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20th, August 2014 Reviews

News Vines: CNN Anchor Suggests Police Fire Water Cannons In Ferguson

HOW do you quell the protests in Ferguson? Unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown was quietened by a hail of police bullets.... More »

20th, August 2014 Chelsea

Transfer Balls: Mehdi Benatia Wants Bayern Munich, Talks To Manchester United And Hopes To Play For Chelsea

TRANSFER Balls: Roma defender Mehdi Benatia has been the subject of feverish speculation... More »

20th, August 2014 Reviews

Robert Burt Poses In The World's Greatest Mug Shot

TO Maine, where 19-year-old Robert Burt has been arrested in June for operating under the influence and driving without a licence. Police took his mug shot... More »

20th, August 2014 Reviews 1

American Journalist James Foley Beheaded by ISIS Executioner With London Accent

JAMES Foley was kidnapped in Syria on November 22. The Islamic State, the militant group formerly known as ISIS, have released a YouTube video called "A Message to #America (from the #IslamicState)". It features a hooded man with British accent beheading James Wright Foley... More »

19th, August 2014 Key Posts

An Israel Boycott Is A Celebration Of Misanthropy, Ignorance And Haemorrhoids

And at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Jerusalem-based Incubator Theatre is seeking a new venue for its work, The City, because pro-Palestine and anti-Israel activists wanted it banned... More »

19th, August 2014 Reviews

Arsenal Balls: Daily Mail Gives Calum Chambers 6 Out Of 10 And Calls Him 'The New Bobby Moore'

How does the Daily Mail see Calum Chambers, the 19-year-old who has now played two competitive matches for Arsenal?... More »

19th, August 2014 manchester united

Manchester United Balls: In 1989 Michael Knighton Had Lost A Million And Gained Michael Knighton

United fans grumbling over their side's slip from the top can cast their eyes back to August 19 1989, when new chairman Michael Knighton dressed in the team kit before going on the pitch to entertain the crowd before the first division match against Arsenal... More »

19th, August 2014 Reviews 2

Michael Brown Killed In Ferguson: The Autopsy Photos

What do you see? More »

19th, August 2014 Reviews 1

Michael Brown: Why The Death Of A Black Man In Missouri Is World News

Here's a view on why the trouble following the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, is front-page news in the UK... More »

19th, August 2014 manchester united

Transfer Balls: Manchester United Pay Over The Odds For Angel Di Maria To Live Up North

More balls... More »

19th, August 2014 Sports

Crystal Palace Balls: You'll Never Belive Who The Next Manager Is

And the new manager of Crystal Palace is... More »

19th, August 2014 Fashion

Video: 'Electronic Makeup' Completely Transforms This Model's Face

Spray tans are over... More »

18th, August 2014 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Daily Express Says 'Police Have No Idea What Happened To Her'

MADELEINE McCann: a round-up on August's reporting on the missing child... More »

18th, August 2014 Reviews

Face Of The Day: The Big Ben Clock Is Cleaned by Abseilers

You need hands... More »

18th, August 2014 Sports

Liverpool Balls: Puma Social Media Campaign Fails Wonderfully

Liverpool are... More »

18th, August 2014 Music

Woodstock's 45th Anniversary: The Great Bands That Turned It Down

FORTY-FIVE years ago, the Woodstock Festival kicked off. Not the first of it's kind and certainly not the best - but most iconic? Probably... More »

18th, August 2014 Reviews

Michael Brown: Shot Six Times, Once Through The Skull For Being Black And Non-Compliant

MICHAEL Brown was shot six times by polcie in Ferguson , Missouri. The New York Times says one bullet pierced the top of Brown's skull. Four bullets hit his right arm. None hit him in the back. Brown, 18, was unarmed... More »

18th, August 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Arsenal And Spurs Battle It Out For The Player Neither Wanted

TRANSFER Balls: A look at football rumours being passed off as fact by the mainstream press. Let's look at how much Arsenal and Spurs want the titchy Brazilian called Bernard... More »

18th, August 2014 Reviews

Julian Assange Runs From The Light

JULIAN Assange is leaving the Ecuadorian Embassy, London. Why? A lack of sunlight is noted. A lack of light has dogged Assange ever since he responded to the allegations of rape by going into hiding. ... More »

18th, August 2014 Reviews 3

Sainsbury's Removes Jewish Food From Shelves To Appease The Racists

It's different for Jews... More »

18th, August 2014 Reviews

King Richard III Was A Total Booze Hound: Three Litres A Day

T least one of the previous Kings of England was a complete booze hound... More »

18th, August 2014 manchester united

Manchester United Balls: Angel Di Maria Is Not The World's First £100m Footballer

What is Angel Di Maria worth? Is he heading from Real Madrid to Manchester United? The Read Devils do look well-placed to sign the player. But for how much?... More »

18th, August 2014 Liverpool 4

Liverpool Balls: Luis Suarez Trains Daniel Sturridge By SMS

THE Premier League season is udnerways. And the Mirror and Express lead with a Liverpool player who no logner plays for the Reds. Both paper ask the same question: "Who Needs Luis Suarez?"... More »

18th, August 2014 Money

Fail: Reuters Logo Is A Venn Diagram Of Horror

Our values suck... More »

17th, August 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Sami Khedira Wants Arsenal, Teases Chelsea And Moves To Bayern Munich

Sami Khedira balls... More »