<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428</id><updated>2012-01-16T23:06:46.067+10:00</updated><category term='Mass Debates'/><category term='Shits n Giggles'/><category term='Say It Aint So'/><category term='Vulturious Bastards'/><category term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><category term='Re-start'/><category term='Moral Hysteria'/><category term='Porn'/><category term='M.A.R.E'/><category term='Criminals'/><category term='Cairns etc'/><category term='Prudes'/><category term='You Oughta Know'/><category term='In The Land Of Oz'/><category term='Politics'/><title type='text'>The Roast</title><subtitle type='html'>"never before have so many, been so fucked, by so few". - Crash</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>104</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-357366803655250886</id><published>2011-12-17T23:25:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T23:25:41.653+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>Politician pay rise - bend over, it's Xmas</title><summary type='text'>Those vulturious bastards who pretend to run the country have outdone themselves. Yep, while people all over the joint are stressing about not being able to afford the latest consumables like food, power - rent etc. The politicians have been awarded a pay rise. 

A FUCKING PAY RISE!

While at the same time they're busy slashing govt spending in a desperate measure to balance the books as they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/357366803655250886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/12/politician-pay-rise-bend-over-its-xmas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/357366803655250886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/357366803655250886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/12/politician-pay-rise-bend-over-its-xmas.html' title='Politician pay rise - bend over, it&apos;s Xmas'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-8963402939392776517</id><published>2011-12-16T21:06:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T21:31:47.211+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>The Roast Dot Com Dot Au</title><summary type='text'>A loyal reader and sometimes pot smoker sent me a link to this site The Roast.com.au. Here's what P.H had to say:

It's laughable, everything on that 'blog' is wet and stolen from the 'chasers war on everything', you must be doing something right mate for the Sydney Morning Herald to be the inspiration for a blog that is so obviously trying to redirect links ... etc etc
Here's a screen capture of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/8963402939392776517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/12/roast-dot-com-dot-au.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8963402939392776517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8963402939392776517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/12/roast-dot-com-dot-au.html' title='The Roast Dot Com Dot Au'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eym1U950yW0/TuscrD8Tv6I/AAAAAAAADUo/wgWBrRipw1Y/s72-c/nottheroast.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-2611062466042349952</id><published>2011-12-16T17:42:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T17:42:40.020+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>occupy</title><summary type='text'>I came across this photo essay and stole what to me were some of the more poignant pics to share with you good readers [hi Mum].

The financial and political corruption that we all have accepted for so long is starting to collapse under it's own weight. People are finally waking up to the reality of living as serfs while being told they are 'free'.

People are saying, collectively, Fuck You.

And</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/2611062466042349952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/12/occupy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2611062466042349952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2611062466042349952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/12/occupy.html' title='occupy'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mTQLAbHi_Cg/Turwi8AcImI/AAAAAAAADTg/G0f5aB-TM7o/s72-c/99percent.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5862620478133721615</id><published>2011-12-02T15:49:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T22:40:46.213+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>Wake Up Call</title><summary type='text'>If you're at all interested in your personal liberty and freedoms, you might have time to check this documentary out [it's well produced and damned informative].

Here's the blurb:

Compiled by John Nada. Some of the topics covered in this documentary are: The New World Order, Federal Reserve, Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, North American Union, The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5862620478133721615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/12/wake-up-call.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5862620478133721615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5862620478133721615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/12/wake-up-call.html' title='Wake Up Call'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M1gGtg4-ozw/Tth-QZNsUlI/AAAAAAAADRQ/A3KppYw3icI/s72-c/wakeupdisclaimer.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-3721168991369717615</id><published>2011-12-02T14:31:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T14:44:48.980+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>Freedom to Fascism : A must see Documentary</title><summary type='text'>If you only get time to watch one documentary this summer - make it this one:

Former rock &amp; roll promoter and manager – turned – political activist Aaron Russo sets out to discover the truth behind the Internal Revenue Service in an eye-opening documentary filmed to find out if there is any existing law that requires Americans to pay an income tax. What Russo claims to uncover in his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/3721168991369717615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/12/freedom-to-fascism-must-see-documentary.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3721168991369717615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3721168991369717615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/12/freedom-to-fascism-must-see-documentary.html' title='Freedom to Fascism : A must see Documentary'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/lUpZhhbKUBo/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-3908775894031635750</id><published>2011-11-27T15:24:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T15:24:56.133+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prudes'/><title type='text'>Teen Panties make MP cry</title><summary type='text'>With everything that's wrong in the world [rampant greed, war, famine, political bastardry etc], you'd think that elected members of parliament would be fairly thick skinned.

MP for Moreton, Graham Perrett is obviously however, a sensitive soul. In fact Mr Perrett claims that seeing adolescent underclothes is enough to reduce him to tears:



Mr Perrett

It makes me cry to see that sort of stuff</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/3908775894031635750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/11/teen-panties-make-mp-cry.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3908775894031635750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3908775894031635750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/11/teen-panties-make-mp-cry.html' title='Teen Panties make MP cry'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_f99nC2nCA/TtG-izm_nLI/AAAAAAAADQ4/mYbxZv0zwQU/s72-c/mp-graham-perrett.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-1197375871841403168</id><published>2011-10-17T17:38:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T21:10:40.149+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>Occupy Wall Street</title><summary type='text'>If you've been following the 'news' then you spend too much time in front of the T.V,. But that aside, it seems we're not alone, [well, of course we all are ... but you know].

People are actually giving vent to their dissatisfaction, their hubris is making headlines. The co-operate machine is running out of vaseline ... they must be shitting themselves... [corporations that is, the rest of us </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/1197375871841403168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1197375871841403168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1197375871841403168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street.html' title='Occupy Wall Street'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/cCRnkamitVk/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-8397820238216024711</id><published>2011-06-22T16:10:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-07-03T00:37:53.914+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>The facts don't matter anymore ...</title><summary type='text'>If you caught the John Pilger doco 'The War You Don't See' on SBS last night, then go back to what you were doing.

If you didn't then you missed something that was well worth a look. It reveals exactly what I am always bleating on about - lying politicians and a complicit media [not to mention a gullible and easily manipulated audience].

Anyway, if ya get the chance - dig it up and watch it. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/8397820238216024711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/06/facts-dont-matter-anymore.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8397820238216024711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8397820238216024711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/06/facts-dont-matter-anymore.html' title='The facts don&apos;t matter anymore ...'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4550179469155685399</id><published>2011-06-22T11:00:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-06-22T11:00:56.559+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><title type='text'>Democracy for sale</title><summary type='text'>If you need further proof that 'democracy' is big business rather than an egalitarian form of Government then here it is.

According to Robert X Cringley on PCWorld's site:

A new bill that just flew through a U.S. Senate committee could make embedding copyrighted videos a crime, punishable by five years in the pokey.

In effect, the bill is pretty simple. Senate Bill 978 takes existing copyright</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4550179469155685399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/06/democracy-for-sale.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4550179469155685399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4550179469155685399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/06/democracy-for-sale.html' title='Democracy for sale'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5516838794145924730</id><published>2011-06-15T21:52:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-06-17T21:42:51.745+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>Live exports and the war in Iraq</title><summary type='text'>I'm not the most insensitive being on the planet, I care what happens to people and poor defenceless animals ... you know, just like you.

God help anyone who would send a cow to the slaughter without fully making sure that it died the very best death possible [excluding old age or other natural causes, like ... well, lions ...].

I feel the same about 20yr old's. Yes, I know, call me old </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5516838794145924730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/06/live-exports-and-war-in-iraq.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5516838794145924730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5516838794145924730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/06/live-exports-and-war-in-iraq.html' title='Live exports and the war in Iraq'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-65OJmF_mqpc/TfiagpNLuZI/AAAAAAAADHI/5VPRTISlWQc/s72-c/charonboat_dot_com_american_2female_soldier.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7293681534703846502</id><published>2011-04-22T19:22:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2011-04-22T19:24:48.333+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shits n Giggles'/><title type='text'>twestival</title><summary type='text'>At last - Twitter has worked out how to make money from people discussing what they had for lunch - throw a party and charge people to come ...

Twitter has put together a series of events that 'Tweeters' can attend to swap stories and anecdotes from their time on ... well, Titter.

Yep, it's a Star Trek convention for people who don't have the attention span to watch Star Trek.

Obviously you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7293681534703846502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/04/twestival.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7293681534703846502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7293681534703846502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/04/twestival.html' title='twestival'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-561511261001846667</id><published>2011-04-21T22:44:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T22:44:51.672+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>Two journalists killed in Libya</title><summary type='text'>Two journalists have died reporting on the civil war in Libya. According to SBS Australia one served as an embedded journalist with the United States Marines for twelve months. The other was an 'academy' award nominee.

As an aside, SBS also briefly reported that seven civilians and one volunteer doctor also died in the same action.

Let's review shall we?. SEVEN civilians died, one VOLUNTEER </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/561511261001846667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/04/two-journalists-killed-in-libya.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/561511261001846667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/561511261001846667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/04/two-journalists-killed-in-libya.html' title='Two journalists killed in Libya'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-6447115486642350569</id><published>2011-04-13T20:23:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-04-13T20:30:32.963+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moral Hysteria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>So let me get this straight ...</title><summary type='text'>It's a sin worthy of job suspension for 18yr old cadets in your charge to have a root and record it for their friends amusement, whilst setting FIRE to, [and killing] your [allegedly abusive] husband is  punishable by well, a suspended sentence? ...

Oh. Okay then.

Yep, makes complete sense.

Welcome to Saudi Australia, where the punishment fits the times.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/6447115486642350569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/04/so-let-me-get-this-straight.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6447115486642350569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6447115486642350569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/04/so-let-me-get-this-straight.html' title='So let me get this straight ...'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-474735453730504676</id><published>2011-04-07T22:06:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2011-04-07T22:16:59.217+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><title type='text'>Politicians Criticise Banks</title><summary type='text'>You want to have a laugh - a good old roll on the floor belly chuckle?. Well have I got just the post for you.

Seems some English MP's are upset because:

A House of Commons Treasury Select Committee report has criticised banks for failing their customers in the fight against online fraud.

Members of the influential committee criticised banks as being "unprepared" to deal with internet fraud as</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/474735453730504676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/04/politicians-criticise-banks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/474735453730504676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/474735453730504676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/04/politicians-criticise-banks.html' title='Politicians Criticise Banks'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-1066392737932632678</id><published>2011-04-01T16:43:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2011-09-16T17:33:23.452+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shits n Giggles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>The Tropics a survival guide for TNQ</title><summary type='text'>

Author with a wee mate found on the job
So you want to move to the tropics eh? Sunny days, sultry nights and warm seas to swim in... beautiful.

However, it's not all pina coloda's and easy 18 year old backpackers. Here's a quick list of other things to consider:

If you're bitten by a spider here - you probably won't turn into spiderman

Everyone is insane - it's the heat, but you'll get used </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/1066392737932632678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/04/tropics-survival-guide-for-tnq.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1066392737932632678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1066392737932632678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/04/tropics-survival-guide-for-tnq.html' title='The Tropics a survival guide for TNQ'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EFUKfOgzClI/TZWAsSRSjiI/AAAAAAAADE0/eBWHJkKsfjc/s72-c/crashrep516.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-1324853549040805989</id><published>2011-03-30T19:43:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-03-30T20:28:38.646+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>9 cats eaten by snakes in cairns</title><summary type='text'>Cats are, of course, just furry Cane Toads- they decimate the wildlife and provide nothing - except comfort for gay men, teenage girls and crazy middle aged women who can't get laid.



good kitty right? ... right ...
No really, ya can't ride 'em, ya can't use their fur [well, maybe ya could - but there would be hell to pay], ya can't eat 'em, they can't help the blind, rescue you from a mountain</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/1324853549040805989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/9-cats-eaten-by-snakes-in-cairns.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1324853549040805989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1324853549040805989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/9-cats-eaten-by-snakes-in-cairns.html' title='9 cats eaten by snakes in cairns'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-8114214879070276379</id><published>2011-03-29T17:40:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T17:40:15.432+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>mandatory pre-commitment for pokie players</title><summary type='text'>Gambling is a mugs game, gambling on pokie machines is just complete fiscal suicide - but it doesn't stop people throwing their money away and probably not a lot will, until they hit bottom and lose the house.

But now the Govt is coming to the rescue by attempting to introduce a form of 'self'-imposed restraint. The idea is that if you'd like to gamble on the pokies you [presumably] swip your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/8114214879070276379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/mandatory-pre-commitment-for-pokie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8114214879070276379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8114214879070276379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/mandatory-pre-commitment-for-pokie.html' title='mandatory pre-commitment for pokie players'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-2472121069502525319</id><published>2011-03-25T19:57:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-03-25T22:43:55.551+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><title type='text'>A Sociological Viewpoint</title><summary type='text'>Because I think 'sociology' is just so much wank, I decided to investigate further. I deliberately tried to take offence at any image, advertisement - fly by night comedy series that doesn't portray racial diversity, and/or 'socially' relevant populist forum that is committed to the espousing of propaganda for the betterment of a privileged minority.

I found this:



Parliament

Maybe those </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/2472121069502525319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/sociological-viewpoint.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2472121069502525319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2472121069502525319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/sociological-viewpoint.html' title='A Sociological Viewpoint'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6_AIbWghyJQ/TYxjhrJtjQI/AAAAAAAADEE/ASJtViCWkQ4/s72-c/offended1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7639120290622209904</id><published>2011-03-19T12:44:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2011-03-25T18:57:07.479+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>Australian Sex Party Votes</title><summary type='text'>

Fiona Patten ASP
Stand in a booth, look carefully at the candidates - which one would you like to vote all over?

If you live in Sydney [then I'm sorry to hear that...], but if you do - and the Government is making you vote - no doubt on a Saturday - with a hangover. Then why not give an underdog a chance?. Labor are so confused they can't even spell Labour right [although that may be because </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7639120290622209904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/australian-sex-party-votes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7639120290622209904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7639120290622209904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/australian-sex-party-votes.html' title='Australian Sex Party Votes'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RyMUtLn2V3U/TYNe8bkTwjI/AAAAAAAADD4/JYswI2SwWfo/s72-c/largest.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-6586536121341227304</id><published>2011-03-18T17:50:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-03-18T17:50:52.327+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><title type='text'>Japan Disaster May Cause iPad2 Delays</title><summary type='text'>The above is the [abridged] heading for a post on the Fox News website [with the help of the Wall Street Journal].

And you know what - that kind of sums it all up really doesn't it?

Yes, we realise that thousands of people have died/are dying and a whole country is living in terror due to nuclear instability and the threat of fall-out.

But where is our stuff? ... 

Nice.

I don't need to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/6586536121341227304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/japan-disaster-may-cause-ipad2-delays.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6586536121341227304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6586536121341227304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/japan-disaster-may-cause-ipad2-delays.html' title='Japan Disaster May Cause iPad2 Delays'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-6196103337524640313</id><published>2011-03-16T13:53:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T18:54:10.593+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><title type='text'>Trolls and Tribulations</title><summary type='text'>I get my share of shadowy lurkers - trolls and dolts, but for the most part they're fairly benign. Most seem happy to just call me a wanker and move on - or sometimes they take the trouble to point out a spelling mistake or other error ... and I appreciate that.

I've even had high profile lawyers stop by and threaten - which just goes to show, ya never know who's reading ya blog.

But today, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/6196103337524640313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/trolls-and-tribulations.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6196103337524640313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6196103337524640313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/trolls-and-tribulations.html' title='Trolls and Tribulations'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-737270220616580567</id><published>2011-03-15T22:51:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T18:54:39.201+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>would you like cheese with that?</title><summary type='text'>Depending on your socio-political leanings, you may be offended by this post. You see this is a post of two halves ... if you are offended, please form a queue outside Tracy Grimshaw's dressing room ... ya can't miss it - it's the one with the lawyers outside handing out business cards...

Anyway, enough about Tracy, we'll get to her in a later post. No, this post is about how to tell your left </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/737270220616580567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/would-you-like-cheese-with-that.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/737270220616580567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/737270220616580567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/would-you-like-cheese-with-that.html' title='would you like cheese with that?'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5227476708783511971</id><published>2011-03-15T16:08:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T16:08:30.918+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shits n Giggles'/><title type='text'>Honest Politics</title><summary type='text'>I noticed this in the QLD Labor party web-site footer today ...




I'm just sayin ....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5227476708783511971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/honest-politics.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5227476708783511971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5227476708783511971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/honest-politics.html' title='Honest Politics'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JRkfHtSuWm8/TX8BRHM3y-I/AAAAAAAADD0/Q9k-uLvtL1s/s72-c/toadshowroast.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-1272534721609850818</id><published>2011-03-15T08:30:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T12:05:34.099+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>ya can't touch this</title><summary type='text'>Here's something to prove that the pseudo health industry has decided you're an idiot.

'No-touch' hand sanitisers.

The idea being that because you touch the pump on the regular dispensers, your hands will become covered in harmful bacteria left by previous users - thus a hands free version. However, if the product does what it claims to do [kills harmful pathogens], then ...  

Think about it.
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/1272534721609850818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/ya-cant-touch-this.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1272534721609850818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1272534721609850818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/03/ya-cant-touch-this.html' title='ya can&apos;t touch this'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-3042449330386768525</id><published>2011-02-27T17:53:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2011-04-01T19:05:56.290+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>Why iPhone 5 sucks</title><summary type='text'>So you got an iphone. And it's great. You can download apps you don't really need and book up ludicrous phone bills because your provider knows you'll go nuts playing with your, errr iPhone ...

Excellent.

If you live in the developed world, an iPhone makes sense in that 'microwave popcorn' kinda way. But if you live in the third world, say rural Australia - it's about as useful as a chocolate </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/3042449330386768525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/why-iphone-5-sucks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3042449330386768525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3042449330386768525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/why-iphone-5-sucks.html' title='Why iPhone 5 sucks'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-6204332422290609311</id><published>2011-02-27T12:43:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-02-27T12:43:05.788+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><title type='text'>T.V boycott</title><summary type='text'>Watching T.V these days is an exercise in self control. I daren't watch it with a beer in my hand any more, as wide screen T.V's don't take kindly to having things thrown at them [the older type could take quite a lot of abuse mind you]... sigh, the good old days.

The network logo's that are becoming increasingly larger and more obtrusive have become almost untenable. Likewise the incredibly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/6204332422290609311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/tv-boycott.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6204332422290609311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6204332422290609311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/tv-boycott.html' title='T.V boycott'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5832118602699379682</id><published>2011-02-27T11:17:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-02-27T11:23:37.532+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>Channel Seven Gets It Wrong</title><summary type='text'>

Africa's most deadly predator?
In the preview to channel 7's 'Sunday Night' program [Sunday 27th Feb 2011] the voice over gravely announces that Hippo's are 'Africa's most dangerous predators'. That's right - Hippos are now predators. They may be responsible for many human fatalities but that doesn't make them predators. They may even be known to eat carrion and for males to kill rival </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5832118602699379682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/channel-seven-gets-it-wrong.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5832118602699379682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5832118602699379682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/channel-seven-gets-it-wrong.html' title='Channel Seven Gets It Wrong'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4423470604627186811</id><published>2011-02-12T01:06:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T18:55:57.799+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>I love the ABC</title><summary type='text'>Not to be confused with 'I love my ABC's - which would be ridiculous, I needed to spell check ridiculous, well twice now. If I loved my ABC's I would've had some idea in what order they appear to make a word.

I love the ABC [for my overseas visitors that's the tax funded 'Australian Broadcasting Company', not the 'American Broadcasting Company' of the same acronym]. Because it's funded by our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4423470604627186811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-love-abc.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4423470604627186811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4423470604627186811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-love-abc.html' title='I love the ABC'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4896973366587855663</id><published>2011-02-11T21:19:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2011-02-11T21:36:09.031+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>ABC's Jeff Sparrow  - why does anyone care?</title><summary type='text'>

J.Sparrow
I came across a web log post on the ABC website - unleashed, by Jeff Sparrow - no, I don't know if that's his birth name but signing things J.Sparrow must be pretty damned cool ...

Anyway, Mr Sparrow is an author and an academic [he gets paid to think]. And he thought about why people are bothering to question the P.M's sincerity:

All yesterday, talk-back radio quizzed its listeners</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4896973366587855663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/abcs-jeff-sparrow-why-does-anyone-care.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4896973366587855663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4896973366587855663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/abcs-jeff-sparrow-why-does-anyone-care.html' title='ABC&apos;s Jeff Sparrow  - why does anyone care?'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-6158729538820536944</id><published>2011-02-11T17:53:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-02-11T21:28:42.314+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><title type='text'>Eddie McGuire - sorry [ish]</title><summary type='text'>Eddie McGuire has been quick to distance himself from ... er, himself by poking fun at ... well, himself. So yes, it's all about Eddie.

He is quoted as saying:

I’m hardly the type to look down at people of my own station in life
His own station in life? Radio/T.V personalities who own football clubs? ... just how many of them are there?.

But Ed's got a point when he said:

I’m sorry if they’re</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/6158729538820536944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/eddie-mcguire-sorry-ish.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6158729538820536944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6158729538820536944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/eddie-mcguire-sorry-ish.html' title='Eddie McGuire - sorry [ish]'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-2381264604329118949</id><published>2011-02-11T16:47:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T18:56:41.434+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Parliament Question Time</title><summary type='text'>So you want to have a dig at your elected officials who act out like children off their ADHD medication during Parliament Question Time?

Well tough. You're not allowed.

Because to do so would be breaking the 'conditions of access' that you must agree to before you can view the online content:


That's right. It doesn't matter how ludicrously they behave. You can't slam them for it by posting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/2381264604329118949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/parliament-question-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2381264604329118949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2381264604329118949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/parliament-question-time.html' title='Parliament Question Time'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TVTHI6cPx7I/AAAAAAAADBc/CELI3jyZURU/s72-c/no-satireroast.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-8264160700370528991</id><published>2011-02-02T15:36:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T18:05:15.684+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cairns etc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shits n Giggles'/><title type='text'>Cyclone Preparation in Cairns</title><summary type='text'>




Everyone has their own way of coping ...

Keep ya heads down - take care and we'll see ya's on the other side.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/8264160700370528991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/cyclone-preparation-in-cairns.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8264160700370528991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8264160700370528991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/cyclone-preparation-in-cairns.html' title='Cyclone Preparation in Cairns'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUjrwBYGh9I/AAAAAAAADBM/jUaNoWi7bw0/s72-c/happenincairns.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-2076355603839503049</id><published>2011-02-01T00:16:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T17:12:05.315+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><title type='text'>60 minutes producer 'You were a HACKER' Assange</title><summary type='text'>

60 minutes producer Tanya Simon 'Assange was a hacker'
In a strange and slightly skewed adjunct to the 60 minutes story on Julian Assange, 60 minutes has added interviews with one of the stories producers [Tanya Simon] and the reporter involved [Steve Kroft].

The interviewer [on 60 minutes overtime] tried valiantly to lead her interviewees down the road of [badly edited] statements creating </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/2076355603839503049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/60-minutes-producer-you-were-hacker.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2076355603839503049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2076355603839503049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/02/60-minutes-producer-you-were-hacker.html' title='60 minutes producer &apos;You were a HACKER&apos; Assange'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUa9Id-xh0I/AAAAAAAADA0/wCPAsMRgaFo/s72-c/you%20wereahacker.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5188655426401526029</id><published>2011-01-28T20:35:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T20:44:37.765+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shits n Giggles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Queensland Tragedy</title><summary type='text'>The Prime Minister of Australia has been doing the rounds trying to support her friends in the media who throw superlatives around like an undercooked prawn.  

While visiting a Sydney primary school Julia Gillard was asked if she would like to lead the discussion on the word 'Tragedy' a word the media uses at every opportunity, especially if it helps create a new tax. 

Ms Gillard began by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5188655426401526029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/queensland-tragedy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5188655426401526029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5188655426401526029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/queensland-tragedy.html' title='Queensland Tragedy'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7746033139874024167</id><published>2011-01-28T20:00:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T20:06:20.188+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cairns etc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moral Hysteria'/><title type='text'>Mothers want Sesame Street Ban</title><summary type='text'>Mothers Against Recreation and Erotica have called for a ban on the popular and long running programme Sesame Street, describing it as corruptive and 'inappropriate' for young viewers.

In an interview with the 'Daily Believer', Ms Julie Windy is quoted as saying:

The so called 'childrens network' is obviously an unsavoury euphemism for child exploitation and we want to see Governments take </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7746033139874024167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/mothers-want-sesame-street-ban.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7746033139874024167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7746033139874024167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/mothers-want-sesame-street-ban.html' title='Mothers want Sesame Street Ban'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUKTlHSfcoI/AAAAAAAAC_g/nKzbCJeP8Ig/s72-c/f_FunnyPicturm_793df00.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4473563232612168822</id><published>2011-01-28T17:04:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T20:12:22.994+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Say It Aint So'/><title type='text'>Musicology, The Beatles and Bikinis</title><summary type='text'>Every so often I'll come across something that is so blatantly laughable it needs no roasting - it's pre-cooked so to speak.

Here is one such offering:

A Liverpool Uni is offering an MA in 'Beatles studies'. 

Yep, and the very first recipient of this honour goes to a former Canadian beauty queen.

Now seriously, do I need to say more? well no, I don't - but I will...

A Canadian woman has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4473563232612168822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/musicology-beatles-and-bikinis.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4473563232612168822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4473563232612168822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/musicology-beatles-and-bikinis.html' title='Musicology, The Beatles and Bikinis'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-8163711832612828226</id><published>2011-01-25T22:35:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-25T22:36:35.582+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>Australia Day</title><summary type='text'>Australia day!. Not to be confused with 'free drinks if your wearing panties Friday's' at 'Keiths' is celebrated the world over in Australia.

It's a bloody great day - the night before, I like to get drunk as a warm up to getting shit-faced on the day proper. It's like Christmas before ya had kids.

Sadly, 1 Australian has let the team down [no, not Ricky Ponting], Mr G. Stephens has decided </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/8163711832612828226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/australia-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8163711832612828226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8163711832612828226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/australia-day.html' title='Australia Day'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TT6-JvKI8yI/AAAAAAAAC_A/Mfw1qjxE2bs/s72-c/anduthoughtkiwislovedsheepsmile.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5180278583883272721</id><published>2011-01-22T17:44:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-24T16:24:33.981+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>Sydney - the worst city in Australia</title><summary type='text'>According to the New Zealand Herald, Sydney has been voted as the worst city in Au by it's own residents.

They hammered its natural environment, schools, housing, cleanliness, cultural integration and road network, ranking it bottom of the nation's eight biggest metropolises
Conversely, Adelaide was voted as being the best. Which is odd considering no-one knows where Adelaide is or what's in it.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5180278583883272721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/sydney-worst-city-in-australia.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5180278583883272721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5180278583883272721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/sydney-worst-city-in-australia.html' title='Sydney - the worst city in Australia'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4594497665886714597</id><published>2011-01-22T15:56:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-22T15:56:11.539+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><title type='text'>Fox News Source: Wikileaks</title><summary type='text'>Fox News, the media outlet that showcases all that is wrong with America have divulged they used 'wikileaks' as a source for an on-line article.

Leaked U.S. Cable: Iran Clears Major Milestone in Quest for Nuclear Bomb

All very interesting when you consider that Fox News staffers have literally been calling for Julian Assange's head.

Ahhh ... there's nothing like the smell of hypocrisy in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4594497665886714597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/fox-news-source-wikileaks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4594497665886714597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4594497665886714597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/fox-news-source-wikileaks.html' title='Fox News Source: Wikileaks'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-8972535168520007768</id><published>2011-01-22T14:50:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-24T16:25:24.365+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>Oprah Loves Australia</title><summary type='text'>Oprah Winfrey arrived in Australia to all the pomp and ceremony usually reserved for heads of state. Her trip, which was four years in the planning and cost millions has been billed a success based on T.V ratings for her show that she recorded here.

Yep, that's how we get our statistics in Aus - filtered through the impartiality of the commercial networks ... ahem ... cough..

Apparently 2 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/8972535168520007768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/oprah-loves-australia.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8972535168520007768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8972535168520007768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/oprah-loves-australia.html' title='Oprah Loves Australia'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TTpQLBP8N9I/AAAAAAAAC9E/Y4qf22KRb7c/s72-c/doomadgeeban.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4401388053186594316</id><published>2011-01-22T12:19:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-22T12:19:13.846+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Criminals'/><title type='text'>Want to rule the web?</title><summary type='text'>If you're a megalomaniac - or a blogger [which is much the same thing], you can now buy your very own internetweb fiefdom. For just $500.00 U.S anyone can play at being a 'webmaster' on any number of sites hacked by SQL injection. 

These include Universities, Military and Govt sites ... I know, I see a shitstorm on the horizon too.

So slip on your favourite surfing underpants and watch the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4401388053186594316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/want-to-rule-web.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4401388053186594316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4401388053186594316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/want-to-rule-web.html' title='Want to rule the web?'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-3812013529626804752</id><published>2011-01-22T11:56:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-22T11:56:20.017+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shits n Giggles'/><title type='text'>You cant trust anyone eh?</title><summary type='text'>I was put onto this by Hazards from the Land Of The Wrong White Crowd - thanks mate, laughed like hell.

Enjoy.

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/3812013529626804752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/you-cant-trust-anyone-eh.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3812013529626804752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3812013529626804752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/you-cant-trust-anyone-eh.html' title='You cant trust anyone eh?'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-3057827566605841232</id><published>2011-01-22T11:44:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-22T12:21:45.086+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>Death Penalty Drug Shortage</title><summary type='text'>Hospira Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturers of the drug Sodium thiopental have announced they will discontinue production of the active ingredient used to kill people by lethal injection in the USA.

Hospira Pharmaceuticals are on record as opposing the use of their drugs in executions but say they have no control over how their pharmaceuticals are utilised once sold. 

They cite moving their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/3057827566605841232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/death-penalty-drug-shortage.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3057827566605841232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3057827566605841232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/death-penalty-drug-shortage.html' title='Death Penalty Drug Shortage'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7847924582264967461</id><published>2011-01-20T19:28:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T21:43:37.505+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shits n Giggles'/><title type='text'>Nothing happens in Canada</title><summary type='text'>I was doing some research on Canada after hearing that Dire Straights songs have to be censored there and I discovered something. Nothing interesting happens in Canada and no one, other than Canadians, seem to know much about the place.

What is known is that they like to play ice hockey before nipping off home for beaver pudding covered in maple syrup. They also have a police force, named after </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7847924582264967461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/nothing-happens-in-canada.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7847924582264967461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7847924582264967461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/nothing-happens-in-canada.html' title='Nothing happens in Canada'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-2110822221090442556</id><published>2011-01-20T17:42:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T19:52:37.141+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>Dire Straights in Dire Straights</title><summary type='text'>Censorship - that old chestnut where the vocal minority make sure the rest of us don't enjoy ourselves, has reared it's blinkered head in Canada. A radio station has been told to censor the Dire Straights song 'money for nothing' by removing the word faggot.

No, I'm not joking. 

Some queer on some gay censorship board has responded to a complaint from a complete pansy regarding one word in a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/2110822221090442556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/dire-straights-in-dire-straights.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2110822221090442556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2110822221090442556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/dire-straights-in-dire-straights.html' title='Dire Straights in Dire Straights'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7683665944280027571</id><published>2011-01-15T22:30:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-15T23:10:35.876+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Criminals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Wikileaks unplugged</title><summary type='text'>If you're like me [you should seek treatment...], no, if you're like me you simply don't have time to wade through the plethora of information wikileaks has released. However, I try to have a bit of  a look when I get the chance. I do this because I don't trust the 'media' to 'look' for me. The 'media' must despise wikileaks. After all wikileaks exposes, at least in part, the prime time duplicity</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7683665944280027571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/wikileaks-unplugged.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7683665944280027571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7683665944280027571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/wikileaks-unplugged.html' title='Wikileaks unplugged'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-2444194320843698745</id><published>2011-01-14T20:18:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-15T21:17:05.735+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>Vicki Lawrence - Professional and Clean</title><summary type='text'>Underemployed actress/'comedian' Vicki Lawrence has had a wee dummy spit about a homeless guy by the Name of Ted Williams getting the chance to have his teeth fixed, his addictions treated and his belly full because, as she says:

I am classic TV, but I am struggling to get work on TV, so I've had to go on the road.
The poor dear. Essentially what she's saying is that she had her shot but her </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/2444194320843698745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/vicki-lawrence-professional-and-clean.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2444194320843698745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2444194320843698745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/vicki-lawrence-professional-and-clean.html' title='Vicki Lawrence - Professional and Clean'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-1704528023104206357</id><published>2011-01-11T17:25:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-11T17:28:15.672+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><title type='text'>Who will murder Assange?</title><summary type='text'>It seems plenty of people want Julian Assange dead. Political commentators, bloggers, radio hosts, politicians, high ranking soldiers. The list goes on. Here's what Bob Beckel a FOX News commentator and USA today columnist had to say:

A dead man can't leak stuff...This guy's a traitor, he's treasonous, and he has broken every law of the United States. And I'm not for the death penalty, so...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/1704528023104206357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/who-will-murder-assange.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1704528023104206357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1704528023104206357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/who-will-murder-assange.html' title='Who will murder Assange?'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5741434218089583421</id><published>2011-01-07T22:18:00.012+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-09T00:11:08.850+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cairns etc'/><title type='text'>Unemployment leads to blogging</title><summary type='text'>When I started this ole blog, I was under employed, new to the area and completely unversed in the ways of the blogisphere. I had no idea that through it I would be threatened with a lawsuit, [from a high profile current affairs presenter that takes herself - way, way to seriously...], or used as a platform for personal/political attacks, revenge and general bastardry.

More fool me eh?.

But ya </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5741434218089583421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/unemployment-leads-to-blogging.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5741434218089583421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5741434218089583421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/unemployment-leads-to-blogging.html' title='Unemployment leads to blogging'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TScFRG6I94I/AAAAAAAAC54/_MnpKdrp110/s72-c/codeforfree.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5541868754649981419</id><published>2011-01-07T20:56:00.007+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-08T22:28:17.939+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='You Oughta Know'/><title type='text'>Global Animal Deaths</title><summary type='text'>I didn't really believe in global warming - until I read an article that I am re-posting here, abridged and heavily edited by myself:

The [2011] worldwide tally of animals that have died from apparently unknown causes has grown.

Some 2 million dead fish washed ashore at Chesapeake Bay. 

In England, approximately 40,000 Velvet crabs washed up along the Kent shore. Smaller numbers of Whelk, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5541868754649981419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/global-animal-deaths.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5541868754649981419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5541868754649981419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/global-animal-deaths.html' title='Global Animal Deaths'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-613880917833154541</id><published>2011-01-07T10:58:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-07T21:06:29.038+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>Conviction Kitchen</title><summary type='text'>Channel 7's latest show about people doing things in the kitchen with food has absolutely nothing to do with cooking.

According to the host of the show, Ian Curly - it's about helping young offenders develop life skills ... through, um, well ... cooking.

The 'stars' of the show will be spending 15hrs a day in the kitchen - presumably preping and errr, cooking. There will also be recipes on the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/613880917833154541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/conviction-kitchen.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/613880917833154541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/613880917833154541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/conviction-kitchen.html' title='Conviction Kitchen'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TSZd5yA6X0I/AAAAAAAAC5o/Yk_Jdf38V00/s72-c/convictionkitchen.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7489404177949467663</id><published>2011-01-07T01:39:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2011-01-07T01:39:21.850+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>Maiden China - the new 'c' word</title><summary type='text'>The other night, over a cup of lentil soup and a water biscuit - the subject of buying local came up, with inevitable results.

Fingers were pointed and fists pounded while retail stores were blamed for pandering to foreign interests at the expense of local enterprise. 

It was all fair enough - valid even. Then we looked at the labels on our clothes - lots of MADE IN CHINA.  Sort of spoiled the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7489404177949467663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/maiden-china-new-c-word.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7489404177949467663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7489404177949467663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2011/01/maiden-china-new-c-word.html' title='Maiden China - the new &apos;c&apos; word'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TSWEi8qT-AI/AAAAAAAAC5M/e0MuiCqbmt4/s72-c/mdenchina.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-6955086148979262883</id><published>2010-12-31T16:12:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-31T19:08:56.529+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The New Year</title><summary type='text'>Well kids, it's almost the new year - and you know what that means... yep, it means it's time to get a new calendar.

But it's also a time to reflect, a time to remember and a time to get hammered while you're doing those things.

If you've had a crap year, I hope you have a better one and if it was a good 'un, then long may your luck continue.

For my part, well, I'll be trotting around the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/6955086148979262883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6955086148979262883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6955086148979262883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-year.html' title='The New Year'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TR1wmVzGXoI/AAAAAAAAC40/xenkIpnR0lY/s72-c/crashfish.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-6229131972447515985</id><published>2010-12-31T12:57:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-31T17:47:05.221+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vulturious Bastards'/><title type='text'>Dead Peasants Society</title><summary type='text'>If you're one of the millions of people who seemingly believe that corporations are merely benign infrastructures that create jobs and promote growth - here's something to consider.

Many corporations insure the lives of their 'low level' employees [often without the employees knowledge]. If the employee dies - the company gets the pay out. It's euphemistically called 'Dead Peasant insurance' - </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/6229131972447515985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/dead-peasants-society.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6229131972447515985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6229131972447515985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/dead-peasants-society.html' title='Dead Peasants Society'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-6683618959392025794</id><published>2010-12-29T21:42:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-31T16:21:24.838+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>they're suing cairnsblog and you're next</title><summary type='text'>Poor ole' Mike from Cairnsblog is in the shit for giving an elected official a hard time. Seems he's being sued for $350,000.00 - that's a lot of money - especially if you're unemployed.

Now personally, I don't like Mike, I don't like him, because I don't trust him. [when I was a pleb blogger I sent mike an email about this very blog - he subsequently published my name, email and locality] Bad </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/6683618959392025794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/theyre-suing-cairnsblog-and-youre-next.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6683618959392025794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6683618959392025794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/theyre-suing-cairnsblog-and-youre-next.html' title='they&apos;re suing cairnsblog and you&apos;re next'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-112882380319721710</id><published>2010-12-28T16:29:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-28T16:29:22.980+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism Trailer</title><summary type='text'>

Speaks for itself really ...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/112882380319721710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/rupert-murdochs-war-on-journalism.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/112882380319721710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/112882380319721710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/rupert-murdochs-war-on-journalism.html' title='Rupert Murdoch&apos;s War on Journalism Trailer'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4871615284947892001</id><published>2010-12-27T15:57:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T17:37:52.480+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>Morbid and fat</title><summary type='text'>Having time recently to reacquaint myself with the couch and the remote control, I began to wonder why I was feeling depressed and hungry ...

This would stop if I went for a fish or snake hunt or even a walk or swim. But as soon as I hit the couch a sense of dread followed by the munchies would descend over me in waves.

Obviously, the first thing I did was up my meds and drink a bottle of gin -</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4871615284947892001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/morbid-and-fat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4871615284947892001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4871615284947892001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/morbid-and-fat.html' title='Morbid and fat'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-1043669191342309000</id><published>2010-12-27T10:28:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T10:28:45.001+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>The Australian - now with free voyeur pics</title><summary type='text'>So while we're on the subject of Julian Assange I noticed this when I was doing some research on the beleaguered face of wikileaks.

Seems whilst British papers are prepared to try and look for a story that holds, at least some relevance, an Australian paper, [imaginatively called the 'Australian'] Assange's very own compatriots, want you to believe they have managed to find a pic of Assange with</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/1043669191342309000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/australian-now-with-free-voyeur-pics.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1043669191342309000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1043669191342309000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/australian-now-with-free-voyeur-pics.html' title='The Australian - now with free voyeur pics'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TRfToN2H3TI/AAAAAAAAC24/DiSfFHQnzP4/s72-c/gutterpress.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5353484878958528855</id><published>2010-12-27T09:21:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T10:52:07.181+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>cablegate a re-cap.</title><summary type='text'>Some funny people [BoingBoing and Joe Sabia of Get Whirled], have put together a handy little vid that gives a quick round up of wikileaks cable-gate so far.

If you haven't got time to troll through the thousands of cables that prove just how bloody immature, petty, self-serving and nationalistic our world 'leaders' really are for yourself - then check it out ... if you do have time, then for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5353484878958528855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/cablegate-re-cap.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5353484878958528855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5353484878958528855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/cablegate-re-cap.html' title='cablegate a re-cap.'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7791997992473420945</id><published>2010-12-24T23:15:00.008+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-25T13:53:57.711+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>kids free 2 be kids</title><summary type='text'>One of the things about the holidays is having time to go back over posts and check if anything has changed since they were ... well, written would be an overstatement in my case, but let's say fostered.

Here's a great example:

Australia's Biggest Wowsers

When I wrote it - I linked to a page that 'kids free 2 be kids' had of complaints ... seems that page has gone and instead has been replaced</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7791997992473420945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/kids-free-2-be-kids.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7791997992473420945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7791997992473420945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/kids-free-2-be-kids.html' title='kids free 2 be kids'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7417176607745887644</id><published>2010-12-15T21:18:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T21:18:34.692+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>the defence of julian assange</title><summary type='text'>Julian Assange the strangely albino-esque face of wikileaks is in trouble thanks to an ill considered reliance on condoms, the United States of America, Sweden's 'neutrality' and his own insistence on 'truth will out' - silly man. We blog, we'll fucking well tell you what the truth is!

But all that aside, the fact remains that he's a a man who, in real life does the things bloggers just write </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7417176607745887644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/defence-of-julian-assange.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7417176607745887644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7417176607745887644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/defence-of-julian-assange.html' title='the defence of julian assange'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-6013872133919496570</id><published>2010-12-15T15:51:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T19:43:26.404+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moral Hysteria'/><title type='text'>on being obnoxious</title><summary type='text'>As is my wont, I was randomly surfing the interwebnet and not just for porn but for something interesting. I didn't find anything, but I did find this: sociological images.

They had a post on the 'stigmatisation of single people' - no, seriously.

So I left a comment:

"stigmatising single people? WTF? Lmao – yeh, that’s what’s wrong in the world – the plight of the single person ‘desperate’ to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/6013872133919496570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/on-being-obnoxious.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6013872133919496570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6013872133919496570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/12/on-being-obnoxious.html' title='on being obnoxious'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-8168984014797463725</id><published>2010-10-27T00:21:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-24T18:09:20.460+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Criminals'/><title type='text'>If the shoe fits</title><summary type='text'>Recently a student at some ["live"] Melbourne wank feast threw - well, tossed a pair of shoes at a previous Australian P.M in a belated protest against the war. It came off as a bit daft, a little sad and completely ineffectual. 

But it wasn't. It wasn't, because last year another dissatisfied, underfed and over 2 minute noodle swilling dickhead threw a shoe at him [J.Howard] also. Next year we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/8168984014797463725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/10/if-shoe-fits.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8168984014797463725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8168984014797463725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/10/if-shoe-fits.html' title='If the shoe fits'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-6900296248230561316</id><published>2010-09-09T18:21:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T19:10:11.380+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>Lets Be Friends</title><summary type='text'>So out of the blue I get a friend request on Fake Book - from Michael P Moore no less [at least thats who fake book said it was - who the fuck knows eh?] ... anyway, Friend request? Friend? WTF? We're friends in much the same way as the Hussein and Bush families are; I'm not sure if he's retarded or just a complete idiot. 

I'm going with idiot retard. But maybe it comes from re-reading his own </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/6900296248230561316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/09/lets-be-friends.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6900296248230561316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6900296248230561316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/09/lets-be-friends.html' title='Lets Be Friends'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TRhWGXEHOxI/AAAAAAAAC38/9aDc-Sk-uy0/s72-c/demot1l.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4466530438554016604</id><published>2010-08-21T00:00:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T14:01:47.869+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>A small mind is a great thing to waste</title><summary type='text'>Ahhhh, election time. Where the people who don't actually have to do anything for three [or four] years [like work] suddenly stay up all night with their focus group/task force members [god, I wish I had those old posts] and pretend that they listen to you - yes, YOU.

They don't by the way. Politicians care what you think [like, feel, want or need], in much the same way that Hitler worried about</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4466530438554016604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/08/small-mind-is-great-thing-to-waste.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4466530438554016604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4466530438554016604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/08/small-mind-is-great-thing-to-waste.html' title='A small mind is a great thing to waste'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-2443915964815611286</id><published>2010-08-10T18:44:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T14:41:05.353+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Porn'/><title type='text'>Top porn tips</title><summary type='text'>The greatest thing about the 21st century isn't America having a black man for president, [although it's fun watching a public address waiting for the 'grassy knoll' to start smoking again]. It isn't the new and wide eyed acceptance of everything every climate scientist has to say about global warming. It isn't even the increased suicide rate of economists and hedge fund managers [although that's</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/2443915964815611286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/08/top-porn-tips.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2443915964815611286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2443915964815611286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/08/top-porn-tips.html' title='Top porn tips'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TRq7zL8zwYI/AAAAAAAAC4g/_y9PnUz8xqQ/s72-c/awesome.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4467527705619693486</id><published>2010-07-09T15:42:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T15:42:36.716+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Egging on the PM</title><summary type='text'>Australia's latest P.M narrowly avoided being hit by an egg that was thrown at her by a 55yr old man - which has left many people wondering why scientists can't compel chickens to lay bricks.

The less than 'Prime' Minister was on a freckle kissing tour of W.A where she has been the target of protesters who are unhappy with her policy on mining tax and immigration [they reckoned her hair looked </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4467527705619693486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/07/egging-on-pm.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4467527705619693486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4467527705619693486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/07/egging-on-pm.html' title='Egging on the PM'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-8990295728261564474</id><published>2010-07-09T15:09:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T17:04:33.674+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>How weird it is</title><summary type='text'>An American Judge has ordered that a Sheriff who refused a man a permit for carrying a concealed weapon [a gun] attend a course on the 1st amendmant and also to issue the permit.

Seems the cop - thought that the guy was just to freaky to be allowed to walk around town packing heat ... the judge soon set him straight, saying:

“This is a great reminder that the First Amendment protects the sole </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/8990295728261564474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-weird-it-is.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8990295728261564474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8990295728261564474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-weird-it-is.html' title='How weird it is'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5851474913509780176</id><published>2010-07-04T02:20:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T02:20:54.246+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Thats not democracy!</title><summary type='text'>The latest American war-lord, Pres Obama has sacked a general for criticising him - and quite rightly too, after all we are fighting for democracy.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5851474913509780176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/07/thats-not-democracy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5851474913509780176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5851474913509780176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/07/thats-not-democracy.html' title='Thats not democracy!'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4957659017258767051</id><published>2010-07-04T00:15:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T18:26:47.788+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>CairnsBlog seems a little bitter</title><summary type='text'>The great thing about the interwebnet is that anyone can claim to be anything. If you can be arsed making a blog and commenting on current events, then by definition you can claim to be a journalist - no training or qualifications required.

In fact, they may even be a hindrance. Take this blog by Yorkeys Knob, Cairns blogger Michael P Moore for example. Okay, it isn't exactly the height of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4957659017258767051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/07/cairnsblog-seems-little-bitter.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4957659017258767051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4957659017258767051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/07/cairnsblog-seems-little-bitter.html' title='CairnsBlog seems a little bitter'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_evSTIFye5zM/SxkcEFKKGHI/AAAAAAAACZY/Y88UxxjrMBQ/s72-c/HeartByrne1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4336483046502807921</id><published>2010-07-03T22:01:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T02:08:25.104+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Land Of Oz'/><title type='text'>Fuck off we're full</title><summary type='text'>Soooo, Australia now has a female P.M [the fact that she got there by using the knife handle in her former bosses back as a leg up seems to be conveniently forgotten], but that aside, what's even more interesting is this little factoid.

The P.M is a Welshwomen, the Premier of NSW is a yank and the Premier of S.A is a pome - and yet everyone seems so concerned with "boat people" ... lmao.

If it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4336483046502807921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/07/fuck-off-were-full.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4336483046502807921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4336483046502807921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/07/fuck-off-were-full.html' title='Fuck off we&apos;re full'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TC9gT9aGp5I/AAAAAAAACv4/e18GtbJAceM/s72-c/gillardmeerkat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-3383873008876127434</id><published>2010-05-12T00:58:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.251+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Terry Martin [ex] Labor  M.P ~ Filtering begins at home</title><summary type='text'>You are aware no doubt of the Australian Labor Govt decision to attempt to filter the internet [if not - go here and watch the vid]. What you may not have heard is that a [former] Labor politician has been charged with having sex with a 12 year old girl being prostituted by a couple of scumbag drug addicts whilst he was a member of parliament.Former Tasmanian Upper House Labor MP Terry Martin is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/3383873008876127434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/05/terry-martin-ex-labor-mp-filtering.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3383873008876127434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3383873008876127434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/05/terry-martin-ex-labor-mp-filtering.html' title='Terry Martin [ex] Labor  M.P ~ Filtering begins at home'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-1878651335179701439</id><published>2010-05-06T22:38:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.254+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>Catherine Deveny [ya can't fuckin' say that!]</title><summary type='text'>Catherine Deveny [an Australian comedian] has been told off for doing what she does in her own time on twitter.The naughty lass eh?In fact, she got fired. Yep, canned.The newspaper that sacked her [The Age] has claimed all sorts of fluff and bullshit as the reason.One report even claimed the next door neighbour's dog told them to do it ...I don't buy any of 'em, I won't even rent 'em.Personally, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/1878651335179701439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/05/catherine-deveny-ya-can-fuckin-say-that.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1878651335179701439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1878651335179701439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/05/catherine-deveny-ya-can-fuckin-say-that.html' title='Catherine Deveny [ya can&amp;#39;t fuckin&amp;#39; say that!]'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5017375739471573282</id><published>2010-05-06T14:46:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.256+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The Pill linked to reduced sex drive</title><summary type='text'>A new European study has found that women who use hormonal contraceptives such as the birth control pill are more likely to experience sexual dysfunction such as reduced desire and arousal.And you thought that eating wedding cake did that ...The irony is that the 'pill' was touted as bringing sexual liberation to women ... bloody scientists, can't get anything right ....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5017375739471573282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/05/pill-linked-to-reduced-sex-drive.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5017375739471573282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5017375739471573282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/05/pill-linked-to-reduced-sex-drive.html' title='The Pill linked to reduced sex drive'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5982038151789541859</id><published>2010-05-06T13:13:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.257+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Denial - A river in Egypt?</title><summary type='text'>The New South Wales Labor MP Karyn Paluzzano has been told she faces a jail term because she lied during a preliminary hearing of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).She claims to have been in denial ... I guess saying you didn't do something when you actually did is denial ... or maybe it's just lying ... Noooo, a politician told porky pies? Say it aint so! ....Read More</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5982038151789541859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/05/denial-river-in-egypt.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5982038151789541859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5982038151789541859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/05/denial-river-in-egypt.html' title='Denial - A river in Egypt?'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-3291642668974197506</id><published>2010-04-30T18:55:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.258+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The 'beautiful' game</title><summary type='text'>A French teenage prostitute who claimed to have had sex with three high-profile football players when she was under-age has said that "she loved them all".Ah well, at least they've stopped picking on rugby league thank god ...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/3291642668974197506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/game.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3291642668974197506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3291642668974197506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/game.html' title='The &amp;#39;beautiful&amp;#39; game'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-9113526210149243638</id><published>2010-04-30T18:51:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.260+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Priest sex tape ...</title><summary type='text'>A VIDEO of a priest engaged in a sex act in a church with a former choir boy was being sold on the streets of Brazil today, in another stinging twist to the pedophile scandal enveloping the Catholic Church ... It just keeps getting better eh?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/9113526210149243638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/priest-sex-tape.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/9113526210149243638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/9113526210149243638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/priest-sex-tape.html' title='Priest sex tape ...'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-3057992734610541109</id><published>2010-04-30T14:41:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:38:28.621+10:00</updated><title type='text'>This week on the ROAST</title><summary type='text'>It's been quite a week that was - Carl Williams got buried in a gold plated coffin  - apparently it's the same model that Michael Jackson got buried in [yeh, I know - pure class till the very end eh?]. 

The Australian Govt is preparing to make sure that everything that's fun or even remotely bad for you - will be sold in plain packaging. Obviously they want everything to be as bland and generic </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/3057992734610541109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/this-week-in-sewer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3057992734610541109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3057992734610541109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/this-week-in-sewer.html' title='This week on the ROAST'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-6427730321288054003</id><published>2010-04-25T00:04:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.263+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>Paper boy sues Warner Bros</title><summary type='text'>A 14yr old schoolboy's Mum is suing Warner Bros Movie World and the Queensland state government for $58,000 in lost earnings [from his job as a part-time paper boy].Coery’s mother lodged a claim on his behalf in Brisbane’s District Court earlier this month saying that Corey [the son] fractured his wrist and suffered serious abrasions [I didn't know abrasions could be serious - painful, but not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/6427730321288054003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/paper-boy-sues-warner-bros.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6427730321288054003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/6427730321288054003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/paper-boy-sues-warner-bros.html' title='Paper boy sues Warner Bros'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5776154799474152267</id><published>2010-04-24T00:46:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.265+10:00</updated><title type='text'>A storm under a cloud</title><summary type='text'>Australia - well, sporting Australia ... well, okay some of the people who follow a segment of Australian football [nrl] have been rocked to their core .. or at least a little put out at being caught for paying calendar models to shave their bits ...This just in: It seems that people have been shaving like girls in changing rooms across the country for at least 20 years. Now they wax.Remember </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5776154799474152267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/storm-under-cloud.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5776154799474152267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5776154799474152267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/storm-under-cloud.html' title='A storm under a cloud'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-8967466311108102507</id><published>2010-04-22T18:06:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.270+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Ban the burqa</title><summary type='text'>Belgian lawmakers are set to vote on a proposed ban on wearing face-covering veils [niqab] in public, a day after neighbouring France proposed similar legislation.The penalties for ignoring the new law are a fine of $34 and/or a jail sentence of up to seven days ...Woman's rights groups are divided on the issue with some claiming it is a good thing for women who do not want to wear the veil but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/8967466311108102507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/ban-burqa.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8967466311108102507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8967466311108102507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/ban-burqa.html' title='Ban the burqa'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4412874611159130775</id><published>2010-04-21T21:46:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.272+10:00</updated><title type='text'>50% of people are of below average intelligence</title><summary type='text'>No shit. Do you think this came about because the authors of this study actually tried to interact with their telecommunications provider?If so - that number seems a tad high ...Then again, this means that half the people you know won't 'get' what is happening 'on-screen'.That means half the people you know believe what they read in the paper or watch on television.Or in the movies.FOX owns over </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4412874611159130775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/50-of-people-are-of-below-average.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4412874611159130775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4412874611159130775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/50-of-people-are-of-below-average.html' title='50% of people are of below average intelligence'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-2013168490894163360</id><published>2010-04-21T21:00:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.273+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Aussie Rules</title><summary type='text'>It's easy to be wrong in Australia, you can:Pick a fight with the darling daughter of tabloid media [Tracy Grimshaw vrs Gordon Ramsey].Have a sexual past that would upset the people at channel nine, it doesn't have to be illegal, just 'morally' dubious. [Matthew Johns Vrs Tracy Grimshaw &amp; Channel 9]You may even simply fulfil your mandate as a 'shock jock' and get it, well slightly wrong. [Kyle </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/2013168490894163360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/aussie-rules.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2013168490894163360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2013168490894163360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/aussie-rules.html' title='Aussie Rules'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5218730174392213619</id><published>2010-04-21T19:14:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.276+10:00</updated><title type='text'>14 Months to say sorry</title><summary type='text'>A current affair has apologised in a very legalise way saying:On 2 February 2009, in a story about the Sunshine Welfare and Remedial Association Centre for the Disabled, A Current Affair reported there was evidence the Sathya Sai Organisation wanted to take over the SWARA.A Current Affair accepts that this was not the case and apologises for any inconvenience caused.No really - read it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5218730174392213619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/14-months-to-say-sorry.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5218730174392213619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5218730174392213619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/14-months-to-say-sorry.html' title='14 Months to say sorry'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7873232200737080088</id><published>2010-04-20T19:26:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.277+10:00</updated><title type='text'>That's blasphemy!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Now here's something that just came to my attention - seems that blasphemy in Ireland is now a crime punishable with a fine of up to 25,000 euros.They define blasphemy as: publishing or uttering matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters sacred by any religion, thereby intentionally causing outrage among a substantial number of adherents of that religion, with some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7873232200737080088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/that-blasphemy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7873232200737080088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7873232200737080088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/that-blasphemy.html' title='That&amp;#39;s blasphemy!!!!'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-2213952526761118452</id><published>2010-04-18T00:20:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.279+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mass Debates'/><title type='text'>Porn is good for you</title><summary type='text'>The national society for the prevention of cancer [NSPC] has released a report claiming that masturbation is good for the prostate gland. According to Dr I.M Alithia the real danger facing young men today is the lack of adult material found in their Fathers sock draws.In the 1970's/80's We noticed a distinct drop in prostate problems for young men who had direct or non-direct access to 'adult' </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/2213952526761118452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/porn-is-good-for-you.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2213952526761118452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2213952526761118452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/porn-is-good-for-you.html' title='Porn is good for you'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7482659174323846977</id><published>2010-04-16T19:00:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.281+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Democracy - you remember that right?</title><summary type='text'>Being not the largest leach in the swamp - there may very well be some political subtleties that I am completely oblivious too - like voting - or understanding the value of  political fund donors who support the people [politicians] who claim to be supporting the people - [you and me].But ya don't have to be Epicurus to recognise bullshit when ya fall in it. The quest to ban turtle hunting is a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7482659174323846977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/democracy-you-remember-that-right.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7482659174323846977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7482659174323846977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/democracy-you-remember-that-right.html' title='Democracy - you remember that right?'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-8037968722013866840</id><published>2010-04-15T17:36:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.283+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='M.A.R.E'/><title type='text'>Call by feminist for breast removal</title><summary type='text'>Belinda BeerStein-Heist author of the best selling book "MEN - It's all your fault" is calling for chicken breasts to be removed from supermarket shelves saying that it sends the wrong message to young woman.When girls go into a supermarket and see them [breasts], openly displayed, tightly wrapped in clear cellophane or golden brown and glistening with oil, they get the idea that it's normal. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/8037968722013866840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/call-by-feminist-for-breast-removal.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8037968722013866840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8037968722013866840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/call-by-feminist-for-breast-removal.html' title='Call by feminist for breast removal'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-3643999583016256567</id><published>2010-04-14T17:52:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.284+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubber Zucchini Award'/><title type='text'>Gold Coast meter maids endangered</title><summary type='text'>The Gold Coast City Council has decided to join the ever growing list of Aussie wowsers by banning the cities 'meter maids' from selling calendars and beer coolers - claiming it is against city by-laws. The maids patrol the city streets feeding expired meters for tourists and generally being all round good sorts for the place. A job they and their predecessors have been doing for 40yrs!.In return</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/3643999583016256567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/gold-coast-meter-maids-endangered.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3643999583016256567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/3643999583016256567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/gold-coast-meter-maids-endangered.html' title='Gold Coast meter maids endangered'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-1051477743768177426</id><published>2010-04-14T14:58:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-24T21:58:24.317+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='M.A.R.E'/><title type='text'>Sydney tower too phallic claims M.A.R.E founder</title><summary type='text'>Mothers Against Recreation and Erotica founder, Ms Julie Windy, has been quoted as saying that she will do her utmost to have Sydney tower pulled down - citing it as an abomination and an affront to the sensibilities of decent people throughout the city.

It's obviously a patriarchal symbol of domination, thrusting it's way between the thighs of the city like that... and as a woman I feel I am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/1051477743768177426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/sydney-tower-to-phallic-claims-mare.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1051477743768177426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1051477743768177426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/sydney-tower-to-phallic-claims-mare.html' title='Sydney tower too phallic claims M.A.R.E founder'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-1236829547161895673</id><published>2010-04-14T13:56:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.286+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Stop Indigenous animal cruelty</title><summary type='text'>In April 2010 there was an uproar in Australia from people who had watched an online video of a living turtle having it's flippers hacked off by a 'traditional hunter'.And quite rightly to. The notion that it is somehow okay to excuse such behaviour under the banner of 'tradition' is deplorable. But it gets worse.Australia is basically a nation under apartheid rule. Indigenous people are '</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/1236829547161895673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/stop-indigenous-animal-cruelty.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1236829547161895673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/1236829547161895673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/stop-indigenous-animal-cruelty.html' title='Stop Indigenous animal cruelty'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5614046816104630526</id><published>2010-04-14T09:59:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:36:44.642+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moral Hysteria'/><title type='text'>Australias Biggest Wowsers</title><summary type='text'>Here's some snippets from people and or organisations that claim to be working in the public good - but who are, in reality, just a bunch of hysterical kill joys and emotionally stunted 'morally outraged' lunatics.  

Kids Free 2 B Kids is a group dedicated to the spread of moral panic and ultra conservative knee clasping propaganda. Check out this page to see what they consider to be legitimate </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5614046816104630526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/australias-biggest-wowsers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5614046816104630526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5614046816104630526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/australias-biggest-wowsers.html' title='Australias Biggest Wowsers'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-2377974812689051359</id><published>2010-04-10T17:45:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.289+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moral Hysteria'/><title type='text'>Female Orgasms Banned in Australia</title><summary type='text'>The Australian government has banned any material that shows female ejaculation during orgasm, citing it as an:abhorrent depictionThat's right girls, the Government finds your orgasms abhorrent. Which stands to reason, they might be fucking us, but they don't want anyone to enjoy it....This is just another example of the religious encroachment into secular affairs via the 'Government'. Australia </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/2377974812689051359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/female-orgasms-banned-in-australia.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2377974812689051359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2377974812689051359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/female-orgasms-banned-in-australia.html' title='Female Orgasms Banned in Australia'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4827510390301892583</id><published>2010-04-06T13:19:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.291+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moral Hysteria'/><title type='text'>The Great  Australian Porn Ban</title><summary type='text'>The righteous minority are at it again - this time claiming that 'softcore' porn found in newsagents etc is damaging children [maybe it's falling on them...]. T.V stars, religious leaders and Mom's with nothing else to do are lobbying the Australian Attorneys-General effectively seeking a ban on their sale except in 'adults only' shops [you know the ones, those seedy little shops with over-priced</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4827510390301892583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/great-australian-porn-ban.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4827510390301892583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4827510390301892583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/great-australian-porn-ban.html' title='The Great  Australian Porn Ban'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7987472351574182508</id><published>2010-04-03T17:24:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.292+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Snakes on a plane</title><summary type='text'>In yet another example of the desire to blame some one else for our own mistakes. A couple of passengers on a Jet Star flight who became intoxicated and unruly, have blamed the airline after being arrested for their behaviour claiming:they shouldn't have served us so many drinksThat's right. And it's McDonald's fault you're fat, your teachers fault you're stupid and for everything else you can </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7987472351574182508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/snakes-on-plane.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7987472351574182508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7987472351574182508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/snakes-on-plane.html' title='Snakes on a plane'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-4338915489682635307</id><published>2010-04-02T14:23:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.293+10:00</updated><title type='text'>New Zealand loves whaling</title><summary type='text'>Well, perhaps that's not quite a fair and reasonable summation of recent events. But still, Aotearoa [The Land of The Wrong White Crowd] has lifted it's ban on whaling in the hopes that less whales are culled every year [you know, for gastronomic research].Sir Geoff Palmer [The son of Mrs Palmer and former Prime Minister of N.Z] has put forward an agreement whereby whaling nations will be '</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/4338915489682635307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-zealand-loves-whaling.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4338915489682635307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/4338915489682635307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-zealand-loves-whaling.html' title='New Zealand loves whaling'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-7820402408562307827</id><published>2010-04-02T06:26:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.294+10:00</updated><title type='text'>CCTV Nation</title><summary type='text'>Australia has become a nation of blamers and litigious wowsers. From compulsory [but badly 'policed'] pool fencing legislation, to draconian libel laws, Aussie is doing it's best to ensure that she is only fit to live in if you 'say the right things, do the right things and/or think the right things.The internet is about to be censored [via a secret list]. You have to vote - that's right - you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/7820402408562307827/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/cctv-nation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7820402408562307827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/7820402408562307827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/04/cctv-nation.html' title='CCTV Nation'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-2886353159265221987</id><published>2010-02-06T19:08:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.295+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prudes'/><title type='text'>Just say no to vaginas</title><summary type='text'>There are things that we can discuss and things we can't - we can discuss genocide, torture, and the regrettable standard of living for people of a different colour in different parts of our own or another countries and or territories.But there's one thing that we are not able to discuss with-out reaching for our pocket sized guide to middle class sensibilities guide book [soft cover - third </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/2886353159265221987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/02/just-say-no-to-vaginas_06.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2886353159265221987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/2886353159265221987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/02/just-say-no-to-vaginas_06.html' title='Just say no to vaginas'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-8796440434071612004</id><published>2010-02-06T18:03:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.296+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Criminals'/><title type='text'>The tail of the two inch gun</title><summary type='text'>Another case of a school being prepared to go that extra mile to ensure that it's students are raised the white way comes to us from the ever popular United Sates of America. Seems a nine yr old boy whipped out a two inch plastic gun in an obvious attempt to overthrow the government while on his lunch break. Fortunately the white female principle, Evelyn Mastroianni was on hand to ensure that the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/8796440434071612004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/02/tail-of-two-inch-gun_06.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8796440434071612004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/8796440434071612004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/02/tail-of-two-inch-gun_06.html' title='The tail of the two inch gun'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988984936573609428.post-5719909358376558180</id><published>2010-02-06T17:12:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T19:19:12.297+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Criminals'/><title type='text'>12 yr old girl arrested for writing on school desk</title><summary type='text'>A 12 yr old girl has been taught a valuable lesson by 'authorities' when she was arrested, handcuffed and detained for several hours after being caught scrabbling on her school desk in Queens N.Y.And what did this pre-pubescent anarchist write [in erasable marker] that caused her to suffer the full weight of the law? ..."I love my friends Abby and Faith," the girl wrote, adding the phrases "Lex </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/feeds/5719909358376558180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/02/12-yr-old-girl-arrested-for-writing-on_06.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5719909358376558180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4988984936573609428/posts/default/5719909358376558180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thecairnsroast.blogspot.com/2010/02/12-yr-old-girl-arrested-for-writing-on_06.html' title='12 yr old girl arrested for writing on school desk'/><author><name>Crash</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_evSTIFye5zM/TUaXd6VVryI/AAAAAAAADAU/sNYh4ne32bM/s220/crashproper.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
