Outer gets kicked out

The Bellend of the Month for April 2017 is Jeff Varner, who was dramatically evicted from the current season of Survivor after what many viewers are already calling the most horrifying moment in the history of the show. The current US season of the show, its 34th, is Survivor: Game Changers and brings together a group of popular former contestants in the show to do battle with each other in a bid to win $1 million. Two of these contestants are 50-year-old Varner, who's twice previously competed in the show, and 28-year-old Zeke Smith, who was a popular contestant in the 33rd season. Through this season's six episodes to date, the pair, who both openly identify as gay men, have forged a close friendship. That all changed at Tribal Council this episode, with Varner feeling the heat as he knew he was likely to be voted out. Attempting to get the target off his back, Varner encouraged his fellow contestants to cast a more critical eye on Smith. He announces that Smith had been lying to the group: He's transgender, and this is information he has not shared with them. "It reveals the ability to deceive," he tells them. As Zeke sits stunned that his gender identity has just been outed in front of his castmates - not to mention a worldwide TV audience - it's immediately clear that Varner's move has backfired. The other contestants howl him down, several becoming extremely emotional as they grapple with what he's just done to Zeke. Speaking to host Jeff Probst, Varner seemed to grasp that he'd made a terrible mistake, and attempted to backtrack. "I'm not saying, Jeff, that transgender people are deceptive," he said, to which Probst scoffed: "You're saying that by not revealing it, he's capable of deception. That's a giant leap of logic. Do you honestly not see that?" Probst then made an executive decision that there would be no vote. There was no need - it was clear who had to leave the island. "We don't need to vote, just grab your torch," he told Varner. He and his torch should both be dragged off an overbooked flight.

Caring for bread

 

Drawn derby in race to the top four

It was honours even in Thursday night’s Manchester derby as United held firm to claim a vital point against City at the Etihad Stadium, despite being reduced to 10 men late on. The Blues dominated what was, at times, a fiery game and the Reds were forced to play a man down for the final 10 minutes of normal as well as added time after Marouane Fellaini was red-carded for a clash with Sergio Aguero. The result leaves the Manchester rivals still well-placed in the race for a top-four finish, with both sides hot on the heels of Liverpool having played a game less than the Merseysiders. And the Reds should just keep going for the top four, from which they can qualify for the Champions League.

From breaking guitars to breaking bones

 

Look at that view, people

 

Just Mexico getting their money's worth

 

Burnley burned in lead-up to derby

Manchester United comfortably defeated Burnley 2-0 at Turf Moor to close the gap on top-four rivals Manchester City to just one point with the derby up next for Jose Mourinho's men. First-half goals from Anthony Martial and the returning Wayne Rooney bagged United the three points and intensified Thursday's now crucial meeting of the local adversaries. And they better win that one too.

Joanie is next to be Trumped

These sad days are yours and mine not just because of Trump but also because Erin Moran, the former child star who played Joanie Cunningham in the sitcoms “Happy Days” and “Joanie Loves Chachi,” has died at the age of 56. Police in Harrison County, Indiana said that she had been found unresponsive after authorities received a 911 call, and the cause of her death has not been determined although Moran had endured numerous struggles in recent years. Moran was already a veteran actress when in 1974 she was cast in Happy Days as Joanie, the kid sister to Ron Howard’s Richie Cunningham in the sitcom set in the 1950s. She would later appear with Scott Baio in spinoff Joanie Loves Chachi. Speaking of which, she shared a birthday with Pam Dawber, who was Mindy in fellow spinoff Mork and Mindy.

What Obama and now Trump needed all along

 

Agitation to the max

 

It's gonna be the one that saves her

 

Sounds like something Trump would threaten

 

Gotye for those who have forgotten

 

Unbeaten run extends to 22

Goals from Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera gave Manchester United a deserved victory over Premier League leaders Chelsea at Old Trafford. Rashford gave the Reds the perfect start with a composed finish inside seven minutes before Herrera’s deflected shot found the net early in the second half to secure a memorable win. It was just rewards for an impressive display as United extended the unbeaten run in the league to 22 games since being beaten by the Blues in October to maintain the pursuit of a top-four finish, but actually securing a place in the top four would be nice.

Charlie is all Murphed out

Charlie Murphy, the older brother of actor Eddie Murphy and a comedy stand-up performer in his own right, has died from leukaemia at the age of 57. Murphy was perhaps best-known for his appearances on Chappelle's Show, Dave Chappelle's skit show that aired on Comedy Central in the early 2000s. The New York-native helped to write his famous brother's starring films, Norbit and Vampire in Brooklyn. He voiced a role in the animated TV series The Boondocks and also appeared in the comedy series Black Jesus. And another like him will never be found.

Fifteen and a half years of savaging passengers the United way

 

ISIS are just getting desperate now

 

Flying United in 2017 like a boss

 

Someone actually wrote this about Ip Man

 

Seriously the funniest film review ever.

And now for something downright offensive

 

A Red Devil of a performance

Goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Marcus Rashford ensured Manchester United returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a convincing victory over 10-man Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Ibrahimovic fired the Reds ahead with a stunning 20-yard strike on 30 minutes before his Swedish compatriot, Sunderland midfielder Sebastian Larsson, got sent off for a high challenge on Ander Herrera shortly before the half-time break. Mkhitaryan doubled the lead within a minute of the restart, drilling home a brilliant shot for his eighth goal for the club. Second-half substitute Rashford then rounded off a comfortable win late on, as the Reds moved up to fifth in the table after extending the unbeaten run in the league to 21 games. But the Reds would already be at the top if some of those draws were wins.

Makes just about as much sense as Trump

 

Heil Merkel

 

Borat approves

 

Vegans look away now

 

Another April draw

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s last-gasp penalty salvaged a point for Manchester United as the Reds were held to a 1-1 draw by Everton at Old Trafford. The striker, on his return from suspension, converted the spot-kick in the 94th minute after the visitors' centre-back Ashley Williams was sent off for handball. His dramatic equaliser rescued the Reds after Phil Jagielka had hooked home to give the Toffees the lead in the first half. After this second successive draw in the space of four days at home, Jose Mourinho’s men are now unbeaten in 20 Premier League games - a run which also saw the same scoreline when the sides met at Goodison Park in December. But this is now April, and the Reds have had plenty of time to get to a point where first place was still at least mathematically possible. Hopefully they can salvage a top four spot.

And yet nobody expected it

 

Lest we forget the wrong envelope was presented

 

Former Reds hold their own against Reds

Manchester United's pursuit for a top-four place faltered after a stubborn West Brom side frustrated the Reds in a goalless draw at Old Trafford. Despite having over 70 per cent of the possession, the hosts failed to break down a well-organised Baggies defence, with ex-Reds Ben Foster and Jonny Evans performing well. Another United old boy, Darren Fletcher, actually came closest to scoring when David De Gea palmed a speculative shot onto the bar. Sir Alex taught the ex-Reds well, but what Jose needs to do is keep putting the ball in the back of the net, especially because his name sounds like the kind that Trump could deport.

London Bridge is down

You heard right, the world's longest-serving head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, has died at the age of 90. Farewell, Lillibet. 

A Trump to be dumped

The Bellend of the Month for March 2017 is Donald Trump, who as you should all know is the orange toddler who has been in charge of America for 70 days as of 12 noon Eastern. It is an important reminder that, even if Trump was able to read a speech without screwing it up, he’s still the same despicable liar, petulant child-man, dictator-wannabe he has always been. We gave Donald Trump a chance and then he:

1. Restarted the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines.

2. Instituted a federal hiring freeze that blocked 2,000 vital, new positions at the VA, and indefinitely suspended Army childcare programs for vets.

3. Approved a raid in Yemen that killed 30 people including at least 10 civilians, many of whom were women and children, as well as U.S. Navy Seal Ryan Owens.

4. Reinstated and strengthened the global gag rule thereby pulling all world-wide federal funding from any institutions that even attempt to educate patients about abortion.

5. Rescinded federal bathroom protections for trans students.

6. Used the office of the presidency to criticize Nordstrom, a private company, for no longer selling his daughter’s clothing line.

7. Didn’t fully divest from his businesses and has transferred many of his companies to his sons opening the door for a litany of potential conflicts of interest.

8. Didn’t release his tax returns like he promised, and has no plans to do so.

9. Demonized and repeatedly attacked the free press in order to build a propaganda machine.

10. Signed a bill reversing the Stream Protection Rule making it far easier for coal companies to dump mining waste in rivers, lakes, and streams.

11. Announced plans to sign executive orders lifting a coal mining ban on federal land, and lifting or limiting restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from utility companies.

12. Signed an executive order, later ruled to be unconstitutional, barring immigrants and travelers from 7 Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S.

13. Lied about inauguration crowd size.

14. Lied about the size of his electoral college victory.

15. Lied about attacks in Sweden, yet never mentioned attacks in Kansas or Quebec perpetrated by white men on people of color.

16. Lied about being solely responsible for Lockheed Martin cutting $700 million from the F-35 program.

17. Lied about the New York Times failing.

18. Lied about Chris Cuomo never asking Senator Blumenthal about misrepresenting his service in Vietnam.

19. Lied about major news organizations intentionally ignoring terrorist attacks.

20. Lied about the murder rate being the highest its been in 47 years.

21. Lied about Philadelphia’s murder rate increasing.

22. Lied about people being killed at Obama’s farewell address.

23. Lied about Obamacare covering “very few people.”

24. Lied about the media being less trusted than congress.

25. Lied about sanctuary cities being hotbeds of crime.

26. Said “Any negative polls are fake news.”

27. Berated the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

28. Threatened to send U.S. troops into Mexico.

29. Used the National Prayer breakfast to throw shade at Arnold Schwarzenegger.

30. Said he would “get rid of and totally destroy” the Johnson amendment, which was designed to keep religion out of politics.

31. Appointed Betsy Devos, a billionaire GOP donor with no public school experience to run our public school system.

32. Appointed fossil-fuel-shill and climate change-denier Scott Pruitt to head the EPA. He’s sued the EPA 13 times.

33. Appointed Jeff Sessions, a man whose racist comments cost him a federal judgeship in 1986, as the attorney general.

34. Appointed Rex Tillerson, a former Exxon CEO with no military or government experience as secretary of state.

35. Appointed Rick Perry, a man with who once forgot the Department of Energy existed, flunked organic chemistry, and received Cs and Ds in other science courses to run the Department of Energy.

36. Appointed Ben Carson, a man with no government, housing or management experience to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Two weeks prior to being nominated, Carson’s business manager Armstrong Williams said “Dr. Carson feels he has no government experience, he’s never run a federal agency. The last thing he would want to do was take a position that could cripple the presidency.”

37. Appointed former Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn to head the National Economic Council.

38. Appointed former Goldman Sachs partner Steven Mnuchin to head the Treasury Department.

39. Appointed Alt-right hero and former Breitbart Editor Stephen Bannon as chief strategist and later elevated him to the National Security Council.

40. Continued to criticize Hillary Clinton, without ever criticizing Vladimir Putin.

41. Threatened Chicago with martial law.

42. Threatened to take away funding from all sanctuary cities.

43. Announced plans to repeal Dodd-Frank and fiduciary rule.

44. Plans to make major cuts to the EPA while dramatically increasing military spending.

45. Demeaned our court system and questioned a federal judge’s credentials.

46. Continued to push evidence-less claims of voter fraud.

47. Tweeted “I’LL SEE YOU IN COURT” to a court.

48. Cost taxpayers serious money in travel expenses. Estimates by the Washington Post show that his first month in office has cost nearly as much as Obama’s first year.

49. Set his sons out to travel the globe, growing the Trump brand with secret service in tow while taxpayers are footing the bill.

50. Nominated Neil Gorsuch, an originalist, for the open supreme court seat.

51. Hired hateful, loony creationist Jerry Falwell Jr. to lead a higher education task force.

52. Tapped vaccine-skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head a commission on vaccine safety.

53. Gave a belligerent 57 minute press conference in which he attacked the media and lied about numerous inconsequential things.

54. Made a statement for Holocaust Remembrance Day and never mentioned Jewish people.

55. Fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates for saying the travel ban was unconstitutional. A few weeks later, the travel ban was ruled unconstitutional in federal court.

56. Supported his newly-appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to rescind Obama-era efforts and build up the private prison system once again.

57. Showed that he shakes people’s hands like a frustrated, socially-awkward baboon.

Holy shot indeed

 

Just Vunter Slaush being Vunter Slaush

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Hearts of Popeye

If an overhyped vegetable existed before marketers coined the term superfood — and long before Oprah Winfrey chatted up acai berries with Dr. Oz — look no further than spinach. (Here’s to Popeye, eating the stuff by the can to inflate his biceps.) Spinach alone, of course, won’t pump anyone up. But it does have a few physical properties of the type that excite biomedical engineers. Spinach grows a network of veins, for instance, that thread through its leaves in a way similar to blood vessels through a human heart. These leafy veins allowed researchers at Massachusetts’s Worcester Polytechnic Institute to give a new meaning to heart-healthy spinach. The tissue engineers, as they reported recently in the journal Biomaterials, stripped green spinach leaves of their cells. The spinach turned translucent. The scientists seeded the gaps that the plant cells left behind with human heart tissue. Heart cells, in clusters, beat for up to three weeks in this unusual environment. The inspiration for the human-plant fusion came over lunch — and, yes, the leafy greens were involved — when WPI bioengineers Glenn Gaudette and Joshua Gershlak began to brainstorm new ways to tackle a deadly medical problem: the lack of donor organs. Of the more than 100,000 people on the donor list, nearly two dozen people die each day while waiting for an organ transplant. And if they try this with other organs, those people's lives could be saved. But the question now: would those people want to be saved? And should they be saved?

Our true horoscopes, everyone

 

Cos some tags are never meant to be cleaned off

 

Time to separate the men from the boys

 

But Vanilla Ice is the best

 

So why 42?

 

Plot twist: they all are

 

Celebrating 30 years of wedded bliss with Mark and Mindy

 

Reds net 600th EPL win

Manchester United returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a hard-fought 3-1 triumph over relegation-threatened Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium, becoming the first club to record 600 Premier League victories in the process. Marouane Fellaini's first-half header was doubled by Jesse Lingard in spectacular fashion just past the hour mark. Substitute Rudy Gestede gave Boro a fighting chance, but Antonio Valencia put the game to bed late on after capitalising on a mistake from Victor Valdes, meaning Jose Mourinho's men move ahead of Arsenal into fifth in the Premier League. But there's still time to go further on the table and improve on LVG's 5th-place finish last year.

Chucky B. Gone

 

That "floor" is supposed to be wet

 

Time to know your clovers boyos!

 

It's Trump's loss - they're worth ditching Melania over

 

Their Big Fat Greek Flag

 

The Complete Guide to Female Endowment

 

Footrot cartoonist now flat

Final Yogi for 2017 goes to the late Murray Ball, who has been smarter than the average cartoonist over not just the past year but all his years drawing Footrot Flats, a comic strip from New Zealand that could hold its own against American stalwarts such as Garfield and Hagar the Horrible. For those who have never seen a Footrot Flats strip, here's a little taster of what you have been missing out on all these years:

 

Voting advice for the next 7 years

Yogi #2 for 2017 will be shared among the third party voters in the presidential election last year, of which there were more than in previous elections. Anyone who votes third party is smarter than the average voter, as this shows just how you feel about the two-party system. Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil, and those third party voters knew it. They've all earned this one.

Purple wrap tastes like crap

The first Yogi Award for 2017 goes to Whittaker's, who are smarter (and better tasting) than the average chocolate makers. They have been New Zealand-owned and operated for 120 years, they make all their delicious chocolate from bean to bar, and are not going anywhere soon. That's more than can be said for Cadbury. That's right, the river of chocolate that sustained thousands of Dunedin workers (including at one point my father and his current fiancée) over the years looks set to run dry. But while the closure of Cadbury's landmark factory will be a major blow to the southern city, no one is seeing it as a sign of wider problems in the manufacturing sector. Commentators say the writing has been on the wall for a while now, but there was still shock when Cadbury's owner last month announced that it plans to close the factory, leaving some 360 people without jobs. Mondelez International, Cadbury's multi-billion-dollar US parent company, cited increasing costs and distance to its markets as making it untenable to continue the business - even though it is still profitable. Given that more than 70% of Cadbury's New Zealand production is exported, the decision to move production to Australia and close its last manufacturing plant in this country next year was a logical - if tough - decision to make, said Mondelez. Of course the real reason for this is about money, as with anything a for-profit does. Even Sam Neill knows this, as he has come out in support of Cadbury factory workers, asking people to never buy or sell Cadbury products again. In a Twitter post, Neill asked all New Zealanders and Australians to "NEVER sell or buy anything Cadbury EVER again" if Cadbury's owner, American food giant Mondelez International, follows through with the closure of its Dunedin factory. Neill also tweeted Dunedin was his home town and closing the Cadbury factory was, "ripping the guts out of a community and its history". I'm already boycotting them with one exception: they have a Dairy Milk with Oreo Mint out right now, and I've got one which I'm saving up to eat for breakfast or lunch on St Patrick's Day.

So the restaurateur set the record straight

 

So someone wrote this bitchy review last month

 

Silver and Black in the Silver State

The Oakland Raiders have moved into the Red Zone on their quest to relocate to Las Vegas, and the final push over the goal line could happen sooner rather than later. According to multiple high-ranking National Football League sources, the NFL's owner-comprised stadium and finance committees are poised to recommend the Raiders relocation request to Las Vegas be voted on at the league's annual meeting in three weeks in Phoenix. The inclination to make the recommendation is based on two days of meetings in Florida in which the Raiders, according to sources with intimate knowledge of the meetings who spoke on the condition of anonymity, presented a strong case for their Las Vegas bid. The most compelling part now is the Raiders securing Bank of America to fill the $650 million funding gap created when Las Vegas Sands head Sheldon Adelson walked away from the deal after he and the Raiders could not come to terms on a partnership deal. I hope Vegas works out for them and also for the Golden Knights NHL team. I'm sure it won't be too big a gamble.

Fuelling the flames of comedy

 

The truth has been spoken

 

A goal apiece for cherry and red

Manchester United were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw by 10-man Bournemouth at Old Trafford as Artur Boruc saved a second-half Zlatan Ibrahimovic penalty to deny the Reds the chance to move into the top four. Marcos Rojo had put United into a first-half lead, before former Red Joshua King levelled from the spot. Andrew Surman was shown a second yellow card moments before the break for pushing Ibrahimovic following an aerial challenge between United's no.9 and Tyrone Mings. But surely the Reds should have been able to beat the Cherries after Surman's indiscretion. They have not won the Premiership since 2013 but will still have a chance at it if they win the rest of their games between now and the end of the season.

Third genders in Trump's America

 

Green light given for Green Light

The wait is over. It’s been nearly four years since Lorde released her debut album, Pure Heroine - and more than two years since her last single, Yellow Flicker Beat off the soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1. But now the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter from New Zealand is back. Green Light is the name of the first single off of her new album, Melodrama, due later this year. The song, co-written by Fun. guitarist - and Lena Dunham's boyfriend - Jack Antonoff, was penned in response to Lorde’s “first major heartache,” she said in an interview with Beats 1. “It’s not something that I really am used to writing about,” she said. “This is that drunk girl at the party dancing around crying about her ex-boyfriend who everyone thinks is a mess. That’s her tonight, and tomorrow she starts to rebuild. And that’s the song for me.” And if you want to see the video for Green Light, here it is:

And so the fallout begins

More developments in the Oscargate affair: the two accountants responsible for muddling up the main award envelopes at Sunday's Oscars ceremony will not be employed to do the job again, the academy president has announced. Cheryl Boone Isaacs said that the relationship with the accountancy firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) was also under review. Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz were responsible for Sunday's mishap. La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner of the best picture award. The team behind that film were in the middle of their speeches before it was revealed the accolade should have gone to Moonlight. So how did that happen? Here's how: Mr Cullinan mistakenly handed the wrong envelope to the two presenters. He gave Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway the back-up envelope for best actress in a leading role - rather than the envelope which contained the name of the winner for the best film. PWC, which counts the votes and organises the envelopes, has apologised for the mix-up. Mr Cullinan tweeted a picture of best actress winner Emma Stone minutes before handing the presenters the wrong envelope, and Ms Boone Isaacs blamed "distraction" for the error. In 89 years of Academy Award history, this is clearly the funniest thing that has ever happened - it's a darn sight funnier than the darkening political climate.

The Pears of Buddha

 

Fudge the food police

The co-Bellends of the Month for February 2017 are the retarded food police who lurk among the staff of kindergartens in South Australia, who have been putting notes along the lines of

 

and

 

in children's lunchboxes. I get that there is an obesity epidemic. I get that teaching younger kids about nutrition is a good thing. But what bugs me is that home made lunch boxes get scrutinised much more closely than tuck shop lunches. Most parents that put in homemade baked goods have made those items a lot healthier than the prepackaged stuff. And what of the teachers' own bad habits like the between-class cigarette? So here's my advice for them - bugger off and stop shaming the parents. This is the sort of crap that can lead kids to eating disorders. And besides, it's not like either kid didn't have other, healthier stuff to munch on if they didn't want the red/sometimes food just yet.

Oscars so full of errors

It was like M. Night Shyamalan directing the Oscars. Two minutes after Hollywood musical La La Land was named best picture at Sunday's 89th Academy Awards, there was a twist ending: presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty somehow got Emma Stone's best actress card instead of the right one, and it was in fact the arthouse darling Moonlight that won the night's big prize. "There was a time when I thought this movie was impossible because I couldn't bring it to fruition," Moonlight director Barry Jenkins said when accepting the best picture Oscar. "I couldn't bring myself to tell another story, so everybody behind me on this stage said, 'No, that is not acceptable.'" In the ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Moonlight picked up three awards total — including adapted screenplay and supporting actor for Mahershala Ali — but La La Land's tally wasn't too shabby: six Oscars, including best director for Damien Chazelle — the youngest person to ever win the honor — and best actress for Emma Stone. Fences star Viola Davis and Casey Affleck of Manchester by the Sea also picked up their first Oscar wins, for supporting actress and best actor respectively.

Chess bolts

 

Oscars are so white again this year

 

Explosions of ATM for make benefit glorious thieves in Kazakhstan

Inept thieves who tried to break open a cash machine using welding torches only succeeded in setting fire to the money. The failed attempt to rob the ATM took place in the southern Kazakhstan region of Almaty. Pictures of the aftermath of the criminals' doomed attempt at theft show bundles of scorched 5,000-tenge notes that have been rendered unusable. 5,000 tenge is worth about NZ$22, so the thieves stood to get away with a substantial haul if their scheme had been successful, in a country where the average monthly wage is 173,685 KZT (NZ$763). Just think about it: all the money in that ATM could have been used for something like maybe a bit of sexy time with a prostitute. Is nice!

Seven earths for seven billion

Here's some hope for those who want to be as far away from Drumpf as possible: a huddle of seven worlds, all close in size to Earth, and perhaps warm enough for water and the life it can sustain, has been spotted around a small, faint star in the constellation of Aquarius. But it's not going to be all that easy: the spaceship in the movie Passengers took 120 years to get to its destination, so I'd anticipate a just as long, if not longer, voyage in real life. Even if they were to travel at light speed, the nearest star to ours is at least 4 light years away, and none of the planets in question are anywhere near that star.

Horsing around kills horse

A Christchurch woman is seeking justice after she claims a group of drunk people terrorised her horses, leading ultimately to one's death. Karina Romeyn says the police were called to her paddock on Lake Terrace Road, in Burwood after noticing her horses had sustained cuts and knocks to their bodies. "Two drunken men had gotten into our paddocks and decided for fun to (terrorise) and chase our three horses, Gus, Charlie, and Steve," Ms Romeyn wrote on Facebook. There were also DB Export bottles scattered in the paddock, she wrote. "These guys had been drinking and having a very cruel joke at the expense of Gus's life." Police had to euthanise Gus using a gun because of his injuries. Ms Romeyn is hoping to find someone who had seen these people nearby. "We have no idea how long they did this for and what they used to injure, hurt, and scare the horses. "The horses were clearly terrified to have been running throughout the paddocks at such speed. There is clear evidence of this. Help me and all those that loved Gus find these monsters. Please don't allow this happen again to another horse." Seriously, that is just not on. And why were they drinking Export instead of a cool beer like Asahi?

Because getting rid of Drumpf is not enough

 

Extradition Dotcom

A New Zealand judge has upheld an earlier court ruling that flamboyant internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues can be extradited to the U.S. to face criminal charges. The decision comes five years after U.S. authorities shut down Dotcom's file-sharing website Megaupload and filed charges of conspiracy, racketeering, and money laundering against the men. If found guilty, they could face decades in prison. Dotcom, who lives in New Zealand, has been fighting extradition in a case which has moved with glacial slowness at times. And Monday's decision won't be the last, with the case likely to be appealed up to New Zealand's Supreme Court, a process that could take another year or two. But here's how I see it: Kim Dotcom is a hero. Although I never used his site, it is an important chapter in the history of all that is fair and just, especially when it comes to getting a free copy of the latest movie or TV episode.

To FM or not to FM? That is the question...

Nearly all smartphones sold today in the US, including the iPhone, have an FM chip inside their LTE modems. However, carriers and phone makers keep it switched off, probably for business reasons. Ajit Pai, who was appointed to chair US comms watchdog the FCC in January, would like to see more phones have those FM receivers activated. "You could make a case for activating chips on public safety grounds alone," he said in remarks at the North American Association's Future of Radio and Audio Symposium this week. Although he wants carriers and handset makers to switch on FM, he said he isn't keen on forcing the industry to enable FM and would leave it to the market to decide. Pai highlighted that only 44 percent of smartphones have the FM chip activated in the US and fewer in Canada, compared with 80 percent in Mexico. "So it's not just that the US and Canada could be doing better. We could be doing a lot better," he said. If Apple activated the FM radio on the iPhone, it would be likely to boost FM activations dramatically overall. As reported by MacRumors, the study Pai cited found that 94 percent of the phones that don't have FM activated are iPhones. "It seems odd that every day we hear about a new smartphone app that lets you do something innovative, yet these modern-day mobile miracles don't enable a key function offered by a 1982 Sony Walkman," Pai said. He pointed to several benefits. For example, using FM radio would use far less battery life and less data, while allowing people to receive emergency alerts when a wireless network is overloaded. I can think of one more: listening to music. However, today's music is crap as.

The musk of charity