Tomorrow is the big day in Australia - the federal election. I am fully supporting Labor. They just have to win! The Liberal Coalition have been in power far too long - a very long and boring 12 years! John Howard is such an idiot (especially for cuddling up to Bush) and I can't believe how anyone would vote for him. I really hope Kevin Rudd becomes Australia's new Prime Minister.
The latest poll from Sky News shows that Labor only have a slight advantage over the Coalition, 52-48, but other polls give Labor a greater lead.
So go Ruddy!!!
See: http://www2.skynews.com.au/election07/article.aspx?id=202499
Friday, November 23, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
New Star Trek movie spoilers!
Here's some spoilers from the new Star Trek movie coming out at the end of next year (can't wait, can't wait!) Now it's always hard to tell if this really is what the movie is about at this early stage, but have a read anyway:
http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3696&Itemid=99
http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3696&Itemid=99
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Writers strike
Now this is news that really sux! Television and movie writers in the United States have gone on strike:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/05/writers.strike/index.html
This means two of my favourite TV shows, The Late Show with David Letterman (on Prime) and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (on C4) have immediately been cancelled and are now showing reruns - tonight's episode of The Daily Show on C4 was an episode from last month. These shows are topical of current events so that's why they go into immediate reruns. I'm sure the writers are striking for a good reason but lets hope it is resolved very, very soon!
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/05/writers.strike/index.html
This means two of my favourite TV shows, The Late Show with David Letterman (on Prime) and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (on C4) have immediately been cancelled and are now showing reruns - tonight's episode of The Daily Show on C4 was an episode from last month. These shows are topical of current events so that's why they go into immediate reruns. I'm sure the writers are striking for a good reason but lets hope it is resolved very, very soon!
Monday, November 05, 2007
No more Guy Fawkes please!!
It’s the evening of the 5th of November (Guy Fawkes Day) and I’m trying to get my daughter to sleep, but it’s quite difficult with the noise of those damn fireworks outside!
So what is Guy Fawkes Day and why on earth do we celebrate it in this country? Guy Fawkes, as you may know, was a Roman Catholic conspirator who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London on the 5th of November 1605 (402 years ago!) His plans were thwarted, but essentially Guy Fawkes was a terrorist. So why do we each year celebrate the failure of a terrorist plot over 400 years ago?? Guy Fawkes Day isn’t a world wide event. It’s only celebrated in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, parts of Canada, and parts of the Caribbean.
Even though this year the sale of fireworks has been limited to four days and to those 18 and older, it hasn’t cut down the number of accidents as a result. Tonight is the main night, but over the weekend there were many accidents involving fireworks. A firework at a public display in Auckland mis-fired into the crowd and two men in Christchurch were hospitalised after a public display at a speedway. A Queenstown man was arrested after firing fireworks from a car and a sparkler bomb was posted through an Invercargill returns slot. Police are investigating whether fireworks were involved in two house fires in Christchurch over the weekend - one which left an 8-year-old boy dead. Good grief! I dread to think what is going to happen tonight! I feel really sorry for our fire service who are going to have their busiest night of the year. Personally if someone injures themselves using fireworks carelessly then they shouldn’t be treated!
Fireworks need to be banned! The Prime Minister said today, "If the idiocy which has characterised the previous year’s carries on at those levels and above the government would be duty bound to look at the matter again." Good, let’s hope they do.
When I lived in Australia I told people there about Guy Fawkes Day and they didn’t know what that was! We think the Aussies are a bit stupid sometimes but banning the sale of fireworks to the general public was a very intelligent thing to do!
Aucklanders are being warned to be extra cautious when lighting fireworks tonight as winds are expected to reach over 100kmph in some areas although the Fire Service is hoping bad weather will dampen down fireworks festivities in many areas of New Zealand. Yeah right!!
So come on NZ Government, ban the sale of fireworks to the general public. I think professional fireworks displays are good but why have them on the 5th of November? It would be better to have them at New Years, like they do in Australia.
See:
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/FireServicebracesitselfforGuyFawkes/tabid/209/articleID/38500/Default.aspx?ArticleID=38500
So what is Guy Fawkes Day and why on earth do we celebrate it in this country? Guy Fawkes, as you may know, was a Roman Catholic conspirator who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London on the 5th of November 1605 (402 years ago!) His plans were thwarted, but essentially Guy Fawkes was a terrorist. So why do we each year celebrate the failure of a terrorist plot over 400 years ago?? Guy Fawkes Day isn’t a world wide event. It’s only celebrated in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, parts of Canada, and parts of the Caribbean.
Even though this year the sale of fireworks has been limited to four days and to those 18 and older, it hasn’t cut down the number of accidents as a result. Tonight is the main night, but over the weekend there were many accidents involving fireworks. A firework at a public display in Auckland mis-fired into the crowd and two men in Christchurch were hospitalised after a public display at a speedway. A Queenstown man was arrested after firing fireworks from a car and a sparkler bomb was posted through an Invercargill returns slot. Police are investigating whether fireworks were involved in two house fires in Christchurch over the weekend - one which left an 8-year-old boy dead. Good grief! I dread to think what is going to happen tonight! I feel really sorry for our fire service who are going to have their busiest night of the year. Personally if someone injures themselves using fireworks carelessly then they shouldn’t be treated!
Fireworks need to be banned! The Prime Minister said today, "If the idiocy which has characterised the previous year’s carries on at those levels and above the government would be duty bound to look at the matter again." Good, let’s hope they do.
When I lived in Australia I told people there about Guy Fawkes Day and they didn’t know what that was! We think the Aussies are a bit stupid sometimes but banning the sale of fireworks to the general public was a very intelligent thing to do!
Aucklanders are being warned to be extra cautious when lighting fireworks tonight as winds are expected to reach over 100kmph in some areas although the Fire Service is hoping bad weather will dampen down fireworks festivities in many areas of New Zealand. Yeah right!!
So come on NZ Government, ban the sale of fireworks to the general public. I think professional fireworks displays are good but why have them on the 5th of November? It would be better to have them at New Years, like they do in Australia.
See:
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/FireServicebracesitselfforGuyFawkes/tabid/209/articleID/38500/Default.aspx?ArticleID=38500
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