“To sit here thinking that I could have (an estimated) $15,000 in my bank account at the end of the year, for what I’ve done, is a dream. I don’t think it should be a dream, I think it should be a reality…”
And there it is. That quote, by itself, demonstrates exactly what was wrong with Compulsory Student Unionism and why the vast (but silent) majority of students never supported it. Why should dirt poor undergraduates have to dig deep into their pockets to subsidise the lifestyle and politically partisan ramblings of some second year Arts students so they can stroke each others egos over a bong in some hovel in Newtown for being published in a student rag that no one else ever reads? I know most students would prefer to use that money on items that may actually benefit their own academic progress - textbooks, journal subscriptions, rent, food….
Men duped in money-doubling scam
PROMISES that special chemicals could duplicate money have allegedly duped three Victorian businesses.
Party Crazy Wells Fargo Banker Fired
The Wells Fargo banker who turned a foreclosed Malibu beach house into his her summer party pad has been fired. The couple who originally owned the place were victims of Bernie Madoff,…
Rained-Out Concert Disaster Leads To Successful Chargeback
Ben wrote in a few weeks ago to share his successful chargeback after he and his girlfriend were rained out of one day of their three-day passes to the recent All Points West festival…
Restaurant Calls Rowdy Toddler "Little F***er" On Family's Receipt
Did you think that a restaurant using the code “bogo bitches” to refer to coupon-using customers was bad? Well, a Cactus Joe’s restaurant in England can top that. A new menu item called…
Banker Uses Foreclosed Beach House For Totally Awesome Parties
It’s Saturday night! Let’s party! …But where? Oh, I know. I heard that there’s this foreclosed Malibu beach house where a Wells Fargo manager is having some killer parties. Well, at least…
To be or not to be, that was the question
Had Martin Luther King started his speech with ”I had a dream”, we would have assumed he was introducing a sad story rather than an inspirational call for action. Had Shakespeare decided on ”To be or not to be, that was the question”, people would have long ago relegated Hamlet to yesterday’s news.
The dark side of multiculturalism
“One of the gang held a bottle to a girl’s face and told her: ‘You fucking slut, we’re the Noble Park Bosnians. You’d better remember’.” Bosnia? How far away is that sorry land? How many were killed in their damn-fool Bosnian war? A hundred thousand? Why on earth would someone who had left that scarred battleground want to start infecting their new host country with the same virus.
