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Listen to The Ronettes – Baby I Love You (isolated Vocals)

American pop trio The Ronettes, comprising Veronica Bennett (later Ronnie Spector), Nedra Talley and Estelle Bennett, UK, 21st October 1964. (Photo by Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

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Posted: 5th, November 2015 | In: Key Posts, Music, Reviews | Comment

Transfer Balls: Ronaldo ‘dreams’ of Manchester United, cashes in at PSG and wears rejuvenating bronzer

Transfer Balls: The Sun says PSG are “confident” they’ll beat Manchester United to sign Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo for £100m.

We learn that “Ronaldo has emphasised his close relationship with PSG … (read more)

Posted: 5th, November 2015 | In: manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment

VIP paedophiles: George Kennedy Young, Tory gays and the Society for Individual Freedom

VIP Paedophiles: a look at reporting on the allegations that famous, connected and rich faces tun a child abuse ‘ring’.

The Sun (Page 4): “MI6 BOSS ‘RAN VIP PAEDO RING'”

Those inverted commas … (read more)

Posted: 5th, November 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment

John Bercow vs The Sun: Sally snogs and hacking Japan

John Bercow, House of Commons speakers and husband to Sally the Seleb, has been “blasted for racking up a £10,000 bill; on a junket to Japan”. So says the Sun. … (read more)

Posted: 5th, November 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews, Tabloids | Comment

Woman accused of twisting off one-legged roofer’s prosthetic limb

To Bartlett, Tennessee, where Donna Hastings, 53, is arguing with a man at the Dan McGuiness Sports Bar. He says she assailed him over payment for roofing work. Hastings says he never completed the job. … (read more)

Posted: 5th, November 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Boy suspended from school for shooting fellow pupil with imaginary bow and arrow

 

At Our Lady of Lourdes school in Cincinnati, Ohio, six-year-old are playing Power Rangers. One child picks up an imaginary bow, loads the arrow, takes aim at another boy and fires. … (read more)

Posted: 5th, November 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Arsenal balls: Giroud good enough for Bayern, Joel Campbell nicking a living, Wenger ‘poor’

Arsenal get “Mullered” (The Mirror) and work “Nein to 5” (Sun) – papers reacting to the Gunners’ 5-1 thrashing against Bayern Munich.

But what about those points, the scores out of … (read more)

Posted: 5th, November 2015 | In: Arsenal, Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Manchester United: bellow average Wayne Rooney goes back to ‘class’

Manchester United beat CSKA 1-0 in the Champions’ League. In the Mail, Martin Samuel says the game’s goalscorer, Wayne Rooney, was “class”.

 

 

But below that praise the Mail also says Rooney, er,  wasn’t … (read more)

Posted: 4th, November 2015 | In: manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Objects of desire: David Bowie mug-shot shower curtain

The David Bowie shower curtain.

Buy yours at Fine Art America

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Posted: 4th, November 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews, The Consumer | Comment

Chelsea benefit from FA conspiracy to let Diego Costa escape ban for Liverpool ‘red card’

In his ‘JOIN THE DEBATE’ column for the Daily Mail, Martin Samuel focuses on Chelsea striker Diego Costa.
Diego Costa will not be charged by the Football Association for his off-the-ball kick … (read more)

Posted: 4th, November 2015 | In: Chelsea, Liverpool, Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment (1)

Chelsea balls: Abramovich puts £71m price tag on Mourinho’s head

Transfer balls: The Daily Mail says “Chelsea reject shock £35m bid by Monaco for under-pressure manager Jose Mourinho.”

Go on…
Monaco made a startling approach for Jose Mourinho on Tuesday but saw … (read more)

Posted: 4th, November 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Manchester United balls: Louis Van Gaal calls Chris Smalling ‘Michael’ again

 

Manchester United centre-back Chris Smalling has a new nickname: Michael. Following Manchester United’s 1-0 win over CSKA Moscow, Louis Van Gaal hailed the performance of “Michael Smalling”.

Who he?

 

 

“David De Gea has saved … (read more)

Posted: 4th, November 2015 | In: manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Policeman shoots himself – blames mysterious dark-skinned man

This booking photo provided by the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office shows David Houser. Houser, the Arkansas police officer who said he was shot during a traffic … (read more)

Posted: 4th, November 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Facebook banned these naked breasts but approved the racism

German photographer Olli Waldhauer wanted to highlight Facebook’s selective attitude to censorship. Why is Facebook quicker to block nudity than racism?

He posted this picture of a man holding a sign declaring: “Don’t Buy … (read more)

Posted: 4th, November 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Watch A Street Statue Artist Kick A Thief In The Head

 

Stick a coin in the slot at at the feet of a performance statue and they will break their post to wink, wave or punch the air (reaction dependent on … (read more)

Posted: 4th, November 2015 | In: Gifs, Reviews | Comment

Man jailed after using fishing line to smuggle ‘deadly’ McMuffin into Wormwood Scrubs prison

 

Karl Jensen, 27, and Lisa Mary Hutchinson, 26, have been jailed for smuggling drugs, a knife, a plastic Kinder Surprise egg containing five Sim cards, a bottle of vodka, a USB chargers … (read more)

Posted: 4th, November 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Chelsea balls: Mourinho praises his dignity, John Terry wants love and death, Fabregas looks innocent

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho continues to set the sports pages agenda.

The Sun (backpage): “BLUES BROTHERS”.

Chelsea captain John Terry says Chelsea are United and squarely behind Mourinho. This is unlovely, driven and pragmatic Terry … (read more)

Posted: 4th, November 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Manchester United balls: Kanchelskis slams Van Gaal, Rooney dropped, Riyad Mahrez can be like Cantona

Manchester United’s Louis Van Gaal must be relieved must of the media’s gaze is trained on Chelsea’s Jose Mourinho. Having spent a fortune on flesh and bone, Manchester United under LVG are dull.

The Sun does … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, November 2015 | In: Reviews, Sports | Comment

Dentists say footballers with bad teeth play badly: Manchester United’s toothless Nobby Styles wins World Cup

News in the Sun that “top footballers” are troubled by their bad teeth. We learn that 40% of footballers have some tooth decay and 5% have gum disease. And 7% … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, November 2015 | In: Sports | Comment

Chelsea fans rejoice: noise makes no difrerence to the number of goals scored

When Jose Mourinho said Chelsea receive less vocal supports at home matches than their Premier League rival, the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Brenna Boyd did some research. She found that the noise made … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, November 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment

Man with cloth penis ate toilet paper to beat police breathalyzer test

To Iowa, where Ross McDonald, 39, has been pulled over by police who have spotted him driving the wrong way down a road. Police say he is dressed as “flasher” … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, November 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Chelsea balls: Mourinho prepares for an assault on the beaches of Stoke, Arsenal and Liverpool

The media narrative is that every Chelsea match is Jose Mourinho’s D-DAY.

Today the Daily Express says Chelsea’s match at Stoke City is the manager’s ‘D-DAY’:

 

 

 

The London Evening Standard said Jose’s … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, November 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Chelsea Balls: Jose banned from watching matches on the telly, Makelele linked, yet another D-Day

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho leads every tabloids’ sports section. The Sun says Mourinho is a “BASKET CASE”. The Mirror agrees, leading with the same headline.

 

 

Sticking with the Sun, Jose”s been … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, November 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Watch referee Arsenal enemy Mike Dean ‘celebrate’ a Spurs goal against Aston Villa

Arsenal fans don’t much like Mike Dean, the Premier League referee. Claims, however nuts, that the man in yellow doesn’t like the Gunners will not be undone buy the video … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, November 2015 | In: Reviews, Sports, Spurs | Comment

Transfer Balls: Youri Tielemans wanted by Arsenal, Liverpool, Man United, Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea in full-house of tabloid TB

 

Transfer Balls: Manchester United and Manchester City want to sign 18-year-old Anderlecht midfielder Youri Tielemans says the Daily Star. In the paper’s “exclusive” we learn that United and City will have to pay … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, November 2015 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment

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