Monckton gets legal letter from university threatening to sue and then calls up flying monkeys

Viscount Monckton is not amused and this is the commentary which had him so hot under that ermine collar: Abraham presentation.
While this piece by his lordship is part of the reaon the University of St. Thomas is riled and threatening legal action {see above image}.

Watts Up With That has since published Monckton's call to the flying monkey brigade to make Abraham retract or the uni takedown the critique.

A spectacularly unsuccessful move on his part.

If you want to back the scientific view go to Support John Abraham.

Of course Monckton has troubles with his claims in other areas and the House of Lords has very firmly shot down his claim to be a non-voting member of the house here and here.

The sad fact of the matter is that his father was one of the Lords tossed out when the House was reformed and even though he is an hereditary peer the Lords themselves firmly rejected Monckton when he tried to join their numbers via Crossbench Hereditary Peers’ By-elections in 2008 and 2009.

MailScanner and University of Southampton say "Please do not complain to us. It will do no good."

Out of the blue last week MailScanner, a software project run by the University of Southampton, started to identify all emails I send as possible spam and, those containing links to North Coast Voices or Google searches as possible fraud.

This is not software that I downloaded, so presumably my server has recently installed it at ISP-level.

Julian Field at the university states:

Your system administrator or Internet Provider has installed MailScanner, which modified your e-mail. The MailScanner development team are not responsible for things people do with MailScanner. If you do not like the way your mail is processed, please do not complain to us. It will do no good.

Not good enough Mr. Field! If the university is distributing software to over 100,000 sites which is so open to mismanagement that there is a special FAQ section on the MailScanner website specifically dealing with this nonsense, then you are to blame for the fact that this same software is treating even Google search result links as fraud/spam.

Now on to give my internet service provider a flea in the ear.......

2010 Election Campaign Day 4 - First LOLs of the Season

Opposition Leader and black ops meister Tony Abbott:
"I expect this to be a filthy campaign from the Labor Party but as far as I'm concerned it will be hard, but it will be fair and it will be clean."

The Nats Barnaby Joyce gives an undertaking about Prime Minister Gillard:
"I'm not going to go chasing her around the bedroom....."

A case of he said 'n' she said on the Lib campaign trail......
"In an odd twist, the two men accused of assault rang the police to complain about being assaulted. Ms Wood, her staff, and on-lookers also called police, who have interviewed the parties but not laid charges."

On Labor campaign slogans......
‎kateosborn7news‎: Someone should tell Julia Gillard Australia is already moving forward. Continental drift means it moves 6cm north each year. Twitter

AWU National Secretary Paul Howes has an opinion:
Unfortunately for Brown and likeminded environmentalists, such as NSW MP Ian Cohen, his party is being infiltrated by many whose commitment to the environment is questionable, and who are more focused on turning the Greens into a left-wing, socialist-style party. Some people call these Greens "watermelons" - green on the outside, red on the inside.

One voter's take on the subject......
rod3000 Geez, those lucky ice addicts...only five sleeps until the election #ausvotes via Twitter for iPhone

And a protester dons budgie smugglers

There are five seasons on the Clarence Coast as Maccas is about to find out

Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the Clarence Coast knows that somewhere between Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter comes Hunt the Developer Season.
Maud up the Street couldn't wait to tell me - she's just spotted her first Boycott Maccas t-shirt parading past the site where McDonald's Australia is busy preparing the lot for its new eat-in and drive though hamburger joint in Yamba.

What’s the price of a recreational fishing licence in NSW?

A man appeared in Maclean local court last week seeking an annulment of his conviction for not holding a valid fishing licence.

Earlier this year the man was convicted in absentia and required to pay a fine and professional costs totalling approximately $4000.

Last week the man told the court that he did not attend the court on the day of his conviction because he suffered an illness that caused him confusion about the date on which he was due to appear and answer the charge of fishing without a licence.

The State, represented by a local solicitor, told the court it was opposed to the granting of an annulment.

The court refused the man's application for the annulment and to make matters worse for the man the State sought a further $880 in professional costs for its appearance before the court.

The magistrate was seen to shake his head with what seemed to be disbelief as he announced his decision to refuse the annulment and award costs to the State. The magistrate's hands were tied - he was in no position to deny the State its claim against the annulment.

The matter lasted all of about 5 to 10 minutes and resulted in the fishing licence eventually costing the man about $5000.

So, how much is a recreational fishing licence in NSW?

The NSW recreational fishing fee is:
3 Days $ 6.00
1 Month $12.00
1 Year $30.00
3 Years $75.00

For details about persons who are exempt from paying for a licence in NSW read this.

Nationals Hartsuyker overreaches and gets a caning from one P & C

The Nationals Luke Hartsuyker (incumbent in the marginal seat of Cowper on the NSW North Coast) has been relentless in his pursuit of column inches in the local print media as he prepares to defend his seat at this year's federal election.

Recently he turned his eye to schools with this press release on 11 July 2010; Government must address broken promises at North Coast schools and apologise to students, parents and teachers.
Which The Daily Examiner published almost verbatim as Schools left out of pocket with the unverifiable teaser: The Daily Examiner knows of one such case in the Clarence Valley but has withheld publishing at the request of teachers after an 11th hour reprieve from the Department of Education.

The Nambucca Heads school community reared up in the face of all this shameless politicking and bit back via The Coffs Coast Advocate in Nambucca school takes aim at MP on 13 July 2010:

The president of the Nambucca Heads Primary School's P & C has accused Cowper MP Luke Hartsuyker of using the issue to make 'sweeping statements with very obvious political bias in order to gain political gain'.......

"We the parents, staff and P & C body of Nambucca Heads Public School are extremely happy with the acquisition of a wonderful, sturdy and well built and well finished brand new school hall. We are very grateful to the Govt for making it possible for our school to own such a valuable asset.

"Prior to having a new hall our school community gathered for assemblies, performances and significant events in an undercover area with no walls. Special assemblies and occasions were regularly disrupted by inclement weather. To have a brand new hall, so beautifully built and finished off is an invaluable asset and one which has been out of our reach for many years, that is, until the Building the Education Revolution Project.".

2010 Election Campaign Day 3 - Case of the battling Facebooks

Not hard to guess which is the legit Julia Gillard Facebook site out of 691 results....


















Tony Abbott also gets three top entries which span the political spectrum........

















A case of one Facebook entry is not enough for a local pollie or extra pages booked by enthusiastic local supporters?




















With at least 410 Facebook entries for "Kevin Hogan" the Nats Kevin Hogan only pops to the front using a location filter. But Kevvie's out there at http://www.facebook.com/kevinhogan.com.au?v=wall&ref=search