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RubySoho

Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA


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ThoughtZone: Fair and Balanced

October 29th 2009 01:56
Yesterday I posted this mega-cute pic of Jesus Christ Barack Obama holding a wee little pink baby (complete with fairy wings and all). I hope this doesn't give the impression that I am in any way bias in my political leanings. So it is in the interests of Free Speech fair and balanced journalism I am now posting another politician-with-baby photo, this time featuring none other than Obama's predecessor George W Bush.



bush angry baby





Heh. Out of the mouths of babes I tell ya.
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The Cutest Picture In The World

October 28th 2009 02:05
obama baby wings







Damn but if that man doesn't know how to hold a baby.
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October 1st 2009 12:27
Sorry to those of you who commented on my "Why, Natalie Portman, Why?" post and who may therefore be wondering what happened to it. No, it wasn't Harvey Weinstein monitoring the internets for any anti-Polanski diatribes, I deleted it on account of it not being very thoughtful. I will have another crack at the issue when I have calmed down a little and attempted to see things from the other point of view.
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On Things That Infuriate Me

August 24th 2009 20:17
Even as women's rights groups in Afghanistan were protesting against a new law which effectively makes it legal for Shia Muslim men to rape their wives, women in the landlocked African country of Mali were also protesting a new law. But in Mali's case the new law actually strengthened the rights of women by giving them equal rights in marriage and strengthening their inheritance rights as well as those of children born out of wedlock.

So why were these women protesting? Because they, as part of the tens of thousands who attended protest rallies across the country believe the new is un-Islamic. From the BBC
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Russian Resurrection Film Festival 09: HIPSTERS

August 19th 2009 22:15
Hipsters (2008)

Director: Valery Todorovsky


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Russian Resurrection Film Festival 09: NOBODY BUT US

August 17th 2009 10:12
Nobody But Us

Director: Sergei Govorukhin


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Russian Resurrection Film Festival 09: WILD FIELD

August 12th 2009 22:47
Wild Field (2008)
Director: Mikhail Kalatozishvili
Starring: Oleg Dolin, Daniela Sroyanovich


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The Most Trusted Journalist In America

July 28th 2009 09:20
For many years it was celebrated anchorman Walter Cronkite. But when he died earlier this month Time magazine conducted a nation wide survey, asking 9409 Americans this question: Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America's most trusted newscaster?

To make it easier Time kindly made it a multiple choice question with surveyees choosing between Charlie Gibson (ABC), Brian Williams (NBC). Katie Couric (CBS) and Jon Stewart (Comedy Central


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Russian Resurrection Film Festival

July 28th 2009 08:35
The 2009 Russian Resurrection Film Festival hits Australian screens this month, kicking off in Melbourne at Palace Cinema Como on the 19th August. The festival will then roll into all major capital cities finishing off in Canberra. Dates are as follows:

Melbourne Palace Cinema Como 19 – 26 Aug


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How My Brother Died

July 7th 2009 03:49
The day after my brother died the police handed us the Coroner's certificate. The sudden and shocking death of my 31 year old brother was summarised in four cold words: Cardiac Tamponade, Aortic Dissection. No, we had no idea what it meant either.

My brother wasn't sick. At least not as far as we knew knew. A few days before his death he complained of some chest and back pains but two visits to his GP only yielded the advice to rest up and go to the hospital if the pain got worse. For his part, my brother googled his symptoms and the best Dr Google could do was advise him that he possibly had pesticide poisoning. The GP agreed. So two days before he died my brother told me that he was not feeling a hundred percent because he had eaten too many mandarins


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Comment by RubySoho
on Revising History, the PC Way

November 3rd 2009 21:00


Music Zone
Thought Zone
is there an article somewhere on this that i could read?

Comment by RubySoho
on Revising History, the PC Way

November 3rd 2009 03:00


Music Zone
Thought Zone
what exactly did the man want to put on the plaque?

Comment by RubySoho
on Losing the Plot

November 2nd 2009 21:13


Music Zone
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Thanks Janet, though I do have to add that this consideration of each to his own does not, unfortunately, work both ways. If i were to die tomorrow my family will give me a traditional Muslim funeral, regardless of my personal wishes. This means I will be washed by a bunch of women I can't stand, I will be prayed over by a cleric I deplore and my body well be on view in a mosque I refuse to set foot in. I will be buried asap which means my friends who live any distance away (which means most of my close friends) will not have time to come to funeral at all and even if they do, the women will not be allowed into the part of the mosque that my body is in. I will be buried wrapped in a religious shroud and all the women in the funeral party will be kept away from my grave until the last bit of dirt has covered my body.

Yeah, it pisses me off. I will never say anyone shouldn't have the funeral they want. But evidently, my own beliefs are immaterial because "god is great".

Comment by RubySoho
on Losing the Plot

November 2nd 2009 11:21


Music Zone
Thought Zone
yeah, i know visiting my brother's grave is very important to my mum so i'm not gonna say people shouldn't be allowed to hold burials. i just don't see what all the fuss is about. but then again, i don't believe in eternal damnation either.

Comment by RubySoho
on Losing the Plot

November 2nd 2009 10:32


Music Zone
Thought Zone
Many religions believe that a body must remain intact for the soul to reach heaven

I've often wondered what happens in the cases where IS no body left, eg mangled in a train smash, burnt to a cinder in a plane crash or eaten by wild animals/crazy cannibals. Or missing persons who are never found and properly buried. Does God makes exceptions or will they burn in hell for failing to die and be buried in the appropriate way.

We are going to run out of space. Rookwood cemetery is running out of muslim plots, they go for 10 000 a piece. now that's prime real estate. The nearest muslim cemetery is more than 2 hours drive away so that's a pain in the arse for those that want to visit their loved one's final resting place. I'm going to write a will that stipulates that I want to be cremated. It will horrify my family but fuck it, I'm going to be dead so I won't have to deal with the fall out.

Comment by RubySoho
on Losing the Plot

November 2nd 2009 04:40


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but morgan, the body has to be intact so that god recognises it when the soul arrives before him on judgement day!

Comment by RubySoho
on ThoughtZone: Fair and Balanced

October 31st 2009 01:59


Music Zone
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yeah, my thoughts exactly PoMo. Are you still living it up in Thailand?

Comment by RubySoho
on CASE 39

October 29th 2009 11:01


Music Zone
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let me guess...there's a twist..and it turns out the girl is not so innocent after all and her parents were going to kill her because she is a bad seed.

am i right? at least close?

Comment by RubySoho
on My Journey from Liberal to Conservative

October 29th 2009 04:13


Music Zone
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I was once pretty much a bleeding heart liberal. I was all about partying and having fun. I drank like a fish and smoked like a fire.

Yes, that is the exact definition of a bleeding heart liberal. Someone who drinks and parties.

I know this was God and the reason I know is because I had tried 7 times before and couldn't do it. This time, it was almost easy and it was permanent.

And lo, the debate over God's existence was forever settled.


Seriously though, you have not documented your journey from so called liberal to conservative at all. Just because you were not always religious does not mean you were a liberal.

Comment by RubySoho
on ThoughtZone: Fair and Balanced

October 29th 2009 03:13


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is that the remake of Three Men and a Baby I've been hearing so much about?