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Well her face isn't ugly, but her but is huge! A short arse, is how I'd describe her.

disclaimer, I normally try and ignore the goings on, of people described as 'Celebrities', this one, however crosses a line, not a line of 'Celebrity' behaviour, but a line of adult, human behaviour. Just as Beck began his acceptance speech, West stormed the stage and gestured that he was about to begin declaring Beyoncé's album "the best of all time" and deserving of the award again, as he did (seriously) to Taylor Swift five years ago. Luckily for Beck, the headline-grabbing moment has shot Morning Phase up Amazon's albums chart, with sales rising by a massive 1342 per cent. Swift kissed and made up with West backstage at the 2015 ceremony, where he continued to rant about the Grammys "not respecting artistry" and being "disrespectful to inspiration"." I was just so excited he was coming up," Beck told US magazine after the incident. "He deserves to be on stage as much as anybody. How many great records has he put out in the last five years right?" Source and comment from someone who is not me: Shirley Manson Musician/Band · 259,680 Likes · 23 hrs · Dear Kanye West It is YOU who is so busy disrespecting artistry. You disrespect your own remarkable talents and more importantly you disrespect the talent, hard work and tenacity of all artists when you go so rudely and savagely after such an accomplished and humble artist like BECK. You make yourself look small and petty and spoilt. In attempting to reduce the importance of one great talent over another, you make a mockery of all musicians and music from every genre, including your own. Grow up and stop throwing your toys around. You are making yourself look like a complete twat. Ps.I am pretty certain Beyonce doesn't need you fighting any battles on her account. Seems like she's got everything covered perfectly well on her own. --- Whilst am all for freedom of speech, I am also for summary execution when it is deserved, like for little Mr West,

Once in Jail, he may well be at a high risk of Suicide.

apparently, this is not a joke, but I think it is Members of North Korea's Ministry of the People's Armed Forces (MPAF) dance during a celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the regular revolutionary armed forces of Korea, at an undisclosed location in Pyongyang in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

There is a definite cultural difference between Thais (and Laos) and Westerners when it comes to music. Quality and lack of distortion in the sound, are not seen as desirable. They'll listen to something played so loud that not only can you hear the speakers tearing themselves apart, you can see it happen. I don't know why? Maybe they are fans of Spinal Tap?

I always thought Mozzarella would be a good lark, all those buffaloes, everywhere. But the thought of trying to get the locals to milk their buffalo and provide the 4~5 l of milk in a clean and cool condition to the cheese factory every day, was too daunting. There'd be people trying to pass off rice flour mixed with water, paint with some rancid buffalo fat on top, that sort of thing.

I've never been there, but 2,590 but for a steak (US $79) strikes me as expensive, that's 107 NZ pesos. And having never been there, the following is open to argument and correction, by others who may have been there, please have at it. Without wanting to disparage the place, there are a few things I'd expect in a Western restaurant that charged this kind of money for beef (and the beef being imported is no excuse for high prices, you can buy NZ Lamb legs at Emporium for less than at supermarkets in NZ). Pre-dinner drinks area, clean, not exposed to street traffic and associated fumes. Expensive and thoughtful decor, subtle and pleasant music in the background. Not just excellent service, but silver service for these prices. Side dishes, at least one without garlic. IMHO, which is in part, based on the precise and formidable thoughts, of our dear Bubi, there are a lot of restaurants in BKK that take advantage of: a/. Expats and Tourists being unable to find their favourite Western food, in this case grilled meat. b/. The naivety of so called 'HiSo' locals who've managed to scraped a few shekels together and wish to demonstrate 'face' and 'status' by spending it on any Western thing that is seen as, usually, only affordable by the rich. To give depth to this argument, I relate a small story that happened in Vientiane recently, Vientiane to a certain extent, is Thailand for beginners. A Dairy Queen opened in downtown Vientiane, for those how don't know, the Dairy Queen is a place that sells ice cream extruded from machines, it looks and behaves like a McDonalds, but it's for ice-cream. The place was mobbed by the local 'HiSos', BMWs and Mercs jamming the surrounding streets and parked on kerbs, pavements and street vendors. Not just on opening night but for weeks afterwards. Thus is the hunger for status satisfied. Thais are no different, witness the constant display of wealth by the elite of Thailand, it has to be displayed, that is what it's for, at least in the minds of Thais. A further note on the 'Gaucho' concept. I've been to one like this in Auckland and one recently opened in Vientiane, the concept is chunks of meat, grilled at high heat, on great big flaming grills, like the Gauchos or 'cowboys' would do it on the pampas. Nothing wrong with that, good meat, good taste. Luverly. There is however no Michelin starred chef in the background, no school of Gaucho cookery one must graduate from to prepare this kind of food, generally it is cooked by anyone who knows how to cook a steak. Also, the other food, the wine, the surroundings are generally what we call 'rustic', or if you were in Argentina, ordinary. ​I fall with Bubi in thinking that 'Gaucho' food at these prices is expensive. But if money is no object, then appropriate for the purpose. Stone Soup, I don't direct the above at you personally, these are just my thoughts on 'Gaucho' food.

But I heard that someone came back from the future and liquefied his brain with a localised sonic burst, to ensure death in case the bullet missed. Surely my version is true?

good ? or ?

But what if she promises to come back for the trial like Takky did?

I reckon that's the other side of the coin, one reason (not justifiable, but still a reason) that they keep women away from men is that the men seem to regard any women as fair game. There have been reported, and also I know from personal experience, incidences of male 'new New Zealanders' of the Muslim persuasion, wanting to f**k the first woman they encounter on the street after arriving in NZ and having to be told/educated that we don't treat women this way. Sometimes the message doesn't get through and they go to jail.

An Al Jazeera Story. Just watched this, very interesting. Whilst there is no doubt that there is/was trafficking and such in Cambodia, it would seem that Somaly Mam has been lying through her teeth to get funding. In particular, her French ex husband was quite candid, in saying that she hadn't been trafficked and had entered the P4P trade after the age of 16, voluntarily, where he met and married her, she spent time in France before returning to open her NGO. She's been outed 'coaching' girls to invent spectacular stories to further the NGO's goals.. Shame really, this kind of thing only sets back legitimate work by honest people. Al Jazeera Link Wiki link And related to this is this Al Jazeera story I think that reading the whole text of this story is mandatory if you want to comment on trafficking in Cambodia: "Phnom Penh, Cambodia - In early 2011, Srey Mao, 28, and two friends were "rescued" and taken to a shelter run by Afesip, a Cambodian organisation that prides itself on helping sex-trafficking victims recover from trauma while learning new trades such as sewing and hairdressing. There was just one problem: The women claim they hadn't actually been trafficked. Instead, the women said they were willing sex workers who had been rounded up off the street during a police raid and sent to Afesip, headed by the internationally renowned anti-sex-slavery crusader Somaly Mam with funding from the foundation that bears her name. They said they were confined there for months as purported victims of sex trafficking. Srey Mao claimed that she, her friends and a number of other sex workers in the centre were instructed by a woman to tell foreign visitors they had been trafficked."I was confined against my will," Srey Mao said on Saturday. The person she said ordered her and others to lie was Somaly Mam." and Mam's star-studded image abruptly lost its sheen on May 28, when she was forced to resign from the Somaly Mam Foundation following a Newsweek cover story reporting that she had lied about her past. Not only had Mam not been an orphaned trafficking victim - reporter Simon Marks revealed in Newsweek that she grew up with both parents and graduated from high school - but she reportedly encouraged and coached girls to lie as well. much more at the link _______________________________________

Pride 2014 - Set in Thatcher's England, storytelling of true events, gay rights and the Coal miners, quite moving. Not a movie for Homophobes. Some scenes of men kissing, fortunately done in a tasteful way, so I didn't self destruct in an implosion of righteous bigotry. Well worth a watch. Recommended.

The reason I have a life, is the free health care my countrymen provided me when my heart went wrong. Whilst I understand the attitude, "Why should I pay for his dinner?", I would rather help those who genuinely need help, if I am able to do so. Solidarity is just tribalism, "all us folks stick together to oppose some other folks'. Whilst socialism as defined by the world's current narrative and in it's purest form, doesn't work, you are correct, here, large chunks of socialism are responsible for the relatively free education in most advanced nations, just one example. Don't want to argue socialism or not, but if you're interested, research NZ and Australia, see how much the taxpayer provides to the rest of society, good? or not?

I think you give the stone age cavemen a bad rep. Whilst the stone age human (by all accounts) would have treated their women in a perfunctory manner, much like Chimps and Gorillas and Bonobos today, to equate the treatment of women by Arabs (I use this term generally to include all of the backward Muslim countries) to the treatment of females by cavemen is to minimise the sheer evil, arrogance and ignorance present in Arab humans. :)

What you said. Dumsodas got a good niche up there, not far from nirvana.

Comments in italics are mine Source, The Water Watch and Monitoring System for Warning Center is urging rice farmers not to grow their crops this summer, saying 58% of water reserved for use during the dry season has been depleted. Have they been running the water low, so as to avoid the threat of flooding in the rainy season? Or will there be flooding again? According to the Center, 4 major dams located in the low lying areas of the Chao Praya River presently contain a combined total of 6.2 billion cubic meters of water, only a bit more than half of their capacities. The four include Bhumipol, Sirikit, Kwae Noi and Pasakcholasit dams. Around 1.3 million cubic meters of water, reserved primarily for consumption during the drought crisis, is reportedly left in the storage. Farmers are thus urged not to grow off season rice to ensure adequate supply of water during the summer, as over 4.11 million rais of farmlands have so far been used to grow rice against the Irrigation Department's advice. Could this be a ruse so that the stockpiles of 'Rice Scheme' rice can be sold? However, the Center is confident there will be sufficient amount of water to support the next rice growing season. How do they know? have they received next seasons rainfall figures already?

Well socialism, is at the root of all society... Every man for himself, is more like anarchy...

What We Do in the Shadows 2014 - A film from NZ, Vampire comedy, pitched I think at the 20 somethings, but some quite good laughs, worth a watch.

If I caught a suicide bomber, I'd take him/her out to the middle of a field, stand back and detonate him/her. Leave the clean up to the crows.

Another similar barbaric act Source Disturbing images have emerged which appear to show a man charged with having a homosexual affair being stoned to death after he survived being thrown off a building by Isis militants. -------

Source A saddening and sickening act. ------- ...A man resembling Kasaesbeh is shown inside the cage with his clothes dampened, apparently with flammable liquid, and one of the masked fighters holds a torch, setting alight a line of fuel which leads into the cage. The man is set ablaze and kneels to the ground. Fighters then pour debris, including broken masonry, over the cage which a bulldozer then flattens, with the body still inside. ... --------

Not strictly a movie I have watched, as it hasn't been made yet, but I feel a comment coming on... Photos show Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak in upcoming film I will be interested to see if Seth Rogen can shake his "Pot Head, Dick Head" persona that he brings to all his movie roles. Or conversely, how Steve Wozniak will feel being portrayed as a "Pot Head, Dick Head".

Redirected 2014 - Entertaining romp through Lithuania, by a group of idiots who've fallen foul of Vinnie Jones and his gang. Lots of pork, violence, nudity, guns and some quite good humour. If Lithuania is anything like it's portrayed in the movie, it could be worth a road trip. 1/2 in English 1/2 in Lithuanian, my movie had no subtitles, but this may be intentional, the Lithuanian dialogue was easy to guess given the situational comedy. Proudly made by Lithuanians - Well worth a watch.