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Porn. It’s a cancer, right? Well, news is that it might be useful:
According to radical feminist theory, pornography serves to further the subordination of women by training its users, males and … (read more)

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

Emory University students panic after someone writes the word “Trump” on a sidewalk

So toxic is Donald Trump that even seeing his name reduces students to jellies. To Georgia, USA:
Emory University students say they are “in pain” and “afraid” after someone left pro-Donald Trump … (read more)

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Posted: 26th, March 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment (1)

Dear Jamie Oliver, please help us ban apples and pears

Sugar is bad for you. It must be taxed. In the eyes of Jamie Oliver and anyone who listens to him, tax is a way to punish people. So the … (read more)

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

Johan Cruyff: the newspapers’ tributes always beat the web

Johan Cruyff was the greatest footballer. His death brought a tear to my eye. In the 1974 World Cup Finals, Cruyff’s masterful Dutch side were mesmeric. How we wanted them … (read more)

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Posted: 25th, March 2016 | In: Back pages | Comment

Matthew Doye: locked away in the Met’s trawl for Islamophobia

This week the Metropolitan Police arrested Matthew Doyle for tweeting: “I confronted a Muslim woman yesterday in Croydon. I asked her to explain Brussels. She said ‘Nothing to do with me’. A … (read more)

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Posted: 25th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)

Dave Brubeck’s “Take 5” Performed On Sitar Is Glorious

Dave Brubeck’s “Take 5” on sitar. “Where would you see this wondrous stuff on conventional TV,” asks Victor Lewis Smith.

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Posted: 24th, March 2016 | In: Music | Comment

Transfer balls: Spurs lose Pochettino to Manchester United in cut-price deal

Transfer balls: Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino, 44, has a £10m buyout clause in his contract, says the Sun.
SunSport can reveal any clubs looking to poach the Argentine will have to stump up … (read more)

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Posted: 23rd, March 2016 | In: Back pages, Sports, Spurs | Comment

Transfer Balls: Manchester City lust for Messi who ‘fancies’ them

As Manchester City slide down the Premier League table, the Star says Lionel Messi fancies playing for them. The Barcelona star “fancies” teaming up with City’s incoming manager Pep Guardiola, … (read more)

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Posted: 23rd, March 2016 | In: Back pages, Manchester City, Sports | Comment

Women have higher IQs than men, even the dyed blondes

According to the elitists at Mensa, the average IQ is taken as 100. Mindful of that, we read the Mail’s report on blondes:
They’re not ‘dumb blondes’ after all: Women with the natural hair … (read more)

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Posted: 23rd, March 2016 | In: Reviews, Tabloids | Comment

Daily Star replaces ‘banned’ Easter eggs with chocolate balls

Big news in the Daily Star.
PC Chocolate makers ban ’Easter’ from eggs. CHOCOLATE firms have banned the word “Easter” from their eggs to avoid offending non-Christians…
Really? Are Rastafarians that upset by … (read more)

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Posted: 23rd, March 2016 | In: Reviews, Tabloids | Comment

YouTube closes down for the night

A video created by@EddieRobson and Mal Franks. … (read more)

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Posted: 22nd, March 2016 | In: TV & Radio | Comment

Rob Ford: I couldn’t remember taking drugs because I was drunk

Rob Ford, the former mayor of Toronto, has died. He was just 46. In his obituary, CBC includes this:
Ford staunchly denied that he smoked crack and questioned the existence of … (read more)

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Posted: 22nd, March 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment

PJS and YMA gag tabloids over ‘open relationship’

This is an odd one. The Telegraph writes:
The Court of Appeal has allowed a well-known entertainer to keep his extra-marital “threesome” secret in a move which heralds the return of the court … (read more)

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Posted: 22nd, March 2016 | In: Celebrities, Reviews, Tabloids | Comment (1)

Gawker get body slammed by Hogan sex tape judgement

Trying times at Gawker media:

Terry Bollea, the retired pro wrestler known as Hulk Hogan, was awarded a total of $25m in punitive damages on Monday, in his invasion of privacy … (read more)

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Posted: 22nd, March 2016 | In: Money, Reviews | Comment

Transfer balls: Arsenal buy Higuain twice, want Pogba and get Manchester United’s Toni Kroos

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger must spend loadsa money “or else”, warns the Sun.
Arsene Wenger is told to launch his biggest ever Arsenal spending spree – or miss out on new … (read more)

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Posted: 22nd, March 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

Jeremy Corbyn’s aide calls for an army of tea-drinking surrender monkeys

As the Tories row over Brexit and disability payments, the Labour party obliterates casus belli, picks up the one working gun in the British Army and aims at its feet.
Britain would be safer … (read more)

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Posted: 21st, March 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment (1)

Manchester United and Liverpool deliver the most ridiculous excuses for losing a football match

When Manchester United lost 2-0 to Fulham on 21st March 2009, manager Alex Ferguson had a simple explanation for his team’s shortcomings: The dressing rooms at Craven Cottage had been … (read more)

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Posted: 21st, March 2016 | In: Sports | Comment

Novak Djokovic v Serena Williams fight in battle of the sexes tennis pentahlon

Would women tennis players earn the same as men if there were two tours separated by gender? Would you pay more to see the men or the women? Should men … (read more)

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Posted: 21st, March 2016 | In: Back pages, Sports | Comment