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Plucked from the headlines, online and in print

Ultimate unfit parent: asshole extraordinaire

Myka Stauffer with her four children. She’s rehomed one so far. No word on whether she’s keeping the rest.

When people decide to rehome pets because they don’t suit their lifestyle, I’m inclined to take the view that they are absolute assholes.

So it’s an extreme level of assholery for someone to try that with a kid. Yes, a child. One of those ridiculous “online influencers” adopted herself a child from China, but after three years, Myka Stauffer and her husband James have decided to “rehome” their child. Yes, rehome him, like he’s a fucking cat that’s activating her allergies.

They have three other kids, and honestly, if she’s happy to rehome one (she even referred to the situation as finding him his “forever home”), then the authorities should seriously be looking at the rest of their children. Because they obviously don’t see unconditional love as being a requirement for being a parent.

Disgusting.

 

The great American scam

It seems like every second “travel” story in newspapers, magazines and online is some sort of guide on how to tip when visiting America. There’s no doubt it’s an interesting country to visit, but FFS, pay people a proper wages. It’s bloody ridiculous that a restaurant gets away with paying wait staff slave wages while charging an arm and a leg for the food. And every year the list of those with their hand out wanting a tip seems to get longer.

The solution? How about the people making money of the work of those people pay their fucking wages. 

New World’s booze selection? Nyet

Why the actual fuck is a large supermarket chain still selling Russian booze after the illegal invasion of Ukraine? According to a report in the Herald, two supermarkets in Dunedin have opted to continue selling Russian booze, despite calls from the local Ukrainian community to boycott imports and the Government announcing 35% tariffs on all imports from Russia.  Should just ban the bloody lot. As a nation, we need to start standing up to the global bullies and warmongers … Putin, Trump and Netanyahu. Ugh, Now there’s an unholy trio.

So shame on you New World Gardens (selling Baltika, Hamovniki and 3 Hills Beer Russian imports ) and New World Centre City (selling  Baltika, 3 Hills Beer and Siberian Crown).

FFS, if it’s not rampaging rats, it’s dodgy booze with these Dunedin supermarkets!

 
 

DCF = Department of Cluster Fucks?

Here’s a shining example of stupidity and cruelty in Florida: a woman who was assaulted by her ex was then targeted by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) with a fucking ridiculous interpretation of the law.

After coming home from the hospital after having treatment for the assault, Leah Gunion was visited by a DCF investigator and then spent the next six weeks fighting to keep custody of her two boys.

What was her heinous crime?

Did she abuse her children? No.

Did she fail to feed them? No.

Did she beat them? No.

Did she do drugs in front of them? No.

When she was assaulted, she briefly lost consciousness. And according to the idiots from DCF, that meant she left her children unsupervised.

Such … compassion?

Adding to the stupidity: “She said to me, ‘If (your ex-boyfriend) had taken the children with him when he left while you were passed out on the floor, I wouldn’t be here right now’.” 

Un-fucking-believable.

Invercargill: The stunning southern gem

The NZ Herald has a great wee story about all the awesome vintage treats on offer in my little corner of the world. Those of us who live in the deep south of Godzone already know how great the place is, but it’s good to see the word spreading! (Not too much though, we don’t want everyone moving here … I like the size of the place, and the population density, just as it is)!

Anyhoo, Emma Gleason is full of praise for our architecture, parks, attractions and opshops in NZ’s treasure trove of vintage.

Still flying their freak flag after all these years

Mountain manI see the shit is continuing to hit the proverbial fan in the United States, under the leadership of Trumplestiltskin, with headlines screaming about the chaos … 

Protests spark battles across the US

Antifa and Proud Boys brawl in Michigan

Cops clash with BLM marchers in Chicago

Pro-police demonstrators fire gunshots in Portland as rallies turn violent 

It’s just a little bit weird that the rednecks so proudly wave the flag of their failed pro-slavery confederacy every time they want to have a protest.

It’s even more weird that it is so tolerated. Germany kind of frowns upon the neo-Nazis flashing swastikas because much like the confederate flag, it’s a symbol of hate.

Can it be even more weird? Oh yes indeedy: while Donald Trump and his cronies whine about antifa being terrorists, the likes of the Proud Boys and KKK are perfectly legal. In fact, he’s even referred to the Proud Boys (sort of like the KKK but without the white sheets) as “good people”. 

Sigh. America, you might just be fucked. Good luck for the next few years. You’re gonna need it!

Kiwibank backtracks on brothel ban

NZ currency
Judgy old Kiwibank has rethought its stance on who will be allowed to use its banking services after a bit of backlash over the responsible banking policy it published this week.

The policy excludes a bunch of undesirables that cause harm to the world: drug dealers,  loan sharks, and businesses involved with military-grade weapons, to name just a few.

And brothels and strip clubs. You know: those totally legal, tax-paying businesses. Kiwibank initially had  blacklisted them, eliciting an understandably angry response from sex workers.

After a bit of pushback and a wee chat with the New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective the day after the policy was published, Kiwibank has now recategorised the adult entertainment industry as a “sensitive sector”. 

READ: Kiwibank backs down from blacklisting brothels

This means they want customers with businesses in those sectors to “produce evidence of their compliance with and performance of harm minimisation practice”. And that means the entire adult entertainment industry “including strip clubs, brothels and the filming, production and publishing of pornographic material”.

How does one prove that? How do they judge? One person’s ick factor might be another person’s favourite kink.

Is it because sex workers have the potential to be harmed by their employers? I know there is potential for them to be treated badly by those who employ them, and I understand the peril of human trafficking.. But we have had many cases of foreign workers being used and abused while employed as farm workers, fruit pickers and liquor store workers. Will Kiwibank add those businesses to the “sensitive sector” list?

Maybe it’s the concern that the adult entertainment industry causes harm to consumers? In which case, I await their announcement of similar conditions for the manufacturers of Pepsi and pies.

But let’s be honest, it all comes down to some uptight, pearl-clutching twat deciding that sex work is sleazy. How much do you want to bet their Google search history would make your toes curl? People like that are usually the ones with the weirdest kinks.

 

Let ‘er rip

It’s a weird old world we live in right now as global movement has ground to a halt in an attempt to slow the progress of Covid. This means no crowds at the sporting events that have gone ahead, resulting in the cameras (and microphones) being far more sensitive to things that would normally have been lost in the crowd. As Aussie golfer Ian Poulter discovered when teeing off at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. As he let rip on the golf ball, he also let rip with a fart that reduced him and the cameraman to a wee fit of giggles before they carried on.

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