Stripper stiletto stabbing

A 52 year old stripper? I mean seriously, who would pay to see that?

Police say a 52-year-old woman was attacked on her first day as an exotic dancer by a jealous co-worker wielding a stiletto heel. Police in Ohio said the woman was assaulted by a co-worker who didn’t think the club needed more dancers. It is alleged one of the dancers took her stiletto and repeatedly struck the woman in the face as she walked into the basement dressing room. The woman was treated at a hospital and received seven staples. She has declined to press charges against her attacker. Police said the woman took the job because she needed the extra money. She has refused to talk to police about what happened. Akron police Lt. Rick Edwards said Friday was her first day on the job. “The other girls were upset she was there and said ‘We don’t need any more dancers around here,” he said.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5514609/stripper-stabbed-in-face-with-stiletto

Courtney Love sued for Tweeting

Courtney Love has become the first celebrity sued for tweeting. How could anyone, even Ms. Love, be that libelous in a micro-blog? The article on the ABC website says that the claim against her is for defamation, invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress for “an extensive rant” on Twitter. The article even points out the obvious that, “It is hard to be extensive when one is limited to just 140 characters.”

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/31/2531027.htm

I don’t like Mondays

In the immortal words of the Boomtown Rats: I don’t like Mondays…I want to shoot…Ooooooh…The whole day down.

Death by rectal haemorrhage

I can think of a few nicer ways to shuffle off this mortal coil rather than bleeding to death from the rectum!

From ninemsn 23/2/09

A boy in China has been killed by an office chair after it exploded while he was sitting on it, according to reports.

The 14-year-old boy died from extensive bleeding after the chair’s gas cylinder burst, sending metal chair parts into his rectum. While pictures of the chair have swept the internet, they did not reveal the boy’s name or when the incident allegedly occurred. A gas cylinder containing compressed air is typical of adjustable office chairs. An air valve operated by a side handle on the chair may be used to raise or lower the seat. In 2007, another chair reportedly injured a person after exploding in China. Newspapers said a 68-year-old man escaped with minor injuries after a 20cm chair piece pierced his bottom.

My thought for today

Everything is a matter of perspective.

More than ever, watch what you say

via the Sydney Morning Herald

Federal Parliament passed a law that allows the Government to read private emails, text messages and other stored communications without our knowledge. The power extends to innocent people, called B-parties, if they have been unlucky enough to communicate with someone suspected of a crime or of being a threat to national security.

I thought you should be aware of this sinister move on the part of the Australian Government to read private emails, text messages and other electronic data without our knowledge!

This is something that should not stand anywhere in the world, let alone in forward Western democracies.