| 07 Jun 2009 - Sunday Special... |
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- The Right to Say "We do"... Pro polygamy organization unhappy that pro gay marriage legislators have "deliberately discriminated against them"... usual name calling ensues. Those opposed to the plan are "bigots". Presumably the push will be on to get "polyphobe" in to common usage to describe anyone who disagrees.
- Obamaprompter Syndrome Strikes... From the Just Because You Heard What I Said, Don't Assume You Know What I Meant department: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (as if he isn't in enough trouble already) renames Omaha Beach... Obama Beach. The most interesting aspect of this gaffe to me is that he apparently doesn't know what he's said and keeps right on with the rhetoric. If he doesn't listen to his own speeches, why should anyone?
- The Big Questions Answered... Is it OK for a man to open a door for a feminist? If you don't make a habit of it, somehow convey that what you're doing is an "ironic" or "retro" gesture and don't know the woman, then apparently it is. Or not.
- Descendant of Media Dynasty Shuns Publicity... Now here's a surprise: according to NEWS.com.au Junior Media Mogul in Waiting Ryan Stokes is in no hurry to catch up with starlet girlfriend Jodi Gordon following the drug fuelled false alarm from bikie leader's pad story. Now she's at Home and (he's) Away. Guess it didn't hurt that he was his father's son when it came to getting her attention in the first place... but now... Existence is just strewn with two edged swords. Like the one where scandal is welcome if it helps the ratings for your TV network, as long as that scandal doesn't come too close for comfort.
- No Chk Chk Boom... The younger brother of Kings Cross nightclub owner (their euphemism, not mine) John Ibrahim has been shot in the chest and torso while sitting in his Lamborghini. The Sunday Telegraph is reporting that several people in the street heard muffled shots. "It wasn't like 'Bang Bang'. It was like they used a silencer, it was a different noise," one said. Police have since confirmed that a silencer was used. Of course we now know that there never was a Chk Chk Boom in the street shooting that provided the launching pad to to (temporary) stardom for quick thinking and personable con artist Clare Werbeloff. You don't have to be a firearms expert, just to have seen the occasional action movie or played a video game like Doom to know that Chk Chk Boom is the sound made by a pump action* shotgun, not a pistol. Not that actually knowing the lady was making it up would have stopped her becoming a (temporary) media phenomenon.
* I know Arnie used a lever action in T2, but let's not go overboard.
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