Kitty's Corner

As some of you might know, I got a new job last year. I've had it for 9 months now, so it's kind of wrong to keep calling it a "new job"! Anyway, when I started there, I had myself a new laptop, a huge motherf*cker of a computer! They call it a multimedia centre - it plays music, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray. It has a built in TV-tuner - so I can watch TV on it also - which I don't.

Anyway - I hardly ever turn on my TV, not even for watching DVDs. I watch them on my "lap"top instead.

So - I went to the DVD store to buy a few movies. I found a couple of interesting ones, and then I suddenly stood by the Blu-Ray shelf, just to check what they had. I've been curious if the format is as good as they claim.

The first one I laid eyes on was "PS. I love you", a romantic movie, that is also on my top 5 list of Movies that made me cry (click link to read the list)...

The difference in price on the DVD and the Blu-Ray was DKK 100 (13.4Eur) - but since I already knew that I absolutely love this movie, I decided to buy it and check out if Blu-Ray is really worth the extra money.

So, that evening I turned on the computer, made sure that there were cold Pepsis in the fridge, and lots of Kleenex nearby. I inserted the BluRay and leaned back - only to find out that the HP QuickPlay needed an update to play the disc.
After what seemed like forever I had the update downloaded and installed. I leaned back one more time, turned up the volume, and let the movie begin.

Okay, let me say right away - the quality is better. Much much better! There's nothing blurry or not sharp at all when you're watching a movie in Blu-Ray format.

The other things I've read should be better with this format is the sound quality. In order to judge that, I'll have to compare directly - which I couldn't because I don't have this movie on DVD. But I doubt it's so evident that I'll be willing to pay extra for it. Remember that I watch it on a computer, there's nothing fancy like surround sound or something like that available for me.

The last thing that should be better, is the access to menus while watching the movie, but I couldn't see any difference in that. Whether it's the HP QuickPlayer's fault or the disc's - I do not know. But fact is that it looked exactly like when I am playing a DVD.

There was one thing, that weighed heavily on the negative side of the scale. It wasn't possible to "speed up" the movie. I could only jump from chapter to chapter, I couldn't press the "fast forward"-button. And that's a huge minus in my book!

So - all in all - I'll keep buying my movies on DVD while it's still an option. That means I can buy more for the same amount of money. :yay:

The chairman of the Nazi organisation – the National Socialist Movement of Denmark (DNSB) – is using the widespread appeal of online social networking to recruit more members to his organisation.

DNSB chairman Jonni Hansen uses his personal profile on Facebook to post videos and speeches and take part in group debates. He says that Facebook is perfect for communicating the message to a lot of new people. And he is not lacking in company on the website, with almost 130 ‘friends’ listed, some of whom appear more extremist than himself, whose profile photo features him standing behind a lectern draped in a Danish flag.

One of his online supporters posted a photo of himself masked, clad in black and holding a knife, while giving a Nazi salute in front of the Danish flag. Another uses a swastika image instead of a personal photo.

The current DNSB organisation was founded in 1991 and can trace its roots back to the Danish Nazi Party of the 1930s. Their controversial radio station has been banned a number of times due to content broadcast, but continues to operate on a private basis. Membership figures for the organisation are not released.


Do you think freedom of speech should be limited in some way? Do you think it should be allowed to spread propaganda online??

I usually don't comment on other countries' laws, but this one really got me up from my chair!

A new Afghan law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex with his wife every four days unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse, and regulates when and for what reasons a wife may leave her home alone.

"It is essential for the woman to submit to the man's sexual desire," the law says.

The legislation has raised the specter of the deposed hard-line Taliban regime, which fell in 2001 after the US invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban required women to wear all-covering burqas and banned them from leaving home without a male relative.

Following an international uproar over the new law, which President Barack Obama called "abhorrent," Afghan President Hamid Karzai put it under review. The move puts enforcement on hold.

Mohammad Asif Mohseni, a top Afghan cleric and one of the law's main drafters, said the legislation cannot be revoked or changed because it was enacted through a legislative process — passed by both houses of parliament and signed by Karzai.

"The Westerners claim that they have brought democracy to Afghanistan. What does democracy mean? It means government by the people for the people. They should let the people use these democratic rights," Mohseni told reporters in the capital, Kabul.

Surrounded by supporters, Mohseni unfurled reams of paper with hundreds of women's signatures and thumbprints backing the law. The legislation came out of three years of debate and revision involving both Islamic scholars and members of parliament, Mohseni said.

Afghanistan is an Islamic state and its constitution defers to the Quran as the ultimate authority. Mohseni said the law simply reiterates rules from Islam's holy book.

"In Shariah law, it states that a woman cannot go out without the permission of her husband," he said. He argued that the law is permissive because it allows a woman to go out for a medical emergency or other urgent reason without asking.

Mohseni said much of the uproar has come from people misinterpreting the law. He said a woman can refuse sex with her husband for many reasons beyond illness, including fasting for Ramadan, preparing for a pilgrimage, menstruating, or recovering from giving birth.

Mohseni also argued that the law can be interpreted to mean simply sleeping in the same room as a couple every four nights, but an Associated Press translation of the pertinent article suggests this reading is unlikely.

The law says that every fourth day a man "can pass the night with his wife, unless it is harmful for either side, or either of them is suffering from any kind of sexual disease."

"If she is not sick, and if she does not have another problem, it is the right of a man to ask for sex and she should make herself ready for it," Mohseni explained.

Though the law only applies to the country's Shiite population — 10 percent to 20 percent of Afghanistan's 30 million people — Mohseni, the country's top Shiite cleric, said most of the articles could also be applied to Sunnis. A prominent Sunni cleric, Mawlawi Habibullah Ahsam, said the rules about women submitting to sex and leaving the home would also be acceptable to Sunnis.

Earlier this week, dozens of Afghan lawmakers and officials condemned the legislation, saying it encourages re-Talibanization.

Much has improved for women since the fall of the Taliban. Millions of girls now attend school, and many women own businesses. Of 351 parliamentarians, 89 are women. But in the conservative country, critics fear those gains could easily be reversed.

Mohseni argued that women and men are very far from equal in today's Afghanistan and should not be treated as such. He said many rural women are illiterate and would not be able to find work. Men are typically expected to provide for their wives and children.

"For all these expenses, can't we at least give the right to a husband to demand sex from his wife after four nights?" he said.





This really pisses me off. Demand sex? If those guys made it good for the women, they might not even have to ask for sex. Morons!

Last year the police registered 20 incidents of shooting in Copenhagen. In 2009 there has already been 55 incidents.

The numbers of incidents exploded after the Hells Angels and their supporters in AK81 ganged up against some gangs of immigrants here. But it also seems like some people find it "normal" to carry a gun. I think it's outrageous. One: If they can't hit, then they shouldn't shoot. And two: Don't shoot at people unless you're sure of who it is you're firing at.

Here's the last months' incidents.

1st of March: Two masked foreigners pull a man out of a bar in the Amager district and forces him down on the pavement. Then they open the door to the bar and shoot ten times; 3 persons get hit, one of them dies. Then the men discuss whether to kill the man on the pavement or not, and decides to just shoot him in the knee and in the buttocks before they run away.
The men who got shot have no connections to gangs.

28th February: A 32 year old man, originally from the Faroe Islands, but living in Denmark, was driving to Norrebro district to go to a concert. He was looking for a parking place when two men on bicycles passed him and shot at the car five times. He was hit in the back, and is still in the hospital. Doctors say that he will probably survive. The man has no connection to any gangs.

27th February: A man originally from Iraq stands next to his car and talks with a friend in the Norrebro district. A car with three men pulls over and fires at him ten times. He dies from his wounds.

23rd February: The police makes a big weapon raid in the Norrebro district. Shortly after they left, a car drives off, and there is fired from it twice. Nobody gets hit. The police thinks that it's a demonstration of the no use of raids.

22nd February: Two men of foreign origin pass by the Hells Angels headquarter in Copenhagen and shoots against the building. Nobody gets hurt.

21st February: A Danish guy picked up his friend in the Norrebro district. When the friend entered the car, four foreigners tried to pull him back out of the car. He managed to escape, and the two Danes drove off, followed by a car with the four other men. During the car chase, the four men shoot five times against the two men. Luckily no one gets hit. This happens during the afternoon in the Frederiksberg district, and the two men have no connection to any gangs.

18th February: A man stops his car because of the red light signal in Frederiksberg district. A man runs to him, yanks his door open and points at him with a gun. The man reacts instinctively by stepping on the speeder, driving off fast. The man on the street shoots after him. Luckily nobody gets hurt. The man has no connection with gangs.

29th January: A man connected to the Hells Angels got shot by two foreigners while he was at a juice bar in central Copenhagen. The incident happens during the day where lots of people are around the biker.