Author: Kim du Toit

It Was 20 Years Ago Today

Psychos

…that this little event took place:

‘Scissor Sisters’ cut off mum’s boyfriend’s head and penis in ‘most grotesque killing ever’

And yes, I agree that at first glance, it sounds bad.

However, when you read some of the details of the corpus delicti’s  previous behavior, it does kinda sound like he had it coming:

The murder happened around St Patrick’s weekend in March 2005 after a drugs and booze binge involving the sisters. Noor, who was married with two kids and reportedly had a history of violence against women including allegations of rape, was also involved in the partying.

He was living with Linda and Charlotte’s mum Kathleen in Dublin at the time, with the mum reportedly ending up in hospital on multiple occasions, including once with fractured ribs, the Irish Mirror reports. The depraved murder, believed to have taken place on March 20, was sparked by Charlotte and Linda claiming Noor tried to rape one of them.

So they  reported him to the Garda  did they hell:

They reportedly spent the day drinking and taking ecstasy before Charlotte stabbed the man 27 times with a Stanley knife, while Linda struck him with a claw hammer. The dead man’s head and penis were then chopped off and never found. The siblings reportedly spent hours on the bathroom floor cutting up Noor’s body into chunks before placing them in plastic bags.

They then dumped his limbs and torso into the canal before boarding a bus to Tallaght in southwest Dublin, with the victim’s head concealed and reportedly hidden before it was moved again. Kathleen meanwhile helped clean the crime scene. Ten days later, Noor’s leg, with a sock still attached, was seen floating in the canal.

Horrifying?  Yes.  Did The Late Amputee “need killing”?  Also yes.

Anyway, Sister Charlotte seems to have had quite the time of it in prison:

A chilling image of Charlotte smiling while holding a large knife to a male inmate’s throat was leaked in 2008, sparking questions about why male and female prisoners were mixing, and how Charlotte got access to the large blade.

In 2014, she was accused of being in an “inappropriate sexual relationship” with a male staff member, and was reportedly found with alcohol in her cell. Just one year later, it was reported she was put in segregation after using heated hair tongs to burn the back of a fellow inmate, as reported in the Irish Independent.

Charlotte also reportedly teamed up with Linda to run a hair and beauty salon called Head And Shoulders – believed to be a warped reference to how they hacked their victim’s body.

Okay, I need to stop now because I’m starting to giggle.  And that’s just wrong.

#WhenIrishEyesAreDeadpan

Learn It Or Don’t Bother

Immigration, Trumpism

Oh boo-hoo-hoo.  In his latest oh-so-Hitler initiative, POTUS Trump has caused massive heartache to immigrants:

In keeping with his March 1 order making English the official language of the United States, the president has directed the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to cancel a contract with a translation service provider, according to Government Executive magazine.

The translation service was offered to migrants calling the department for information about their status under E-Verify and other government programs.

The administration is also now directing agency call center employees to terminate any call from a caller who can’t make his needs known in English.

Yup:  as in most countries, if you don’t speak the country’s official language, you’re screwed.

Here’s the real deal.  The article linked above talks about audio translation services.  What is not discussed is the paper (and processing) cost of providing documentation to would-be immigrants — in multiple languages.

It’s complete bollocks.  Nothing screams inefficiency like having to do everything twice — or more times — which in essence is what’s being ended here.

As I’ve said countless times before, if you’re going to move to a foreign country, learn to speak its fucking home language before embarking on the journey.  Nothing is more irritating than having to deal with people from another country who insist that you speak their language in dealing with them.  It’s nothing less than a divisive and arrogant attitude, coming from people who have no right to be so in their adopted country.

As an immigrant, you’re here on sufferance, not entitlement.  And the sooner the huddled masses learn that lesson, the easier it will be for them in the long term.  Fit in or fuck off.

Random Totty

Gratuitous Chick Pics

Last weekend I watched Hitchcock’s brilliant movie To Catch A Thief, and it’s always a pleasure to gaze upon the mid-1950s Grace Kelly and her Sunbeam Alpine sports car:

…not to mention the glorious scenery of the Midi:

However, in all this ogling, a random brain cell fastened on the other cutie in the movie, the teenager Danielle, who has a crush on the (much-older) Cary Grant.

In real life, her name was Brigitte Auber, and in the movie, she’s given the tomboy treatment — no doubt to reinforce the illusion of her age (she was actually nearly 30 when the movie was made), as much as to make her less alluring than the leading lady.

Of course, outside that look, she was a lot more interesting:

But Brigitte’s real claim to fame is that she helped turn her then-boyfriend, one Alain Delon, into a movie star.

By the way, Brigitte Auber will be turning 100 in a month’s time.

Quote Of The Day

QOTD

…from Britishland:

The fundamental problem confronting PM Keir Starmer and Chancellor* Reeves is that Britain’s state is reliant on growth to fund itself, while also doing its apparent best to block it. The transition to net zero, the generosity of the welfare state that undermines work incentives, the planning system that effectively vetoes investment, and the tax system that pays for the same, have more effectively blocked Britain’s prosperity than any number of de-growth activists. The result of this stagnation, coupled with a fiscal state already stretched to its limits, is that each disappointing growth out-turn finds the Prime Minister and Chancellor attempting to find new ways to make it through one more Office for Budget Responsibility forecast period while the premium applied to British debt continues to go up.

Sucks to be them, dunnit?  Although under FJB’s presidency, we were headed alarmingly down the same path.

*Chancellor of the Exchequer is kinda like our Treasury Secretary, only the Chancellor actually sets and defines the national budget.

Sick Of The Exaggeration

Lies and Untruths, Numbers & Statistics

From Stephen Green (and a veritable host of others):

“The Democrats have a destructive addiction to the 20% side of a whole host of 80/20 issues.”

I can’t remember who first uttered the “80/20 issues” trope, but I’ll bet it was a Democrat like James Carville or Bill Maher.

With all things, scale matters.

Are you telling me that 20% of voters — that’s one in every five voters — supports:

  • men competing in women’s sports
  • gender-reversal surgery on minor children without parental notification (let alone consent)
  • not expelling criminal illegal aliens
  • not ending the flood of illegal immigrants who draw money from public health- and education services, at the expense of U.S. citizens
  • deficit spending and a ballooning national debt
  • a voting system that enables voter fraud and crooked elections (in guess who’s favor)
  • Hamas-sponsored riots and
  • anti-Semitic attacks on Jews in college campuses
  • eco-terrorism and obstructive demonstrations
  • violent demonstrations against public officials (e.g. Supreme Court justices) who dare to oppose their agenda
  • waste, abuse and outright fraud in the federal government budget
  • sending foreign aid money — by the billion — to sponsor overt anti-American activities abroad
  • siphoning “foreign aid” money — by the tens of millions — to line the pockets of executives running Washington D.C. non-profit organizations
  • a military weakened by woke DEI policies and regulations
  • a foreign policy that supports enemies of the U.S. (e.g. Iran) rather than chastises them
  • over-regulation of industry which chokes off economic progress
  • schools which have failed our children, and the government department that is responsible for that failure
  • a mandate that all cars sold in the U.S. be EVs, by 2030 — i.e. five years’ time — with no supporting infrastructure to sustain them
  • [insert your favorite issues here]

Seriously?  One in every five voters supports all the above?

Let me tell you right now:  it’s not 20%, but more like 5%.  In other words, the Democrats are supporting splinter issues that may find favor with only five in every hundred U.S. citizens — and even 5% may be too high.

So let’s quit this exaggeration of their support, please.  Most of their positions are deeply unpopular with almost all voters, and an “80/20” apportionment gives a misleading impression.  Numbers matter, so let’s start using the more-correct one.

Speaking of numbers, here’s a recent poll highlight:

When asked in an open-ended question to name the Democratic leader they feel “best reflects the core values” of the party, “10% of Democratic-aligned adults name New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 9% former vice president Kamala Harris, 8% Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and 6% House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Another 4% each name former president Barack Obama and Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, with Schumer joining a handful of others at 2%.”

When AOC is your standard-bearer (and the rest are equally dire)…