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Gaddafi Has Already Won The War In Libya: The US, UK And UN Lose
COLONEL Muammar Gaddafi is some kind of mad genius. As soon as the UN Security Council issues Resolution 1973 to give support to military action against the Libyan Army under Gaddafi, mad dog announces an immediate ceasefire. Libya is now under an arms embargo, in a no-flight zone and has had its assets frozen.
Here’s a few highlights from the UN decree:
“Further condemning acts of violence and intimidation committed by the Libyan authorities against journalists, media professionals and associated personnel and urging these authorities to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law as outlined in resolution 1738 (2006)…
Amen to that.
“Considering that the widespread and systematic attacks currently taking place in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya against the civilian population may amount to crimes against humanity…”
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Posted: 18th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (4)
Six Reading Child Rapists Put Football In The Dock
SIX men have been jailed for raping two 12-year-old girls in Reading.
The guilty, who have admitted rape, are:
Courtney Amos,19, Ashley Charles, 20, Dennis De Sousa, 18, Jahson Downes, 20, Jahvon Edwards, 19, and Luke Farrugia, 21.
The Mail says they are not first and foremost “footballers”. Not paedophiles. Not rapists. First and foremost they are footballers.
Downes has played for Basingstoke Town. Ashley Charles “attended” the Reading FC academy. Luke Farrugia plays for Reading Town.Amos “completed two years of football coaching“.
So. The Mail says they are footballers.
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Posted: 18th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (3)
French Nuclear Debate Breaks For Row Over MP’s Parked Car
THE nuclear crisis in Japan is being debated in France. But there is a more pressing matters: independent member of parliament Maxime Gremetz’s storm into the committee room to moan that his car has been blocked in.
Science committee chairman Claude Birraux thunders:
“That’s enough! This is unworthy!”
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Posted: 18th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Politicians | Comment
Guardian Sees 100,000 Palestinians And No Hamas Thugs: Biased Reporting In Gaza
A PALESTINIAN protest for unity took place on the West Bank and Gaza. The protesters want Hamas and Fatah to unite. AFP reports:
“They attacked us, 400 to 500 Hamas men in plain clothes. I was beaten with a club, many others were beaten,” said one activist, who gave only his first name Ali.
How many protesters braved the goons? Well, The Guardian doesn’t mention the Hamas reaction. Instead you get to read:
Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister, called on Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to meet him “to launch a comprehensive dialogue”. In Ramallah, Abbas said elections were the “only way to end this ugly and unacceptable division”.
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The Greatest Movie Gifs Ever
ANORAK presents the greatest movie gifs ever. Can a single moment of film capture the essence of the whole? Yes. (Give them time to load – they’re worth it.)
Posted: 16th, March 2011 | In: Film, Key Posts | Comment (1)
Japan Earthquake: An Angry God Protected Catholic Akita From Destruction (Say Catholics)
THE Catholic News Agency has published a story that seems to suggest the Catholics are getting a special protection from the earthquake and the tsunami that hit Japan. It wasn’t the global warming nor the whales nor the stars that triggered the tsunami – it was a mighty Catholic God:
The epicenter of the earthquake that caused a deadly March 11 tsunami is located near the site of an apparition in which Mary warned about a worldwide disaster that could afflict humanity.
…The city of Akita, which experienced fire damage and flooding along with many parts of northern Japan, is a place of veneration for Catholics.
In 1973, the Virgin Mary was said to have predicted a number of future events – including natural disasters even more serious than Friday’s earthquake and tsunami – during three appearances to a Japanese religious sister, Sr. Agnes Sasagawa.
…”If men do not repent and better themselves, God the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity,” Mary reportedly told Sr. Agnes. “It will be a punishment greater than the (biblical) flood, such as never seen before.”
“Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful,” she said. “The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church, in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops.”
…Reports from Akita following Friday’s earthquake indicate that the city received significantly less damage than other parts of northern Japan, despite its proximity to the epicenter. However, residents did report power outages, burst pipes, and fires…
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Posted: 16th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment (1)
Justin Bieber Plays London’s 02 With His Flies Undone: Photos
JUSTIN Bieber was at London’s O2 venue. When the countdown clock struck Bieber Time, the Violet Elizabeth Bott and Little Jimmy Osmond love child arrived on stage with his flies undone. Hey, don’t be too harsh. Firstly, he’s a popstar and soon all the cool kids will be doing it. Secondly, “Look, ma, no pull ups!”
He then played an acoustic guitar as he flew in a caged heart. The kidz loved it. Mum and dad wondered why they spent £15 on a programme. Enjoy the photos:
Biased BBC Ignores Palestinian Who Slit A Jewish Baby’s Throat In Itamar
THE biased BBC plays it hand badly as it reports on the murder of five Israelis by a Palestinian. When the biased report first went up, the words “kills five Israelis” were couched in inverted commas. Why? The thing was a fact. Later it was amended and the inverted comas wrapped around the word “Palestinian”. “Kills” remained. Not murdered. Not massacred. “Kills.”
Here’s what the BBC reports – the story is illustrated by a photo of an armed Israeli soldier:
Officials have blamed Palestinians for the overnight attack, which left a couple, two children and a baby dead in the Itamar settlement, near Nablus.
Here’s what another report says:
Hamas handed out candy last night as residents took to the streets of the southern Gazan city of Rafah to celebrate the brutal terror attack in Itamar, where five members of a single Israeli family were murdered in their home, including three children, one of whom was three years old, and another, a baby girl, was just three months old. An 11-year old boy was killed as he lay reading in bed. The children and baby had their throats slit.
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Posted: 14th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (32)
Japan Earthquake: Millions Saved By Good Engineering And Technology
JAPAN Earthquake news headlines focus on the doom. But what about the wonder of humanity that created buildings able to withstand a tsunami? What about that, warmists? What about thinking how much worse it would have been without human ingenuity?
As Dave Ewing Tweets:
“The headline you won’t see: ‘Millions saved in Japan by good engineering and government building codes’. But it’s the truth.”
Posted: 14th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Technology | Comments (3)
Al Qaeda’s Al-Shamikha Magazine For Women Bombs: Photos And Beauty Tips
SALES figures for Al Qaeda’s new 31-page Al-Shamikha magazine (The Majestic Woman) are not yet made public. But given that the magazine offers tips for keeping “marrying a mujahideen” and detonating your explosive vest, the sales figures may plateau and then bomb, literally.
On still more positive notes, the magazine might be the only one in existence where the readers can look every bit as sexy and attention worthy as the gorgeous cover girl.
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Posted: 14th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (2)
Dog Spinning In Bulgaria: A Video Of Europe Today
TO the annual dog spinning ritual in the village of Brodilovo, Bulgaria.
The dogs will be spun on a rope suspended over a muddy brook to free the area of bad spirits, rabies, boredom etc.
The spinning hereunder is part of a festival to mark independence from the Ottoman empire.
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Posted: 14th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (19)
Global Warming Caused Japan Earthquake: Fact
THE Japan Earthquake was caused by… Well, if in doubt, blame climate change and man:
Treehugger knows:
I know headlines like that might just make most folks roll their eyes at this point — I mean, what doesn’t climate change cause these days, am I right? And I realize that people are skeptical of news-cycle tie-ins, like this very story appears to be. But just because it’s sort of depressing to keep tabs on all of the myriad impacts of ol’ climate change occurring the world over, doesn’t mean we should be glossing over facts like this: Geologists believe that global warming may already be causing more earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. After all, screwing with the world’s ornery climate system to the extent which we have is bound to have far-reaching effects — effects like huge amounts of melting ice causing the earth’s crust to “bounce” up, potentially triggering earthquakes.
Which makes sense. And if you ask me, now is a perfectly apt time to be analyzing such possible causal relationships, like the one between climate change and earthquakes (which set off tsunamis). You are, after all, perhaps turning to a green site like TreeHugger to examine the environmental implications of various world events. But some insist this reeks of opportunism (especially those amongst the anti-climate crowd) — and therefore should be immediately written off as sensationalism.
Don Surber reacts: “Are these people mentally ill?”
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Posted: 13th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts | Comments (19)
LibDem Protest In Photos: Fighting Nick Clegg’s Anti-Smoking, Anti-Protest Illiberal Party
THE LibDems are under the cosh in Sheffield. Outside their fortified conference, students are demonstrating. Hey, it’s your right to protest. And the liberals are all about freedoms and protecting them. That’s why they’re hiding behind a big fence and supporting a ban on the display of tobacco products in shops.
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Posted: 12th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Politicians | Comments (2)
Human Trafficking: The White Hollywood Star’s Burden
Self-styled modern-day abolitionists like Oscar winner Mira Sorvino are doing migrant women no favours
ON the centenary of International Women’s day, in the swanky halls of Lancaster House in London, Oscar-winning actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Mira Sorvino presented an art installation dedicated to victims of human trafficking. Made up of faceless, nude, dull-coloured mannequins trapped behind barbed wire, this conceptual piece of art, unveiled at a launch event for a new UN grants fund for trafficking victims, is not hard to interpret.
The message is that millions of people, mostly women and children, are trapped in dehumanising conditions and are in need of rescue. Queue western celebrities, international development organisations and crime prevention agencies dedicated to combating ‘modern-day slavery’. As Sorvino put it before cutting the ribbon:
“[Trafficking victims] can’t speak for themselves – yet. But that’s what we’re trying to do… The trust fund will hopefully help emancipate them and give them a voice.”
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Posted: 12th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts | Comments (4)
Conservative Councillor Banned From Wearing Clothes That Might Expose His Genitals
PETER Goody, 62, a naturist and Conservative councillor at Snaresbrook on Redbridge Council, did not expose himself to a nine-year-old girl while cutting a hedge in his swimming trunks.
At Waltham Forest Magistrates Court, Mr Goody, says:
“I put swimming trunks on, simply because it seemed the sensible thing to do. I was aware that they did have the tendency to slip. I decided that if they did slip down, I would hitch them up.”
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Posted: 12th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Politicians | Comments (5)
Japan Earthquake Photos: 80,000 Missing In Nameless Apocalypse
HOW do you report on the earthquake in Japan? Unlike volcanoes and hurricanes earthquakes don’t get names. They are just a number. This one is said to have hit 8.9 on the Richter scale. And then there is the next grim number – the one that says how many people died.
The newspapers agree that 1000 people are feared dead.
The BBC reports:
Japanese police told Kyodo news agency 433 people are confirmed to have died and 784 more are missing.
Or as the Mirror puts it:
Hundreds dead and up to 80,000 missing in Japan tsunami
It’s a big number. And, as yet, we have no single face to cling to that makes sense of it.
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China Exports Eggs Boiled In Boys Urine
TO Dongyang, Zhejiang province, eastern China, for a hen’s egg boiled in ten-year-old boys’ urine.
Says Chef Lu Ming:
“The urine is gathered from local schools and the very best comes from boys under 10 years old. They pee in buckets and we collect it fresh every day.”
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Posted: 11th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (3)
Libya And The IRA: Gaddafi’s EU And Sinn Fein Friends Vote Against No-Fly Zone
GADDAFI’S Libya still has some pals in the European Union. The EU press office tell us:
“‘EU governments need to stand ready for a decision in the UN Security Council on further measures, including the possibility of a no-fly zone’,” in compliance with a UN mandate and coordination with the Arab League and the African Union stressed MEPs in a widely-backed resolution (584 in favour, 18 against, 18 abstentions). During the debate, only the GUE/NGL group was against this idea.”
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Posted: 11th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Politicians | Comments (2)
Japanese Tsunami Horror: 2-Feet High Waves Hit San Francisco
THE Japanese earthquake continues to excite the news media around the world. Many are dead in Japan. But what does the story mean to you? Paris Hilton has blessed the people of Japan. Phillip Schofield has advised them to be safe. And the San Francisco Chronicle leads with:
Tsunami warning closes local beaches, Great Highway
Go on:
The horrific tsunami that washed away buildings in Japan is starting to hit Northern California, with 2- to 5-foot waves predicted to wash over local beaches, according to the National Weather Service.
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Miljenko Parserisas Bukovic Has 82 Tattoos Of Julia Roberts On His Body: Photos
JULIA Roberts’ number one fan is Miljenko Parserisas Bukovic. The 56-year-old native of Valparaiso city, Mexico, has a body decorated with 82 tattoos of the Erin Brockovich actress. It is her role in that film that inspired Mr Parserisas. He sure does admire lawyers. And if he ever meet Robrts in person, he may get to hear from some…
Jeremy Kyle Target Gets Skull Tattoo On Face
Jenius Is Our Misspelled Tattooed Mug Shot Of The Day
Man Has ‘MINI’ Tattooed On Penis To Win Mini Cooper Car
Mugshots: The Funniest Ones And Bad Hair
Spotter: Karen
Posted: 10th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment (1)
Amanda Platell’s Odious Open Letter To Soon Dead Kate Middleton
AMANDA Platell delivers an open letter via the Daily Mail to Kate Middleton. In it she beseeches the future Queen, “don’t become like Diana.”
No, not a celebrity divorcee with a love of shopping and holidays. Amanda tells us that Kate must not be “fretful” on her weeding day. Although the “stress must be immense“. Kate do try not to think of the “millions around the world” watching your every move.
And Amanda is worried. She tells us that dear, dear, dearest, Kate is already “alarmingly thin”, a bit like the “dangerously thin” Diana was on her wedding day:
“That was the beginning of her disastrous battle with bulimia.”
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Posted: 10th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Royal Family | Comments (4)
Kerry Katona Wants To End Her Existence
KERRY Katona’s Quote of The Day, in association with OK! magazine:
“I’d like to fade into non-existence until I meet someone.”
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Posted: 10th, March 2011 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (2)
Medic Stole Accident Victim’s Severed Foot To Train Dog
ANORAK spots Cynthia “Cindy” Economou. She’s a paramedic with the St. Lucie County Fire District. She’s attending crash scene on Interstate 95 in September 2008. That’s her making off with Karl Lambert’s severed foot.
Lambert is now suing her. She says he took the foot to help train her body recovery dog. She says:
“It was an unrecognizable mass of flesh. It wasn’t a clean cut. You couldn’t even recognize it as a foot. … If I had thought it was somehow reattachable and usable, I would have gone to my commander.”
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Posted: 10th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (4)
Sex Education For Children: Daily Mail And Christian Institute Fear Mayle’s Year In Romance
IN this Brave New World, the children can learn erotic play from books like How Did I Begin? by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom. The book features “a cartoon image of a couple in bed in an intimate embrace”.
The Mail highlights a passage:
“As they cuddled, your dad’s penis moved gently inside your mum’s vagina and the sperms flowed out.”
So says the Mail, which has seen a report by the Christian Institute:
It is accompanied by an explanation – using frank and adult terminology – of the act of intercourse.
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Posted: 9th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts | Comments (4)
Vintage Computer Adverts: Sex, Nerds And Bald Men
IN this gallery of vintage computer adverts, you will see that when it comes to selling the popular labour saving device (surely time-wasting box of cats? – ed) sex sells. So too do: bald men, men with terrible hair, sexism, more sex, less sex and children in life-scarring pyjamas…
Posted: 9th, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment
