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Friday, August 10, 2007

Broken Covenant

The Royal British Legion believes that the service our wounded servicemen receive is inadequate. 
I agree.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

More on the cat shot by pondlife

Further news on the killing of a family pet by vile cowardly bastard unknown.

A cat owner has spoken of her family’s heartbreak after their loved pet was shot in the head.
Catrina Flannery is now pleading with other animal owners to stay vigilant following the attack.
She found her daughter’s white cat, Chilly, dead behind a neighbour’s shed in Little Broughton, near Cockermouth, last Monday.
It appeared that he had been shot between the eyes with an air pellet.
Mrs Flannery had let Chilly out on Sunday night as she did every night at 10pm. He usually returned about an hour later.
She said: “He wasn’t there when I got up in the morning. I put his breakfast down for him and went to work.
“When I came home a man from across the road asked me if my cat was missing. I said ‘no, I just haven’t seen him today’.
“He then said he was dead behind somebody’s garage. He had been shot.”
Mrs Flannery got Chilly as a kitten nearly four years ago for her 15-year-old daughter Kayla. She said that the pet had became part of the family and that her twin daughters were devastated by his death.
“I had to keep my daughters off school for two days from lack of sleep,” Mrs Flannery, of Ghyll Bank, added.
“The first night, I was really scared because I have got five rabbits in the garden and if they could shoot one cat, they could do it again.
“It is not fair on animals to be locked up. I realise when I reported it that the chance of the person getting caught was very slim.
“But I just don’t want anybody else to go through this.”
Cumbria Police have also condemned the attack. An investigation is underway to trace the gunman responsible.
A spokesman said: “This is a despicable incident that has led to the death of a much-loved family pet.
“I would urge anyone with information to contact Cockermouth police.”
Anyone with information about the shooting should contact police on 0845 33 00 247 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

Now I know which cat it was, and it was a lovely cat too.  The family had two cats and this was the one I’d see out the most, usually sunning itself on the doorstep.  What a bloody disgrace.

Cows with calves dangerous shocker

Hmm.
An incomer walks her dog through a field of lovely moo-moos with baby moo-moos.  Oh look, they’re coming over to play with Fluffy Barksdale.  Oh fuck, I’ve been trampled.  Arse.
Do people really need to be told that cows with young calves might not take to kindly to an unfamiliar predator coming in their proximity?  Are they that fucking stoopid?
Apparently so, from the local rag.

At Preston County Court yesterday, His Lordship Deputy Judge Howarth was told that Miss McKaskie, a company director, had recently moved to the village.
Mr Cameron found her unconscious in the field. She could remember little of the incident.
The cows, which had calves with them, may have been scared by her pet dog, Preston County Court was told. Cows with calves can be unpredictable, posing a risk to members of the public crossing a field, said Christopher Purchas QC.

Under common law, he said, farmers are legally obliged to warn people of the danger.

Jesus H Christ on a bike.
OK, I’m from a farming family and I have had to do a runner from many feisty cows with young calves (up to a fortnight old is the most dangerous) so I know from first hand experience, but are people really that naive?  It would seem so.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Disgusting Evil Bastards

From the Local Rag

A police investigation has been launched after a cat was shot through the head with an air gun.

The cat was found dead on Monday last week in the Ghyllbank area of Little Broughton, near Cockermouth, apparently shot between the eyes with an air pellet.

It had been discarded behind a neighbour’s shed.

A police spokesman said: “This is a despicable incident that has led to the death of a much loved family pet.

“I would urge anyone with information to contact Cockermouth police.”

Anyone with information about the shooting should contact police on 0845 3300247 or ring Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

This is pretty much ‘round the corner from me.  I drive up Ghyll Bank every day.  I know by sight most of the cats on that road and now some cunt has killed one.  It’s horrid enough when some speeding bastard runs one down but to deliberately set out to kill a family pet is vile.  I know there are plenty of wankers that get all prissy about their precious gardens being shat in, but here’s the thing.  Get over it.  The twat over the road from me is obsessive about his garden.  Him and his fat ugly wife (and fat ugly child) are always out there pointing at stuff, digging things up or whatever.  And it still looks shit.  One of the neighbours had a lovely grey tom cat (died recently sadly.  Natural causes) it was of high amusement to me to see auld Leo either coming to or from the tossers garden with his paper tucked under his arm having had a big shite in his petunias.  Sometimes Leo would shit in my garden, that’s what you get for having a bloody great big litter tray looking patch in yer garden.
Hmm. Getting off topic.  As I always say when something like this comes to light, this reflects badly on firearms owners as a whole.  This behaviour doesn’t typify gun owners but in the minds of the public we are all tainted by it and will suffer from legislation aimed at this kind of thuggery.  The bastard that did this should have his rifle shoved up his arse, stock butt first.  And then we should kill him.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Landlord Had a Sawn-off for Protection

From the local rag

The landlord of a Carlisle pub has been sent to prison for three years for keeping a loaded sawn-off shotgun beside his bed.
Michael John Charlton, 44, who until his arrest in March was licensee of the Golden Lion in Botchergate, kept the gun in his bedroom because he was frightened of intruders after a masked gang nearly killed him when they burst into his home six years ago.
He also had an imitation pistol, which fired blanks, in a holster on his bedpost.

On the face of it, this seems a bit harsh to me.  Clearly I don’t know this blokes background, could be some kind of shadowy underworld scumbag for all I know.  However what we do know is that ‘society’ failed to protect him in the past and he sought to take responsibility for his own security.  Not unreasonably.  Especially when he has received threats.  It’s no good saying to report these threats, the police won’t and can’t provide ‘round the clock protection for everyone.  The front line end of security must be the individual and this case just reminds us that the criminal justice system is extremely good at punishing those who help themselves.

Finally Judge Peter Hughes QC seems to be an ignorant fool.

after hearing how Charlton bought the handgun over the internet, the judge issued a warning.
“Such firms have a responsibility to ensure that illegal weapons can’t be acquired in that way, and it is a matter of concern that more has not been done to limit that trade,” the judge said.

A blank firing handgun is not an illegal weapon.  Sales have been restricted since the Betamax Act came into force on October 1st 2007 but possesion of same within your property is not prohibited and they are certainly not ‘illegal weapons’.  Unless you use them as a club I suppose.  Tit.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Help for Heroes Charity Walk

Just a plug for a chap I know who is doing the Lyke Wake Walk (no idea what that is!) for sponsorship for the Help for Heroes appeal.
If you want to throw a couple of bob in the pot you can do so by visiting his Justgiving site

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

‘Live’ hand grenade found in woods

From The Local Rag

BOMB disposal experts had to be called in after a live hand grenade was discovered near woods in Cockermouth.

The device was found under a fallen tree near Horse Shoe Woods, Slatefell, on Monday afternoon by a walker.

It was the size of a tennis ball, blue in colour, with an orange clip. The pin had been removed but the device had not exploded. It is not known how the army training grenade came to be at the site but police believe it may have been there for some time.

The walker contacted police, who called in army bomb disposal experts to remove it.

Police say it is lucky nobody was hurt and are appealing for information about the origin of the device and how it came to be at the woods.

They have also advised anyone who finds a similar device not to touch it, move away from the area and contact the police immediately.

How exciting.  However…
“army training grenade “ suggests to me that this was nothing more than a pyrotechnic device, either designed to make a loud bang (blank shotgun cartridge type device) or emit a load of smoke.  I’m hardly an expert on training grenades mind.
Last time I was in those woods there were a fair few airsoft pellets around, I’m thinking this was probably one of those lads.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

UKIP Gains an MP

So UKIP gets it’s first MP.  Not how we’d like it, in an election, but we’ll take what we can.
Certainly it’s nice to finally have a figure in the lower house.  The coverage was beyond piss poor.  If this was a blue going red or t’other way around it would be headline news, not page 14 stuff.
Hopefully we won’t end up with egg on our faces with another Kilroy-Silk style character.  Certainly there will be people saying that he should now become party leader, which makes some sense but we can’t have a Johnny come lately jump in and take the top job, Tory party haven’t exactly enjoyed having him.  How much of that is down to his opposition to their socialist fedaral policies remains to be seen.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

HSE Twats

It’s surely hard to imagine anything worse than dealing with the death of your 12 year old son following a tractor accident on your farm.
What better to help ease the grief than an nice HSE prosectution?

Sam Stanbridge was 12 when he was killed in a tractor accident on the family farm.
Now the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has decided to prosecute his father Mark because it is against regulations to drive a tractor at that age.

Bastards.  Rot in fucking hell you self righteous up your own fucking arsehole pompous townie twats.
Anyone growing up on a farm will surely have driven a tractor before the age of 13, it’s not exactly beyond the capabilties so long as you are big enough to effectively manage the controls.
This case could not more clearly highlight the vast gulf of understanding between the town and countryside.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Fred Drops Out

So Fred Thompson has dropped out of the race for the White House.  Bugger.
Can’t say I’m too suprised though, not because of the poor ratings but because of the fact he just couldn’t be arsed.

Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.

That means there are no actual conservatives left in the running as far as I can see, just varying degrees of statist socialists.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Renewable Energy Bullshit

I notice on the regional news last night that my old school had just installed some twenty thousand pounds worth of solar panels.  Blimey.
The news piece included commentary from some of the pupils about how these panels would save money for the school and stop global warming.  A bold claim.  Also complete cock.

Let’s assume for the moment that ‘global warming’ is real and that it is entirely due to CO2 emissions due to human activity.  No, bear with me.
Exactly how much carbon was produced in the production of these cells?  Including mining the exotic materials and refining same of course.  I’m going to suggest it was quite a large amount, physically shipping these large fragile panels can’t have exactly been carbon neutral itself.  Supporters of photovoltaic cells will say that they are good for 40 years, the manufacturers are slightly more conservative and say 10 years.  These panels are going to have to produce a shit load of energy to pay for themselves.  Not that the school itself paid for them mind.  How much carbon will they save then?  Er.  None.  Since the main renewables (wind and solar) are unreliable and brown outs unacceptable, real power stations (coal, gas, nuclear) have to stay running to back up this fluctuating unreliable power source.  So therefore we can conclude that far from reducing carbon emissions, these units actually add to the overall global carbon footprint by virtue of the cost of their manufacture and installation.
OK so having decided that at best the units will not reduce the global carbon footprint, how much money are these vastly expensive units going to save the school?  The news piece cut to inside the school where a display panel show how much the solar panels are producing.  A whopping 200W.  No I haven’t missed out a K, or even a zero.  Two hundred piddling Watts.  Enough to power three five foot strip lights.
Woo.  Hoo.

Monday, November 05, 2007

Call Of Duty 4

It’s fair to say I’m a little bit excited.....

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Good Dawg!

Friday, October 26, 2007

Dirka Dirka Refuses To Serve Squaddie

From The Scum (please don’t buy the Scum)

AN ASIAN worker at a BP filling station provoked fury by turning away a soldier because he was in uniform.
The shocked Army officer – wearing combat fatigues – was told to go away and change before he could buy beer from the service station shop.
But witnesses claimed the snub was due to the attendant’s antiwar views.
The incident is the latest in a series of blows to Forces personnel, who feel neglected by the nation.
The officer is a captain with 16 Air Assault Brigade, whose 5,000 troops fought heroically against the Taliban in Afghanistan last summer.
He said the public snub – at Wisley South Connect station on the A3 near Guildford, Surrey – left him humiliated and shamed in front of a dozen other customers.
He asked to remain anonymous in case of reprisal attacks by extremists, but reported the incident to BP and to the Army Families Federation.
The federation’s spokeswoman Melanie Pullan told The Sun: “I talked to this officer, and it was very disappointing to hear his experiences. It made our blood boil.
“We would ask the nation to get behind their troops, considering the sort of sacrifice so many are making.
“Their war has never been against Muslims. It’s a shame people can’t respect their service to the country, whether you agree with the politics behind it or not.”
BP last night issued a grovelling apology to the officer, claiming it was a bungle over the licensing laws and NOT a result of prejudice or politics.
A BP spokeswoman said: “We apologise sincerely to the Army officer for the inconvenience and embarrassment that has been caused.
“None of our staff has the right to discriminate on who they serve, regardless of what they are wearing.
“We investigated the incident and believe it was caused by an error in interpretation of the licensing laws. Retraining of staff is now taking place.”
BP insisted the snub was a simple misunderstanding.
A spokesman claimed the attendant thought it was illegal to sell alcohol to cops in uniform, and assumed the same rule applied to squaddies.
But witnesses who saw the incident are adamant it had nothing to do with licensing laws, and was based instead on the worker’s political views and prejudice against soldiers.

If this had been a white person refusing to serve a muslim then all hell would have broken loose, the police would certainly have been involved.  This fucker doesn’t need retraining, he needs sacked.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Shooting Accident Justified

Remember the story of a copper shooting a police administrator in a demonstration?
It later turned out that the individual shot was a member of AirgunBBS, and now it seems that the past tense is correct.  Not because he is dead but because he’s been banned from the board for his comments about cats.
Yup he is one of those fuckers who mouths off about shooting cats or killing cats or being cruel to cats in some way.
Fucking karma you twat, you get no bloody sympathy from me for being shot now.  In fact I wish to withdraw all my disparaging comments about the fine upstanding and professional officer who shot him.  Well done mate, he deserved it.
Well done also to the moderators of AirgunBBS, it really is wankers like this that are jepordising shooting in general.  No one should be condoning cruelty to peoples beloved pets.