What Would You Name Your Boat?
October 30, 2007
Lifestyles of the obscenely rich and stupid.
…the Sultan of Brunei was the most celebrated globe-trotting billionaire, living a life of extravagant luxury. But now he has been forced to reveal the extent of his indulgences by supplying the Privy Council in London with details of his personal finances.
The revelations have come as a result of a bitter legal battle between the world’s richest monarch and his “playboy prince” younger brother, Prince Jefri. The latest chapter in a decade-long feud concerns an accusation by the Sultan that his younger brother failed to pay all of a £3bn ($6,172,860,000USD) out-of-court settlement in 2000…
A 50-page report submitted to it reveals astonishing levels of spending. Among his payments to friends and employees, the 61-year-old Sultan spent £7.3m ($15,000,000USD) and £6.59m ($16,374,000USD) on two house supervisors, and £5.86m ($12,000,000USD) on each one of his five public relations officials, named Janet, Prall, Shelly, Vicky, and Yoya. He also spent £1.26m ($2,592,000USD) on a badminton coach and £1.25m ($2,572,000USD) on masseuses and acupuncturists, as well as £48,859 ($100,000) on the guards for his exotic bird cages…
The Sultan is understood to own numerous one-off luxury cars, his own personal Boeing 747 complete with gold-plated furnishings, six smaller planes, two helicopters, and a theme park worth $1bn.
His younger brother, Jefri, whom the Sultan introduced to polo, has for decades been one the world’s most notorious playboys. He is rumoured to have converted a passenger jet to carry polo ponies and had gold-plated toilet brushes installed. He once owned a 50-metre yacht called Tits, replete with tenders named Nipple 1 and Nipple 2, and reputedly wore pornographic watches that showed a couple copulating on the hour (very, very classy- SC&A)…
The Sultan, who rules over a population of 375,000, lives in a gold-domed palace at Nurul Imam which is larger than the Vatican, with 1,788 rooms and a banqueting hall with 5,000 seats.
Jefri has been hired by Timex as a watch designer.
Get With The Program
October 30, 2007
Get with the program…
The latest Sanity Squad podcast is up… Dr Sanity, Neo, Shrink and ourselves. We talked about the political narcissism of candidates and voters (Yes, we were talking about you). We spoke about Europe and the new Euro realities and we gazed into the minds of…well. you’ll just have to listen in.
Have you dropped by Fausta’s Carnival of South America and Latin America? You haven’t? Why not? No need to be be afraid- no one will be looking at your at your tango, mambo or samba moves (‘keep moving your rear in a figure eight. That’s the secret to all Latin dancing- a collaborative effort between your ass and feet’). Check it out- lots of neat and interesting stuff going on out there.
Speaking of podcasts, Dr Sanity will spending a bit of time On the Couch with Sigmund, Carl and Alfred podcast. Feel free to eavesdrop at 3:00 PM and if you have mastered toilet training, you are invited to call in at (347) 215-7863 and ask the former NASA organic waste in space specialist. We really don’t care if you are toilet trained, but years of dealing with crap that floats has made Dr Sanity rather sensitive. It also goes a long way in explaining why stupidity is always in her cross hairs. Bring your own tissue.
The latest example of a Dr Sanity No Crap Zone can be found here. Live and learn.
‘Immigrants must adapt. Take it or leave it.’
October 30, 2007
“Muslims who want to live under Sharia Law were told…to get out of Australia…
…some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept that Australia was a secular state and it’s laws were made by parliament. “
…clerics who are teaching that there are two laws governing people in Australia..one the Australian law and another Islamic law is false. If you can’t agree with parliamentary law, independent courts, democracy, and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to another country, which practices it, perhaps then, that’s a better option…
Immigrants, not Australians, must adapt. Take it or leave it. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture…
I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to Australia…
We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become a part of our society, learn the language!
…Christian men and women, om Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented… If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture…
We will accept your beliefs and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us…
…We are happy with our culture and we have no desire to change, and we really don’t care how you did things where you came from. By all means, keep your culture, but do not force it on others.
This is our country, our land and our lifestyle, and we will you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian Beliefs or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you to take advantage of another great Australian freedom,
The right to leave…
That’s called ‘clarity.’
Now, let’s look at reality. If the US or Australia or Canada were such oppressive places, why do so many people want to immigrate to those nations? What kind of a person would bring his family to a place where he knew they would be persecuted?
Why immigrate to a free nation, only to try and change that nation into the kind of place they came from? Why leave paradise?
Think about it.
