Olympic Thoughts

 While watching some of the Olympics yesterday I was struck by one thing: How bloody boring some sports are to watch.

Yachting, with half-a-hundred small boats acting like a 5 year old's football match, shooting with competitors having what seems like 3/4 of an hour between shots, judo and taekwando where scoring is a complete mystery, boxing where if a competitor hits his opponent the referee stops the fight until the hittee recovers and, the most boring of the lot, beach volleyball.

A blogger I read the other day was telling people off for looking at the bodies of beach volleyball competitors.

Why else would anyone watch the bloody thing?

As a spectator sport it almost makes rugby-league watchable. Only "almost".

For mine, not even the sight of scantily clad young women can overcome the boring nature of the "action".

One other point: How much better could the shooting be if competitors were made to fire five shots in 20 - 30 seconds, with genuine hunting rifles/pistols?

I'm too nice to suggest, better yet that they shoot at each other, last man standing get's the gold ;-)

Don't Arm the Police

 There is currently, in the slime at least, a debate about whether Police should automatically carry firearms rather than just have them available in their vehicles.

As noted elsewhere the Minister of Police came out and stated that because she's a grossly incompetent racist she's opposed to the idea.

So am I!

Not because I support the racist but because I have met and observed a significant number of front-line police over the last 25 years.

90% of those men and women I've wouldn't leave in charge of a rubber-band without supervision.

The overall impression I got from them was they were an ill-disciplined, badly trained and poorly led group of cowboys fit for virtually nothing.

The 10% were exclusively male, older with years of policing experience and, unfortunately, often talking of retiring from policing due to the poor leadership in the force.

From what I've observed further arming the Police would be a serious mistake.

Olympic Noise Pollution

 I watched a bit of the "2020" Olympics yesterday.

Some fighting, some marksmen and some roadcycling.

I admit watching bits of the cycling only in hopes of seeing a major crash that would leave the competitors broken, bleeding and permanently incapacitated.

No such luck I'm afraid.

I was, however, left with one impression over the lot: The commentators and comments people have no bloody idea that I can see what's happening.

For some reason they must rabbit on endlessly, often brainlessly.

Disclaimer

 NZ's Minister of Police has, this week, made a statement that she is a totally incompetent racist who represents only South-Jaffa Maori and Pacific Islanders.

She still has the job.

Note: While this disgusting thing is my local MP she DOES NOT REPRESENT ME!

Weather - You Like It or Not.

 We are now a week on the cold side of the shortest day.

Queenstown has it's annual snowfall, the hills of the Banks Peninsula the same.

A cold Southerly wind is sweeping up the country and will probably leave snow on the Desert Road of the Northern Plateau.

"News" sites are awash with photographs and stories of these natural events.

How unusual!

Gift With Purchase?

 In the last couple of days in the USA a former police officer has been jailed for being on the wrong side of politics and a lawyer has had his license suspended for stating his side an argument.

Maybe the movie was correct: Home of the brave, land of the free-with-purchase.

Land of the free without purchasing the latest woke shit it certainly ain't!

Total, Utter Incompetence!

A price should be paid!

News is that some Covid-infected people visited Wellington recently.

Were it not for total Government incompetence this would not be a problem. The majority of the populace would have be vaccinated and immune to any transmission.

Due to Government's abject failure to do their job this is not the case, in fact serious vaccination of New Zealanders has not even started.

So, because of last October's disgrace and totally incompetent leadership, both of the country and the Dept. of Health, it looks like Wellington may have to shut it's commercial doors and pay a massive price.

Wellingtonians will once more be placed under house arrest. 

I suggest it's time for a price to be paid for this failure.

The reintroduction of public corporal punishment, specifically of the Prime Minister (Ha!), her Minister of Health and the talking-head of the Ministry would be a good start.

For a second, subsequent offense I recommend the reintroduction of capital punishment for all three!