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Idiocy in a New York City bike lane

Stay in the bike lane. And stay to the end of this video. It’s not easy.

 

Spotter New York Times … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews, Sports | Comment

The Premier League is worth the money and Manchester United’s Wayne Roony is no role model

Lovely article by Matt Dickinson the Times about the “obscene” sums of money in the Premier League.
It is slightly curious, this looking to football for a moral lead, which the … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Money, Sports | Comments (2)

Donald Trump should vet only male immigrants and hire more women cops

Amanda Marcotte has a message for Trump supporters. She writes in Salon:
A modest proposal: Trump has it all wrong — to prevent crime, we need to do some “extreme vetting” … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment

John Waters explains the purpose of contemporary art

John Waters explains the purpose of contemporary art:
“Contemporary art’s job is to wreck whatever came before it. And from the very beginning after the Old Masters, from then on, each generation … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2016 | In: Celebrities, Film | Comment

(No) Antisemitism in Labour Party Watch: Ruth Smeeth, Kate Osamor And Corbyn’s ‘kinder’ politics

More evidence that there is no anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. The Jewish News reports on Ruth Smeeth, Labour MP:
Counter-terrorism police have launched an investigation into a fanatic who has threatened … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Jeremy Corbyn, Press TV and a ‘mere £20,000’ filthy lucre

Jeremy Corbyn has appeared on Press TV five times. Press TV is the Iranian regime’s propaganda channel. It used to be broadcast in the UK but it was banned “for its role … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment

Who farted in Grimsby Magistrates’ Court?

“Woman breaking wind cuts through sombre silence of Grimsby courtroom” is our local news story of the week.

The Grimsby Telegraph doesn’t say whether Grimsby Magistrates’ Court is famed for its silence, … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, September 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment

Arsenal Balls: Jack Wilshere’s is Eddie Howe’s route to The Emirates

Do you know why AFC Bournemouth went for Arsenal star Jack Wilshere? The Daily Mirror’s John Cross knows. He says:
Eddie Howe will spend the next 12 months taking his own managerial audition.
For … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

Eder: football’s ultimate rags to riches story

In the Mail, Adam Crafton has written on his interview with Eder (Éderzão António Macedo Lopes), the Portuguese footballer whose goal won Euro 2016 for Portugal.
His father, Filomeno Antonio Lopes, has been … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, September 2016 | In: Reviews, Sports | Comment

Crystal Palace chairman bemoans the money game but Premier League wages are of the clubs’ making

With the football Transfer Window, Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish assesses the scene in the Times:
There is one price for a club and there is another price for a Premier League … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Key Posts, Money, Sports | Comment

Arsenal balls: Jack Wilshere’s success at Bournemouth will spite Wenger

As Jack Wilshere settles into his harbour-side residence in Sandbanks, the on-loan Arsenal player talks about a new start in Bournemouth. Says Wilshere:
“I had a good chat with the manager and feel … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

The Jungle: reducing refugees to hapless saints

The Jungle refugee camp in Calais is troubling Stella Creasy MP. She writes in The Guardian:
As signatories to the 1951 refugee convention, Britain should share responsibility for helping more people, not … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Gawker: power and money smash free speech and the right to offend

Sorry to see Gawker go? Here are a few words on what they said about the US site:

John Loyd (Reuters):
Denton’s self-starting staff crossed two rich and angry men. One was … (read more)

Posted: 1st, September 2016 | In: Money, Reviews | Comment

Watch a weird Roll Cloud float over Chicago

 

Amy King was on the lakefront in Chicago to record this video of a cloud rolling in.

Meteorologist Cheryl Scott explains:
What is a Roll Cloud and how does it form? It’s … (read more)

Posted: 1st, September 2016 | In: Strange But True, TV & Radio | Comment

‘I adore distilled whippet shit’: ‘Tom Baker’s’ advert outtake (NSFW)

Is this Tom Baker talking in an outtake for an advert he was recording? YouTuber campfreddie thinks it might be:

Tom Baker is over here. … (read more)

Posted: 1st, September 2016 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment

Transfer Balls: Liverpool got outstanding value with Balotelli, the new Luis Suarez

In among the headline figure of £1.165bn spent by desperate Premier League clubs in the transfer window is news of Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli. He’s singed for Nice. And Liverpool let him … (read more)

Posted: 1st, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Liverpool, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Woman cleans her ear with her very long tongue (video)

Gerkary Bracho has a very long tongue. Or maybe she has an average-sized tongue in a very small head?

… (read more)

Posted: 1st, September 2016 | In: Gifs, Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment (1)

Man who spotted The Beast of Dartmoor sketched it because he had no camera

“I memorised what it looked like and as soon as I got home I started drawing it.,” says Steve Swatton, 60, who saw the Beast of Dartmoor in a Plymouth field. … (read more)

Posted: 1st, September 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

‘Muslim’ refugee assures Western paedophiles that raping boys is OK in Myanmar

The culture wars are heating up in Australia, A refugee from Myanmar is in the dock. The Mail calls him foremost a “Muslim refugee”.

 

 

He appears to be foremost a paedophile. There is no … (read more)

Posted: 1st, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Transfer balls: panicky Spurs sign Arsenal fan Sissoko from Newcastle

So Tottenham panicked and spent £30m on Moussa Sissoko from Newcastle, after matching Everton’s bid for the midfielder very late on deadline day. Newcastle had accepted Everton’s offer for the French player … (read more)

Posted: 1st, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports, Spurs | Comment

Jack Wilshere leaves Arsenal for Bournemouth

Good news. Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has agreed to join the mighty Bournemouth on loan for the rest of the season. He will play under Eddie Howe, the man many … (read more)

Posted: 31st, August 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment (1)

Your Free Porn Day guide: but who pays for it?

Big news for Sun readers.  Tom Gillespie has produced a guide for web users keen to watch porn for free.
IF work’s giving you the blues and you’re in need of some light … (read more)

Posted: 31st, August 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Transfer balls: Moussa Sissoko to Spurs, Chelsea show late interest and Odemwinge II

Transfer balls: Moussa Sissoko is on his way to Spurs from Newcastle. He’s been allowed to leave the France training camp at Clairefontaine to seek a new club.

Newcastle want £30m for him. … (read more)

Posted: 31st, August 2016 | In: Back pages, Sports, Spurs | Comment

Stefan MacRitchie becomes a footballer ‘ace’ after he drugged a girl

The tabloids love nothing more than the story of a wayward footballer. In “FOOTIE ACE WALKS FREE” we read of the “Player who left girl, 14, in coma after slipping … (read more)

Posted: 31st, August 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Arsenal transfer balls: Bournemouth overtake Crystal Palace in Jack Wilshere chase

Arsenal will allow Jack Wilshere to join Crystal Palace, says the BBC. But the Daily Mirror says Palace are just one of 22 clubs who have expressed an interest in taking Wilshere on loan. … (read more)

Posted: 31st, August 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

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