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19th, March 2012 TV & Radio

Chimpanzee riding on a Segway (bam-b-b-bam-bam)

2009 AD... More »

19th, March 2012 Photojournalism

Spot the ladybirds and the faces

If you can so it inside 1 minute the job as Bob Geldof's coffee wallah is yours... More »

19th, March 2012 Politicians

Rich Kids for Romney - Youth activism in action

The Mitt Youth... More »

19th, March 2012 Celebrities

Otters who look like Benedict Cumberbatch

When otters act... More »

19th, March 2012 Reviews

Mark Thompson's BBC resignation letter in full - smell yer later

"I also commented on speculation about my own future, but promised to tell you and the BBC Trust first when I had reached a view about the timetable..." More »

19th, March 2012 Celebrities

Rosie O'Donnell is some kind of hissy monster and gets fired from talkshow

We all know that people in showbusiness can be fantastically unhinged. Detached from reality, they throw enormous tantrums when the nigh-on impossible isn't delivered to them on a daily basis. And so, step forward Rosie O'Donnell... More »

19th, March 2012 Key Posts

Jewish children murdered in Toulouse school shooting - round up the usual suspects

IS everyone Anti-semitic - even the Jews? In Toulouse, France, a teacher Jonathan Sandler, 30, his sons Aryeh, three, and Gavriel Yissacher, six, and Miriam Montenago, the eight-year-old daughter of the school's headteacher, have been shot dead by a man on a motorbike... More »

19th, March 2012 Reviews 3

Figurine Fairy strikes Bury St Edmonds

There's a mystery brewing on Godolphin Close, Bury St Edmunds. Last week, 14 homeowners opened their front doors to find a box and a note on their doorsteps... More »

19th, March 2012 Politicians

Asma Al-Assad is the power behind Bashar's throne

Al-Assad's biggest mistake was to have been born a woman. While Bashar al-Assad approves use of extreme violence against his countrymen, the press guns for his British-born wife.Al-Assad's biggest mistake was to have been born a woman... More »

19th, March 2012 TV & Radio

This is the noise a baby Walrus makes when it's born

So. What noise does a baby Walrus make when it pops out..? More »

19th, March 2012 Sports

Why is Fabrice Muamba front-page news - but his photos are not?

The old adage was once: if it bleeds it leads. Now journalists have to explain when serious news item gains prominence... More »

19th, March 2012 Key Posts 1

Fabrice Muamba alleged troll: Liam Stacey caught by twitter's police snitches

LIAM Stacey has been named as the 21-year-old Swansea University student arrested over allegedly "sick" comments about Bolton Wanderer's football Fabrice Muamba. Perhaps as part of the 2003 Extradition Act, the US can send Chet Walken over to the UK to answer for his allegedly racist tweets?... More »

18th, March 2012 Key Posts 3

One in three of you is your cat's puppet - Toxoplasma gondii and me

Cats and human are at a crossroads. For a long time, humans petted the cats and the cats caught the mice. Humans fed the cats and the cats agreed not to piss on the carpet. Cats get petted and de-loused and humans get de-stressed. But it's all about to change... More »

18th, March 2012 Reviews

Azhar Ahmed - a stupid victim of the State's racial prejudices

Ahmed of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, is in the news. He's been arrested and charged with a “racially aggravated public order offences” for commenting on Facebook... More »

18th, March 2012 In Pictures

Price Sticker Fails - Funny Ones

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18th, March 2012 Reviews

CNN's Erin Burnett says global warming makes super sharks grow on trees (disguised as cherries)

Erin Burnett might well be beyond parody... More »

18th, March 2012 Reviews 1

Pope Shenouda III is the acceptable face of the newsworthy dead - photos

How do you treat the newsworthy ill and dead? Do you broadcast their faces? Was it right to show the face of Fabrice Muamba, the Bolton Wanderers footballer who stopped breathing? Is it right to show the face of Pope Shenouda III..? More »

18th, March 2012 Technology 21

UPDATE: Fabrice Muamba twitter hunt - Liam Stacey arrested?

When Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba stopped breathing during his side's FA Cup tie against Spurs, nasty tweets were made on the blog @liamstacey9.... More »

18th, March 2012 Celebrities 1

Daily Mail fooled by Carol Vorderman's super-yacht

Vorderman has a new yacht.It's a multi-million poond gin palace moored in Bristol. So says the Mail... More »

18th, March 2012 Strange But True

Tramp pretends he's woman for 13 years to get free health care

Mug Shot of The Day is that of the man who pretended to be Perla Serrano, 51... More »

18th, March 2012 Key Posts 2

UPDATE: "Kony 2012" director detained for masturbating in public

Jason Russell is tired and emotional... More »

18th, March 2012 Key Posts 2

Fabrice Muamba turns from sponging black immigrant to footballing hero

Muamba is the Bolton Wanderers footballer who stopped breathing on the pitch during his team's FA Cup match with Spurs yesterday afternoon. Once upon a time he was a black immigrant, the son of an asylum-seeking African... More »

17th, March 2012 Key Posts 7

Fabrice Muamba and the twitter hunt for @LiamStacey9

Muamba, the Bolton Wanderers player who collapsed during his side's FA Cup match with Spurs, is stable... More »

17th, March 2012 Sports

Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba stops breathing at Spurs match

On ESPN, no pictures of Muamba being treated were broadcast. ESPN does not play a repeat of the incident... More »

17th, March 2012 Reviews

St Patricks Day in photos: Feeling green in Dublin and Belfast

Happy St PAtrick's Day! Begorrah! Anorak was at the St Patrick's Day Parade on O'Connell Street, Dublin. We also went to the The St Patrick's Day Parade by Belfast City Hall. Anorak is well proud of its 1/32nd Irish heritage. More »