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6th, August 2013 Sports 1

QPR: Joey Barton is the epitome of consistency as he entertains buffoons in the Championship

Mr consistency... More »

6th, August 2013 Sports 2

Roberto Soldado Balls: Spurs pay £26m for an £8m player Liverpool had already bought

The Soldado files... More »

6th, August 2013 Sports 1

Transfer Balls - Luis Suarez: Liverpool expects, Arsenal wait and Alan Shearer fails

More balls... More »

6th, August 2013 Celebrities

How to troll Daily Mail bridge lurker Samthana Brick

Read the caps... More »

6th, August 2013 Reviews

Washington Post sells for less than The Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is buying the Washington Post for $250 million … More »

6th, August 2013 Sports 1

Transfer Balls - Wayne Rooney: Manchester United ease him in and out to Cheslea

Is Wayne Rooney leaving Manchester United for Chelsea? More »

6th, August 2013 Sports 4

Transfer Balls: Gareth Bale is not dead to Spurs and AVB is in denial

The Daily Bale... More »

6th, August 2013 Flashback

Incongruous Songs - when the music of rebellion is used by the wrong people

FLASHBACK about Incongruous Songs. The music of rebellion adopted by the wrong people at the wrong place and the wrong time. Look what they’ve one to my song, ma... More »

5th, August 2013 Gifs

14 lol gifs of kids winning at life

Winning with kids... More »

5th, August 2013 Reviews

Scare stories: Dutch wolves invade Britain

The Dutch are coming... More »

5th, August 2013 Reviews

Michele Catalano: The backpack, the pressure cooker, the cops and the evolution of WTF really happened

Like last week, when the American blogger (and professional writer) Michele Catalano had something terrifying happen to her family: six agents from a “joint terrorism task force” came to her house and spent 45 minutes questioning and searching after she did a Google search for “pressure cookers” and her husband searched for “backpacks,” both on the same computer. Catalano said the agents claimed to do a hundred such anti-terror searches per week... More »

5th, August 2013 In Pictures

Everyday acts of rebellion

I do what I want... More »

5th, August 2013 Reviews

Revealed: The real cause of the great Twitter row, bomb threats and insults

My comparison here is with the rise of blogging and the comments pages in the online newspapers those few years ago, around 8 or 9 of them... More »

5th, August 2013 Reviews

Live tweeting your mother's death

What did you make of the NPR’s Scott Simon decision to live-tweet his mother's dying in a Chicago area hospital?.. More »

5th, August 2013 Celebrities 1

Justin Bieber meets his fans - the 10 best moments

What happens when Justin Bieber meets his fans?... More »

5th, August 2013 Reviews

The war on drugs: child placed with 'killer' foster mother because dad had smoked cannabis

How's that war on drugs going? KVUE in Texas reports from the front line... More »

5th, August 2013 Key Posts 1

Twitter moralists only protect women they like: Mary Beard and Grace Dent are no Emma West

Mary Beard says of the abuse many receive on twitter: "It is is scary and it has got to stop." Beard was threatened with rape. In response to that, many Tweeters abandoned Twitter in a 24-hour silent protest... More »

5th, August 2013 Sports

Transfer Balls: Cristiano Ronaldo signs Real Madrid deal worth £320,000 a week and leaves for Manchester United

Talking balls... More »

5th, August 2013 Sports

Transfer Balls - Liverpool: Suarez snubs Gerrard's testimonial dinner and Arsenal lack class

News on Liverpool's Luis Suarez in today's media.. More »

5th, August 2013 Celebrities 1

Simon Cowell baby: TV mogul ditches girlfriends at sea

What facts about the Little Cowell..? More »

5th, August 2013 Strange But True 3

Is nothing safe? Man accused of having sex with a cat

Is nothing safe..? More »

5th, August 2013 Reviews

Newport council gives away free cannabis in plant pots

Welcome to Newport, South Wales, You'll never bother to leave. There's free marijuana... More »

5th, August 2013 The Consumer

Woman who can't see feet called 'fat tub of lard' by sofa company

Day, from Peterhead in Aberdeenshire says she was called "a fat tub of lard" and an "ugly little rat" by someone at Huddersfield-based Equinox Retail.... More »

4th, August 2013 Reviews

Langauge police ban 'Brown bags' and white paper - pack lunch next

The Language Police at Liverpool FC should cock their ears to Seattle. The city is debating whether to band the phrase "Brown Bag when referring to workers bringing food to work because it’s racially insensitive"... More »

4th, August 2013 Strange But True 1

Police draw guns on film crew filming robbery scene

Action stations... More »