Terrorism in Boston

There are many questions that have been raised by the atrocious bombing of innocent people in Boston.
We can begin with the assumption that the majority of Muslims are peace loving people.
So what happened?
As the news stories pour in, we are told that the two youths who happen to be Muslim and have a Chechen heritage, recently found Islam and started going to the Mosque.
And there is the answer if not all the answers we need to know.
Going to the Mosque, the two peace loving boys would have been exposed to the hate filled doctrine of Jihad. Their heads would be spinning with thoughts of killing for Allah, 72 Virgins awaiting them in heaven and why America is so evil, justification for acts of terrorism yada yada yada.

The problem is Islam and if you can't see it then you are in denial.

Never Buy a Sealy Mattress

Having spent over $2500 on a Sealy mattress with a 10 year warranty,  I thought I had bought a great  product. After all, any product with a warranty of 10 years must be good right? Otherwise the manufacturer wouldn't offer such a warranty.

From the CHOICE magazine site, here are three case studies regarding the company SEALY.

CASE STUDIES

In September 2006, CHOICE members Owen and Tricia Gerke bought a Sealy mattress. By January 2007, the mattress was sagging, with visible body indentations and a ridge. Sealy customer service told them sagging was “normal”. After two inspections and some repairs, the Gerkes are still dissatisfied. Sealy insists this is a “comfort choice issue” rather than a manufacturing defect and offered to repair it if it sags by 32mm. “The mattress had sagged by 20mm in just two months and is very uncomfortable,” says Owen. “This is unacceptable.”

Sealy spokesman Matthew Thomas tells CHOICE the body indentations on the Gerkes’ mattress are normal, as Sealy mattresses are designed to conform to body contours. “The most significant amount of height loss occurs in the first six months of use due to compression and adjustment in the comfort layers,” he argues. “When you sit in a padded lounge chair, you leave an impression and over time the seat may not be as high as when you bought it. It does not mean the chair will be uncomfortable.” Sealy resolved the Gerkes’ situation by replacing the mattress.

A similar case was reported to CHOICE last year when member Richard Levine and his wife developed back pains from sleeping on their Sealy mattress. Body impressions had also formed on his foam pillow-top spring mattress. David Jones, the retailer from whom he bought the bed, told him it can take time to get accustomed to a new mattress . The store manager also told them to call the manufacturer, Sealy. A Sealy staff told the Levines they had to rotate it every two weeks for three months to allow the pillow top to conform to their body contours. The Levines did so without success. Upon inspection, Sealy said Richard’s pre-existing non-Sealy spring base was the problem. Richard argued that he should not be liable for the problem because he was not told he needed to have or buy a matching Sealy base. David Jones refunded Richard's money in the end.

In my case, I called the company and after agreeing to pay $50 for a home visit, two reps turned up to tell me there was nothing wrong with my mattress. Don't forget this is mattress that is well within the 10 year warranty. Why did I have to pay $50? No choice really, take it or leave it.

My complaint specified two faults with the mattress.
1. The mattress sagged where it should have given support. I was told this was normal and not a fault of the mattress.
2. The mattress is too hot because of the added on pillow layer retains body heat. I was quoted $473 for the company to take away and remove the offending pillow layer.

I wouldn't recommend anyone buying a Sealy mattress no matter what the advertising claims may say and especially don't be fooled into thinking the warranty is worth anything at all. They don't honor it.

Waking Up to Islam in Australia

http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/

Ever heard of Danny Nalliah?
You should if you have any concern about Islamic values infiltrating into the Australian way of life.
Danny Nalliah certainly has such concerns.

The Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus and Jews are apparently cool on this front. It's the Muslims - of the beheading, jihadist persuasion - who need to be kept in check, says Nalliah and his multicoloured friends. ''We love the Muslim people,'' Nalliah tells me. ''It's Islam that's the problem.''

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/of-race-religion-and-politics-20130309-2fsje.html#ixzz2N5Wzg4U4

Of course Danny Nalliah's political success or failure will depend on how convincing he can be in conveying his beliefs.
If he's as good as Geert Wilders, he might find himself living in constant fear and under security protection 24/7. This is the cost of succeeding in getting your message across when it comes to criticizing Islam.

Good luck Danny.

Oscar Pistorius wants bail travel ban removed.

Oscar Pistorius is certainly full of himself. Murder charges won't slow him down one iota.


There are some out there with the opinion that his defense position "doesn't have a leg to stand on".

I think his legal costs, regardless of whether he is found guilty or innocent will cost an arm and a leg.

Maybe there are circumstances in his defense that will give him a leg up to prove his innocence.

Then again his sporting career might end up with Pistorius being on his last legs.

Pistorius has been actively participating in training and now wanting to travel in spite of the impending trial, he obviously feels the need to stretch his legs.

Meanwhile his legal counsel will be lifting a leg in his defense.

So, we can only wait and see if Pistorius will end up getting a leg over the legal system.

Syrian Rebels = Islamists

Should the west support the Syrian rebels or not?
European Union foreign ministers have decided against aiding Syrian rebels. The U.K. is in favor. Probably because the U.K. has been infiltrated by Islamists.

What will the U.S. do?

President Obama has refused to assist the Syrian rebels. This is an interesting position for Obama when you consider the conspiracy theories going around that the chief of the C.I.A. is a pawn of the Muslim Brotherhood. See here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcPIaEVrS8U
and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VtAteZUs6o

Even more intriguing, considering the unspoken theory that Obama retains Muslim beliefs, is the fact that Obama was instrumental in the extermination of Osama bin Laden.

Now I'm not an apologist for Obama. I just find it intriguing that the complexity of world politics can be so...paradoxical...

Obama will be criticized for not supporting democracy. That is, accept the Islamist created chaos in Syria, support the rebels and eventually move on to an election that will favor a Muslim Brotherhood candidate. Echoes of Egypt if you will.

I think I better pinch myself and get a grip on reality before I start looking under my bed for traces of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Android or iPhone (Tweedle Dumb, Tweedle Dee)

Yesterday I picked up a new mobile phone. For the last two years I've been convinced that Android was much better than the Apple iPhone.
This is because I had an LG P500 using the Android 2.02 version (Froyo).

For my new phone I chose the Sony Xperia acro S which uses the latest android o/s 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

I spent four hours trying to do on the Xperia what took my 5 minutes on the LG and failed to achieve anything. I was thwarted by something called MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) and I bet it has something to do with DRM (Digital Rights Management).

What I wanted to do and couldn't was transfer files from my PC to my Xperia via USB connection. Nothing could be simpler or more straightforward, I thought.

BTW, if you contact the manufacturer and mention this problem, their support staff have no idea. They will refer you to the "PC Suite" software that they provide.
The fact is that since I bought the LG, the PC suite never worked for me. In fact, it didn't work for the Samsung Galaxy S nor the Samsung Galaxy SII and certainly didn't work for the Sony Xperia acro S.

The fact that I couldn't get the PC suite to work was what led me to finding out the loophole in the early Android system. What I thought was a brilliant innovation and an alternative to the Apple iPhone closed system has in reality turned out to be an oversight, a loophole that Google has fixed in their Android software.

So I'd put an end to the iPhone versus Android debate because Android are doing their best to become an iPhone in everything but name.

If you don't care about transferring files direct from PC to mobile then this is a non-issue for you. To me it's an incredibly big disappointment.

So, I'm keeping my LG P500 and selling my one day old Sony Xperia acro S on eBay.