Hmmmmmmmmmm do you think we could convince her to wear it as a necklace ?

Real penance for the real environmentalist. Puts an end to all the pesky CO2 when they exhale.

Seriously, some people need to put down the crack pipe! Holy crap! It amazes me how delusional some people are!

The scary part isn't that the product is offered, it's that people would actually buy this!! I wonder what sales are.

The perfect Christmas offering for all those members of Opus Dei on your gift list.

All enviromental blowhards should be required to wear these.

She's missing a real opportunity here.  Instead of thorns, she could just have a one-shot sidearm put a bullet in the wearer's braincase.

It would certainly assuage the sense of "free-floating guilt" the wearer has, it would remove one more person from the carbon cycle (eight tonnes per year, folks!), and for those of us who don't buy into the AGW crud, it would have the benefit of getting rid of one more enviroloon.

It's, like, a total win / win / win scenario!

Garth

Reminds me of "the Instrument of Obedience" on a Star Trek episode, which in that case was worn around the neck. The perfect stocking stuffer for Grits and NDP'ers.

She also designed the band to punish wearers if they don’t spend enough time talking to their carbon-fixing houseplants.

A little early for April Fools, isn't it?

more leftist hypocrisy.

now torture is legal - if it's for the environment!

so, according to leftists, torture is now legal as long as it's for the environment?

more leftist hypocrisy.

gah! sorry for double-posing.

Great, the New religion has taken on mortification of the flesh as penetance,They already have indulgences for sale, can burning at the stake be the next revisitation? Everything old is new again.

i meant double-posTing. ugh.

One wonders how much wasted energy went into this project?

And people laughed when I bought the whip and handcuffs... errr, oops ;-)

This will come as a total shock to you, debeauxos, but Opus Dei is just a group of ordinary people who believe in God. Sometimes a white whale is a just a white whale.
Only eco-twits could think of making others miserable.

I know which extremity of Dr Fruitfly I would tie it to, not only would it show the lack of electrical activity it would also confirm there is no global warming and no excess production of CO2.

Freak...

Feminists with protective layers of cellulite need not worry too much...

Behold the thighmaster

Too bad she didn't invent a rope with a noose in it so all the enviro masochists can visit and pay homage to the hanging tree.

Goofball.
She will make money no doubt.
It's all about the money.

And if there were any doubts modern-day environmentalism has turned into a religion unto itself, this dispels all doubts. Self-flagellation has now entered the picture.

You know Kate, at one time I would have thought you were joking ........

What a perfect fit! Ritual self-mutilation meets enviro-hysteria. Perfect for the certifiably insane enviro-nut on your shopping list!

Too bad she didn't make hats.

Damn, you Canadians are funny. You should let your representatives to the south know this.

I can see the infomercial now:

Host: "A now for a special treat.. here's Al Gore!"

(Wild applause. Gore enters, limping)

Gore: "Good evening, everyone!" (wild applause) "I'm here tonight to talk you about Annina Rust's fantastic Eco-Monitor!" (applause, Gore winces) "This amazing device may be the single greatest invention since.. huh-huh.. the Internet!" (laughter and applause, Gore stumbles slightly and motions for a chair) "As we all work together to overcome global warming, George Bush, greenhouse gases, George Bush, rising sea levels, and let's not forget, George Bush, the Eco-Monitor can be a valuable tool to help all of us ensure we are using electricity in a personally responsible way!" (applause) "I believe in the Eco-Monitor so strongly, I bought half the company!" (scattered applause) "And everyone in my family wears one, including my dear wife Tipper!" (Tipper enters, walking gingerly, as the audience goes wild)

Tipper: "We all think the Eco-Monitor is great! At home, in Nashville, we are constantly reminded of our electricity use every minute of every day, even when Al's not there." (She appears to send a dark look at Al) "We hardly ever use the third floor anymore - it's too many steps to climb!" (audience laughs. A very small tear glistens in the corner of Tipper's eye.) "It's just a small step for us, but a giant step for our planet!" (wild applause, as Tipper totters across the stage,and collapses into a chair next to Al)

etc...

High tech self-flagellation.

This environmental religion is getting weirder by the day.

Guilt is a mind-destroying emotion. Perhaps that explains the mind of the Liberal.

We cannot save the environment if we continue to add more and more people to the population. That is the real problem.

I agree with the weird name of the person I can't be bothered to refer to. Opus Dei is indeed just a bunch of Catholics that happen to believe in their religion. I'm not a Catholic but.....
just leave it alone.Please.

Did the dragons den or whatever finance this. How much, lets all send in a cent or two and buy one for Lizzie for Christmas.
Isn't there already a religion that practices flogging oneself. Maybe this could replace those whips. Is this for sale on Craigs list or e-bay.
LOL.

Shades of Opus Dei for sure.

And they say that Gorebull Walarming isn't a religion!

While on this topic. "The Day The Earth Stood Still" remake starring Canoe Reeves was cheesy, dull an brief.

Arc up (ala Noah) all species in spheres, kill all the humans and then empty the arcs back onto the planet sans humans.

That is saving the planet Hollywood style.

Save your ten bucks and tune into a Suzuki presentation for the same story, but instead of GORT the Robot will get GORE the robot.

"Klaatu barada nikto"

Speaking of gifts, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE!!! Heh. :)

Poor George Orwell never went this far! It would be a good gift for devout Catholics who wear hair shirts (unpleasant, nasty, uncomfortable things one gathers).

It must be one of those Calvinist thing. Switzerland is famous for button-up bankers during the day going S&M at night.

not hard to see this catching on.
Envirocops at a weigh station with hitech sensing equipment determine if your car or yourself are enviro worthy. Can't pay the fine on the spot?, then a 50million ton block of lead crushes your car, or you.

miss 'rust' is a distant relative of mine i reckon.....my great grandfather(spoke German) arrived here in Canada just before Confederation.....from a place he told his grandaughter(my mother) that had "lots of turks"....

Everybody is missing the true sadistic beauty of this device. We can assume it runs on batteries, right? More than likely it runs on rechargeable batteries, since everyone knows that disposable batteries are a very expensive, and very un-green energy source.

Channeling the owner's manual for the device, Karnak-style (holds Princess Auto flyer to forehead): "When the auto-mortifier's self-contained NiMh battery runs down, you can simply connect it to the convenient recharger, which plugs into any electrical outlet, for a 12-hour recharge cycle. Since the auto-mortifier is unavailable for use while being recharged, we recommend you purchase a second one, in order to be able to enjoy your full quota of mortification while it is on charge. Since the power used to recharge the first auto-mortifier will be reflected in more frequent jabs from the second auto-mortifier, its built-in NiMh battery may run down run down sooner than did the battery from the first one, owing to the extra use. Better buy yet another one to be safe. Hell, buy 3 or 4 extras, we don't mind."

You know where this is going, right? Positive feedback loop: more mortification, more power used, means still more mortification required, still more power used, yet again more mortification required, yet again more power used.

It all ends when the moonbat's head explodes, or the service panel blows out, and burns the house down around their ears.

You gotta love it!

de bozo is a fem-bot troll.

I checked out the blog...once.
Best to heed our hostess's instructions.

And Happy Birthday Kate!

You know thinking about it. There has always been a masochistic streak a mile long in Western Culture.
From the self loathing people of today to the flagellants of the Middle Ages. You see this often in Women’s fashions.
Then there are the wailers & drum beaters of the Environmental cult.
Too the heresy of self torture as piety from the Dark ages.
Than back again if you’re the NY Times. From hazing to frosh in schools.
This is just more anti-human behavior of the times. The death cult in ascendance.

If the power monitor actually works the irony in that most useless of news items ever, is the device would have practical applications(safety device for electricians for example).

"We all contribute to climate change, but none of us can individually be blamed for it."
Yet somehow we can all be individually taxed for it. Was that sentence sarcasm or what?

Somebody has been reading one too many Dan Brown novels.