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I dare you not to tap your foot along.

And doesn't it tell a wonderful tale?

What about that first note from the chanteuse? Fooled ya, huh?

I cannot fib - well, I can but I daresn't in this case - this clip posted on Facebook by Tatiana Capodistria and commandeered by me to brighten my blog posts.

PETITION SIGN

Stop the Sneak Attack on Wildlife

Some in Congress are attempting to use a must-pass spending bill to eliminate protections for wolves and other wildlife.

If they are successful, life-saving protections for wolves will be eliminated, the Endangered Species Act will be compromised and vital funding to protect our wildlife and environment will be slashed.

Speak out for wildlife! Urge your U.S. representative to pass a clean continuing resolution – without provisions that hurt our wildlife.

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DUTOIT~FERRIOLI

Close readers of this blog know how much I admire Louise du Toit.

Louise has recently fallen foul of one Ted Ferrioli - altho' not as foul as he has of her.

By my troth, has the ordure/ventilator interface rebounded robustly on the podgy pol.

Is the moron in Grant or Greece? - that 'Flopsy' Ferrioli bunter sure be back-pedaling now.

Hit delete, Jack and don't come back namoor, etc

Clever MyEagleNews:

"But this fuss really isn’t about wolves. It’s about civil discourse. Labeling an entire nation “morons” wasn’t the senator’s finest moment. It seemed particularly unfortunate given some of the recent history of his home county ...

Worse, we have letter writers in newspapers across the region questioning whether Grant County, not Greece, is the haven for morons. That’s some significant splashback for a community that’s struggling to foster a fledgling tourism industry and promote its assets.

The senator may have shot himself in the foot, but we’re catching the ricochet. Maybe he should apologize not just to Greeks, but to this community as well. And perhaps next time, rather than telling foreign correspondents to “go away,” he should invite them to visit Grant County and see rural life for themselves."

Call anyone a moron today? - OregonLive.com's incisive Susan Nielsen sliding the rapier into Ferrioli's juddering flanks. This is beginning to catch fire - surely not an outbreak of Politician Politesse?

"Too important to be given over to bullies": Oh boy, I wouldnt like to get on the wrong side of Ricky 'Awesome' Wells.

Message from that gunslinger that he, 'Posted the following at the Blue Mountain Eagle:

"Word travels fast in this internet age, I'm following the story from Seattle, but I heard about it from friends in Greece.

I hope your good Senator learns a few lessons from this international drama: the internet may provide a certain anonymity, but not for a public figure.

It used to be that a rude comment would reach ten friends, now it can reach a million - pretty much with one forward to a list that goes viral.

Finally, the US is in need of civil discourse. Most of us are tired of insults, shouts, and rude behavior. The business of governing is too important to be given over to bullies." '

Seems like there's a poll that Corfuciosi should join in - not sure where, unless it's the discussion going on here.

I'd like to fire up some comments from south london and Hong Kong, give it a bit of cosmopolitania.

Meanwhile ... back on the ranch:

Louise

More Louise

VOLPONE - One of the steps I took to lend weight to the cause was to contact a pal I made when reviewing her book - wife of Tom Rush, no less - the level-headed and clued-up Renee Askins, whose Shadow Mountain: A Memoir Of Wolves, A Woman, And The Wild is must-reading.

STUFF - among the messages I've had from Louise:

"After learning about the anti-wolf bill of Senator Doug Whitsett, which will strip wolves of their already weak state protections as an endangered species, as well as greatly be undermining the Endangered Species Act itself by allowing politicians to decide which species deserve protection from being wiped out, I sent a polite letter of protest to most of the 30 Senators of Oregon State.

I wrote a few articles about it on my FB page, where I have a great circle of friends supporting my humble efforts for animals. I explained what the whole situation was about, and I posted the ready letter (the first one that I sent) together with the e-mail addresses of all 30 Senators of Oregon State, to be used in our campaign of protest against the destructive proposal. Many of my friends sent the letter too, expressing their opposition to the bill.

Many of us, both Americans and non-Americans, received unbelievably rude replies from Mr Ferrioli.

Chris, I truly care for all these beautiful animals and I believe that it is of no importance whether I live in the US or not, when it comes to fighting for the survival of any species. There are truly no borders in our fights for animal rights. I am thoroughly disappointed with the reaction of this U.S. representative; when opinions from abroad are given with good faith, even though there may be a disagreement, there should be a respectable acceptance of it.

Check this link for an update today: I am attaching the e-mail exchange between me and Mr Ferrioli - starting with my first letter at the bottom, ending with his last reply at the top."

"Mmme [sic] Du Toit,

You are delusional if you believe US elected officials will bow to activist pressure from outside our borders. Let your friends, family and fellow Europeans in their thousands write passionate emails. We will ignore them.

You have not begun to deal with the shortcomings of your own governments and nations. Learn to govern yourselves, especially in the areas of social and environmental justice, before you begin to preach to others.

Let me give you this assurance about your political influence in the Oregon State Legislature: You have none.

Senator Ted Ferrioli John Day, Oregon USA"

From: Louise Du Toit, Monday, February 07, 2011 11:45 AM
To: Sen Ferrioli ~ Subject: Re: Endangered Wolves

Dear Senator Ferrioli, thank you for your quick response.

The fact that you took the time to reply to my letter, is a certain sign that you do feel quite insecure about the strong influence that we as non US citizens might have on the destructive proposed bills. I am not kidding, neither are any of the thousands of Europeans who are supporting the protection of all wolves around the world and who are all determined to speak up against this injustice.

There are NO borders in our fight for endangered species.

Henry Beston said the following:

"The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth."

No-one has the right to destroy the life of ANY other nation, and we will oppose the killing of wolves ANYWHERE in the world for as long as we live.

Sincerely, Louise du Toit

From: Sen Ferrioli : Mon, February 7, 2011 5:36:47 PM

Subject: RE: Endangered Wolves

Mr. [sic] Du Toit,

Are you kidding? Why do expect that input from EU residents make [sic] any difference at all to me? I'll be supporting Dr. Whitsett's bill (he is a VETERINARIAN). By the way, perhaps I should be writing to EU ministers to stop bailing out Greece. Clearly it has become a haven for morons.

Go away!

Senator Ted Ferrioli

From: Louise Du Toit, Monday, February 07, 2011 1:52 AM
To: Sen Ferrioli
Subject: Endangered Wolves

Dear Senator

I am writing to you since I am STRONGLY opposing Senator Doug Whitsett's anti-wolf bill, which will ignore the opinions of wildlife managers and scientists, and strip wolves of their already weak state protections as an endangered species. This bill will also greatly undermine the Endangered Species Act itself, by allowing politicians to decide which species deserve protection from being wiped out.

A a vivid and dedicated supporter of native wildlife, I am truly concerned about the negative effects which the proposed bill of Senator Whitsett could have on wolves and many other endangered species. Wolves MUST remain a protected species, since like all living creatures on earth, they deserve our full support and compassion, all being equally important and vital for a healthy Eco structure.

I expect you to stand up against ANY efforts to make it easier to kill wolves, as I expect you to support the well-being of all native wildlife.

Sincerely - Louise du Toit, Greece

Thank you, Chris, your support is so much appreciated.

Link to read more about the injustice towards the wolves.

FACEBOOK POSTING : I had originally kicked off on my facebook - which i don't mix with here - with a plaintiff:

"Someone is being horrid to a very favourite pal of mine. if anyone stateside goes huntin fishin with Teddy Ferrioli, can they ask him to be nicer to her. i am gathering more material to shove up on my blog."

To which the stalwart Richard Wells - poet and Dylanthologist - had responded,

"A UN free zone. Spare me. Here come the black helicopters, but they can't seem to find that rather insignificant county. Mockery is the only real response."

*** Loipon - I love Louise and you would too so I call on all Corfucian Irregulars to do that thing you do and dish it to this grunting troglodyte as only you know how.

HANDJOB

I really only wanted to run that subject line, but it's also pretty good.

CEE LO IN FEATHERS

Brilliant choice for the awards.

This song and the original video will go down in pop history.

Boo hiss to the idiotic GP: what is she on these days?

TOM RUSH

Good Bits of YouTube

Gosh how I look out for you chaps.

Scroll down to

TIP OF THE WEEK and Deep Link:

Sending just the good bit of a clip.

TIP OF THE WEEK

Want to share just the good part of a long YouTube video with friend and spare your pal from having to sit through the boring stuff at the beginning of the clip?

Thanks to YouTube’s Deep Links feature, you can e-mail a URL that takes the recipient directly to a specific time within the video.

To send a Deep Link, first copy the YouTube video’s URL into your e-mail message.

Par exemple, the famed Spanish Inquisition clip.

To the end of the address, add on the time code for the place you want to start in the clip.

For example, if you want to direct your viewer to the section four minutes and 30 seconds into a clip, type #t=4m30s at the end of the video’s URL so the whole thing looks like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uprjmoSMJ-o#t=4m30s

When your recipient clicks on the link, the video loads and jumps to the spot you have indicated.

Google has more on using Deep Links with YouTube videos at bit.ly/1k0PVx.

~ thanks for all this go to J. D. BIERSDORFER

DARTHETTE VADERAKI

This kid merits a Clio. He is spot-on throughout and don't tell me it's an Oscar-scooping dwarf ... that's a child-like gait and ditto reactions.

Look at his hand movements, look at his walk, how he follows the dog, that little stumble of shock as the car guns into life.

Look at that Alexandrian droop of shoulder-disappointment: only a Dad would notice that to comment so shrewdly on.

My favorite: his gamma ray zapping of the sandwich under mum's patient all-understanding gaze.

A gem of a commercial and well done VW.

Comments If you can be bothered, look at the thicko comments about the starting of the car ... I was ashamed to be admiring the same advert as some of these dumbos.

MALCOLM GLADWELL BOOK GENERATOR

I didnt get this at first so I dont expect you to either - not even clever clogs Sinbad.

Actually quite clever ...

VIDEO DOWNLOADER

But no breaching of copyright, you hear?

You scallywags.

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Ooh aye ~ The Oldie will get 'plaints about this one

How now, browned-off Bercow?

"She's hardly known as a shrinking violet, but this time even Sally Bercow may have overstepped the mark.

Naked, save for a sheet to protect her 'modesty', the Speaker’s wife gazes provocatively into the camera for an extraordinary photo taken in the shadow of Parliament.

Worse, in a racy magazine article, she then details the Bercow bedroom secrets, explaining how husband John’s lavish grace-and-favour apartment in the Palace of Westminster has spiced up life between the sheets.

Embarrassment: Sally Bercow's latest antics could be the nail in her husband's coffin as Speaker [Please, yes - Ed]

Mrs Bercow was amused by the description of her as the Carla Bruni of Westminster

‘I never realised how sexy I would find living under Big Ben with the bells chiming,’ Labour-supporting Mrs Bercow gushes.

Then, making the grand and rather unlikely claim that she is seen as the 'Carla Bruni of British politics', the 41-year-old extols the virtues of politics as an aphrodisiac."

Marvelous cartoon in the Telegraph

"Phew it's just a ghost. For a moment, I thought it was the Speaker's wife."

STORM IN A BEDSHEET - there's a run-dont-walk adult movie I'd scuttle to the Orfeus to see; pulp porn I'd pluck from the Plousios shelves.

Dullness Gag

Well-known bore wins appeal to prevent crashing tedium being revealed

League of Tedium

Blog bore wins new gagging order over alleged non affair because he had already been outed as sending everyone asleep over a previous posting outside his on-going boring blog.

The 'personality', who is a complete nonentity and has-been of yesteryear, applied for a publicity booster after learning that no-one gave a fuck about him and there wasnt a hope in hell of him being given ink for being excruciatingly dull on a first, second or third occasion.

The injunction was overturned but the Bore, demanding to be known by his real name, appealed and the Court of Appeal today ruled that he was too much of a nonentity to be identified.

In his judgement, Lord Neuberger, the Master of the Rolls, said that the "crucial factor" was that stories involving similarly irreloevant allegations by equally simpering nobodies had been published ad previous nauseam.

"If we permitted this pathetic creature's identity to be revealed without instructing editors to wait for a very very dull news day, then it would be all too easy for the media and members of the public to deduce the jaw-dropping dullness of the personality and simply turn the page, switch off the tele, or boot out."

GOOD RIDDANCE!!!

Breath-taking Arrogance

ENFIN! ~ Keys quits

Whadya call two outed asininnies? A promising start.

"Women don’t know the offside rule"

Hah fuckin' hah!

Nappy-headed SkyLouts Andy Gray and Richard Keys should have thought first about Don Imus' tumble from grace with his throwaway remark about nappy-headed hoes

I'm delighted - thrillèd, even - each time one of these dinosaur oafs crashes to the ground.

Too cowardly (or inadequate) to face women on a level playing field, they take cover in their male cochon bastions and grunt their prejudices to the choir.

I mean, look left at that sleek creature ~ clearly, a graceful dictionary of every rule in the book.

It's Andy and Dick who are the dick-heads here for verily they know not ~

Commandment 1: Yea, thou shalt not mock a babe lest the fans and Pharisees rise up and with one accord smite you in the goolies and great will be your pain and rubbished your name in the tabloids and Tabernacles.

Rueful - There's a shot in this link showing this oily muggins looking, dare I say? - ever-so slightly aware that his potty mouth might have let him down.

Ho effing ho - and just stay out of the grown-up world until you're ready to join it at some adult level.

Tucking it in

Feel our love, wanqueur.

Stitched up: Andy Gray blames 'dark forces'. Do me a favour, love

I mean, what stoopid assholes - they're actual broadcasters; they should know that, somewhere, a mic is always on.

I was told by a journo sportif that in today's world of Youtube no one ever stops recording in case they can snare just such a gaffe as the Keys/Gray duo have delievered.

Karren Brady: 'Blood boil'

The cool thing about this brouhaha is that it's giving the meedja its perfect opportunity and excuse to run pics of all the sensationally hot women in the biz.

Graham Poll: Sexist

Listen for yourselves

Sports Minister: Disappointed. Uh ohh, disappoint a Swinging Dick Minister and you're in for an early bath.

'Lumpen'

Opah! Like la dolce Sian, this one has good legs

See how thick these two are? Didn't even listen to the Bobster?

"How many times must a man shoot his mouth
Before he learns a mic's on?"

Look at those sebaceous self-satisfied yobs!

Serves 'em right (which it won't ~ token rap on hairy knuckles and they'll be back in harness.)

Do you know the orf-side rule?

I don't and I spent my school days volunteering to be ref just to save myself from being thumped on t'field.

OFF-SIDE RULE

Here is the rule, according to my pal Zack Lewis.

Zack has a Certificate from Washington Youth Soccer, signed by Technical Director Gary White and attesting to Zack's completing their CATEGORY E CERTIFICATE COURSE FOR SOCCER COACHING .

"Offside is when there are at less than two defenders -- including the goalie --level or in front of the player who is receiving the ball at the time when the ball is played through.

If you ARE offside but not receiving the ball, it is at the ref's ... discretion as to whether you are affecting the play or defender's position.

You can't be offside on a throw in.

You can't be offside on your half of the pitch."

So there.

And lets have another pic of the nation's favourite gazelle lines-babe Sian Massey.

My kind of chick ~ slightly receding chin, sexy conk, lithe bod. Yum

She can get both on and off my side any time she fancies: half time, injury, final whistle - phwoar!

No red card from my end, lady.

Hot damn that girl looks good: alert, focused, look at that racing stance ... if ever a sloppy aspersion was rashly cast, the whistle blast of SianGate slam bam defines it.

(I wonder if all the marriage proposals - not to mention the other kind - are fitting thru her letterbox?)

Phoned apology

Top cock-ups

Sky sexism: no surprise: Anna Kessel in the Guardian skewering the creeps and bringing us that much closer to the glorious tipping point past which they are toast.

"The attitude of Richard Keys and Andy Gray ... shows how deeply entrenched – and how casual – sexism is in football.

Prejudice needs punishment.

How could anyone in this day and age honestly believe that a woman who is FA qualified to officiate a game might be unable to understand the offside law?

... the conversation wasn't just banter, because if it was just a bit of a laugh, then where was the laughter?

... if we take the Ron Atkinson incident as a precedent and apply the same principles to what Keys and Gray said about Massey's ability to run the line, it is quite clear that Sky's premier football figures should lose their jobs.

Don't agree? Then try explaining the difference between an expletive filled rant concerning the colour of a player's skin affecting his ability to do a job, and an expletive filled rant about a person's gender affecting her ability to do a job? Both situations are about prejudice – not facts – informing a judgment.

Indeed both Keys and Gray admitted they had never heard of Massey before the match, despite it being her second Premier League game on the line, and embarrassingly for them – and brilliantly for Massey – the 25-year-old went on to give a superb performance, nailing a difficult decision which most of us watching in our sitting rooms needed TV replays to be sure of."

More famous than the game: of course, the unfortunate fall-out - and Sian must be dreading this - is that for her next few games, Ms Massey will have more cameras and attention on her than the match she is actually lines-babe sitting.

OFF DUTY - ON SIDE!

Football Sexism - that self-satisfied hypocrite John Gaunt given air-time to hang himself by his own porcine scrotum.

WIKICLOGS ~ 'Sexist content may offend': Offend? Bring it on, lads. The more the merrier.

The roach-infested stone has been lifted and the vermin are scuttling from the light. Can you imagine the panic over some sleuthing archivist rolling back the years and outing others who've mouthed off?

Stanley Matthews? Stan, how could you have?

Now all I need is Lord Taylor blurting 'off mic' about some underage lines babe for which he's falsely claimed parlour maid expenses and my cup willeth've runnereth o'er.

Just GO! - is it just me or are these goons taking longer to shed croc tears than it took for them to befoul the airwaves with their original spoutings?

How did Ollie Crommers have it?

"You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let us have done with you.

In the name of God, go!"

... and then a little bit about, "You are no Sportscasters", which was pretty prescient for vocab of the time.

Pre-historic bully boy - doncha love it? The story goes on. It's as if every foul-mouthed sexist bully reporter is frantically covering his tracks by sticking it to the very bar-room buddies with whom he once shared a nudge and a wink.

'Who me? How could I? I was the one ran that piece that really put the boot in - pictures 'n' all ... got the wrong pig, mate ... heresy of thought 'n' all that.'

(Also look for mention of that bovine Jeremy Clarkson person burbling in classic fashion)

Lads Mag Banter - Karren cuts up rough, and I don't blame her. With all the focus on their cochons-conneries views, the two reporters still insist on lashing out with the same old unreconstructed cretinous mouthings.

But ooh, all these excuses to post these pics of pulchritude ... good old footie!

Mewling and spewling ~ determined to snatch humiliation from the jaws of dignity, Keys keeps chucking the toys from his pram right to the end.

Scandal-gift: I love it. Luuve it. You don't because you're salt-of-the-earth real stuff gritty footie supporters who spotted us from the off - conspiring to bring the SkyScum down.

Anything but their fault, and how they're scampering around grabbing excuses here, justifications there, conspiracy theories hither, GirlieManliness thither.

Have you noticed how not one speck of humility or self-knowledge has landed on their lickspittle lapels? It is beyond their ability to let it sink in that they've been trounced bang to rights. I love it.

This will run and run and fellow cockroaches will scuttle from under the floorboards, chests thumping jowels hrrumphing, hustling their diminished balls as they cry foul and wonder why and how they're the only ones on-side.

Oh boy oh boy, SianGate will go down as an essential text in any study sporting journalism.

Keys' wife ~ and a most attractive creature she looks, too.

There's something about a sweet-faced blonde carrying a tea tray ... I bet not one of those reporters out there will write an unkind word about her.

About her greasy husband, it's open season but for Julia ... amnesty.

Anyway, Mrs Keys was persuaded to pen a few words for a tabloid and, of course, the whole thing came out disastrously wrong.

But never mind, that sort of sacrifice for her smug muggins partner only makes us love her more and pity her further.

The gist of JK's message was that,

"The Wrong Men got the Red Card"

Sorry, Julia, and this time let me do you and yours a favour:

What you mean is that, of your husband's two, the wrong face reddened.

Your lot prefer to pick and choose and this time they bit the dust.

Laddish when it suits, hypocrite when it's more politic.

That's it, isn't it? Ah, Julia mou, if only it worked that way.

"Speaking outside the couple's mansion home in Chobham, Surrey, Julia Keys said:

"It's really sad. They (Keys and Gray) contributed so much, putting Sky on the map.

Whether you like them personally or not, professionally there's very few who would knock them."

So that makes it all right, does it?

Be as foul-mouthed prejudiced as you like?

Set as puny petty an example as you can get away with and to hell with the impressionable generation who's growing up with your husband's craven image as one to which to aspire.

I'm very very happy and amused that they ran slap bang wallop into this wall.

He sees us as the 'little people' - we don't get it, do we? His banter, his 'shenanigans'. Everything but what it is ...

Well, the Little People have spoken and fuck Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumberer's banter and fuck their self-referential in-crowd 'shenanigans'.

It took a long time coming but the likes of your husband have been busted

"It doesn't quite make sense in a way and it's questionable the way it has been handled."

No it isn't - he questions it because he's been shown up for what he is and it's indefensible and it stinks.

"It's very sad after the career Richard has had that it has come to this ..."

And the rest of us say that it's glorious that such a two-faced sham has been exposed.

No honourable 'career' should be built on such rotten values.

The Tweedles are flailing around trying to blame this or that man-made institution for their humiliation.

Do you know who's to blame? Guess.

Decency. Fair-minded, open-hearted and truthful decency, and your husband lied to us.

He took us for fools; he thought he could coat his core-rotten lack of values with a veneer of bluff hail-fellow-well-played, man-of-the-people bluster and we'd buy it.

Well we did for a while because we trusted him. We don't any more and he has bought it and good riddance.

"With men, there are little bits of you that never grow up."

You're a wife and a mother so I know it's only the moolah speaking.

Because of course they grow up, they have to and you need only look at your husband in the midst of this avenging brouhaha to see how quickly that 'growing up' can take place.

Julia, dear, it's called maturity and those over-grown children incapable of achieving it get a very rude awakening.

"It's banter from the boys. What other people do not understand is the dynamics that go on in the studio."

But what we do understand is the banter that goes on in decent values-conscious Life.

"He (Keys) is very aware of the tensions that there are and it not being as relaxed [sic] as it would be unless there were playful shenanigans."

Now he's aware, and I hope it stings - and do lets drop this euphemism 'shenanigans' or at least edit it to He-nanigans - now he edges towards the standards by which the rest of us live and raise our children, despite the shallow examples set by the likes of the man you married.

Your husband is a child and he will do time in the 'naughty corner' and redeem himself when we judge fit.

"Did you smash it?" - even his grease is greasy.

EQUALITY? - we couldn't handle equality. Currie freaks.

AL JA-LEERER - Arabia bound! Kalo Taxidi!! Didn't I say Good Riddance?

Charmless Pair -Booker winner Howard Jacobson puts the boot into the Skylouts. Bravo the Independent for even thinking of using HJ: I may have to try the Indie as my daily default rag for a while.

Tearful Louise Glass - disgusted after former Sky Sports anchor asks boyfriend whether the pair had had sex.

Keys: 'If you were anywhere near it you’d definitely smash it ... ‘You’d have gone round there any night of the week and found Redknapp hanging out the back of it.’

The 'It' Girl ~ Look at the lovely Louise Glass, read her sad story - this is she of whom it was asked had the pundit punned it, aka 'smashed' it.

Oh poh poh ... those boys deserve to be smashed 'emselves, no mistake.

I said this one had legs but it also turns out to boast succulent lips and boobs.

Smashing Tits - excuse vulgar heading, meant to be pun on my new best phrase, 'smashed it'.

Just another excuse to run another snap of a babe.

Seems Handy Andy toasted pal and wife Rachel at nuptials and then straight to 'ruptials' by 'smashing It'.

She is a bit of corker.

Smashing.