Spotted in a Telegraph article about a research piece proposing a link between childhood experiences and facial symettry in adult life, was the following little dig at smokers : Their findings suggest that early childhood experiences such as nutrition, illness,...
Deficit reduction plans that should be happening here …
From a summary of Italy's proposals for getting their finances under control, one little highlight that was never even mentioned on these shores : A reduction the "cost of politics" resulting in a halving of elected officials and around 55,000 fewer positions in the...
Quote of the day – too much of a good thing …
Whilst taken from a ZeroHedge post about the current state of the USA, China and Japan, I think the following applies equally well to the UK after Brown's spending spree of the last decade : Simply put, too much of a good thing is too much of a good thing. And make no...
Video – car hit by low flying moose.
Hitting a moose with your car is always a possibility when driving in Europe but being hit by a flying moose that has just been launched into the air by a car on the other side of the road is just downright unlucky : _ _ They don't half make a mess when they land -...
Church brawl – old woman stabbed by deacon, pastor tasered.
Now, if this sort of thing happened here in the UK I think attendance rates would soar just for the chance of seeing brawling clergy: The Mobile County Sheriff's Office is investigating a bizarre case out of St. Elmo, after a church pastor was tased and a woman was...
Joke of the Day
As an antidote to the ongoing "government misses the point completely" riot saga and continuing financial fucktuation, the following made me laugh : H/T - Rain
Rekindling youth at 69 by stealing from a 97yo to fund your new Lamborghini.
Far from the usual mid-life crisis affair where the older guy shacks up with a young blonde and blows his savings on a fast car : Authorities in Sarasota arrested a 69-year-old man today, accusing him of embezzling $600,000 from a 97-year-old woman and using part of...
Guardian journalist learns the difference between racists and angry white shopkeepers.
An amusing one spotted amongst the Telegraphs London Riots Live Coverage feed : To work for the Guardian these days (and Telegraph for that matter) you have to assume that every confrontation between white and black is racism : Note the "racist thugs" identifier...
Damned fine piece of parking but how the hell do you get it out again?
An apparent world record piece of parking on the video below with a German guy getting his car into a space just 10 inches longer than the car. Not a technique that would endear you to the plod but pretty impressive none the less. My only thought here is how the hell...
Quotes of the day – government finance edition …
A couple of great ones in this ZeroHedge post : All governments can do is print, borrow, or steal from taxpayers. These are exactly the policies that created a loss of confidence to begin with, and now they are pledging to restore confidence by doing the exact same...