From the BBC, we discover that around a million people have had to entertain themselves after a fire at the local TV transmitter caused idiot lanterns all over the county to fall silent : About 400,000 homes have been left without television reception after an...
Ten lessons in how to cook the books.
Again, via FT Alphaville, we have Howard Schilit's ten easy ways to cook the books as demonstrated by some well know recent fraud cases. Quite interesting if you happen (like me) to be a financial accounting type : 1. Recording Revenue Too Soon. CA (formerly Computer...
Bizarre Deutsche Mark rumour.
Via FT Alphaville, an interesting, if totally bizarre, rumour of plans for Germany to ditch the Euro this weekend and replace it with the mighty Deutsche Mark : Secondly, there’s a truly bizarre rumour doing the rounds that German officials have already prepared for a...
Quote of the Day
Has to go to Constantly Furious with this little gem on our new government : There's a long, looooong way to go, but at least, at last, we've got the fucking car pointed in the right direction. I just hope we can afford the petrol and that we won't get lost whilst...
Fair and balanced reporting from Pravda.
Following on from Pravda's view of David Cameron, I came across another article giving us the brilliance of Gordon Brown, the dim and uneducated British people and the biased and unfair UK press. Not to mention a "prissy, stuck up conniving upstart". Yes really. The...
A Russian view of David Cameron.
Fresh from Pravda (yes the Russian one not the BBC) we have their take on our new PM (emphasis mine) : Britain Unveils Anti-Russian and Anti-European Prime Minister Cameron’s attitude to Russia leaves much to be desired. In 2008, the Conservatives criticized Russia’s...
UK to become USA’s cute pet.
At least according to one commenter at Zero Hedge : I volunteer to the kicking them out party. We continental Europeans (part of Greater Germania now) donate UK to the US as 51st state or as cute pet. We also have a US centric view of UK cusine : Soon you will be able...
US Finances rapidly going down the pan.
From Zero Hedge, this post on the latest US financials for April : Well, if nothing else, we now know officially just how great those tax receipts were. Good thing too - we can end that whole superficial tax receipt debate and focus on important things. April's tax...
Election outcome – Mash style.
Trust The Daily Mash to make me choke on my coffee again : AFTER five hectic days the general election produced a result last night as the sociopath who has been dicking about with your life for the last 13 years finally got the fucking message. In a historic...
The Righteous are still here.
Dick Puddlecote is still not happy : Right Cameron, Clegg. You've been talking about new politics, yeah? How about knocking this shit on the head? You want cuts? How about starting by sacking every mendacious, anti-social, righteous, state-funded fucknut - like...