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19th, November 2012 Key Posts 1

Paedo children warped by the internet are the latest moral panic

How do you follow the the BBC-led paedophile witch hunt? If you're the Daily Mail, you look at children who are paedos... More »

19th, November 2012 TV & Radio

BBC Crimewatch does mugshots with theme music

Oh, the drama... More »

19th, November 2012 Celebrities

Tulisa and Danny: the media handlers and lawyers take over the love story

Tulisa is not an alleged "home-wrecker" - she's a vulnerable woman who dares to love... More »

18th, November 2012 Reviews 1

C'mon Israel! Now only the anti-deutsche support the fighting Jews

Back then we cheered. When I saw General Moshe Dayan, one eye covered in that eye-patch, I was on his side.... More »

18th, November 2012 Reviews

The best life story in 91 words or less

Can you tell your life's story in 91 words or less? The Gotham Writers' Workshop held a contest to see if anyone could. The winner is this... More »

18th, November 2012 Sports

Did Roberto Mancini fall asleep watching Manchester City?

Bullshit.com does it again.... More »

18th, November 2012 Strange But True 2

Birmingham's nativity Jesus replaced with Garden gnome

Who stole the Baby Jesus from the display on Birmingham's Chamberlain Square? They then replaced Baby Jesus with a garden gnome... More »

18th, November 2012 Reviews 3

Rotherham man refuses to drive bus with gay rights advert on it

The driver of the First Group bus has refused to operate the vehicle with the Gay Rights sticker down the side. More »

18th, November 2012 Strange But True

Turn your car into a television studio and office

The man driving a Ford Mondeo at 130kph in a 100kph zone in Saarbrucken, Germany, had turned his car into office... More »

17th, November 2012 The Consumer

The greatest costume every: the roller coaster

Now that's a costume... More »

17th, November 2012 Reviews

The march for Savita Halappanavar.

Never again... More »

17th, November 2012 Reviews 1

How the Colorado marijuana business works

Marijuana is now legal on Colorado. How does the market work? Tony Dokoupil explains... More »

17th, November 2012 The Consumer

Mother turns his baby's naps into dreams you can see

Babies dream of world domination... More »

17th, November 2012 Technology

Taliban spokesman emails contact list to the world

Whoops! Email apocalypse... More »

17th, November 2012 Reviews 1

Grist.org and Daily Express compete to write biggest bullshit weather story

Which organisation can write the biggest load of tosh about weather..? More »

17th, November 2012 Film

Gina Lollobrigida triumphs at Rome Film Festival (photos)

To Italy for the Rome Film Festival were sex siren of the solver screen Gina Lollobrigida gives Miss Italy 2012 Giusi Buscemi the kind of look that says so much... More »

17th, November 2012 Politicians

Michael Gove wants to sniff your kids' nappies before taking them away

"In all too many cases when we decide to leave children in need with their biological parents we are leaving them to endure a life of soiled nappies and scummy baths..." More »

17th, November 2012 Reviews

Lake Annecy Murders: police say it was random act of a madman

Annecy Murders: When Saad al-Hilli, Iqbal al-Hilli, Suhaila Al-Allaf, and cyclist Sylvain Mollier were murdered in the French Alps, we wondered why. More »

17th, November 2012 Strange But True

Walmart thieves hide booty in tolls of fat

To Purcell, Oklahoma, where police suspect Walmart thieves of hiding expensive digital cameras in their rolls of fat... More »

17th, November 2012 Reviews

Woman refused barber shop haircut says her human rights have been violated

Faith Gregor (woman) wanted her hair cut like a "businessman" at the Terminal Barber Shop... More »

16th, November 2012 Celebrities

Octomum: The Rocktuplets sing I'm Ready For Christmas

You ready for the The Roctuplets? Who they?... More »

16th, November 2012 Celebrities

This Honey Boo Boo portrait is made from trash

Honey Boo Boo, TV starlet, has been immortalised in her own rubbish, or trash.... More »

16th, November 2012 Reviews 1

The Snow Monkeys of Japan (photos)

Wonderful photos of other life... More »

16th, November 2012 Celebrities

Rihanna: 777 tour fizzes out in plastic cups

Standards, Rihanna. Standards... More »

16th, November 2012 Money

How to save money: make a shopping list

Consumers waste thousands upon thousands of pounds a year in the supermarkets. The secret to not doing so is to make a meal plan, create a shopping list and only buy what's on it.... More »