Humans seem to do the strangest things as in this article from The Telegraph which is probably a first in terms of the headline (emphasis mine) : Portuguese chat show host castrated and beaten to death in New York hotel A prominent Portuguese journalist has been found...
Crushing uninsured cars – how exactly will this law change anything?
One from The Telegraph showing that the current lot are just as obsessed with pointless legislation as the last set of authoritarian shits : Mike Penning, the road safety minister, is expected to change the law to make it an offence for the first time to keep an...
The UK outlook for 2011 according to Pravda.
Hidden amongst a longer article laying out the Worlds fortunes for 2011 is the following snippet giving Pravda's view on the UK's fortunes for 2011. Get your barricades manned and tinfoil hat at the ready : United Kingdom The sick man of Europe is on its death bed....
Putting it on the insurance.
Buried at the bottom of a bizarre story about a car and puppies being stolen at a funeral is this little eye raiser : A woman's 4x4 containing her two puppies was stolen while she was at a funeral. ... Other items in the car at the time included riding boots worth...
A little anti-smoking bias on show at The BBC
A small but perfectly formed example of bias against smoking over at The BBC which I noticed this evening. On the "England" news page we have the following seletion of article headlines (relevant one highlighted) : Now, anyone with bansturbatory tendencies would...
Balls talking Balls – compare and contrast
I spotted an article at The BBC today with Ed Balls giving his considered opinion on how control orders shouldn't be scrapped or we wil all die horribly (or something like that) and couldn't resist this juxtaposing of articles. The BBC (emphasis mine): Cameron...
Police watching the blogs.
After writing on Monday about the local police getting pubs closed down onnothing more than their say so, I was interested today to see a large amount of hits for that post in the stats coming from sypscout.co.uk. If you visit there you will see a strangely anonymous...
The Telegraph prediction for the future – more of the same.
The Daily Telegraph seem to be moving into the business of predicting the future. In this case, its rather worrying as Cameron is still Prime Minister in 7 years time and we are still being hectored and nannied about alcohol. At least according to the screengrab below...
Pictorial Interlude – Eclipse Edition
Not being in the mood for politics today after enduring the hell that is going back to slavery after a brief escape over Christmas, I spotted the following photo of this mornings eclipse on the BBC website and decided that it was too pretty not to pinch....
South Yorkshire Police – Judge, Jury and Executioner
What a wonderful place the UK has become when the police get businesses closed down simply on their say so. From the BBC : A bar in Sheffield has been closed temporarily after police raised concerns over safety at the premises. South Yorkshire Police said the city...