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John Palmer: police thought top villain shot dead in his garden had died from natural causes

 

John Palmer is dead. He was dubbed the ‘Goldfinger’ due to his alleged links to the £26 million Brink’s-Mat bullion raid on a Heathrow security warehouse in 1983. Most of the stolen … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Samuel Eto’o’s copy and paste ‘Dear John’ letter to Everton and Sampdoria fans

 

Welcome to Turkish club Antalyaspor, Samuel Eto’o. It’s been a wrench for the star player to leave Sampdoria. So sad is it that Samuel has written the club’s fans a letter:
Dear Blucerchiati,

I’ve … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: Sports | Comment


Transfer Balls: Manchester United target and Arsenal fan Bastian Schweinsteiger wants to play for Chelsea?

Transfer Balls: a look at Manchester United targert and apparent Arsenal fan Bastian Schweinsteiger.

The Guardian reports today: “Bastian Schweinsteiger can choose whether to leave Bayern Munich”
Bastian Schweinsteiger will be given … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Catherine Bach’s Daisy Duke photos: what Confederate flag?

TV land has banned the Dukes of Hazzard show because the featured car, the ‘General Lee’, had a roof decorated with the Confederate flag. What was good enough for a hit show … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: Celebrities, TV & Radio | Comment


The Dukes of Hazzard was never an advert for the ‘American swastika’

 

So toxic is the Confederate Flag that re-runs of The Dukes of Hazzard are forbidden. The TV show featured the General Lee car with its Confederate flag design. When the bansturbators make a move … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment


The age of knowing: college students fail to study literature because they fear free thinking

Prof. Gary Saul Morson of Northwestern University considers why college students are not longer studying literature. In Commentary magazine he wonders why it is “that students are choosing to study economics … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Blame the Jews: Greeks says Jews not Germans control their finances

The Jewish quarter, Smyrna, Greece, 1900s.

 

In today’s edition of ‘I blame the Jews?’ the Free Beacon reports: “85% of Greeks Believe the Jews Have Too Much Power … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Black man arrested for sticking pro-KKK signs at black church

Vincent Broughton, 44, has been arrested for allegedly posting KKK signs outside a black church in Colorado. Vincent Broughton is black.

The signs were posted outside the New Covenant church that is predominately … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Transfer Balls: Manchester United’s £120m For Thomas Muller (but not Toni Kroos)

 

Transfer Balls: The Daily Express says Manchester United have offered a package worth £120m for Bayern Munich’ Thomas Muller. But it wasn’t enough. Muller, says the Express, has “snubbed” Man United. … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Boy with pain in ear pulls out four-inch centipede (photos)

Grant Botti, 14, from Bryant, Arkansas, had a huge centipede in his ear. He didn’t know it was there until he felt some pain. He rubbed his ear. He felt something unusual. … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Town raffles chance to Taser city police officials and buy more Tasers

The ducking stool and stocks are so yesterday. For the price of a $5 raffle ticket, locals in Van Meter, Iowa, can win the chance to Taser City Administrator Jake Anderson … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Arsenal’s Petr Cech suddenly ages terribly (photo)

A mere three days since signing for Arsenal, the now former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has aged rapidly.

This was Cech when he joined the Gunners:

 

June 30 2015

 

And … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Sports | Comment


Transfer Balls: Manchester United sell Robin Van Persie in ‘secret’ and to Lazio for £10m

Transfer Balls: Manchester United have sold Robin Van Persie in secret? The Daily Mirror’s lead sports story is that Robin Van Perie has left Manchester United without knowing he’s left … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, July 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Transfer Balls: Manchester United undercut their agreed bid for Morgan Schneiderlin as Arsenal wait

 

Transfer Balls: Time again to catch up with Southampton FC’s Morgan Schneiderlin. According to the Daily Mirror Manchester United have bought the Frenchman for £25million. On June 27, the Mirror reported:
Manchester United have sealed … (read more)

Posted: 1st, July 2015 | In: Arsenal, manchester united, Sports | Comment


Nicholas Winton 1909-2015: one man who did the right thing

 

Nicholas Winton has died. Winton was the Briton who became a lifesaver for hunderds of Jews. He arranged for trains to carry children from Nazi-occupied Prague to Britain.

In 1938 he took a … (read more)

Posted: 1st, July 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Playboy model Viky Xipolitakis and two pilots in hot water for sexy cockpit larks (photos)

‘Have you ever seen a grown man naked’

 

Two Argentinian pilots who allowed Greek Playboy model Viky Xipolitakis into the cockpit have been sacked. Patricio Zocchi Molina and … (read more)

Posted: 1st, July 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment


Media Balls: Manchester City’s new manager after Pelligrini is sacked is…

Transfer Balls: It’s time to talk about Manchester City’s next manager.

Today The Daily Star reports that Man City are looking to sack Manuel Pellegrini and replace the affable Chilean with current Bayern Munich … (read more)

Posted: 1st, July 2015 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment


Transfer Balls: Sergio Ramos’ mum rejects Manchester United and David De Gea questions Madrid’s Di Maria Law

Transfer balls: Your one-stop shop for all gossip on Manchester United and REal MAdrid targets Sergio Ramos and David De Gea, respsectively.

Mirror: “Manchester United will only increase their bid for Sergio Ramos if … (read more)

Posted: 1st, July 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Why Leicester City gave Nigel Pearson the bird

Why was Nigel Pearson sacked from his job as manager of Leicester City?

The Sun says the club’s Thai owners “showed him the door over the fallout at the axing of his son”.
They … (read more)

Posted: 1st, July 2015 | In: Reviews, Sports | Comment


Lord Janner: justice delayed is no justice at all for Victor Nealon and Sam Hallam

Victor Nealon

 

Lord Janner of Braunstone is to to be prosecuted over child sex abuse claims.

Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions, was wrong. Leading lawyer David Perry … (read more)

Posted: 1st, July 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Transfer Balls: Watch when Arsenal reject Morgan Schneiderlin signed for Manchester United

Transfer Balls: It’s been a busy week for Morgan Schneiderlin, who has been on his way to Arsenal and Manchester United for what seems like an age. Currently at Southampton, this … (read more)

Posted: 30th, June 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Someone made this Kim Kardashian sex tape flag for Glastonbury

 

Did you watch Kanye West at Glastonbury? Good to see he’s overcome the crippling shyness. For that, perhaps, we can credit his wife, the fragrant Kim Kardashian (top notes or honeysuckle or base notes of jacaranda … (read more)

Posted: 30th, June 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment


Arsenal flop Gervinho’s move to Abu Dhabi Club collapses over demands for a private beach

 

Former Arsenal player Gervinho has managed to achieve what many thought impossible: he has made the princes of Abu Dhabi think his lifestyle too rich, a tad flashy.

Gazzetta dello Sport says Gervinho’s … (read more)

Posted: 30th, June 2015 | In: Reviews, Sports | Comment


Watch the Georgia Brains Trust in the world’s funniest Confederate flag display

Mobile phones be praised. Thanks to technology we can watch the Georgia Brains Trust’s Confederate flag demo in full cry.

Roll it:

 

… (read more)

Posted: 30th, June 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Drain the swamp: the Cold War on Islamic terror

 

In 2013, Prime Minister David Cameron responded to Lee Rigby’s brutal murder by jihadis in London by vowing the “drain the swamp” of violent Islam. He told the Commons:
 “…it is not … (read more)

Posted: 30th, June 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment