In which the pond joins Dame Slap in getting out the cane ...

Whenever Dame Slap gets agitated and flies into a rage, the pond jumps to attention. And when the Slap is in a banning mood, the pond is always ready to go the ban …

Curious that a piece that starts off about the neo-Nazis should feature Islamic fundamentalists in the photo at the top of the page.

Surely Dame Slap in full cry needs a Lobbecke … and it would keep the pond's dedicated cultists happy and enthused too …

 

 

Ah that feels better, here no hate speech, no hate-inciting cartoons of sly Islamic devils here - but the pond did by accident stumble across a column inciting vile anti-gay attitudes …

What can the pond do but join Dame Slap in chanting "lock him up, lock him up" …

Something must be done?

But our Gladys is doing it, and what a fine job she's doing, though the pond must issue a spoiler alert for those who want to head off to the Illawarra Mercury here to read the full yarn …

Just over 5% of those who could be bothered to click were in favour?

That's our Glad, always with the most loved policies …

Indeed, indeed, it's important to know where to draw the line, and trust the Dame there's absolutely no incitement here …

  

And now, after that visual stimulation, the pond reluctantly put its cane - oh how sleek and Percy Grainger and Giles it is - back in the cupboard so it could proceed with Dame Slap …

Good old Luke?

Funny, each time the pond sees the hipsters roaming the streets of Newtown, clutching their greyhounds and terrifying the pond - which had issues with greyhounds in childhood - the pond is reminded that Luke loves violence, and loves to incite violence … at least against dogs …

There it was, in the Graudian at the beginning of February …

About 330 greyhounds were euthanised because they were “unsuitable for rehoming” between April last year, when the ban was formally repealed, and 31 December. That’s a rate of about 1.3 deaths per day, which is slightly higher than the 1.1 per day in the 12 months prior. Another 296 greyhounds were euthanised due to injury, a rate that was again similar to the previous 12 months. In total, Faruqi said, 707 greyhounds have died unnecessarily in the eight months since the repeal, a rate of 2.68 dogs a day. The rate for the 12 months before the ban’s repeal was three dogs per day. Just last week, NSW stewards launched an investigation into the circumstances of a euthanisation at a regional racetrack earlier in January. A greyhound had collided with several other dogs during a race and was found to have breached racing rules by “failing to pursue”. It was suspended from racing for 28 days. The greyhound was then euthanised by the officiating veterinarian. But official stewards reports from the race suggest the dog was checked and “no apparent injury was detected”. The stewards reports also record the related euthanasias for the race as “nil”.

And now, because things are going so well with the Donald, and as the world heads to a melt down, either financial or of the John Bolton North Korea kind, the pond can never resist a chance for comedy …

The opinions of the quiet? Dame Slap quiet? Is that why she hates clocks?

Luckily there's only a few more pars left in the Dame this day ...

Indeed, indeed, and while the pond took a few detours, it learnt much from the Dame's class this day, though it is a tad worried that the lizards of Oz and the Terrorists might become the first victims of any new legislation designed to put an end to hate speech inciting violence … since after a day's reading of the Murdochians the pond's first inclination is to wander around looking for somebody or something to hit ...

After all, anyone urging on the Donald is surely doing the world some kind of remarkable service in the cause of violence and conflict...

Luckily David Rowe has found a distraction and pinged another violent act this day, by noting unseemly torture of a white board, with more tortured Rowe here …