Following on from yesterdays post about forced fondling of airport passengers who refuse the body scanner, we now have this wonderful spoof phonecall from a porn addict to the advice line for people wanting to work in the airport security. The lady on the other end of...
Airtravel in the USA – subject to a full body X-Ray or get your bits felt.
The following article suggests to me that the US are trying a new line in getting people to accept a full body X-Ray by subjecting them to a thorough groping if they decline (emphasis mine) : Travellers at US airports who refuse to be screened via new full body...
Germany increases domestic security amid Euro fears.
An article at ZeroHedge caught my eye for a couple of reasons. Partly for this little snippet - something is afoot in the terror stakes it would seem : Germany is increasing security throughout the country, particularly in airports and train stations, on the basis of...
Amusing Headlines – Irish Edition
Spotted over at FTAlphaville, the following from The Irish Daily Star has a sub-headline you don't see very often in print - "wanker-banker" indeed! And no, I'm not fecking surprised either really.
Government database sharing – why does that sound familiar?
Being a somewhat suspicious type, cogs started whirring earlier today when I saw the news that the lesser, yellow part part of the humunculus leader our current coalition masters was proposing database sharing by local councils to verify local voter registration...
Happiness Index – a Licence to hector and nanny more like!
I spotted this one in the papers this morning and it's also on the BBC News website now (emphasis mine) : The government will attempt to measure the happiness of UK citizens, it is expected to announce later this month. The Office for National Statistics is to devise...
US Museum of Sex
Idly browsing on a slow evening led me from a Pravda article on the Museum of Sex to this rather strange exhibit from the site itself : Quite the proud inventor it seems. The following is the inventors quote from the site : My wife looks at my machine and she thinks...
Maserati – Yes Please!
Spotted amongst a photo news set of beautiful cars at Pravda - I can think of uses for one of these : Even better when you hear it being driven around Zurich : _
Pictorial Interlude – Victor Juhasz
One of the parts of browsing the internet that captivates me is how a random click and a little search can lead to a whole new realm of ideas to investigate. This evenings inspiration started with a ZeroHedge article on the foreclosure crisis. The article had an...
French and Germans – African Tribesmen with nukes and impeccable table manners.
The title comes from a very interesting and entertaining post by Gonzalo Lira on the subject of EU debt, how they got there and what the potential and probable outcomes will be. Damned good stuff and well worth a read. As a taster (and the inspiration for the title) :...