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Funchu Tamang, 101-year-old, pulled from ruins of a collpased house in Nepal

 

Good news of the day features Funchu Tamang, a 101-year-old man rescued from the rubble of his collapsed housein Nepal. Amid the destruction and horror of the earthquake that hit Nepal, … (read more)

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


Chelsea would have got Pogba from Arsenal because Mourinho’s success is all about the money

Can Arsenal win the Premier League next season? In short: can  they beat Chelsea, this season’s best?

Jose Mourinho, never one to miss a chance to salute his own genius, says:
“The … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, May 2015 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Sports | Comment


Operation Midland: Harvey Proctor spanks the self-serving police

Harvey Proctor was a Member of Parliament for Basildon and for Billericay between 1979 and 1987. He’s written on the allegations of a VIP peado cover-up. Mr Proctor is not shy of media, … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, May 2015 | In: Politicians | Comment


#Milimonument: David Miliband unveils the Labour Party’s headstone

You wonder how bad it can get? You wonder what they can next come up with to make us agog. And then Ed Miliband stands in front of a large … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, May 2015 | In: Politicians | Comment


Lord Janner: Scotland in 1972 and company law and not all Jews in the Daily Mail

Daily Express: “Scots police put on spot in Janner probe”

Why?
One of the Labour peer’s alleged victims claims the MP took him on a tour of Scotland in the early 1970s … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, May 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment


Chelsea balls: Mourinho’s men get one hour to celebrate the title

Winning them over: Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho talks during the Chelsea press conference at Stamford Bridge on June 2, 2004 in London.

 

Chelsea are within a whisker … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, May 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment


Fascinating Repairmen: A Japanese TV show about mending things like a book and a grater

 

‘Fascinating Repairmen’ is a Japanese series featuring people giving a new lease of life to old objects. Some of these are much loved items, like the book in the video below. Others are … (read more)

Posted: 1st, May 2015 | In: TV & Radio | Comment


Chelsea balls: Peter Cech defies the tabloids as Arsenal look on

 

Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Cech  is heading out of Stamford Bridge. Arsenal are keen to land him; and Cech would be happy to remain in London.

But according to the Daily Mirror, Arsenal … (read more)

Posted: 1st, May 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment


Westminster paedos: one complaint exposes Lord Bramall of Bushfield to the media’s ‘witch hunt’

 

Westminster peados: a look at reporting on an alleged cover up of VIP child abuse.

Daily Mirror (page 10): “Retired Field Marshal In Child Sex Quiz”

We meet Field Marshal Lord Bramall … (read more)

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


Liverpool balls: Who called Brendan Rodgers a ‘tactical genius’? Brendan Rodgers did

Who said that Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers was a genius? Says Rodgers…
 “Three months ago I was a tactical genius, performing to a good level.”
Former Liverpool great Steve Nicol tells the Daily … (read more)

Posted: 1st, May 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment


Another WTF Japanese game show – Spread Your Legs

Japanese game show of the day is the one where young women dressed in early 20th Century children’s fashions see who can spread their legs the widest. The winner is the … (read more)

Posted: 1st, May 2015 | In: Strange But True, TV & Radio | Comment


Wanted man arrested after ‘liking’ his own wanted poster on Facebook

 

Much as we like the idea that villains are master crimianls who stay one step ahead of the rules and bend technology to their aims, the reality is that many … (read more)

Posted: 1st, May 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Naked women broke into stranger’s house and asked homeowner: ‘Am I Pretty?’ (photos)

 

Intruder of the Day is Makena Marie Haydon. The Arizona Daily Sun 20-year-old Makena broke into a stranger’s house. She then removed all her clothes and bounced up and down on his … (read more)

Posted: 1st, May 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)


Amazon shoot a massive penis into space

 

This is the unmanned Blue Origin suborbital spacecraft, New Shepard, which has soared 307,000 feet into the skies. Blue Origin is part-owned by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, who, to the best of … (read more)

Posted: 1st, May 2015 | In: Reviews, Technology | Comment


Is Nothing Safe? Goat in court to see her rapist jailed

To Kenya, where a man is forced to confront the goat he raped in court before getting 10 years in prison.

 

Spotter: b3ta … (read more)

Posted: 30th, April 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)


Prepare to vomit with embarrassment: ‘Taste & Colour’ by Green & Black’s is every sense of terrible

As Robert Popper says: “Prepare to vomit with embarrassment”:
We’re celebrating the launch of Green & Black’s THIN Dark 70% with Michel Roux Jr, Tom Kitchin, Emilia Fox, and sisters Jasmine … (read more)

Posted: 30th, April 2015 | In: The Consumer | Comment


Arsenal: player’s mother banned by club for ‘scuffle’

The mother of Arsenal youngster Ainsley Maitland-Niles has reportedly been banned from entering the club’s training ground after scuffling with a member of the Gunners’ back-room staff during a recent … (read more)

Posted: 30th, April 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment


Comment is Weird: brilliant Tumblr takes the piss out of Guardian writers

As Xeni Jardin says, “every single one of these is a gem”. Comment Is Weird is a parody of the Guardian’s Comment is Free. Just when you think something is beyond parody, someone goes … (read more)

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


A day out in Southend with the skinheads 7th April 1980 (photos)

On 7th April 1980, John Downing photographed skinheads enjoying the bank holiday weekend in Southend, Essex.

Before the phots a short film from 1978 (via the excellent Flashbak):

View image | gettyimages.com

View … (read more)

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


New US drugs czar is a recovering alcoholic

The White House has made Michael Botticelli it’s US Drug Czar. Botticelli is now director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). And the best bit is that he’s … (read more)

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


Watch Sufi holy men pop out their eyeballs on knives (video)

To the Urs Festival in Rajasthan, India, where Sufi Muslim holy men are showing their love for God by sticking knives into their eyes. The men are devotees of Sufi saint Moinuddin … (read more)

Posted: 30th, April 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Dungeons and Dragons players are possessed by the Devil (video)

Dungeons and Dragons is a gateway to hell. So says Baptist pastor Win Worley.

 

Spotter: christiannightmares.tumblr.com, Boing Boing … (read more)

Posted: 30th, April 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment