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Westminster paedos and celebrity nonces: of 1,433 alleged offenders not a single one is a policeman

 

Westminster paedos: a look at reporting on the story of historical sex abuse gone unpunished.

The Guardian tells us that since Sir Jimmy Savile was dug up, stripped of his knighthood … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment


Knob Watch: Raheem Sterling’s agent denies saying his client is definitely leaving Liverpool

 

Raheem Sterling will not sign for Liverpool. No way. No how. It will not happen. Sterling wants a return to London, which means playing for either Arsenal or Chelsea. Fact.

Shy and retiring … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2015 | In: Sports | Comment


Chris Bryant joins Labour Party’s silent chorus on Mirror Group phone hacking crimes

 

The Mirror Group titles have been found guilty of phone hacking. We’ve been listening out for what Labour MP Chris Bryant has to say about it. When Rupert Murdoch’s News … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment


Hacking: Will John Prescott discuss Paul Gascoigne’s £188,250 compensation in his Daily Mirror column?

Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been awarded £188,250 in phone-hacking damages from Mirror Group Newspapers.

Others who had their privacy unlawfully invaded by the Mirror’s titles include: Sadie Frost (£260,000), … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment


Transfer Balls: Manchester United mock Liverpool with Raheem Sterling broadcast

The Times’ story that Manchester United have asked Liverpool about their willingness to sell Raheem Sterling has been replayed throughout the mainstream media.

But the news is thin.

The Times’ leads sports story begins and … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2015 | In: Liverpool, manchester united, Sports | Comment


Dubai tourist imprisoned for tapping policewoman’s shoulder to ask for directions

 

To the fascistic hellhole that is Dubai, where a Kazakh tourist has been arrested for tapping a policewoman on the shoulder and asking her for directions to Dubai Mall. The 21-year-old policewoman tells … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Deliah Smith is away: man arested in row over how to boil an egg

 

In the 1980s, TV cook Delaih Smith taught the British how to boil an egg. She did not tour the US, an oversight that has led to a row in … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Howler of the year: Washington Post accuses Prince Charlie of being an IRA member

The Washington Post reports that suspected IRA member Prince Charles is to meet Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams to promote “reconciliation and healing”.

What?!

Charles continues to deny being a member of the … (read more)

Posted: 20th, May 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews, Royal Family | Comment


Transfer balls: Chelsea get Paul Pogba for less than half Manchester City paid for him in March

How much is Paul Pogba worth to Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and any other club keen on the Juventus and France midfielder? This month the Daily Express has been … (read more)

Posted: 20th, May 2015 | In: Chelsea, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment


London property madness: former Chelsea council flat on sale for £1.1m

 

A third floor flat in unlovely Keppel House on Brompton Cross, Chelsea, is on sale for £1.5m

Maskells estate agency says the redesigned property features two-bedrooms, a 1952 Soviet-styled exterior, “handcrafted and laid chevron flooring”, … (read more)

Posted: 20th, May 2015 | In: The Consumer | Comment


Hive Mind: watch the first 21 days of a bee’s life in 60 seconds

 

The first 21 days of a Bee’s Life in 60 is a video by photographer Anand Varma and the bee lab at UC Davis.

Varma has given a TED talk on the process … (read more)

Posted: 20th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Highlights of the Universal ShowQueen Pageant 2015: the world’s greatest transgender and drag divas compete

The Universal ShowQueen Pageant 2015 features the world’s greatest transgender and drag divas in competition. The winner was Aleeciya Ashton, aka Jerrica Benton.

 

 

 

 

More here. … (read more)

Posted: 20th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Rhyl man broke into girlfriend’s house and wrote ‘Cheating cow’ on carpet with brown sauce

 

At Prestatyn magistrates’ court Martin Roberts, aged 34, pleads guilty to burglary in Rhyl. His crime was not in the taking, rather in what he broke into his girlfriend’s house … (read more)

Posted: 20th, May 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Teachers ate school hamster to teach children about value of life

 

Yu, a teacher in South Korea, reportedly killed the school’s pet hamster in front of children and ate it.

Yu, 44, is  is quoted in the Korea Times:
“I couldn’t control the situation and … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Former Thompson Twins singer Alannah Currie stuffs her furniture with roadkill

 

Alannah Currie, once of the three-piece 1980s band The Thompson Twins, now works as an upholsterer.

She says she has hidden poetry and handwritten stories in different parts” of her chairs. And … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2015 | In: Celebrities, The Consumer | Comment


Hong Kong Pooey! Woman spotted and photographed taking a poo in public

Pavement f(art)

 

To Hong Kong, where a woman has been spotted taking a dump in public. Dogs and birds can do this but human beings are held to … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Mike Young’s YouTube Channel is the greatest kamikaze karaoke this side of Tokyo

Richard Metzger points us toward the work of Mike Young, whose YouTube channel is a beautiful horror of kamikaze karaoke. A few highlights apepar below:

 

 

 

Enjoy the silence:

Spotter: DM … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2015 | In: Music | Comment


Liverpool: The Sun passes off the BBC’s Raheem Sterling scoop as its ‘Exclusive’

Laughing all the way to the bank

 

Last night the BBC reported that Raheem Sterling was arranging his Liverpool departure. Given that the talented, underpaid and pragmatic Sterling had … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment


Watch Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas earn the season’s most ridiculous red card

Pizza for Cesc!

 

Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas has been sent off for kicking the ball at West Bromwich Albion’ Chris Brunt.

Fàbregas sees red for kicking ball at Brunt after Costa … (read more)

Posted: 18th, May 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment


Migrants working on Qatar’s glorious 2022 World Cup are living in Shangri-la says BBC report

‘Qata is great. Wish you were hear,’ love Sanjay

 

The Qatari government wanted to show invited journalists how well it’s treating migrant workers toiling on its 2022 World Cup … (read more)

Posted: 18th, May 2015 | In: Sports | Comment


Injured ball boy teaches Maria Sharapova the art of silent comedy

 

The thing I noticed when the ballboy face planted (into actual plants) at the women’s final of the Internazionali BNL D’Italia was that he made less noise than Maria Sharapova does executing … (read more)

Posted: 18th, May 2015 | In: Sports | Comment


Henry Scott Holland on death: ‘I have only slipped way into the next room’

 

A note on death by  (27 January 1847 – 17 March 1918), Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford:

Spotter: June, Flashbak … (read more)

Posted: 18th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Mother of three found guilty of raping sleeping man

 

 

Chantae Marie Gilman, 28, admitted climbing on top of a sleeping man and raping him. Gilman, a 16-stone mother to three, says she can’t recall anything.

Detective Roger Ishimitsu reported: “Once … (read more)

Posted: 18th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


Manchester United: watch Louis van Gaal sing about Louis Van Gaal

What with Manchester United tying up a return to the Champions League with their 1-1 draw against Arsenal on Sunday, there was a distinct levity around Old Trafford after the … (read more)

Posted: 18th, May 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Dominique Sharpton wants $5m for sprained ankle – bravely hikes up mountain on holiday

Al Sharpton’s daughter Dominique Sharpton, 28, is suing the city of New York for allegely spraining her ankle on a wonky pavement. Dominique says the the ankle is “severely injured, bruised … (read more)

Posted: 18th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment