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19th, February 2015 Politicians 1

Channel 4: in 100 days all Nazi Jews will support UKIP

The dire Channel 4 drama about the UK Independence Party, UKIP, the first 100 days, never did find someone to murder Nigel Farage, as Channel 4 once fantacised about the killing of George Bush. Maybe they're saving that for the sequel?.. More »

19th, February 2015 Reviews

Alleged unstable busstop knifer Terrence Lavaron Thomas might be a Muslim

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19th, February 2015 Reviews

Campus censorship and feminism: Oregon students banned from college for resembling classmate's rapist

Harvard Law professor Janet Halley writes in the Harvard Law Review that she “recently assisted” a student who had been “ordered to stay away from a fellow student (cutting him off from his housing, his campus job, and educational opportunity) — all because he reminded her of the man who had raped her months before and thousands of miles away.”... More »

19th, February 2015 Reviews

Daily Mail scoop: Kate Middleton's grey hair proves she's not a lizard

Kate Middleton news now. And the Daily Mail leads with the story of Kate's roots. No, not her humble 'doors-to-manual' air hostess mum, tattooed unclear and Jewish grandpa, rather her hair roots, which are greying.... More »

19th, February 2015 Chelsea

David Cameron and the elite should thank the Chelsea racists for their Paris show

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19th, February 2015 Reviews

Daily Express becomes the world's first news-free newspaper

The Daily Express - "THE WORLD'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER" - has created a front page with no news. It's the world's first post-news newspapers, an organ that needs no journalists... More »

18th, February 2015 Gifs

Artist captures her phobias in quirky gifs

Petra Švajger, an artist in Ljubljana, Slovenia, has made these quirky gifs to illustrate phobias. She writes: When choosing the aspect of myself I wanted to portray, I chose my anxiety issues that I have. I didn't want to make a morbid, sad GIF series - I wanted it to show how silly my fears actually are. I also made flip books for the semester exhibition... More »

18th, February 2015 In Pictures

Artist carves wood into intricately detailed figures in the likeness of men and women

Bruno Walpoth: As a child, but especially in adolescence, I always liked to spend time in solitude looking for the silence in nature. Today, those moments perhaps can be found in my creations.... More »

18th, February 2015 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Fernando Llorente lines up for Arsenal but will play for Spurs

So far, Arsenal will this coming summer sign James Milner, Daniel Alves, Morgan Schneiderlin, Nabil Fakir, Guillermo Ochoa and Bernd Leno. Now the Metro says Arsenal will sign Fernando Llorente. And the bigger news is that they WILL pay his wages!... More »

18th, February 2015 Sports

Racist Chelsea fans show us what real bigots look like: white, working class football fans

What does a racist look like? The Chelsea fans abusing a black man on the Paris Metro and celebrating their racism fit the bill. They are white, shaven-headed, dressed in man-made fibres and above above all football fans, members of what the elite portray as a race riot waiting to happen.... More »

18th, February 2015 Reviews

Free speech: feminist and LGBT groups run scared of University of North Carolina abortion debate

Campus life is an intoletant place. Kaitlyn Schallhorn looks at the story of one femail Pro Life student's dealing with feminist and LGBT organizations at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington... More »

18th, February 2015 Reviews

Skilled police smell marijuana inside drug driver's anus

It was 12:30am in Gainesville, USA, when police spotted a car. The driver, one Winfred Alphonso McAllister Jr., 23, had moved his red Mitsubishi Galant into the left turn-only lane and back into his original lane twice, according to a police report... More »

18th, February 2015 Chelsea

Chelsea fans celebrate their racism on Paris Metro (video)

Chelsea fans roll back the years... More »

18th, February 2015 Chelsea 3

Transfer balls: Pail Pogba 'snubs' Manchester United, stays at Juventus, thrives at Real Madrid and plays for Chelsea

TRANSFER Balls: Today the Daily Express has news on Paul Pogba. Or, rather, it has no news. But that dons't stop the Express from making a report... More »

18th, February 2015 Reviews

Baby throttling in Boots is ok so long as you don't shoplift

The Daily Mirror leads with the terrifying news that the "BOOTS BABY STRANGLER" is at large... More »

18th, February 2015 Key Posts

Can we talk about Muslim anti-semitism?

Karen Armstrong, once a nun and the "respected author of bestsellers like A History of God and The Case for God, answers the question whether religion is the principal cause of violence". A few choice cuts from her interview with Nieuwwij.nl cause eyebrows to be raised: “There was nothing in the Muslim world like antisemitism..." More »

17th, February 2015 Reviews

Peter Oborne quits the Daily Telegraph with a tweeted jump shot into Jason Seiken's news bin

With the General Election looming, the Daily Telegraph waves goodbye to its political commentator Peter Oborne. The Telegraph is all about digital balls and listicles.... More »

17th, February 2015 Reviews

Daily Mail scare stories: Asian-induced heart attacks and other 'crimes'

It's Death Tuesday in the Daily Mail: let's get looking for new ways to fall ill and die. Last week the Mail was full of questions and disasters that "may" happen... More »

17th, February 2015 Reviews

Man arested for being shot with his own gun by 4-year-old daughter

To Indiana, where David J. Paulson, 35, of Hamlet is under arrest. His crime: being shot... More »

17th, February 2015 manchester united

Manchester United and England's Wayne Rooney never dives: only foreign 'cheats' do that

Did Manchester United's Wayne Rooney dive to win a penalty in the FA Cup win over Preston North End? Before we get the experts' views, let's hark back to the day when Liverpool's Luis Suarez was "going to ground easily"... More »

17th, February 2015 Sports 2

Aston Villa Balls: Paul Lambert wins in the Sun as Spurs, Everton and Newcastle queue for his services

The bouquets are out for Paul Lambert, who was finally sacked from his post as Aston Villa manager. Alan Shearer tells Sun readers Lambert struggled because: "They [Aston Villa] have had one of the lowest net spends in the Premier League." Did they? More »

16th, February 2015 Reviews 1

Muslim 'parasites' and Jewish 'Hitlers' blamed for Islington Council's 'ban on pork'

News that Islington Council (Labour) "banned" pork from primary schools in the London borough thrilled the media. The story that Muslims and Jews had forced all kids to miss out on pork sausages and any other way you can slice and dice Peppa Pig was an affront to lunch and British values.... More »

16th, February 2015 Reviews

Target shoppers get free marijuana with Angry Birds toy

Which brings us to today's news that a mother was "surprised" to find $800 worth of marijuana in Angry Birds toy. This offer seems to be only available to toy shoppers in Ontario, Canada, and then at just one Target store.... More »

16th, February 2015 Chelsea

Chelsea Balls: David Luiz reveals why David Luiz left Chelsea with David Luiz

The Sun has been talking with Chelsea's former Playstation character* and footballer David Luiz. In readiness for his current club, PSG, Champions' League match with Chelsea, Luiz has been talking abouthimself... More »

16th, February 2015 Madeleine McCann

Man 'looking for Madeleine McCann' in child abuse images guilty of thought crimes

Madeleine McCann: then story of the misisng child as told by the news media. Today we meet David Brinkman... More »