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7th, August 2012 Key Posts 4

The 11 funniest athletes names of London 2012 Olympics

Snigger at will... More »

7th, August 2012 The Consumer 1

ArKay brings us an alcohol-free whisky drink

"ArKay, the world`s first alcohol free whisky flavored drink is designed for the socialite to the construction worker..." More »

7th, August 2012 Celebrities

Have no fear Pussy Riot - Madonna is here to adopt you

Have no fear Pussy Riot girls, Madonna is supporting you from afar... More »

7th, August 2012 Sports

London Olympics 2012 day 10 – the best photos

Our daily look at the best photos of the London 2012 Olympics. Day 10… More »

6th, August 2012 Reviews

Half of all Palestinian men beat their women - blame the Israelis

In the Guardian Angela Robson looks at the lot of women living in Gaza. We meet Eman... More »

6th, August 2012 Sports

Dutch judoka Edith Bosch bashes the London 2012 100m bottle tosser

Punch drunk... More »

6th, August 2012 Celebrities 1

Ellen Page gets death threats, despite seemingly like the nicest person in Hollywood

You've seen Juno right? It stars the incredibly likeable Ellen Page who is probably really cool in real life and not at all like those other awful, prissy arses who clog up Hollywood's veins... More »

6th, August 2012 Celebrities

J-Lo's boyfriend Casper 'accidentally' went into 'exotic massage parlour'

We've all been there haven't we? Accidentally finding ourselves in an exotic massage parlour... More »

6th, August 2012 Money 4

Why we really do want to decentralise the NHS - national does not work

So. What do we think is the best system then? Taking all the people to dim to go into banking, sticking them in the Department of Health and giving them 10% of GDP... More »

6th, August 2012 Technology

'It’s a wheel, it’s a wheel!' - photos of Curiosity's mission to Mars

Nasa's mission to Mars is go! The mega-millions Curiosity rover is now roving Mars... More »

6th, August 2012 Reviews

Media speculates on what has happened to missing Tia Sharp

Tia Sharp lives in Pollards Hill, Merton. She's 12. Tia Sharp left her grandmother's home to buy flip-flops from the Whitgift shopping centre in Croydon. And then..? More »

6th, August 2012 Reviews 1

David Starkey talks of the 'disproportionately black criminal class' in London's gangsta rap Armada

As before, the historian is giving full throat to his metaphorisation of black skin for criminality... More »

6th, August 2012 Sports

London Olympics 2012 day 9 – the best photos

OUR daily look at the best photos of the London 2012 Olympics. Day 9… More »

6th, August 2012 Reviews

Austrian newspaper Die Kronen Zeitung accused of faking Syrian war images

Die Kronen Zeitung takes up the story of three people who haven't changed much over the years... More »

5th, August 2012 Sports

Vania Stambolova falls at London 2012 Olympics: nominative determinism

She never stood a chance... More »

5th, August 2012 Sports

John Terry thanks Usain Bolt for helping him win Olympic 100m gold (photo)

JT does it again!!!!! More »

5th, August 2012 Key Posts 1

Who's Who in Olympic 2012 Beach Volleyball in buttocks (as told by the PA and AP news wires)

Like us, you've been wondering who the beach volleyball players are. We looked at the feed from the Press Association and the Associated Press.... More »

5th, August 2012 Sports

The London 2012 Olympic losers prizes go to The Sun, Franciose Hollande and NBC

And the prize of the biggest idiots of London 2012 Olympics (so far) are... More »

5th, August 2012 Sports 1

Olga Korbut is unfairly treated at London 2012

2012 Olympic exchange of the week featured the great Belorussian gymnast Olga Korbut, as told by the Sunday Times' Hugh McIlvanney... More »

5th, August 2012 Sports

Team USA beach volleyball players ask McDonald's to let other foods into Olympics Village

THE beach volleyball is all about sex. It's not a sport. More »

5th, August 2012 The Consumer

German waterpark bans women from slide - intimate wedgie issues blamed

This is to prevent “intimate injuries”... More »

5th, August 2012 Strange But True

Mr Stoner arrested for marijuana possession

Nominative determinism of the day features Jessie Stoner... More »

5th, August 2012 Key Posts

The Daily Mail has a problem with Jessica Ennis and race at the Olympics

Jessica Ennis is mixed race. The Mail might not approve... More »

5th, August 2012 Sports

London Olympics 2012 day 8 – the best photos

OUR daily look at the best photos of the London 2012 Olympics. Day 8… More »

4th, August 2012 Sports

Lee Bum-Young knocks Team GB from London 2012 Olympics

The man who scored the decisive penalty kick to knock Team GB out of the London 2012 Olympics is called Lee Bum-Young... More »