Thursday - September 04, 2008

Muslim terrorists and criminals have been given £25,000 worth of lunch boxes.

Have the Brits lost their minds?  Well no. At least man person in the street hasn’t.  But there’s not much the average ratepayer can do about it.  Complain?  Who’ll listen who cares?  They’re closing post offices all over the country, some services are being cut back, powers that be complain about lack of funds for this and that program but ... they find approx. $50,000 for scum.  BTW ... why do they have to be fed anyway?  BAH!  This is crazy!

Prisoner bosses spend £25,000 on lunchboxes for Ramadan
Muslim terrorists and criminals have been given £25,000 worth of lunch boxes to keep their meals warm during Ramadan.
By Chris Irvine
Last Updated: 12:05PM BST 04 Sep 2008

The bright yellow metal containers were issued to nearly 250 inmates in London’s Belmarsh Prison, which is home to a number of convicted and suspected terrorists, including Abu Hamza, serving seven years for incitement to murder and racial hatred.

The boxes allow prisoners to keep meals warm until darkness when they are allowed to break their fasting period during Ramadan, which started on Monday.

Prison officers at Belmarsh have criticised the move, fearing the 18in long containers, which resemble a tool box, could be used as a weapon.

One prison source told The Sun: “It’s madness to allow dangerous prisoners to have a metal box with handles. These are not petty criminals - these are hardened terrorists.

“In the past they have been given the opportunity to have a container like a small cool box but these things are just a lavish upgrade.

A Prison Service spokesperson said: “The purpose of prison is to deprive offenders of their liberty as a punishment for crimes committed against society. It is not there to restrict religious beliefs and practice.

“HMP Belmarsh provide flasks for the Ramadan fast which allows Muslim prisoners to keep food warm for the Iftar (evening meal). They are re-usable and will be used for years to come. Flasks are the most cost effective way of meeting this requirement without disruption to the running of the prison.”

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   Wednesday - September 03, 2008

yeah, what they said

“This is the blade by which politics turns to bloodshed.”



I am utterly disgusted with the MSM. And the violent lunatics on the left, both the ones that blog and the ones that violently protest while also attempting to murder children.

So is Mischa.

So is Ace. And with mighty good reason.

Bitch slap the next journalist you meet, just on general principles. There aren’t enough horse whips in the world to dole out the floggings deserved.

Also worth a quick read is First Things First, from whom I snagged the header, who dares to look into the madness that is The Daily Kos, and comes away with the core mindset there from the comments:

Are you telling me you would not destroy the love a family holds for one another, even if it meant letting someone who would destroy the constitution become president?

None of use would use these tactics in a perfect world. It is not a perfect world. It is a fallen world. We have to judge costs and benefits, not moral absolutes. I know this is the way to fanaticism and destruction—believe me I do. But, when we face opponents such as the ones we face . . . what else is there for us to do?

What choice do we have? When faced with monsters, we have to be monstrous ourselves.

These people are batshit insane. Lock them up, throw away the key, then drown them.

ARE PEOPLE JUST BORN STUPID LIKE MY MIL, OR DO THEY LEARN IT OVER YEARS? IS IT A GIFT?

Just how darn stupid can people get? Well as it happens, very stupid. Very stupid indeed.
For one example and there are many here, this woman is calling about a grey squirrel in the belief that the greys are rare.  Good Grief Charlie Brown. I’m not a Brit and even I know it’s the RED that’s near extinction. Driven there by the more aggresive greys.  But that isn’t the issue.  These folks are calling 999, the Brit equiv. of our 911 with the silliest damn things and of course they tie up the line when they do.  So really, this isn’t funny and isn’t being posted under humor.  Some people ... $£"£"%&&^$

At the link below, you will find a lot more of the same and worse.

http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/units_and_departments/communications/999_calls/

   Monday - September 01, 2008

Dutch withdraw spy from Iran because of ‘impending US attack’ .  Say What?  USA is gonna do what?

uh huh. Right. America is gonna bomb Iran. Sure we are.  I wish we would and leave nothin alive.  But we know that won’t happen so what the heck are the Dutch talking about?
These are the same folks that gave the world PC so I tend not to pay much attention to them. 

Dutch withdraw spy from Iran because of ‘impending US attack’ . 

Dutch withdraw spy from Iran because of ‘impending US attack’
The Dutch intelligence service has pulled an agent out of an “ultra-secret operation” spying on Iran’s military industry because spymasters in Netherlands believe a United States air attack was imminent.
By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels
Last Updated: 9:24AM BST 01 Sep 2008

According to reports in the newspaper De Telegraaf, the country’s intelligence service, the AIVD, has stopped an espionage operation aimed at infiltration and sabotage of the weapons industry in Iran.

“The operation, described as extremely successful, was halted recently in connection with plans for an impending US air attack on Iran,” said the report.

“Targets would also be bombed which were connected with the Dutch espionage action.”

“Well placed” sources told the paper that a top agent had been recalled recently “because the US was thought to be making a decision within weeks to attack Iran with unmanned aircraft”.

“Information from the AIVD operation has in recent years been shared with the American CIA secret service.”

Brig Gen Seyyed Massoud Jazayeri, deputy chief of the Iranian armed forces, warned at the weekend that military attacks against Iran would trigger a Third World War.

“The exorbitant demands of the US leaders and the global Zionism which have created the current situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan and Caucasus are gradually directing the world to the edge of the cliff,” he said.

The US has refused to rule out a military attack against Iran if its government continues to enrich uranium as part of its civilian nuclear programme, which the West suspects has the clandestine objective of developing atomic weapons.

Iran has warned it would close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the Gulf and a major oil shipping route, if it is attacked.

On Friday, the Israel newspaper Ma’ariv reported that Israel has stepped up preparations for a contingency plan to attack Iran, should diplomatic efforts, via the United Nations, fail to derail Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme.

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Apologises to Libya for colonial rule. Italy says we’re sorry please forgive us and take a billion.

Ok, this is fine. If the Italian conscience is soothed that’s ok.
Now, I want immediate reparations from France for the Germans in payment for the hundreds of years that France kept Germany isolated and refused the making of a united country.  All the wars fought in Europe by France on German soil causing the loss of life and property.  I concede the point that it was also hundreds of years ago but hey, with Italy setting the stage.....

Then the black lobby that wants reperations can sue the tribal chiefs in Afrika , pay out probably in what?  What do those folks use for money in the deepest heart of the black continent?  Lets see, who else might be entitled?

Hey, why not set up something like a world body, not as bureaucratic as the UN but leaders from around the world can meet once a year in some huge stadium
and all can apologize to one another for all sorts of slights both real and imagined.  Even bring in muslims to show diversity and inclusiveness.
And if they want to, they can even slap the hell out of each other as long as they leave the rest of us out of it.  Oh yeah, no taxpayer money involved.
They pay their own way.  Well it’s the thought that counts.

Silvio Berlusconi apologises to Libya for colonial rule
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has apologised to Libya for 30 years of colonial rule and agreed to pay £2.5 billion in reparations.

By Nick Pisa in Rome
Last Updated: 8:24AM BST 01 Sep 2008

As part of the deal Italy will also help build a 1,500 mile pan Libyan motorway across the north of the country linking it with neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia.

In return Libyan leader colonel Muammar Gaddafi has promised to crack down on thousands of illegal immigrants who leave his country every year and cross the Mediterranean to Italy.

The compensation deal, which was signed by both leaders in the Libyan city of Benghazi, is to be spread over 25 years and also involves train, technology and other infrastructure projects.

Berlusconi said: ‘“This payment goes towards the tragic and dramatic moments of Italian occupation and for the deep wounds that have affected many Libyan families.

“It is a complete and moral compensation for the damage inflicted on Libya by Italian during the colonial occupation and we can now look forward to working together.’’

Italy conquered Libya in 1911 following a war with Turkey and during the 30 year occupation 20,000 Libyans were killed in battle and in camps while thousands were deported.

In 1969 when Gaddafi took over following a military coup thousands of Italians who had made Libya their home were expelled and there have been sporadic incidents of tension during the last few years.

During the height of Libyan-US tension a Scud missile was fired at the Italian island of Lampedusa in 1986.

While two years ago Italian cabinet minister Roberto Calderoli wore a T-shirt of a cartoon poking fun at the prophet Mohammed and eleven people were killed in rioting in Benghazi.

The deal was signed in a tent and gifts were also exchanged with Berlusconi giving Gaddafi a silver lion and two pens while in return he received a white linen suit and a green shirt, symbolising the colours of the Libyan flag.

During the signing media tycoon Berlusconi also whipped out a copy of one of his glossy magazines and showed Gaddafi a photo shoot which featured him and his family taken at his Sardinian villa.

Berlusconi added: “We have signed a historic agreement and now we will have fewer illegal immigrants from the Libyan coast and more gas and oil from them which is the best.’’

As part of the deal Berlusconi also returned via the hold of his private jet - a Roman marble statute of the Venus of Cyrene taken during the Italian invasion 95 years ago.

(Wait a minute. A Roman statute?  Did the proof reader get it wrong or did I?  Statue Anyway, what’s with that return?  What. Like most Libyans will know and appreciate the art? Doubt it, really I do.)

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   Thursday - August 28, 2008

News For The Gullible

Chinese Cat Sprouts Wings



It’s sad really, that Fox News, the one news outlet that even tries to avoid a huge leftist slant, has fallen so low that they now run stories usually reserved for the gossip rags. What’s next, a recurring series on what Bat Boy has been up to lately? Secret inside scoops that Obama is actually an alien? Hey, I’d believe that!

While most cats are known for their ability to land on their feet, some in China may soon be able to glide to safety on their mysterious wings.  A tabby from the Qingyan province in China recently sprouted a pair of fur-covered wings on his back during a hot-weather spell, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported.  Immediately, the unique kitty became a spectacle to behold, as visitors flocked to see the unusual feline.  One cat owner, identified only as Feng, claimed her pet’s wings were the result of stress from too many females desiring to mate with him, the Mail reported.

But the owner later grew fearful that the tabby would either be stolen by envious admirers or that it would fly away and decided to cut one of the two flappers off, World Entertainment News Network said.

Cats with wings can be explained through several scientific explanations, including leg deformities, huge mats of hair or a condition known as feline cutaneous asthenia or FCA, which causes the cat’s skin to grow in heavy folds on its back or shoulders, online magazine Cryptozoology reported.

MUSLIM CITY COUNCIL CHIEFS IN UK WANT A BAN EVEN FOR NON-MUDSLIMES DURING RAMADAMN

How about this latest from a member of the ROP.  I hope they all freekin die!

These SOBs just can’t be happy unless and until EVERYONE is under their greasy unwashed collective thumbs.

Screw em all!  I hope the Brits will not cave in to this latest bit of BS!  I don’t believe they will on this one.

Yeah ... It RCOB time.  OK, it isn’t the entire country this one idiot is talking about but. As I see it it’s simply the first of how many future demands to be made.
No doubt this a-hole won’t get his way but even asking is an outrage.  Imagine if you will the reaction of this minority (for now) group if they were asked to observe a Jewish or a Christian practice for a month?

Muslim council chiefs ban ALL members from ‘tea and sandwiches’ in meetings which take place during Ramadan

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:04 PM on 28th August 200

Muslim council leaders have sparked outrage after trying to ban all councillors eating in meetings until sunset during the holy month of Ramadan.

Politicians have hit out after the move to impose hardline Islamic rules on non-Muslim colleagues throughout September.

The bombshell has been dropped by Labour chiefs of the notoriously loony Tower Hamlets Council in east London.

The storm was sparked by an e-mail sent to all councillors this week highlighting arrangements for Town Hall committee meetings next month, which marks the Muslim fasting period of Ramadan.
The memo said that new council leader Lutfur Rahman and his deputy, Siraj Islam, had requested that meetings be kept to a minimum to accommodate fasting councillors.

They have also urged all other councillors to resist eating until the breaking of the fast at sunset.

Cllr Stephanie Eaton, leader of the Lib Dem group on the left-wing East End authority, said she would be ignoring the new Ramadan regime.

She insisted the new Labour leadership was favouring one religious group over others.

Cllr Eaton said: ‘The Liberal Democrats have enormous respect for the contribution of all faith groups and cultures to the life of the community of Tower Hamlets.

‘But we fervently believe that the rules of any one religion should not be imposed upon others.’

It is the first time such a request has been made and it comes as Ramadan falls earlier this year during the longer daylight hours.

(bet it won’t be the last either)

Council bosses have also ordered that the town hall’s business agenda should be reduced, with only seven scheduled committee meetings for the entire month, to deal with the Ramadan restrictions.

(Sure thing. Give in to keep the peace on another issue and keep on toadying. Kick em out of this country is the answer. They DO NOT BELONG HERE!)

Officers have also been barred from arranging any more and been told to explore ways of dropping some of the scheduled seven.

Those going ahead generally start at about 6.30pm.

So with sunset due to fall just after 7.30pm at the beginning of September and around 6.30pm by the end of Ramadan, the breaking of the fast will take place during meetings.

At those points, there will be 45-minute adjournments to allow members to eat and pray, council leaders have ordered.

But it is the arrangements for the food and other refreshments that has angered Cllr Eaton and the rest of her party, which includes two Muslim councillors.

Normally tea, coffee and sandwiches are set aside for councillors to nibble at during evening meetings.

But during Ramadan these will be reduced and complemented by special Muslim food packs containing chicken, lamb and vegetarian snacks.

But in his email, John Williams, the council’s head of democratic services, said: ‘It is requested that members do not partake of any refreshments until after the Iftar refreshments are served.’

Cllr Eaton said that was going too far. Speaking on behalf of all her stunned party colleagues, she said: ‘I was rather disconcerted to see that the arrangements put in place for Ramadan, which we support for Muslim colleagues, have been imposed upon all councillors. 

‘We object to the request that non-Muslim councillors observe the fasting rules for Ramadan.

‘This sends out the wrong message to our community.Our community consists of a huge number of different religions, all of which should be valued, and no one religion should be accorded more status or influence than others.

‘Freedom of belief is an important human right, and we Liberal Democrat councillors, Muslim and non-Muslim, agree that this request is inappropriate.’

Cllr Eaton has also written to Town Hall bosses about her concerns that their move ‘will not enhance community cohesion and asking for their reassurance that no faith is given any particular status or priority in the operation or decisions of the council’.

Council bosses said their arrangements were in place ‘where it is not reasonable to expect members observing Ramadan, and who are required to attend a formal committee or other meeting, to travel home in time for sundown in order to break fast and undertake prayers’.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Lunar looney calendar and the holiest of the four holy months. It begins with the sighting of the new moon after which all physically mature and healthy Muslims are obliged to abstain from all food, drink, gum chewing, any kind of tobacco use, and any kind of sexual contact between dawn and sunset.

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   Tuesday - August 26, 2008

Police officers told to mind their language.  (an oooold story from 2001. but still current)

Gee, this story was three years before we moved here to the wife’s native country to look after her aged and decrepit mom. And that was just her brain at the time.
Now then people, I have very much edited this before posting so do not simply go with my edited version.  Use the link for the whole story.  I’m simply posting it here because it was listed as related to a previous Moonbat post I have.  There may be some fraction, some little justification for rules with regard to
offensive language and behavior.  I do not dispute that and I very much doubt the “man in the street” does either.  However, as one officer has said, they’re
afraid to open their mouths in case they offend someone.  And you just know in this politically correct nightmare the left has been allowed to construct, anything at all can be found to offend someone, somewhere.

Not too long ago and I believe I mentioned it, our milkman went on vacation for a week.  We received a notice informing us that our “MILKPERSON”
was going to be away for a week.  Milkperson. Imagine that.  How fraken stupid!

Stay Tuned and lots-a-luck not getting yourself sued by someone you might offend.

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Story from:
Paul Stokes
The Telegraph, June 2001.

The 16-page document drawn up by Greater Manchester Police sets out words and phrases deemed unsuitable and likely to offend. In his foreword to The Power of Language David Wilmot, the Chief Constable of Manchester, draws attention to the importance of using appropriate language. He says the aim is to protect the 6,900 officers, 3,240 civilian employees and 685 special constables from making unintentional mistakes and help them interact within the community.

He said: “We want everyone to respect the views and feelings of others, and to use language that doesn’t offend.”

The term “deaf and dumb” will be replaced by “deaf without speech” and people will no longer be “wheelchair bound” but “wheelchair users”. Political correctness extends to policemen becoming known only as police officers, a spokesman as a spokesperson, foreman as a supervisor and workmen as workers.

Officers are warned against using obviously offensive words such as cretin, spastic, cripple or mongol or even “people with special needs” in relation to the disabled. Pejorative expressions such as happy clappy, bible basher, God botherer and God Squad are also outlawed when describing people with religious convictions.

It is pointed out that homophobic words like queer, poofter, fag, dyke and butch cause offence to gays and lesbians as do phrases such as “gays often do those types of jobs”, “a woman with lesbian tendencies”, “a person of the other persuasion” or “he or she bats for the other side”.

Officers are urged to be extra sensitive when dealing with cross dressers, transsexuals and transvestites in case they cause offence and to try to understand the differences between them. A senior officer with more than 20 years’ police experience in Manchester said: “This document is a waste of time. Police have enough on their plates these days without adding to the problems.

“This document makes out that we are all idiots who need to be told how to address people. We are human beings who are trained to deal with tricky situations, this report makes a mockery of that. We’re scared to open our mouths in case we offend anybody.”

‘Man on the street’ is offensive to women.  MAJOR MOONBAT STUFF HERE. OH BOY. can I say boy?

I ONCE ASKED WHERE THIS SILLY CRAP IS GONNA END. AND WHEN?  WELL, I GUESS NEVER, EVER.  AND THE BRITS WILL LEAD THE WAY IT SEEMS.
ACTUALLY, THE POWERS THAT BE AT ANY TIME THINK UP THIS OUTRAGIOUS CRAP.  I VERY MUCH DOUBT THE AVERAGE “MAN ON THE STREET” EVER THINKS ABOUT THIS.  I MEAN, IN ORDER TO BE OFFENDED THEY (PTBs) HAVE TO TELL PPL THEY ARE BEING OFFENDED.  EVEN IF THEY NEVER KNEW IT.
AND IF ANY FEMALE ANYWHERE IS OFFENDED BY THIS VERY OLD PHRASE, PLEASE.  STOP BREATHING NOW. RIGHT THIS MINUTE.  JERKS!

The phrase “man on the street” should not be used in case it offends women, according to a politically-correct language guide for council staff.
By Jessica Salter
Last Updated: 6:56AM BST 26 Aug 2008

The document claims the popular saying is based on the assumption that the world is male and makes the views or work of women invisible.

It suggests that town hall officers should use “general public” a positive and less offensive alternative.

The guide also kills off the phrase “manning the switchboard” and suggests “staffing” or “running the switchboard” instead.

The suggestions, put forward by Chichester District Council, West Sussex, have been criticised as an example of “repulsive” political correctness.

Tony Colpoys, chairman of Ebernoe parish council, West Sussex, said: “This kind of thing really gets my goat - it’s not as though anybody in their right mind would believe that the “man in the street” referred solely to the male sex. It’s just stupid, I’ve never heard anything like it.

“I think political correctness is one of the most ghastly things about our society - it’s one of the most repulsive things ever to be invented.”

The council said that the document, which is distributed to all staff and council members, is not a rulebook but a guide to help staff and members find the correct words.

A spokesman said: “We introduced the guide because as community leaders we must be aware of what modern society requires of the public sector. This includes the sensitivity of various individuals and groups, and current thinking in society in general.

“It is easy to make fun of individual phrases or words but what we are seeking to do is to be more sensitive and responsive to the needs of others in our society.”

The seven-page guide offers other suggestions, including avoiding phrases like “old woman”, “old fool” and “old codger”, which, the council said, make old people seem fussy, stupid and dependent. It suggests simply using the phrase “old person” instead.

Have Your Say: Is the phrase ‘man on the street’ offensive to women?

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ah-ah-ah.  Don’t touch that dial. Stay Tuned for more !  Coming up after the break .....  Moonbats Galore.

   Friday - August 22, 2008

MAJOR MOONBAT ALERT HERE.  The bungling burglar left dangling by his shoelaces .

YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE ALL THE PIX AT THE LINK BELOW.

Pictured: The bungling burglar left dangling by his shoelaces after getting caught in victim’s bay window
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:56 PM on 22nd August 2008

This is the amazing scene of a burglar hanging upside down that greeted home owner Paul Ives when he returned home from work.

Thief John Pearce had got his foot caught after smashing his way through the glass and was left hanging upside down for more than an hour, unable to move.

Eventually, he was freed when Mr Ives called police and paramedics who managed to release Pearce’s shoe and hauled him down.

Britain’s worst burglar: John Pearce had got his foot caught after smashing his way through the glass

Pictured: The bungling burglar left dangling by his shoelaces after getting caught in victim’s bay window
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:56 PM on 22nd August 2008

This is the amazing scene of a burglar hanging upside down that greeted home owner Paul Ives when he returned home from work.

Thief John Pearce had got his foot caught after smashing his way through the glass and was left hanging upside down for more than an hour, unable to move.

Eventually, he was freed when Mr Ives called police and paramedics who managed to release Pearce’s shoe and hauled him down.

Enlarge Britain’s worst burglar: John Pearce had got his foot caught after smashing his way through the glass

Now the red-faced 32-year-old thief has appeared before Dartford magistrates in Kent where he admitted burglary with intent to steal.

Paul, 44, said: “The man must be the world’s dumbest thief.”

Paul arrived at his terraced house in Dartford to find the burglar hanging in his window. It is believed the laces in one of his trainers may have become caught.

The intruder had a hammer in his hand and at first tried to deny he had been breaking in.

Hanging around: John Pearce had got his foot caught after smashing his way through the glass

He told the householder that he had spotted someone else trying to raid the house and had decided to stop him.

“I was stopping the burglars,” he told Paul.

At this point a small crowd of onlookers gathered and began to mock the intruder
while others took pictures.

Paul said: “He was hanging upside down. His body was inside the house and he was stuck in the window with his foot outside.

“The more he struggled, the more he got jammed. When I got home, he still had the hammer in his hand which he had used to smash the main window and get some leverage.

“He was screaming to get him down and we were all saying : ‘I don’t think so.’

“He kept saying: ‘I haven’t done anything. I was stopping the burglars.’”

Mr Ives’ girlfriend, Angela Gloyn, 32, said: “Afterwards we had a right giggle about it.”

Pearce, from Dartford, was remanded in custody by Dartford magistrates.

He will be sentenced on September 5.

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   Wednesday - August 13, 2008

Tesco plastic bags go under the counter: What?  Are they filled with PORN? Gasp. More stupid stuf.

I reported on this insanity a week or more ago when the wife came home and told me about the new policy at the now gween supermarket.

But this is the official announcement I just spotted in the paper.  It’s so totally stupid there aren’t enuff Moonbats here to award.
And of course the gummint is gonna get into things to gum up the works for sure.  Jeez this was a great country once upon a time until the tree huggers and like minded twerps took control of the thinking of the public at large.  Least that’s my take on it.

Well, like 100w light bulbs, we’re taking as many bags as we can get away with as they are also used for trash.
Something you folks in the USA might find of interest.
The plastic bags here all have these little holes punched in them so mommy’s little helper won’t smother itself should it decide to try and wear one.  Thing is, many of these perforated bags don’t actually have the holes punched thru all the way. Parts of the plastic are still in place.  But I suppose it’s really a good thing in a way as it’s one less responsibility the customer has to carry in this busy world.  So much more comfortable to simply let the gummint think and do for us.

Notice to Macker:  Notice not even the use of frak here.

Tesco plastic bags go under the counter in green move By David Thomas
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 13/08/2008

Tesco is to stop the mass distribution of plastic carrier bags at its larger stores, in a move to boost its green credentials.

Government may stop supermarkets giving away plastic carrier bags

It has introduced a “bag on request” scheme at its larger “Extra” hypermarket stores, where bags are kept out of sight under the tills and only given out if customers specifically ask for them.

A spokesman for Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket chain, denied that it would be banning bags entirely, saying that it was merely “offering choice” to its customers.

He also ruled out charging for bags. “While one-use carriers will no longer be on display at checkouts, customers can ask for them and they will be supplied without charge,” he said.

“A few Extras have been given the flexibility to remove bags from display but give them out on request.”

Plastic bags are the current bête noire of green campaigners. Up to 17 billion are currently given away annually – three billion by Tesco alone – and they take up to 1,000 years to decompose, taking a damaging toll on wildlife.

The Government has said that it will consider introducing a mandatory charge of up to 10p per bag unless retailers take greater steps to cut the number that are used.

Marks and Spencer, Aldi, Lidl and Netto already charge for carrier bags. And several towns, led by Modbury in Devon, have banned the distribution and use of plastic bags.

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   Tuesday - August 12, 2008

BEYOND MOONBAT … way beyond ….  THIS GUY IS NUTS and DANGEROUS..

Man what has gotten into folks these days. OUCH!  Musta hurt. 
Can’t even imagine what it must have been like for the other guy arrested for crimes he didn’t commit.

Man who stabbed himself to frame his neighbour is told to move house or go to jail
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 4:01 PM on 12th August 2008

A ‘neighbour from hell’ who stabbed himself to frame a husband has been given six months to move house - or face going to prison.

David Constantine’s lies nearly led to newlywed Stefan Ward being charged with attempted murder after he was found with a knife sticking out of his chest.

Constantine was arrested after discharging himself from hospital.

He was originally charged with perverting the course of justice, which he denied - and causing the injuries to himself.

Today he admitted the charge of putting a person in fear of violence by a course of conduct between March 2006 and January this year.

Judge Peter Bowers deferred sentence for six months to allow Constantine time to sell his home in Lanchester, Co Durham.

In the meantime, he must live at a bail hostel.

He will only be allowed to visit the house to carry out work to make it saleable and must be accompanied by a solicitor, a probation worker, a police officer or a workman.

A restraining order was imposed to stop him communicating with the Wards or making complaints about them.

Christopher Knox, prosecuting, said the police search of Constantine’s home also revealed hostility towards Derwentside District Council officials.

He was said to have been angry that his complaints - even though they were clearly made up - were not being taken seriously.

Mr Knox told the court: ‘It was as a result of this accumulation of evidence that the Crown took the view he was not the victim, but the aggressor.’

Constantine’s barrister, Tony Davies said his client still denied causing the injuries to himself on New Year’s Eve and the previous December.

He said the log of complaints were ‘random ramblings’ and added: ‘He never intended to carry out any of the private things he had written about the Wards.’

Constantine disputed the elements contained in the admitted charge that on two separate occasions he made false allegations of assault against Mr Ward.

Officers also spoke to previous occupants of the Wards’ home and they revealed how they were forced to leave by Constantine’s aggressive behaviour.

The trouble for the Wards started soon after they moved into the semi-detached house in March 2006 and were unable to help Constantine with a problem.

Several weeks later the couple received the first of what became a flurry of letters from council officials.

Environmental health workers installed noise monitoring equipment, which proved the dog rarely barked, and it became clear Constantine’s complaints were unjustified.

Teesside Crown Court heard how the former Hell’s Angel waged a vendetta against his next door neighbours, Mr Ward and his wife, Lucy.

Police called to Constantine’s house found him in a chair with a knife sticking out of his chest.

The 60-year-old claimed his neighbour had assaulted him and police arrested Mr Ward on suspicion of attempted murder.

But the truth began to emerge when police searching Constantine’s home in Manor Grange, Lanchester, found his diary.

The court heard how Constantine fell out with his neighbours after they were unable to give him a lift to Newcastle to collect a bike.

Christopher Knox, prosecuting, told the court how:

Constantine complained to the council about the couple’s dog barking. Bur recording equipment proved the pet rarely made a sound;
Kept a log of incidents that did not take place;
Threatened to kill his neighbours, made vulgar gestures and used his fingers to imitate a gun;
Accused Mrs Ward of throwing a brick through a window. Although police proved that was impossible.
Mr Ward was twice arrested for crimes he did not commit.
In December 2006, Constantine claimed Mr Ward attacked him with a frying pan.

His neighbour was arrested but later released without charge.

Constantine, who needed six stitches, received £1,000 from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

His former girlfriend later told police that Constantine had admitted he had not been assaulted by Mr Ward.

Worse was to come, when police were called to the house on New Year’s Eve and found Constantine with a knife embedded in his chest.

Mr Ward was arrested and questioned about the stabbing, but freed when police found ‘a mass of disturbing material’ at Constantine’s home.

The search team uncovered knives, axes and airguns. A log containing fabricated complaints showed Constantine’s ‘extremely hostile’ behaviour.

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   Monday - August 11, 2008

Actor Robbie Coltrane pictured on ‘wanted’ poster in place of teenage suspect.

See? Now this kind of dumb thinking is what causes bad language and RCOB.

I found this a few days ago and should have posted it sooner but this does deserve a major MOONBAT AWARD for the authorities who heaven forbid can’t let the citizens know what the gremlin looks like due to his tender age.
This is from NZ which show ya dumb is everywhere.

His screen roles have ranged from a hard drinking criminal psychologist to a failed gangster who dresses up as a nun, but now the actor Robbie Coltrane has found himself the subject of a police “wanted” poster.

By Paul Chapman in Wellington and John Bingham
Last Updated: 1:36AM BST 08 Aug 2008

Copies of the poster have been pushed through letter boxes in central Christchurch, the biggest city in New Zealand’s South Island

Police in New Zealand used a photograph of the British star as an unlikely stand-in for a teenage burglar as the country’s laws prevent them using the real criminal’s image because he is a minor.
Although Coltrane is 58 years old, officers decided that he resembled the 16-year-old suspected serial burglar closely enough to use the picture.

To avoid confusion they advised the public that Coltrane, who is best known in the country as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, was not in fact a burglar adding: “
“But imagine him aged 16 with lank, greasy hair and you have the picture.”
In what is likely to be seen as an extra insult, the Scottish star - whose real name is Anthony McMillan - is described on the poster as an “English” actor.

Copies of the poster have been pushed through letter boxes in central Christchurch, the biggest city in New Zealand’s South Island.
It shows a glum faced Coltrane under the word “wanted” in large type.

It explains in smaller letters beneath that Coltrane, who plays criminal psychologist Eddie Fitzgerald in the television series, is not the burglar but did look like him.
It adds that the real criminal lives locally and travels by bicycle to commit his crimes.
“He will break windows to gain entry and ransack property, targeting electronic items, cash and jewelery.”
Police said that, given the legal restrictions on what they could publish and the offender’s known resemblance to a younger Coltrane, frustrated officers came up with the plan.

Sergeant Phil Dean said: “It’s a provocative thing to get people to read our crime prevention information.”
He said of the look-alike burglar: “Our interest is in shutting him down, preventing him from committing any further crime.”
Residents of the area have been largely impressed by the ingenuity of the local police.

“I think the leaflet is very, very clever,” one middle-aged man said. “It got around the law and alerted us to what is going on in our neighbourhood.”
Another said: “I am wondering what Robbie Coltrane would look like as a 16-year-old. I’m also wondering how he would get through the window of my house.”
Pat Creasey of the local Neighbourhood Support group, commented: “I think Mr Coltrane would think it was a bit of a hoot. I’m sure he would be fully supportive of it.”
But an elderly woman said she did not know whether the leaflets were a joke.

It is not the first time Coltrane has been pictured on a “wanted” poster. In the comedy Nuns on the Run his on screen persona Charlie McManus takes refuge in a convent after police offer a $1 million dollar reward for his capture.
Coltrane, who is on holiday with his family, was unavailable for comment.
His London agent was not amused and refused to comment.

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   Wednesday - July 30, 2008

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

“Extreme Makeover” home goes to Foreclosure

Major greed, lack of gratitude, or just plain old stupidity? You decide. I’m leaning towards greed myself. These people went and shot the proverbial Gift Horse right between the eyes.

Things couldn’t look better three years ago for Milton and Patricia Harper of Lake City, who giddily accepted the keys to a small castle, plus enough money to pay taxes on it for 25 years. It was a product of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” Now, the Clayton County house is a two-story, turreted example of how things can go wrong. It’s in foreclosure.

The Harpers used the house at 5489 Ahyoka Drive as collateral for a $450,000 loan, Clayton County mortgage records show. Records at the law firm handling foreclosures for the lender, JPMorgan Chase Bank, say it is in foreclosure. The four-bedroom house with decorative rock walls and a three-car garage is scheduled for auction on the Clayton County Courthouse steps Aug. 5. The Harpers, who declined interview requests when reporters knocked on their door Friday, told WSB-TV they got the loan for a construction business that failed.

Failure seemed an impossibility in February 2005, when ABC TV viewers got a look at the stunning home constructed in a subdivision three miles east of I-75. Painted dark olive and covered with specialty shingles, the home’s domed door opened into a structure that featured four fireplaces, a solarium, music room and a porte-cochere that connected to Milton Harper’s new office. The yard was a study in landscape art, with young magnolias, fieldstone and a Leyland cypress hugging one corner. A black metal fence ringed it.

It had taken shape in six intense days in January 2005, when Atlanta-based Beazer Homes USA and “Extreme Makeover” demolished the Harpers’ old home, plagued by a faulty septic system. Professionals and volunteers came together to erect the largest home that the “Extreme” team had ever built.

Materials and labor were donated, but the home would have cost about $450,000 to construct. When they were done, the home dwarfed all the ranch and split-level structures in neighboring lots.

That was not all. Beazer Homes’ employees and company partners raised a quarter-million dollars in contributions for the family. The sum included scholarships for the three Harper children and a home maintenance fund.

The Harpers, whom ABC chose from among 15,000 “Extreme Makeover” applicants, spent the week in Disneyland while 1,800 people swarmed about the site. The family returned to a new home, plus contributions worth about $200,000.

Horry Clap. These people went from skid row to Boardwalk and it didn’t cost them a cent. A brand new 5500 sq ft house with every possible luxury option. Plus they got the taxes paid for 25 years. Plus they got education funds for their kids. Plus they got a fifth of a million dollars in the bank. For free. Talk about hitting life’s lottery! And they just pissed it away.

The news left Lake City Mayor Willie Oswalt wondering what went wrong. He recalled a chilly January day when he and a handful of others wrestled an aged beam into place in the home’s living room. The Harpers’ future seemed just as solid, he said.

“It’s aggravating,” said Oswalt. “It just makes you mad. You do that much work, and they just squander it.”

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