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Bad Seeds Rule: Nick Cave sticks it to the BDS bigots

Did Nick Cave bow to the censors and boycott Israel? Nope. Cave recalled his reaction to Brian Eno inviting him to sign a boycott list. “On a very intuitive level I … (read more)

Posted: 21st, November 2017 | In: Celebrities, Music | Comment

Bulge like Michaelangelo’s David in these optical illusion pants

Stuck for a gift? Well, unstick yourself. These yoga pants and swimming trunks  shorts are a snip.

 

 

 

 

Spoter: BB … (read more)

Posted: 21st, November 2017 | In: Fashion, The Consumer | Comment

Gaia Pope: Connor Hayes and putting the clocks back

Gaia Pope continues to occupy minds in the tabloids. How the 19-year-old died, we do not know. but we do know she was not murdered. And there is no evidence … (read more)

Posted: 21st, November 2017 | In: News, Tabloids | Comment

Arsenal balls: why pundits have it in for Ozil

It’s fair to say that Martin Keown is no fan of Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil, offering to to-deadline opinion in October: “I think in some departments he’s already left. Psychologically, mentally, … (read more)

Posted: 21st, November 2017 | In: Arsenal, News, Sports | Comment

Paperchase must ban all Daily Mail suspects from its stores

Paperchase is “truly sorry” for speaking to Daily Mail readers, offering them two free rolls of wrapping paper in Saturday’s newspaper. Stop Funding Hate, the group that hates the Daily Mail … (read more)

Posted: 21st, November 2017 | In: News, Tabloids, The Consumer | Comment

Win Copies of The Celestial Archive Advent Calendar

 

Fancy something smart and beautiful this Christmas? We’re giving away two copies of the terrific Celestial Advent Calendar.

Conceived , compiled and designed by Stephen Ellcock and Hugh Hales-Tooke, the Celestial … (read more)

Posted: 20th, November 2017 | In: The Consumer | Comment

A rapist locked in a prison with women: what can go wrong?

On the heels of Jessica Winfield, the rapist born Martin Ponting who was moved to a women’s prison after undergoing a sex change, and who, allegedly, was isolated from female lags … (read more)

Posted: 20th, November 2017 | In: News | Comment

Scientists make shock discovery: the internet invented sex

Stop sniggering. News is that sex education “may need to become more graphic” to keep pace with experimental teens engaging in “taboo practices”.

Boffins at the London School of Hygiene and … (read more)

Posted: 20th, November 2017 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Gaia Pope: suing the police for a crime that never happened

After the febrile reporting and shadowy photos of innocent people, police say foul play played no part in the death of Gaia Pope, the 19-year-old who went missing in bucolic … (read more)

Posted: 20th, November 2017 | In: Key Posts, News, Tabloids | Comments (5)

Gaia Pope: no injuries to suggest ‘any other person was involved’ in her death

Gaia Pope is dead. The Press have been speculating over her cause of death. Murder has been the word most used. Now police say there is no evidence “any other … (read more)

Posted: 19th, November 2017 | In: News, Tabloids | Comment

Arsenal balls: after Mugabe Zimbabwe Gooners demand ‘Wenger Out’

As Robert Mugabe is toppled, protesters in the depot’s native Zimbabwe turn to the next great dictator: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

 

 

Lest we forget:

 
Overstating the situation somewhat! pic.twitter.com/CMebS5nh3y— Andy Kelly (@Gooner_AK) … (read more)

Posted: 19th, November 2017 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Money, News, Politicians, Sports | Comment

Gaia Pope: The last sighting, lives ruined and hiding the truth

 

Police searching for  Gaia Pope have found a body on land near Swanage, Dorset. The family of the 19-year-old woman are “absolutely devastated”. Detective Superintendent Paul Kessell tells media: “Although … (read more)

Posted: 19th, November 2017 | In: News, Tabloids | Comment

Man shoot self and wife at church debate into gun violence

 

Thoughts turn to 81-year-old Wayne Reid who while attending a Tennessee church for a “gun-violence at houses of worship” chat, accidentally shot himself and his wife, Kathy, 80. He did … (read more)

Posted: 19th, November 2017 | In: Reviews | Comment

Toy Freaks and other creepy ways to exploit children and get rich on YouTube

Ever see Toy Freaks? It was the 68th most popular channel on YouTube. It ‘was’ because it’s gone, banned for flouting YouTube’s “community guidelines”. Google, YouTube’s owners, were super cautious … (read more)

Posted: 18th, November 2017 | In: News, Technology | Comment

North London Derby bias: slick Arsenal get lucky, Spurs bemoan the referee and Ozil looks ready to stay

Arsenal 2. Tottenham Hotspur 0. The Premier League match between North London’s biggest football clubs ended in favour of the Gunners, who were feisty, bright, quick, slick and aggressive throughout. … (read more)

Posted: 18th, November 2017 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports, Spurs | Comment

Schools ban glitter to save the planet but the human virus lives on

To the Tops Day Nurseries, which all 19 branches have banned the 3,000 children they care for from using…glitter. Tops’ MD Cheryl Hadland says the glitter is harming the planet.

“We … (read more)

Posted: 18th, November 2017 | In: News, The Consumer | Comment

Steve Mnuchin and his wife posing with dollar bills is wonderfully revolting

Steve Mnuchin, the US Treasury Secretary, and his fragrant wife Louise Linton (top notes of mink perineum and aviation fuel over a puppy farm base) walked into the Bureau of Engraving … (read more)

Posted: 17th, November 2017 | In: Money, News, Politicians | Comment

Kenneth Branagh and the actor formerly known as Michelle Pfeiffer star in journalism horror show

Michael Pfeiffer

 

Copy and past news now, as the Metro tells us that Kenneth Branagh is starring in a remake of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient … (read more)

Posted: 17th, November 2017 | In: Celebrities, Film, News, Tabloids | Comment

Ian Wright: Arsenal great was ‘bullied’ at Crystal Palace

Former Crystal Palace and Arsenal footballer Ian Wright is an ambassador for Cartoon Network’s anti-bullying campaign CN Buddy Network. Helping to promote the cause, Wright is telling media about his … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2017 | In: Key Posts, News, Sports | Comment

Arsenal Balls: Wilshere signs new deal and heads to Spain in Sun clickbait tie-in

Transfer balls: Jack Wilshere, once the saviour of English football, is making his way back to the fore after a trying time with injuries. Having clawed his way back to … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2017 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, News, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Josh Rivers: Gay Times editor’s only crime was to be unfunny

 

Today’s hate figure is Josh Rovers, editor of Gay Times magazine, now suspended for tweeting things between 2010 and 2015.  Examples of Rivers’ tweets are many. One mocked women and … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2017 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t count Israel among his Jew-hating ‘friends’

 

In 2015 then Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn went on the telly to explain why he addressed Islamist militant organisations Hamas and Hezbollah, a group that calls for the murder … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2017 | In: Key Posts, News, Politicians | Comment

The Guardian makes cracking error in dyslexia story

Dyslexia news in the Guardian, where the paper infamous for its typos relays news that dyslexia may be caused by the light-receptor cells in “the human eye”. Scientists noticed a difference … (read more)

Posted: 15th, November 2017 | In: Broadsheets, News | Comment

Barbie gets an hijab in accordance with ‘diversity’

 

There’s to be a Barbie doll based on US Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who became the first women who wear an hijab at the Olympics. According to Mattel, Muhammad is … (read more)

Posted: 15th, November 2017 | In: News, Sports, The Consumer | Comment

Democracy wins: Australia says yes to gay marriage

 

Australians approve of gay marriage.  Australian voters gave a thumbs up to same-sex marriage, with 61.6% voting for and 31% voting against. Turn out for the postal vote was high: just … (read more)

Posted: 15th, November 2017 | In: News | Comment

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