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1270.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 19 Oct 2008 Sun 10:22 am

Wife who changed Facebook profile to ´single´ killed by hubby

Wayne Forrester, 34, told police he was devastated that his wife Emma, also 34, had changed her online profile to "single" days after he had moved out.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7676285.stm

http://tech.blorge.com/S.......simple-profile-change-on-facebook-lead-to-murder/

 

I am changing my profile straight away..

1271.       lesluv
722 posts
 19 Oct 2008 Sun 01:48 pm

 

Quoting thehandsom

Wife who changed Facebook profile to ´single´ killed by hubby

Wayne Forrester, 34, told police he was devastated that his wife Emma, also 34, had changed her online profile to "single" days after he had moved out.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7676285.stm

http://tech.blorge.com/S.......simple-profile-change-on-facebook-lead-to-murder/

 

I am changing my profile straight away..

 OMG privicy settings are going up high..........

 

this bloke was well known in our circle as  extremely aggressive!!! nutter

 

1272.       lesluv
722 posts
 19 Oct 2008 Sun 02:01 pm

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1826298.ece

A CHOCOLATE spread for SEX has been removed from shelves amid fears it is tainted with a toxic chemical.

Saucy couples were warned it could be contaminated with melamine — at the centre of a food scare in China.

A “willy spread” and “nipple spread” novelties were sold at Ann Summers stores.

Last night the High Street adult chain said it had withdrawn the “popular” spreads from its shelves, website and its parties held in people’s homes.

Industrial chemical melamine, which can cause kidney failure, sparked a major alert in China after it was found in milk products.

Contaminated milk has led to the death of four babies and caused 54,000 tots to fall ill.

 

 

god damn it got to throw it all away now mwahahaa

1273.       TheAenigma
5001 posts
 19 Oct 2008 Sun 06:08 pm

An article about the "Sex on the Beach" couple who were sentenced to 3 months imprisonment in Dubai, who actually didn´t have sex but were "kissing and cuddling". 

 

My first thought was that they were very stupid to have done such a public thing in an Islamic country.  Having sex in a public place is also banned in the UK!  Even if they were just fooling around, you should respect the laws and customs of the country you visit.

 

However, the article reveals that 60% of tourists in Dubai are Saudi Arabians who go there to "let of steam".  Alcohol, prostitutes and even gay bars exist (and thrive) in Dubai and are frequented by the Saudis.  A Brit living in Dubai describes the weekends as "filled with drunk Saudi´s who go there to enjoy sex and alcohol".  

 

Dubai needs to make up it´s mind.  If it wants to continue to attract the wealthy tourists to it´s 7 star hotel tax free haven by relaxing its OWN moral codes, they can´t then patrol the beaches at night with torches searching for couples on sunbeds!!!

1274.       vineyards
1954 posts
 20 Oct 2008 Mon 08:42 am

I took one of those religious Arabs to the terrace bar of a hotel at his request years ago. He ordered a whisky asking about the girls around evidently enjoying the atmosphere. So far so good. Then he began criticizing Ataturk for stealing Turkey from Islam... He even come up with a reason for the series of economic crises Turkey were going through in the 80´s. He thought Turkey was being punished by God for straying whereas his own country was being rewarded by God for strictly observing the rules of the Quran. These guys have a very well tailored set of double standards, double meanings, equivocal rules and a thick buffer of superstitions. If they were only that way themselves, no one would care but they also make life difficult for people who do not want to be like that.

 

What is even more saddening is that this is a welcome situation for the West one of the greatest projects of which is creating nice behavin´, soft Islamic governments in the region (proven by their current policies). The biggest fear for the West is to see someone whether he/she be a dictator or a democratic leader take the reins of oil production selfishly reaping the commercial benefits of this hot commodity. That would be the violation of the unwritten rule that states: Every major resource in the world can only be controlled by a Western country.

 

Now Saudis have every reason to demand approval from the West for beheading sinners by the sword in public squares, and for maintaining a medieval regime bolstered by Western technology showing up as skyscrapers, majestic artificial islands bought by petrodollars. Because they keep singing Fat Wallers´ famous song: Ain´t Misbehavin´.

1275.       TheAenigma
5001 posts
 20 Oct 2008 Mon 03:41 pm

Great post Vineyards

To my untrained eye, it would seem there is more honesty and integrity in the Turkish muslims´, rather more human, attitude to their religion, than the double standards and secrecy of Islamic states.

 

Unfortunately, your comments about the evil "west" are also true

1276.       libralady
5152 posts
 21 Oct 2008 Tue 03:26 pm

 

Quoting TheAenigma

An article about the "Sex on the Beach" couple who were sentenced to 3 months imprisonment in Dubai, who actually didn´t have sex but were "kissing and cuddling". 

 

My first thought was that they were very stupid to have done such a public thing in an Islamic country.  Having sex in a public place is also banned in the UK!  Even if they were just fooling around, you should respect the laws and customs of the country you visit.

 

However, the article reveals that 60% of tourists in Dubai are Saudi Arabians who go there to "let of steam".  Alcohol, prostitutes and even gay bars exist (and thrive) in Dubai and are frequented by the Saudis.  A Brit living in Dubai describes the weekends as "filled with drunk Saudi´s who go there to enjoy sex and alcohol".  

 

Dubai needs to make up it´s mind.  If it wants to continue to attract the wealthy tourists to it´s 7 star hotel tax free haven by relaxing its OWN moral codes, they can´t then patrol the beaches at night with torches searching for couples on sunbeds!!!

 

 What is more, they had only met that night!

1277.       libralady
5152 posts
 21 Oct 2008 Tue 03:29 pm

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-coup-attempt-trial-thrown-into-chaos-967783.html

 

Reading the paper on my ill-fated journey this morning I came across this and I must admit, it made me smile.  How the hell do you get 86 defendents into one court and expect to get a result!! 

1278.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 21 Oct 2008 Tue 09:05 pm

Right of bondage!!

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Part of the Act will outlaw anything which might be considered "extreme pornography". This means that a Westwood book of erotic photographs will become illegal as of 1 January 2009, and anyone caught in possession of the work could theoretically receive a three-year jail sentence.

Today, Westwood, above, will begin his protest against the Bill with the help of a "chain gang" of models and activists from the Consenting Adult Action Network (CAAN) in what promises to be a lively demonstration. The models will be "bound and gagged" and dragged through the streets of central London.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/..-967685.html

 

He along with the campaigning Group believe that sections 64-67 of the criminal act which will make the possession of extreme pornography a criminal offence mean that innocent people who like to divulge in acts such as consentual bondage etc could receive a prison sentence up to three years.

 

http://images2.image-data.com/images/91/thumbs/95387/95387510.jpghttp://images2.image-data.com/images/91/thumbs/95387/95387512.jpg

 

How can you call this regime as democracy if people can not "bound, gag etc" themselves?

1279.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 21 Oct 2008 Tue 09:10 pm

Kill all the Grey squirrels

Calling themselves the ´Red Squirrel Protection Partnership´ it is the mission of Lord Redesdale and his unit to kill all the Grey squirrels in the Northumberland area in order to protect the Native Red Squirrel.

http://images3.image-data.com/images/30/thumbs/95495/95495420.jpg

grey squirrel stew:

http://images3.image-data.com/images/30/thumbs/95495/95495431.jpg    http://images3.image-data.com/images/30/thumbs/95495/95495421.jpg    http://images3.image-data.com/images/30/thumbs/95495/95495423.jpg

 

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Duck Feeds Fish

A female mandarin duck feeds the fish with kernel in Humble Administrators Garden in Suzhou east Chinas Jiangsu province in China..

 

http://images2.image-data.com/images/7/lowres/03715/03715687.jpg

 

 

1280.       TheAenigma
5001 posts
 21 Oct 2008 Tue 09:24 pm

 

Quoting thehandsom

Kill all the Grey squirrels

Calling themselves the ´Red Squirrel Protection Partnership´ it is the mission of Lord Redesdale and his unit to kill all the Grey squirrels in the Northumberland area in order to protect the Native Red Squirrel.

 

My home, the Isle of Wight, is the only place in the UK that has NO grey squirrels.  The red squirrels are becoming a tourist attraction in themselves

 

http://www.wightsquirrels.co.uk/

 

However, I think the photo using a squirrel as a glove puppet is sick.  Animals deserve dignity when they are dead, the same as any creature

 

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