I really don't know why a doctor under a hippocratic oath takes the
risk of something going badly wrong, sometimes with general
anaesthetic, because someone can't be bothered to go for a fucking run.

They have bits sliced off and tied up and sucked out. I want
to say to them, 'You lazy f---ing fat pig. Just go for a run and stop
eating burgers. You might fucking die'.

Some things are not worth the risk. When someone's facial surgery
goes wrong because they wanted plumper lips or a little nose, I think
they're a fucking idiot.

If your arse is too fucking fat, stop eating and go for a run.

I heard someone on the radio once say that they were tired of the
prejudice aimed at the overweight. They said something like "you're not
allowed to make fun of gay people, so why are you allowed to make fun
of fat people? It's the same thing.

It's not the same thing though, is it? Gay people are born that
way. They didn't work at becoming gay. Fat people became fat because
they would rather be that way than stop eating so much. They had to eat
and eat to get fat. Then, when they were fat they had to keep up the
eating to stay fat. For gayness to be the same as fatness, gay people
would have to start off straight but then ween themselves onto cock.
Soon they're noshing all day getting gayer and gayer. They've had more
than enough cock... they're full... they're just sucking for the sake
of it. Now they're overgay, and frowned upon by people who can have the
occasional cock but not over indulge.

When a doctor tells me that that's how you become gay, I'll stop making jokes about fat people.

From the BBC

MECHI FENDEL, MOTHER OF SEVEN, SDEROT, ISRAEL

Finally, a month and a half before the elections, Israel takes some action.

I definitely see this as linked, but it's OK, better late than
never. What's been happening in Gaza is fantastic. I feel very bad
about the man killed in [the Israeli town of] Netivot.

We usually like to vote for someone quite right wing and who
actually does something, so definitely not Kadima, and not Labour. So
that probably leaves Likud. It's unfortunate that we have to choose by
a process of elimination.

The other day my daughter arrived at school in tears. It's
only a six minute walk to school, and it was nice weather, but during
that walk she had six rocket warnings.

The Arabs are reminding us again that they don't think we have a right to Sderot and they want us out.

Mechi's husband David:

Whenever human life is taken, it's tragic, but when we're talking about murderers who are trying to kill us, it's a big relief.

On the other hand we're convinced that the innocent people who
were killed, this is totally the fault of Hamas who use them as human
shields.

We believe all life is sacred, so the Hamas regime is at fault. 

A poll finds more Americans disagree with the statement that 'Jews control Hollywood.' But here's one Jew who doesn't.

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The ThinkPad W700ds appears to be the first laptop ever to sport two
LCD screens -- a 17-in. primary and a 10.6-in. secondary screen.

The souped-up "mobile workstation," as Lenovo calls it, also comes
with customers' choice of quad-core Intel Core 2 processors and Nvidia Quadro
mobile graphics CPU with as many as 128 cores. It also comes with as
much as 8GB of DDR3 memory and a pair of hard drive/solid-state drive
bays for up to 960GB of storage.

It's all in an 11-lb. brick -- five times the weight of netbooks,
such as the Asus Eee 701, and at least double the weight of typical
laptops -- that is encased in the ThinkPad's trademark ebony exterior.

"This is the nitro-burning drag racer of ThinkPads," said Craig
Merrigan, vice president of global consumer marketing at Lenovo, in a
briefing this week.

The W700ds is expected to be available in January starting at $3,600.

News about the W700ds was originally timed for release the week of the Consumer Electronics Show in early January. But details leaked out on blogs earlier this month after a Web page went live early on IBM's Web site.

"Why two screens? Most people are using two monitors at their
desktop. So we wanted to give them all the things they are used to on
their desk," said Wes Williams, worldwide product marketing manager for ThinkPads.

The primary WUXGA 17-in. screen is brighter and more colorful than
other notebook PC screens, Williams said. The main screen is rated at
400 nits of brightness, which is brighter than any other notebook in
the market, he added. It also has a color gamut equivalent to 72% of
Adobe RGB that is better than other notebooks and a plus for
photographers and graphic designers, Williams said.

The W700ds' secondary 10.6-in. vertical screen is about the size of
a typical netbook display, Lenovo said, or about 40% the size of the
W700ds' primary 17-in. display. It can also be tilted up to 30 degrees
like a car's rearview mirror.

The W700ds also includes a built-in WACOM digitizer, also called an
electronic drawing pad, and color calibration software. Despite its
power and weight, Williams claimed that the W700ds runs "incredibly
cool" because of the use of dual fans and dual-heat reduction systems.

The trade-offs? Besides price and weight, the W700ds is bulkier than
typical laptops, measuring 16 inches by 12 inches, and is 2.1 inches
thick. The ultrathin MacBook Air, by comparison, is 13 by 9 inches and only 0.75 inches thick.

Richard Shim,
an analyst at research firm IDC, said the W700ds is a "very niche-y,
technical showcase type of product" that will nevertheless likely be a
"big hit" with photographers, designers and developers who will value
the included productivity-enhancing tools over its shoulder-aching
weight.

Lenovo unveiled the single-screen version of the ThinkPad W700 in August. That machines starts with a price tag of about $2,500.

To connect to external monitors, the W700 includes both DisplayPort video adapters as well as dual-link DVI.

The W700ds is so wide that it boasts a separate numeric keypad, a rarity on laptop keyboards.

Moko the friendly dolphin has become so friendly she has
taken to bringing swimmers fish - but she has been receiving some
unfriendly treatment in return.

The three-year-old bottlenose dolphin has made Mahia Beach
her home for more than 18 months, and has become a familiar sight
socialising with swimmers and boaties.

Many a bodyboard, crayfish buoy and rugby ball have been taken out
to sea, never to be seen again, as the cheeky dolphin continues to play
on her own.

Others had been on the receiving end of Moko's generosity, Conservation Department programme manager Jamie Quirk said.

"She has actually been bringing fish to people. People have had
kahawai and gurnard brought to them and some lucky people have had her
bring them seahorses," he said.

Lately, however, some people have been "roughhousing" with Moko,
scarring her skin with scratches caused by jewellery and sharp
fingernails.

"We are a bit concerned that some people are getting into rough play
with her - they jump on her back or grab her dorsal fin," said DoC
Wairoa field officer supervisor Malcolm Smith.

"She can play rough right back - she's a big, powerful animal, she probably weighs 150 kilograms. She could damage someone."

Mr Smith said Moko appeared to be well-fed and healthy, despite all the human attention.

Mahia resident Bill Shortt has been watching Moko's movements since she arrived in the area at Easter 2007.

"Moko is getting tamer than ever," he said. "It's really amusing.
She comes right in to the shore now, into only a few feet of water, to
play with the children."