Geekles: Darthie plays the bluesy side of the farce

Ok, so it’s Friday. Let’s lighten up a bit, and get some light sabre fun in. For all you episodes IV, V, VI supporters, you might find you geekside drawn out by this one:

Darthie play the blues!

A Damming Letter…

Thanks to Budak for supplying the url to this. You will not regret reading it. In fact, you’d wish matters relating to kitties here in Singapore, eg, the Town Councils’ brilliant spark or the HDB’s anti-pet rules can be managed in the same crisp manner as Mr RYAN DEVRIES, bureaucracy be dammed.

Friday, November 16, [...]

Straits Times 20071116: Animal lovers bare claws over cat killing

Speciesism taken to the highest level, and I’m not just talking about birders-vs-cat-lovers. Look at the last para. More articles, filched off Dawn’s blog:

Birder Admits Killing Cat, but Was It Animal Cruelty?
Jury Gets Case of Birder Who Shot Cat

The article:
Straits Times
Nov 16, 2007
Animal lovers bare claws over cat killing
Bird-watcher who shot stray cat charged [...]

AsiaOne 20071116: Litter-bug get jail sentence (which is stiffer than meted out to animal abusers)

While looking for the news on the cat abuse case, I found this succint report, which again showcases the imbalance in the way Singapore views crimes and the penalty to be meted out. This guy got a jail sentence for merely throwing a stick; animal abusers, like serial kitten basher David Hooi, get off much [...]

Asiaone 20071116: SPCA offers $1,000 reward to find cat killer

Yet another case of brutality toward cats. (Alerted by a comment on Dawn’s blog):
Fri, Nov 16, 2007
AsiaOne

SPCA offers $1,000 reward to find cat killer
THIS stray cat, believed to be two years old, was found dead hanging from a pipe with a shoelace tied around its neck at an HDB block in Dakota Crescent on [...]

HDB pet rules – Unpublished letter from a Muslim

In addition to this letter-writer, another friend had also sent in her thoughts about the pet-rules too. Unfortunately, it seems like the media chooses not to publish her letter. The baffling question is “Why?”
Here it is (emphasis mine):
Dear Editor,
I live in a HDB flat. As a Muslim and an animal-lover, I have read the [...]

Black cats, cars and town councils willing to twist like pretzels

The complainant with an agenda against black cats, whom I spoke of here is still not satisfied with his pound of blood. Dawn spoke of the problems the caregivers in the area still face from this one whinger.
Incidentally, Dawn’s dealing with 2 other cases where the complainant’s whining about cats sitting on his car… in [...]