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23rd, January 2015 Money 2

World Economic Forum Watch: 10 messages from Davos to make the 99% puke

The great and good are meeting in Davos. It's the World Economic Forum, dummy, the rich and powerful's AGM. It's here they elect what free gifts banks can give customers, who Prince Andrew shags and if attacking Mars is worth it.... More »

23rd, January 2015 Strange But True

Necropants: The hairy trousers made from the skin of a dead man

Behold! The last word in walking trousers. These trousers used to walk! Like these hairy necropants housed in Strandagaldur, the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft.... More »

23rd, January 2015 manchester united

Talking Balls (and anus): Manchester United launch new all-star 4-4-2 line-up

The bigger the pornographer, the bigger the prude. Get a load of these takes on news that Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal said... More »

23rd, January 2015 Reviews

Watching The Sun: Page 3 turns to the often naked Miranda Kerr

The Sun follows it's return to Page 3 with Nicole from Bournemouth with a Page 3 double spread. It's Miranda Kerr. And the shocking news is that the topless supermodel isn't topless. Because she is nearly always topless. .. More »

23rd, January 2015 Strange But True

School bus driver accused of stealing books died after drinking witch doctor's potion to prove innocence

To Kenya, where where a school bus driver is proving his innocence to the charge of stealing books. He has accepted the witch doctor's challenge: drink the brew and if you're innocent, you will live... More »

23rd, January 2015 Reviews 2

The sensational death of Christina Annesley: desperate newspapers piggyback on Koh Tao murders

Christina Annesley died on holiday. The young British woman was travelling when she died on the Thai island of Koh Tao. Terrible news. But can the news of a woman's death from natural caues be spun and sensationalised? Yep: More »

23rd, January 2015 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Arsenal outbid Real Madrid for Sergio Ramos as Manchester get Paulista

Transfer Balls: a look at mainstream media reporting on football transfers... More »

22nd, January 2015 Politicians

Global warming causes private jets at Davos

Climate change debate seduces jets... More »

22nd, January 2015 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: people are still donating to the find Maddie fund

News on Madeleine McCann, the innocent missing child, has been thin on the ground. But today the Sun has some news.... More »

22nd, January 2015 Reviews

Wasted robot drone carrying six pounds of meth crashes on US border

ON the border between Tijuana and the USA, a drone helicopter carrying six pounds (2.72kg) of crystal meth has crashed. Well, if you're flying that wasted accientd can happen... More »

22nd, January 2015 Reviews

Gotcha! The Sun used Page 3 to mock the snooty and the the smug

"God I hate the Sun," a friend texted late last night after a day of Page 3 nonsense. Hate is a strong word. But, great heavens, the paper is bloody irritating. Irritating in the way of a bright teenager who plays the idiot in class, fearing that to expose his intellect would make him seem less cool.... More »

22nd, January 2015 NSFW

A day with Eufrat Mai: the Fleshlight vagina model

Meet Eufrat Mai, the woman who was the vagina model for the FleshLight. Yep. Now you tossers can put a face on your glow stick... More »

22nd, January 2015 Politicians

Page 3 Stunnas, The Suffragette, Fascist Mary Richardson and the Rokeby Venus at the National Gallery

ll this talk of ridding Britain of the scourge of Page 3 brings to mind the Suffragette Mary Richardson, who in 1914 took a knife into the National Gallery and slashed Velazquez's 'Rokeby Venus'... More »

22nd, January 2015 Chelsea

Transfer Balls: Chelsea sign Paul Pogba For £37m less than Manchester United paid for him

Transfer Balls - a regular look at rumour and utter drivel being presented as fact by the mainstream media - look once again at Juventus and France star Paul Pogba.... More »

22nd, January 2015 Reviews

Prince Andrew's foot fetish orgy and an underage sex 'slave' star in The Jeffrey Epstein Mystery

Prince Andrew and Virgina Roberts share the Sun's front page. It's the story of sex and slavery. It's the story of "MY SEX WITH ANDY AND 8 GIRLS." Wow! Prince Andrew had sex with "girls"! Eight of them! More »

22nd, January 2015 Reviews

Good news with Nicole Neal from Bournemouth: The Sun brings back Page 3

After a very brief hiatus. the Sun has restored topless stunnas to its page 3... More »

21st, January 2015 Reviews

The fat-abusing Sun says the fat suffer 'nightmare abuse'

In "SUN GIRL'S DAY FROM HELL", Amy Jones (size 8) pulls on a fat suit and heads off to the gym ("A child points and laughs"); the bus stop ("A gaggle of kids point and giggle"); lunch... More »

21st, January 2015 Strange But True

Dear diarrhea: man keeps diary of every poo he laid in 2014

Redditor captainmercedes kept a 'captain's log' of every poo he took in 2014. Turds were noted for their size, texture, number and duration. .. More »

21st, January 2015 Reviews 3

Je Suis Charlie Hebdo: When the NUJ stopped the Daily Star lampooning radical Islam

The NUJ's general secretay Michelle Stanistreet was on the 'Je Suis Charlie' march following the murders of Chartlie Hebdo staff. The NUJ made this announcement... More »

21st, January 2015 Politicians

Conservative MPs and Daily Express poll sensation: 11.7% people want out of the EU

The Daily Express has news: "80% want to quit the EU."... More »

21st, January 2015 Arsenal

Arsenal Transfer Balls: Tiote, Augustin, Otamendi and Bryam join the Gunners revolution

Arsenal Transfer Balls: Who are the Gunners buying today? To date, the mainstream media has told readers that Arsenal are buying - get this - 63 players. And there are MORE! More »

21st, January 2015 Reviews

Westminster paedophiles: PIE, Grafton Close dies and 'allegations of unnatural sexual proclivities' on file

Westmisnter paedophiles: a look at the story of child abuse in VIP circles in the 1970s and 1980s... More »

21st, January 2015 Money

New Hampshire lottery introduces bacon-scented scatch cards

Can bacon be associated with failure? Can the smell of bacon be link with wasting your money on games of chance? The New Hampshire Lottery has launched its first scratch-and-sniff scratch ticket. "I Heart Bacon Scratch Ticket" costs $1. The big prize is $1,000.... More »

21st, January 2015 Reviews 3

Biased BBC: one Palestinian wounded in stabbing attack on aggressive Tel Aviv bus

A man has stabbed many peopls on a bus in Tel Aviv. The stabbings are riding high on the cycle. But what happened? ... More »

20th, January 2015 Reviews

Je suis Page 3: The Sun is no Charlie Hebdo

So. The Sun caved into pressure from the righteous and dropped Page 3. Punters keen on tabloid news with a dash of topless stunna will be forced to read the Daily Star (or watch Sky TV with subtitles whilst surfing the web for bewitching breasts).... More »