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Judge orders puppy killer to carry photo of it in his wallet for 2 years

John Garrett Burrow, 24, pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals. In 2014, the soldier tied up Riley, an 8-month-old Lab mix puppy, with parachute cord and threw it into McFadyen Lake in … (read more)

Posted: 29th, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Labour: Shami Chakrabarti and the Jew who wanted to be an Essex Man

What next for the ubiquitous Shami Chakrabarti, whose June 2016 report for the Labour Party found no anti-semitism in its ranks? Shami – not a Jew – became a Labour peer … (read more)

Posted: 29th, September 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comments (3)

Be an England team mascot with the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK

The Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK and online fundraising platform Givergy are offering you the chance to be an England team mascot for the World Cup qualifiers. England will play Malta, Spain … (read more)

Posted: 28th, September 2016 | In: Online-PR | Comment

Manchester United balls: Zlatan’s finger food

Are footballers indulged? The Daily Mirror says Manchester United have allowed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to go on “holiday”. Six Premier League matches into the season and Zlatan is off to work on his … (read more)

Posted: 28th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

The NUS creates a safe space from Jews, dissent and free speech

The President of the National Union of Students, Malia Bouattia, has been speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. The BBC is not owned by Jews (but you might want to check). So … (read more)

Posted: 27th, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Jamie Vardy’s skittles vodka and Sam Allardyce’s pint of wine

Jamie Vardy is plugging his autobiography. The Leicester City and England striker tells a good story in From Nowhere.
I had a three-litre vodka bottle at home I would put loads … (read more)

Posted: 27th, September 2016 | In: Books, Sports | Comment

This 3D map of the Universe shows 43,000 galaxies

How big is space? The 2MASS Redshift Survey is trying to find out. After 10 years toil,we can see the universe rendered as a 3D map. It features – get this-  43,000 galaxies within … (read more)

Posted: 26th, September 2016 | In: Technology | Comment

Crime Stoppers chief arrested for growing 3000 marijuana plants

One way to stop crime is to change the law that makes criminals of people who grow marijuana. Jon-Paul Fuller, president of a Crime Stoppers chapter in Ontario, Canada, has been arrested for part … (read more)

Posted: 26th, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Prince George horrified by Canadian Prime Minister’s high five

We all warm to horrified Prince George. In Canada for a Royal tour Prince George left Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau hanging in a failed high-five.

 

The … (read more)

Posted: 26th, September 2016 | In: Politicians, Royal Family | Comment

Ben Needham: digging in a land of myth and legend

The search for Ben Needham is all over the news. It’s grim. We are waiting to be shown the body.

Ben vanished on 24 July 1991 after travelling from Sheffield to the Greek … (read more)

Posted: 26th, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Billionaire planning to buy Arsenal tweets: I am alive

Africa’s richest man is Nigerian Aliko Dangote, says the Sun. He wants to use some of his £8.3billion fortune to buy Arsenal football club within four years.

Dangote, described by Newsweek as “a lifelong … (read more)

Posted: 26th, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Clowns arrested for crouching in woodland

To Kentucky, where Jonathan Martin, 20, has been arrested and charged with wearing a mask in a public place and disorderly conduct. Martin’s crime was to dress up as a clown. Police found … (read more)

Posted: 25th, September 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Donald Trump is scum and beyond satire – but aren’t they all?

When Donald Trump had his hair ruffled on the telly, Armando Iannucci thought it “beyond satire”.

 

 

What could Trump do that could be un-presidential? Well, he could carry on doing what he’s … (read more)

Posted: 25th, September 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment

Fat, thick and ugly: the Sun wil miss Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney

What next for Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney? The Sun has often seen the footballer as figure of fun, an Aunt Sally to knock and deride. Below are a few ways the … (read more)

Posted: 25th, September 2016 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Norman Cook and Zoe Ball meet rainbow’s end

Norman Cook (DJ – Clubs/ Wedding/ Bar Mitzvahs) and Zoe Ball (DJ – Radio) are to divorce. And the Sun know why. The paper thunders: “‘I WANT SEX AND BOOZE’ – … (read more)

Posted: 25th, September 2016 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment

Jeremy Corbyn blamed for Yvette Cooper’s ‘beheading’

No fans of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, we at Anorak are nonetheless perplexed by former Labour Cabinet minister, Yvette Cooper, who has “revealed” to the Telegraph  how she has been … (read more)

Posted: 25th, September 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comments (3)

Media balls: Ozil flukes Arsenal’s third, Chelsea have no shots all game and Coquelin hurts his what?

Media Balls: a look at bad and monocular football reporting. Today we look at Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Chelsea in the Premier League.

Mesut Ozil scored Arsenal’s third goal. Was it … (read more)

Posted: 24th, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Chelsea, Sports | Comment

Manchester United balls: Jose Mourinho’s deconstructive criticism

Compare and contrast Jose Mourinho’s views on criticism. The Manchester United manager says critics have hurt Wayne Rooney. Mourinho says Rooney has been damaged by reactions to England’s 1-0 victory in Slovakia … (read more)

Posted: 24th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Manchester United drop ‘rubbish’ Rooney

How rubbish is Manchester and England captain Wayne Rooney? Rooney has heard the barbs. The 30-year-old player (where does he play?) is on the front foot. “I listen to my coaches and … (read more)

Posted: 24th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

MODE Media: I Want My Money

It’d been looking iffy for a while. We at Anorak were not the first to notice that MODE media were not the best payers. They routinely paid 90-120 days. MODE got the … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, September 2016 | In: Key Posts, Money, Reviews | Comment

Arsenal’s Wenger puts Mourinho in his place

Having piggybacked on Arsene Wenger’s 20th anniversary as Arsenal manager to promote a new book on Jose Mourinho by Rob Beasley, the Daily Mail has triggered a news flurry.

You can read how, while … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, September 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Shoplifting family raid sweet shop

In today’s Other Parents news we go Linzi Marie Cake Supplies and Confectionary in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, where a family are robbing the place.  The man is putting chocolate bars … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, September 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Jose Mourinho invited Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger to fight him in the street and ‘break his face’

Manchester United’s unlikeable manager Jose Mourinho says he would “break” Arsene Wenger’s face. So claims the Daily Mail, which says the Portuguese was so angered with the Arsenal manager he vowed to “break his … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Transfer balls: Manchester Untied swoop for another reject

Transfer balls: Manchester United are waiting to spend £30m on Leicester City’s Danny Drinkwater in January, reports the Sun.

Manchester-born Drinkwater could be making a return to the club that sold him for … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, September 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment (1)

No Anti-Semitism Watch: Corbyn supporters in china bowls for yamulkas video

There is No anti-Semitism in the Labour Party Watch.

In this video, Labour supporters discuss the undeniable fact there is no anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. All diverse faces featured in … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, September 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comments (2)

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