Mosley case truly bizarre
The defamation trial in London involving Formula One boss Max Mosley is truly bizarre.
Mosley, the son of British fascist Sir Oswald Mosley, is suing News Of the World for describing his sado-masochistic sex orgy as having Nazi overtones.
He admits the fetish and the orgy, but denies the Nazi link.
I guess Mosley is sensitive about his family history, but his reputation is surely damaged regardless of his innocence or otherwise on the Nazi allegation.
I mean, he potentially clears his name of getting excited about fascist uniforms but he’s known as someone who likes sado-masochistic group romps.
Only in Britain.
No answer to cow gas
The Australian Government is currently considering its response to a report into the impact of climate change which recommends emissions trading.
It’s a very complex discussion, but as I understand it companies and organisations that produce “bad gas” will be taxed while the production of “good gas” will be rewarded.
We managed to localise the debate for tomorrow’s Border Watch by obtaining comments from a local manufacturer, farmers, councils and timber workers. Read more
Editorial opinions
I’ve set up a web site for my editorial opinions at http://theborderwatch.blogspot.com/.
I’m not a big fan of writing editorials. I stopped them at Myrtleford and Kalgoorlie, except when I had something that had to be said. The Border Watch has a policy though to run them, and I accept that responsibility.
Opinion pieces for daily papers can be tricky, especially somewhere like Mount Gambier where we don’t cover much national news and don’t have access to AAP.
There are only so many local issues to opine about. Read more
Ecstatic about new number plate
I’m ecstatic about my new number plate (pictured). It’s so memorable, at least the letters.
I wrote earlier about the hassle of moving interstate. The new number plate compensated for some of that.
I can’t recall my number plate in Western Australia, but now… ecstasy … hard to forget.
I just have to remember the numbers.
Princess Margaret Rose Cave
This picture shows the Glenelg River near the Princess Margaret Rose Cave in Western Victoria about 25km from Mount Gambier.
The picture to the left shows my princess Margaret in the cave that was named after the Queen’s sister.
We visited there today and really enjoyed the experience, right on our doorstep, just 20 minutes away across the border.
The cave was first discovered in 1936. The local landowners were curious about a hole in the ground and one was lowered down by rope with just some matches and a candle.
We saw the hole today and can’t believe the risk they took. The ranger explained to us that animals were known to fall down the hole, and the cave at that time was inhabited by snakes! Read more
Border Watch guest tipster
During the few weeks I’ve been in Mount Gambier I think I’ve become better known as the guest tipster than I have as editor-in-chief of The Border Watch.
My punting fame was enhanced last week when I picked the winner of the Grand National Hurdle at Flemington. My selection Derringer was the first of only four finishers in a controversial race.
The sports editor, who I defer to in matters related to equine pursuits, has changed the tipping format to make it “Gilbo versus the Guest”. Read more
Embarrassing sporting photos
There’s a good discussion on the cricket website Cricinfo about sportsmen being caught in embarrassing photos they would rather forget.
The most recent example is former England cricket captain Mike Atherton shaking hands with Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe in 1996. Read more
Identi.ca: Unique or clone?
I was never a big Tweeter, but found the concept strangely compelling. There are many people ranting on the web about service disruptions, but I never used it enough to be troubled.
Nevertheless, I like to try new things and stumbled across Identi.ca yesterday and set up an account with the short, early-adopter user name of mjg.
The service is Open Source and I like the fact I can login with openID. There is the promise of things to come in terms of integration and updates, such as SMS, Facebook and WordPress.
There is a good in-depth discussion here.
Netherlands goes to pot
One of the more bizarre news stories I’ve read in a long while surfaced today when it came out that tobacco smoking has been banned in Dutch cafes and restaurants, but marijuana is still okay.
I’m half Dutch, but the country today is nothing like the one my mother and grandparents left in the 1950s.
I’m not qualified to explain why. I’ve been there and found a bigger cultural gap between the countryside and cities than what exists in other countries.
The politics of allowing cannabis to be legal while making public tobacco smoking illegal just escapes me.
Three underrated WordPress plugins
John Lamansky asked WordPress bloggers to name three underrated plugins and Jeff Chandler picked up the idea at Weblog Tools Collection.
I mentioned two plugins at John’s site which I don’t think get as much attention as they deserve.
1) Javascript in posts: WordPress allows Javascript in php files and sidebar widgets, but not in posts. This plugin fixes that.
2) Exclude pages: This plugin adds a checkbox, “include this page in menus”, which is checked by default. If you uncheck it, the page will not appear in any listings of pages (which includes, and is usually limited to, your page navigation menus. And I will add:
3) My page order: Saves a lot of time if you want pages to appear in alphabetical order. It gives you control over how pages are displayed in menus.
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