Breaking News from the BBC (and only a few hours after Old Holborn posted the rumour), David Laws resigns over £40,000 of rental payments and it wont be long before we start getting SMS jokes about him paying for 'rent' either I think. Guido wrote about Laws and his...
Nuclear Option back on the table for BP?
Via Zero Hedge, it is looking increasingly likely that the Nuclear Option (have a look here for last weeks post on how to Nuke an oil well) will be the only way for BP to bring it's badly leaking oil well under control as evidence emerges of an even larger leak, miles...
The Daily Mash guide to Electric Cars
With electric cars being mentioned more and more in the press lately, this article from The Daily Mash vaults gives more than enough good reasons why we should avoid the stupidity of the damned things in the first place : THE Nissan factory in Sunderland is to produce...
Adverts that make you scream.
After having found myself shouting fuck off at the TV once again, I will have a little vent about the wondrous Dettol Hands Free Soap Dispenser thing or whatever they are calling it. The advert starts with people touching dirty things such as a dustbin, raw chicken...
Vaclav Klaus on the Euro
Via The Cato Institute, Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic writes on his view of the future of the Eurozone. His main assertion in the article is that the Eurozone will not collapse due to the huge amount of political capital invested in the project but...
Greece haggles while Germany looks to a get out clause.
Via Zero Hedge we have Greece looking to renegotiate some of it's IMF agreed austerity package : It is well-known by now that the IMF and EU have no credibility left. What, however, was not known, is that even bankrupt little Greece is now in on this secret. In the...
Is Korea about to go pop?
It would seem that tensions between North and South Korea are ratcheting up. Via Yonhap News : S. Korea on alert as N. Korean subs disappear in East Sea SEOUL, May 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military was tracking four North Korean submarines which disappeared from...
Stone the sinner!
Fresh from The Daily Mash is this amusing tale of American Christianity that is surreal enough to be true or at least a great marketing opportunity : BIBLICAL TOYS TO INCLUDE GAY ACTION FIGURE AND A BAG OF SMALL STONES THE makers of the faith-based toys taking America...
A curious tale involving Stalin and monkey testicles.
Whilst reading this article at Pravda (not the BBC) about bigfoot sightings in the Kemerovo region of Russia, I came across this rather odd paragraph : Vladimir Rosanov, a famous surgeon who extracted SS bullets out of Lenin’s body, requested 50 apes for experiments...
1984 arrives in the USA
Via Zero Hedge, we have the following which not even New Labour would have dared to try on here : If anyone has been curious why the Fed, banks and politicians have all been pushing for the "consumer protection" portion of the Financial Regulation bill, it appears we...