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Omar Mateen: the bullshit of hate crime

Much debate over why Omar Mateen murdered scores of people in a gay night club in Florida. Did he do it because he hated gays, loved Islamic State, was mentally … (read more)

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Posted: 16th, June 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Madeleine McCann: Sir Clement Freud dug up and beaten with sticks

Madeleine McCann is back in the news. The Daily Mirror (the self-styled “intelligent tabloid”) wonders if a dead celebrity and MP kidnapped her.
‘Paedophile’ Sir Clement Freud lived close to where … (read more)

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Posted: 15th, June 2016 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews, Tabloids | Comment

Liverpool chase Arsenal’s Walcott with £25m

Transfer balls: Liverpool are keen on Arsenal forward Theo Walcott. The Sun says Liverpool will pay £25m for the 27-year-old.

The Sun says Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp intends to offer Walcott more first team game time than … (read more)

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Posted: 14th, June 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Liverpool, Sports | Comment

Body shaming balls: Sadiq Khan thinks woman are pathetic

Are you shamed by adverts featuring fit and lithe women encouraging you to look like them? London mayor Sadiq Khan says you are, or at least, you might be. He … (read more)

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Posted: 14th, June 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)

Omar Mateen: Hillary Clinton says anyone investigated by FBI is presumed guilty

Hilary Clinton notes that the FBI had Omar Mateen in their sights. Mateen murdered 49 people at an Orlando gay club. Clinton is mazed that Mateen was able to buy a gun. … (read more)

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Posted: 14th, June 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment (1)

Russian Ultras, Joey Barton irony overload and Igor Lebedev mocks Andrew Bache

Russian thugs are in France for the Euros. The Star says 150 of the “hyper-violent” Russian Ultras are “on their way to ambush England fans again”. Surely to ambush people you … (read more)

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Posted: 14th, June 2016 | In: Back pages, Key Posts, Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Big Brother sex: Marco Pierre White Junior in Slave and Master chef

Did you see the “Big Brother Live Sex Show”? No, us neither. Well, that’s not true. We did see it last year, the year before that and the year before that … (read more)

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Posted: 14th, June 2016 | In: Celebrities, Reviews, Tabloids, TV & Radio | Comment

Other parents: mums smile for mugshot photo after ‘assaulting’ McDonald’s server

To Bellevue, Ohio, where the local Police Department bring news of Ashley England (right above), Mary Jordan (left above), and Sammie Whaley. The trip were arrested on June 8 for allegedly assaulting … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, June 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

New York Posts blames NRA And America for Orlando Massacre

Who to blame for Islamist Omar Mateen walking into a Florida gay nightclub and murdered 49 people? The New York Post knows: the NRA.
“His killing machine of choice was a mass murderer’s … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, June 2016 | In: Reviews, Tabloids | Comment

Transfer balls: Mahrez doesn’t mention Arsenal

Transfer balls: The Daily Express says Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez, 25, fancies a move to Arsenal.

Is that right? Is Mahrez that crass as to court a rival team, one that finished below … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, June 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Game of Thrones: prostitute Saeeda Vorajee plays prostitute Armeca

Saeeda Vorajee plays a prostitute in Game of Thrones. She is also known as Sahara Knite, claims the Sun. The Mail is excited:
An actress who played a prostitute in Game of Thrones is actually … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, June 2016 | In: Celebrities, Tabloids, TV & Radio | Comment

The Copycat Effect: Omar Seddique Mateen ups the massacre kills stakes

What do we know of Omar Seddique Mateen, 29, from reading the newspapers?

The Sun: Mateen is the “laughing gunman” who “slaughtered 50 clubbers”. He is an “IS maniac” who murdered … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, June 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Omar Saddiqui Mateen: deadliest killer in US history was not driven by Islam

In Orlando, Florida, more than 50 people have been murdered in a massacre carried out by one Omar Saddiqui Mateen. The killer struck at a gay nightclub called Pulse. The story goes that … (read more)

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Posted: 12th, June 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment (1)