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Assad takes care not to hit Obama’s red line as he drops chorine on Aleppo

Compare and contrast the following:

VOA:
Yesterday Assad government helicopters dropped barrels of chlorine on a rebel neighborhood in Aleppo.
CNN, August 1, 2012:
“We cannot have a situation where chemical or biological weapons … (read more)

Posted: 7th, September 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment


Britain builds a wall in France to keep them out

CNN reports that the UK is to build a ‘big new wall’ in Calais to stop migrants.
The four-meter (13 foot) high wall is part of a £17 million ($23 million) deal … (read more)

Posted: 7th, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment


IKEA customer gets his testicles trapped in MARIUS

Claus Jørstad of Alta, Norway got his testicle trapped in a MARIUS Stool from IKEA. We mention the product’s name so that any masochists know which one to go for.

 

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Posted: 7th, September 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews, Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment


Arsenal scout Eddie Howe who has ‘no regrets’ about leaving Bournemouth

More news that AFC Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe is gearing up to replace Arsene Wenger at Arsenal.

The Sun declares: “Ed Hunted.”

Adding:
EDDIE HOWE is under serious consideration to become the next Arsenal … (read more)

Posted: 7th, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports, Tabloids | Comment


Derby balls: Manchester United and Manchester City fight The War Bitchy Comments

Why don’t Manchester City’s Pepe Guardiola and Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho just duke it out. The Mail previews the big United v City match by drooling over the prospect of violence:

 

 

“Police … (read more)

Posted: 7th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Manchester City, manchester united, Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment


Dear Guardian readers, Ede & Ravenscorft is not for investment bankers

Former BBC journalist Paul Mason offers guidance to Guardian readers: “How to blag a job in finance: buy some black shoes and talk like an aristocrat.”

Big news any of my friends … (read more)

Posted: 7th, September 2016 | In: Broadsheets, Money, Reviews | Comment


Of course Adidas and Nike discriminate against disabled athletes

Are Nike and Adidas prejudiced against disabled athletes? Yes. Is that prejudice immoral or illegal? Surely not. The Guardian reports on Hannah Cockroft, a British paralympian who accuses sportswear companies of discrimination.
Cockroft, who … (read more)

Posted: 7th, September 2016 | In: Money, Reviews, Sports | Comment


Manchester United balls: Paul Scholes is middle-aged

Paul Scholes says, “‘I would rather watch Salford than Man Utd.” Well, that’s the Daily Mirror‘s lead sports story.

 

 

Can the former Manchester United star be dissing his old club? Yes.
Paul Scholes … (read more)

Posted: 6th, September 2016 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Transfer balls: Yaya Toure rejects Manchester United and Arsenal and Africa rejects Man City

It’s proving a busy season for Yaya Toure’s agent. Today;s news is that brought to you in a Sky Sports headline: “Arsenal and Manchester United interested in Yaya Toure, but … (read more)

Posted: 6th, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment


Brazzers porn tossers left exposed in hacking parody

Anyone using the masturbatory site Brazzers “should be worried’ says Techworm. The site has been hacked. The data of – get this – 800,000 wankers is out there?

But why worry? Porn … (read more)

Posted: 6th, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment


Only the fearful sneer at ‘Giant Troll’ Milo Yiannopoulos

You don’t have to like him to support his right to free speech. Ann Althouse gets it:
“ABC’s Nightline goes after Milo Yiannopoulos and I’ve never bothered with this guy one … (read more)

Posted: 6th, September 2016 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, Reviews | Comment


Elitist Black Lives Matter activists block London City Airport

Snotty Black Lives Matter protesters have forced London City Airport runway to shut. Nine protestors have “locked themselves together” on the runway.

Black Lives Matter UK says:
“Whilst at London City Airport a … (read more)

Posted: 6th, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comments (2)


Hillsborough: Merseytravel is wrong to ban the Sun from Liverpool

In Liverpool, Merseytravel wants to ban the Sun newspaper. The city’s councillors all support the company’s efforts to force vendors stop selling the Sun across the Liverpool City Region transport network. It part of … (read more)

Posted: 6th, September 2016 | In: Liverpool, Reviews, Sports | Comment


Gene Wilder’s comic pause

Edgar Wright wants a moment of silence for Gene Wilder:
A moment of silence for the master of the comedic pause.
Gene Wilder: funny doing something & funny doing nothing.
 

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Posted: 6th, September 2016 | In: Celebrities, Film | Comment


The incredible insect highway over your heads

The air is alive with insects. The wasp you saw was nothing. In the troposphere, there are billions of insects riding over your head. Take a look:

 

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Posted: 5th, September 2016 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True, TV & Radio | Comment


The Queen has no crown on Australia’s new high-tech bank notes

 

In the UK:

 

 

But New Zealand wins. It’s five-dollar note was named the International Bank Note Society’s banknote of the year for 2015.

Her Majesty is much changed:

 

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Posted: 5th, September 2016 | In: Money, Reviews | Comment


Allardyce copies Manchester United and lets Wayne Rooney play wherever he wants

The England football team laboured to a 0-1 win over the mighty Slovakia, who made the challenge simpler by reducing to ten numbers after their thuggish captain was red carded. … (read more)

Posted: 5th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment


Ill woman wants stolen illegal medicinal marijuana returned

At her home in Christchurch, New Zealand, Jane, 49, is surveying her loss. “They took my medicine,” she says of her missing marijuana crop.

Thieves broke in and stole Jane’s drug … (read more)

Posted: 5th, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


‘Camp’ Keith Vaz’s sex life ‘shame’ looks like gay-bashing

The Mail leads with news of Keith Vaz, the Labour MP the Daily Mirror claims paid two men for sex. It calls him “SHAMELESS”, adding: “Keith Vaz was shamelessly clinging … (read more)

Posted: 5th, September 2016 | In: Reviews, Tabloids | Comment


‘Wanton and furious’ cycling is a crime but speeding on a bike is not

You can break the law is your cycle too fast. The Mail:
Battery-powered bicycles are being modified to travel at almost 30mph – twice the speed permitted in public places – putting … (read more)

Posted: 5th, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment


Arsenal relive the magic when Paulo Di Canio pushed the referee

At Arsenal’s star-studded ‘Legends’ match with AC Milan at the Emirates last Saturday, Nigel Winterburn and Paulo Di Canio recreated the Italians’ infamous push on ref Paul Alcock from 1998.

Back then, Di Canio, … (read more)

Posted: 5th, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment


Freddie Mercury wears bananas as a hat

Happy birthday, Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991). Here he is wearing a hand of bananas for a hat:

 

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Posted: 5th, September 2016 | In: Gifs | Comment


Daniel Ratcliffe regrets the error: Seamus Milne is away and Jeremy Corbyn might not be magic

The big question is: does Harry Potter like Jerrmy Corbyn? The Guardian says he does:
Daniel Radcliffe has endorsed Jeremy Corbyn for leader of the Labour party, saying the veteran leftwinger’s … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2016 | In: Broadsheets, Celebrities, Politicians, Reviews | Comment


Transfer balls: Manchester United sign Antoine Griezmann (next summer)

Bingo! Having been first with the news of Paul Pogba’s transfer to Manchester United – they beat everyone, including the lawyers, the player, his agent and all clubs involved by … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment


Modern life gives your cancer?

The Daily Mail says cancer cases in children have risen by 40% in less than two decades “because of pollution, pesticides and gadgets”. They have been added to the list.

The paper cites the … (read more)

Posted: 4th, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment