouring down my face and dripping down my arms. If I'd added the third layer, I would have died from heat exhaustion.

I need to remember that sort of thing next time I find myself going soft at 0600.

And they call cyclists reckless

Had to drive somewhere this morning. It was foggy as hell - sensible people were taking it easy.

It was also a bit dark.

Some drivers though are invincible. One decided I was dawdling a bit, so she overtook me up the parking lane. Luckily for her, no parked cars emerged out of the fog for her to smash into the back of.

As dirty as a hippie's armpit

Hippies. Not the cleanest people who ever existed. I had a look at the bike over the weekend and decided it could do with a bit of a scrub. It really had started to look like it was owned by someone with a beard and an aversion to washing.

I got as far as scraping the built up road gunk off the chain - that took several applications of grease remover. After that, I was stuffed. The rest of the bike looks like Glastonbury in winter.

Morons

As we all know, morons come in many shapes and sizes. I had an absolute moron spree on Friday morning.

The first 3 were cyclists - two had their helmets dangling from their handle bars. I hate that - if you don't want to wear your helmet, leave it at home. It won't protect your skull from impact unless it is on your head and tightly strapped on. The 3rd had a hoodie over his head and I could hear the music blaring as he blasted past me - straight through a red light (which is what the first 2 morons did too). He didn't even seem to glance left or right before proceeding.

I was shaking my head at their stupidity when the lights went green. I started moving forward, and then slammed on the brakes.

A bus went straight through a red light in front of me. If I'd been rolling up to the lights when they changed instead of stopped, I would have smacked straight into the side of it.

Sometimes the only thing that saves you from the morons is sheer, dumb luck.

I can even stuff up making apricot balls

I had a go at making apricot balls today - muesli, dried apricots, honey and butter into the blender etc etc.

The recipe included a cup of coconut, so I chucked that into the blender too.

Whilst the ingredients were blending, I read the recipe.

It said to throw all but the coconut into the blender, then roll the balls in the desiccated coconut.

Ah well, I saved one step and it made no difference. And they don't shed little bits of coconut everywhere.

I'm socked, Bob. Absolutely shocked

One of the linkys on my sidebar goes to Bob Carr's blog.

It was revealed this week that, not only does Bob not write his blog these days - he doesn't even read it.

Makes two of us, mate.

It became pretty obvious after the election that Bob's blog was no longer an interesting download from his fertile mind. Instead, it had become a stinking swamp of press releases with all the interest of the back of a packet of cockroach baits.

I find that interesting. The intertubes were once hailed as a better means of keeping the elected in touch with the voters. Instead, it has become a medium for pouring out sanctimonious, dumbed down pap that nobody bothers to read.

Did Vivid

Had a look at the Vivid light festival this week. The photos I took are pretty useless in comparison to what the pros have been putting on line - it's definitely worth a look.

Thoughts:

1. It's a grand celebration of electricity and electric lighting. I hope we can afford to continue having these festivals in future.
2. There's plenty of things to keep young kids interested
3. It would be bloody awful to be pushing a pram around - the crowds were pretty intense
4. There are 60-odd displays to see - we saw about 1/4 of them and it was still good
5. The burgers and hot dogs on sale in the street market in the Rocks looked excellent - pity I'd had a feed before I got there
6. Photos don't do it justice - you have to turn up and experience it
7. Don't bother showing up during the day!

Labor party giving away free kicks

We had a pamphlet shoved into the letter box today - I've scanned the front of it. It must comprise the biggest series of free kicks given away to any candidate in yonks. Craig gets his name mentioned 6 times - priceless publicity paid for by the Labor party and distributed via the valuable time of the decreasing number of local Labor activists.

The inside is a whinge about how his family made their millions from gambling - and includes a statement which clearly mixes up turnover and profits.

But look at the above picture - what's not to like about it? Beer, smokes and pokies. Only the most sour faced nanny staters could find those images objectionable. If anything, they'd appeal greatly to traditional blue collar Labor voters. I don't smoke anymore, and I don't gamble - but I don't have a problem with those that choose to do so. And that beer looks awful tasty and refreshing. So much so, I had to go and put some beer in the freezer so I could have one with dinner. I now have a lovely positive association between nice cold beer and Craig Laundy.

And notice the use of the colour red and the naming of the Liberal party? That's amazing, given that Labor candidates have taken to using Liberal blue as their colour and avoiding any mention of Labor in their literature.

First rule of politics - never mention the name of your opponent. Just refer to "my opponent".

This has to get a mention in the next volume of "The history of stupid".

A day by the bay

Morning.

Mourning.