the "Slow News Day" Thread

[XFactor1979]

aha lets begin!

folks from wa feel free to contribute on someone's cat or dog rescued out of a tree... by a heroic fireman

'dogs cant climb trees' you say?

they have the ability to do that in wa

 

[Dry Rot]

I went out to Sydney Airport yesteday to pick up a friend who was flying in from Melbourne.

Some young knob from his flight dressed up like a bikie gave me some lip so I picked up a metal bollard and smashed his head in.

Bloody tourists. No manners.

 

[XFactor1979]

pointless meaningless news stories? please post them here

ie shark sightings

i dont think much happened today, andrew symonds relapsed - surprise surprise?

feel free to post haikus of insignificant news stories

also fake news stories, ie 'paris is burning' or 'jonestown 2 founded' are welcome

 

[Plogs]

I went out to Sydney Airport yesteday to pick up a friend who was flying in from Melbourne.

Some young knob from his flight dressed up like a bikie gave me some lip so I picked up a metal bollard and smashed his head in.

Bloody tourists. No manners.

"Bollard" would have to now be the word of the week......
I can imagine thousands of people thinking "oh, so that's what those things in banks, airports & outside nightclubs are called".

 

[Upgrayedd]

We need more Insecure threads about Them Muslims

 

[Plogs]

We need more Insecure threads about Them Muslims

Aircraft mishaps are always a good one. If there is a major crash, there will be a number of smaller, piss-ant air related stories for weeks after. Fear sells.

 

[red+black]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25232415-23109,00.html

Spandau Ballet are reforming.

 

[rdhopkins2]

ha the plane accident at MEL the other night hardly rated a mention

 

[Dont be a lemon]

Hot off the wire from North Carolina http://www.enctoday.com/news/dog_44572_nbsj__article.html/rescued_tree.html

 

[Contra Mundum]

"Bollard" would have to now be the word of the week......
I can imagine thousands of people thinking "oh, so that's what those things in banks, airports & outside nightclubs are called".

It would be a great name for a heavy metal band "Bollard" with a picture of a sphinx on the front of it

 

[XFactor1979]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25437547-401,00.html

not to sound insensitive or whatever...

but, COOL! she looks like a freak!

 

[jumpinjimmy]

Neil Mitchell blared on his program this morning that: "The govt is to spend 7 million dollars on speed camera's and only 130 thousand on anti-terrorism! Do they really think motorists are more dangerous than terrorists!". Well yes Neil they most certainly are.

 

[pmad87]

My favourite one is every Summer when it has been really hot that day, they will have the VERY first news story on TV (not the weather at the end) be about how hot it was and how a lot of people went to the beach. WE ALREADY KNOW HOW ****ING HOT IT WAS!

 

[thegreenmachine]

Anyone watch the 9 morning news today where one of the stories they were telling us about was Barrack Obama's time out of the Whitehouse for a burger purchase?
Found it on here on google, it would only be worthwile on this thread wouldn't it?
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/05/obama-biden-sneak-out-of-white-house-for-burger-run/

 

[Lance Uppercut]

I went out to Sydney Airport yesteday to pick up a friend who was flying in from Melbourne.

Some young knob from his flight dressed up like a bikie gave me some lip so I picked up a metal bollard and smashed his head in.

Bloody tourists. No manners.

I lol'd

 

[XFactor1979]

that woman with the face implant reminds me of mr potato head

again: pardon my insensitivity

 

[camsmith]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25437547-401,00.html

not to sound insensitive or whatever...

but, COOL! she looks like a freak!

Why is that even in the "slow news day" thread? A face transplant is massive news in terms of medical advances but also ethically. Certainitly different to rescuing a dog or something.

 

[Cap]

I originally started a thread, but it fits better here....

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25440623-5001021,00.html

Australians are racist, says street thug Sam 'The Assassin'
By Janet Fife-Yeomans
May 07, 2009 12:00am
THE leader of Sydney's radical Middle Eastern street gang - Asesinoz MC - yesterday accused Australians of racism.
The 29-year-old, who calls himself Sam "The Assassin", defended the Parramatta-based gang's violent image in its YouTube videos and MySpace site.
They promote anti-Australian sentiment and flag burning.
"There are a handful of good Australians but most are racist by assuming Lebanese people are responsible for all crimes," he told The Daily Telegraph, speaking publicly for the first time.
"When they see a Middle Eastern walking down the street they assume they are Lebanese.
"I am half Lebanese and half Iraqi but I want the public and the police to know this: Don't forget about the Persians, Iraqis, Afghanis, Turks etc . . . because they do crimes too. That is why we have posted these videos up."
The president of one of the city's newest street gangs, he said he was known as Sam Asesinoz, which means assassin in Spanish, although it was not his real name.
On the gang's MySpace site, he warns: "Now we can't be f. . . . . with, coz we will take your life, we are the true soldiers."
He revealed yesterday that the Asesinoz MC had 70 members.
Senior police are concerned about the growth of gangs among young Middle Eastern men and have identified them, including Asesinoz MC and the Muslim Brotherhood Movement, as recruiting grounds for bikie gangs.
Mr "Asesinoz" said police, who have linked the gang to violence and vandalism, should be worried.
"Our goal is to make a name for ourselves," he said. "The things we do (are) the reason why we are called a gang.
"And what we do keeps the Asesinoz reputation up and it lets everyone know that we are the last people that should be f. . . . . with."

At the risk of giving these guys more publicity, seriously WTF is this and what do we have to put up with it? Before people get started I don’t care what ½ race he is.

I have no quams with Australia being called a racist country , it is clearly because this guy is part of the country and is as racist as they come, but so is 99% of the world; anyone thinking otherwise has nuts in their head or just plain ignorant.

What I can not handle is being called racist by someone whose actions are racist and also promote racism against the minoirty group he claims is persecuted.

How hard would it be just to enter legislation just to lock up gangs whose sole purpose is anti-social behaviour?

Saying that Locking these kids up isn't going to help, some sort of boot camp might, but what else can be done?

 

[Smell The Glove]

Saying that Locking these kids up isn't going to help, some sort of boot camp might, but what else can be done?

Deportation.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

Good news everyone http://www.newsdurhamregion.com/news/article/125690

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

So we're racist if we assume Lebanese people are criminals, but he's half Lebanese and he's promoting crime on MySpace? Riiight

Love the pretentious Spanish nickname, too. What a *** lol.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Good news everyone http://www.newsdurhamregion.com/news/article/125690

"We consulted with animal services and their belief is that the cats will come down on their own when they're hungry," Susan King, Oshawa's chief fire prevention officer, said in a previous interview.

Haha, dunno why but I find that funny.

 

[Cap]

So we're racist if we assume Lebanese people are criminals, but he's half Lebanese and he's promoting crime on MySpace? Riiight

Love the pretentious Spanish nickname, too. What a *** lol.

I gather his intelligence level fails to meet his age

 

[XFactor1979]

you know its a slow news day when the story of madeleine mccann and her parents resurfaces on sky news

other than that, an earthquake in haiti... many people killed...

... mind you, sometimes i prefer to watch some of the news stories on sbs, theres a bit more variety in the news from the rest of the world, the world that doesnt speak english

some of the services on sbs two are a godsend compared to filtered australian media propaganda...

 

[Faithful Hawk]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/999157/channing-tatums-penis-scalded-in-accident

How does this make the Headlines, ffs....