A magistrate just charged someone for contempt for blwing bubble gum in court. More to the story here.
http://www.news.com.au/national/melbourne-magistrate-jails-man-for-blowing-bubble-in-court/story-e6frfkvr-1225881131218
The part I find hilarious is that this magistrate has made someone buy an ice-cream and eat it in court, because he claimed that put him over the limit when he was caught drink-driving. This should happen more often! I bet the defendant didn't see that coming.
One from the World Cup, takes the pressure off our boys getting whipped (and yet still, no one has noticed that the Aussie girls are awesome http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201005/2913387.htm?desktop - yes, you read that right, "It's the first major trophy for any Australian soccer team."). In this one the goalie of the losing team was interviewed by a journo about how he mucked it up. The journo happened to be his girlfriend. Might be in another language, but you can still see him squirm. http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/iker-casillas-we-feel-for-you-spanish-goalkeepers-girlfriend-harangues-him-on-live-tv/story-e6frfmyi-1225881105413
Finally, an update on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - BP has pledged an additional $US20billion. That's a hell of a lot of money, and in addition to what they have spent so far. I wonder if they have made that much out of that operation? There is this quote: Analysts said BP, which has spent about $US1.6 billion battling the spill and made a profit of about $US14 billion ($16.22 billion) in 2009, should be strong enough to weather the storm even if it has to borrow more. So for an entire year, over all of their operations, they made just over half of what they are pledging? So in just under two years, they can pay for that (with absolutely no profit for the company). That is a lot of money. I'm not supporting BP, and I understand the lives, jobs and environmental damage that has been done, and continuing, but we need to see both sides. BP are trying to fix this. Give them credit for that at least.
http://www.news.com.au/business/bp-chief-tony-hayward-vows-to-repair-gulf-coast-as-congress-goes-for-the-throat/story-e6frfm1i-1225881157001
Anyway, that's enough study procrastination for me, better get back to it for my last exam of the semester. It's a good feeling, 4 down, 1 to go. I think the feeling of 5 down, none to go will be even better though :).
About Me
- andy
- I'm like any other uni student. I like clubbing, parties with friends and surfing if I can get a chance. I grew up in Townsville and miss my great friends there, the strand and maggie, but I still get time to have fun in brissie. I'm studying Civil and Construction Engineering at QUT, and I'm finding it a lot more interesting than most people would think. I'm also doing a mining minor at UQ at the same time so that I can work in the mining industry. I hope to work on mine sites once I graduate, because I love the friendliness in small towns, and it's always more fun to brag about being involved in massive projects. Drop me an email at andrea.dale@connect.qut.edu.au if you want to know more :)
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