Many are familiar with the phrase “wife beater” but what it means exactly, can vary considerably by demographics. Not that it’s an endorsement domestic violence, but that it’s often used as a colloquial phrase to refer to an item of clothing. Some refer to flannelette shirts as “wife beaters” while others use the phrase as a reference to blue singlets. It’s with respect to the latter, that the This Is Not A Wife Beater campaign in Australia is seeking to make a difference. Challenging how people refer to the item of clothing. Part of this has been to take the blue singlet and relabel them as “respecters” with writing on the navy blue singlets as shown below: Image Credit: thisisnawb The campaign has its origins back in 2013 at the Australian National University (ANU) women’s department in Canberra, ACT, Australia. Alisa Draskovic, speaking to 666 ABC Canberra said about the ...

Richard A. Luthmann, a Staten Island attorney accused of aiding a client to commit a fraudulent transfer, wants to settle it legally with trial by combat. Luthmann has requested that the New York State Supreme Court let him settle the case with a fight to the death, with his court filing stating: “Defendant invokes the common law writ of right and demands his common law right to Trial By Combat as against plaintiffs and their counsel, whom plaintiff wishes to implead into the Trial By Combat by writ of right.” Apart from Luthmann being a more than minor fan of the Game of Thrones television series, where trials by combat aren’t uncommon, the US lawyer also claims that trial by combat has never officially been outlawed in America. Reported by The Wrap, Luthmann wrote: “Since [1776], no American court in post-independence United States to the undersigned’s knowledge has addressed the ...

Vegemite, it’s the great Australian spread. With a taste which ranges from being described as enjoyable, to being compared to dirty and worn pureed work boots. Depending on who is asked. And as it turns out, the dark and salty, and ultimately yeasty spread that is Vegemite, is also reportedly being used to make alcohol in parts of Australia. Which is of particular concern to the 19 dry communities in Queensland and in various other areas in Australia, where the sale of alcohol is prohibited or restricted. Statistics related to alcohol consumption in Australia, including the impact of alcohol consumption related to health are readily available. Alcohol has been linked as a contributing factor in cases of domestic violence, child abuse and anti-social behaviour, including within Aboriginal communities. However, it is reported that proportionally fewer Aboriginals drink alcohol than do other Australians, and media reports of alcohol abuse in Indigenous ...

“Mamma mia,” as Mario Mario would say. A glitch has been found in the Super Mario 64 game! Apart from arguably being the game which first truly brought 3D platforming to the gaming masses, and bearing the fabled Nintendo Seal of Quality, significant glitches in a flagship Nintendo game are just plain rare. (Aside from that game-breaking Song of the Hero quest ordering glitch in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.) Discovered on Twitch, by DOTA_Teabag, the glitch occurred while collecting the red coins in the Tick Tock Clock stage on the Japanese version of Super Mario 64. The glitch warps the player upwards, skipping a chunk of the stage. Think of the SM64 speedrun potential. Or telling Shigeru Miyamoto you’ve confirmed a glitch in SM64. If someone can replicate the glitch then pannenkoek2012 of YouTube gaming fame is offering a $1,000 reward for proof of it, under the following ...

The new Fantastic Four (2015) movie was supposed to set things right. Press the big reset button and start up a whole new movie franchise. Fox even went so far as to pull from availability digital copies of the previous two films so as to prevent confusion between the old and new movies. It was supposed to be a fresh start and a palate cleanse. And though people long suspected the new Fantastic Four film was already going to stink, when it did arrive they were found holding their noses and feeling nausea. The reboot left the foul taste of bootlick in the mouths of many moviegoers, for more than four reasons. Director Josh Trank, tweeted and promptly deleted: “A year ago I had a fantastic version of this. And it would’ve received great reviews. You’ll probably never see it. That’s reality though.” Suggesting that the studio had meddled too ...

The search for the elusive Milwaukee Lion has been on since it was first called in on 20 July. Since then, it has taken on various forms. Including potentially appearing in a grainy video recording (as mysterious creatures tend to do). To apparently outlining its innermost thoughts as the milwaukee_lion on Twitter, along with the #mkelion hashtag. Sightings were thick and fast last week, but now seem to be quieting down. Most seem to agree it’s a large cat-like creature. However, that didn’t spare a dog getting shot in the leg in a case of mistaken identity. Evidence of the Milwaukee Lion seems to be scant, and increasingly becoming worthy of urban legend status. FOX6 News reports that tracks of a large cat with retractable claws have been found and photographed. Because the paw prints had no claw marks, that’s indicative of a cat with retractable claws, unlike like other ...

Of late Adam Goodes seems to be the source of more division than half a maths class, and like most good stories it has been several years in the making. Where exactly the story begins is a bit unclear. Few question the sporting talent of Adam Goodes. That he has two Brownlow Medals to his name is testament to that. But then there’s the other stuff. If people want a simple starting point, probably going back to the year 2013 when Julia, a 13-year-old girl, called Adam Goodes an “ape” at an AFL match may be the logical origin. Following a media storm, with little by way of context or question, the comment became viewed by many as a definite racial slur. The child was forced to apologise, and the man Adam Goodes subsequently became Australian of the Year in 2014, and the “Racism. It Stops With Me” campaign was ...

Seagulls can be annoying. Rats can be annoying. Both may even be considered pests. But what happens when a seagull is photographed swallowing a rat whole? A pest war with each side doing their best to exterminate one another could be the answer. “Freddie Seagull ate my baby” pic.twitter.com/QEbMho7a1P — Martin Abrams (@Martin_Abrams) July 26, 2015 However, if it’s reported in the tabloids, like the Daily Star, then it’s humans and especially babies that need to be concerned about these all-devouring seagulls. Especially if the apparent expert cited is Simon Prentis of the Gull Awareness Group. As Prentis states: “If somebody were to leave a baby sleeping in a pram or push chair and it was unattended, the worst could happen. “I would not wish it on anybody but we’re headed in that direction.” The anti-seagull campaigner has put up an online petition to reinstate the £250,000 budget for research ...

Level of Discussion The Council of Australian Governments (COAG), held its 40th meeting in Sydney, 23 July 2015. Amongst the topics of discussion, was the proposed changes to Australia’s National Terrorism Public Alert System in an effort to ensure that the threat levels “provide more precision, and provide better information to the public on changes to the national terrorism threat level”. Under the existing National Terrorism Public Alert System as used to “communicate an assessed risk of terrorist threat to Australia” there are four alert levels: Low: Terrorist attack is not expected. Medium: Terrorist attack could occur. High: Terrorist attack is likely. Extreme: Terrorist attack is imminent or has occurred. As stated within the levels, the current system is conveying the expectation of a terrorist attack. In addition to being a source of public awareness, the system also aims to guide preparation and planning, inclusive of precaution and vigilance undertaken ...

With the upcoming release of the live-action Attack on Titan films, something rather inconsistent is happening. It’s like commentary on the internet somehow can’t swing both ways. Or even seem to raise its voice. The story of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) may not be quite at the mainstream level of awareness as some other stories, so a very brief recount of the setting may be worthwhile. Set in a stylised quasi-renaissance-industrial age, it’s predominantly a Westernised and European-like walled city where what remains of humanity has built itself inside of to protect it from the attack of Titans. Giant human-like beings intent on eating humans. The human characters, with the exception of half-Asian Mikasa (and her Asian mother), are all Caucasian. The live-action films are Japanese, and as may be expected, Japanese actors have been cast in the two-part movie. This is understandable given the Japanese origins of ...