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2nd, December 2011 Reviews

Julian Assange Vs Paul McMullan: Privacy For Paedos And How Tony Blair Liked To Watch Us On CCTV

And that's the thing with the "toxic" NoTW. They operated in a climate sanctioned by Blair's Government. As the CCTV cameras went up, spooks spied on people for the country's biggest-read tabloids - the one that backed Blair... More »

2nd, December 2011 Politicians 1

Iranian Diplomats Expelled: What's The Huge Tube Removed From Iran's London Embassy?

All diplomats working at the Iranian embassy in London have until this afternoon to leave the UK following their expulsion by the Government.... More »

2nd, December 2011 Money

The Robin Hood Tax: It Won't Work You know

So we get, hot off the presses, the report from the House of Lords Committee looking into the Robin Hood Tax (or financial transactions tax, Tobin tax, call it what you will)... More »

2nd, December 2011 Sports 2

Blonde Woman At Rugby League Match On BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Shortlist

No mention of Vanessa Perroncel, Juici Jennifer Thompson, Cheryl Cole, Coleen Rooney, Carly Storey, Blonde in Aussie Bar, Pit Girl 6 and Pit Girl 7... More »

2nd, December 2011 Celebrities

Jeremy Clarkson Catches Fire Up A Chimney

BBC presenter and taxpayer-funded worker Jeremy Clarkson plugs his book on BBC TV's The One Show - another seasonal book with the image of a grumpy middle-aged man on the cover - and The Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Star, Daily Mirror, The Sun, The Independent and the Guardian all lead with news... More »

2nd, December 2011 Politicians

Jackboot-A-Nory: BNP Guiding Star Nick Griffin Tells The Nativity Story (With Added Cat!)

It's hard to think of a way to make the BNP look less relevant and sillier. Your suggestions, please... More »

2nd, December 2011 Gifs

The 10 Weirdest Gifs On The Web (Volume 1)

Scary. Eerie. And compelling... More »

2nd, December 2011 Key Posts

Are The Tabloids And PFA Glamourising Gary Speed's Suicide?

Can the Sun turn Gary Speed's death into a campaign?... More »

2nd, December 2011 Photojournalism 5

Stray Dog Gets First Haircut: Photos Of A Remarkable Change

The little dog gets a big trim... More »

2nd, December 2011 Strange But True

Man Aims At Squirrel Climbing Up Leg: Shoots Own Foot

Self-Inflicted wound of The Day: Ethan Bennett, 36, has told the Benton County sheriff’s deputies that when he wwent to shoot the squirrel climbing up his leg, he missed and shot himself in the foot. More »

2nd, December 2011 Key Posts

Elvis's Secret 'Daughter' Lisa Johansen Sues Presley Estate For $130m: What Dennis Hopper Knew

Is Lisa Johansen the daughter to Elvis Presley?... More »

2nd, December 2011 Key Posts

Santa Claus Loses His Face In Mall Accident: Video

Look, kids! Santa Claus is making an early call at the Palm Beach Gardens Mall. He's coming down on his famous abseiling rope.... More »

2nd, December 2011 Reviews

Frosty The Snowman Is Scaring Kids In Vancouver

Is it a man wearing the head of an inflatable snowman and holding a massive candy cane with a hook on one end, possibly to better snare kids with? Or is it Frosty the Snowman, a massive dead-eyed, heartless, walking tower of ice with a carrot nose and rictus grin?... More »

1st, December 2011 Key Posts 1

Lynette White Murder: Police Destroyed Evidence Against Police And Made A Farce Of The Law

Did the police conspire to pervert the course of justice. Former officers Graham Mouncher, Thomas Page, Richard Powell, John Seaford, Michael Daniels, Peter Greenwood, Paul Jennings and Paul Stephen denied any wrongdoing. Only... More »

1st, December 2011 Key Posts 6

Skegness CID Turn Hunt For Twitter Twat Who Racially Abused Man City's Micah Richards Into A PR Exercise

The police can not possibly investigate every racial incident on twitter any more than they can pursue the Twatters who called for mentally negligible Emma West to be raped, shot, and sterilised, and her child to be made an orphan for allegedly hurling racial abuse on a Croydon tram.... More »

1st, December 2011 Reviews

News In Photos: December 1 2011

Your daily news crib sheet... More »

1st, December 2011 Reviews 6

Tabloid Press Go To Town On Michael Raven With Stories of Facebook Bullies And Girl Gangs

We don't know why the boy died. The Blackburn schoolboy left no note. The Sun gets hold of the story. It produces the headline: "Hanged boy 12, ‘bullied by girl gang’..." More »

1st, December 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: The Obamas Tour De Puke And Santa Is The 1%

Enough to make cruel Santa chunder... More »

1st, December 2011 TV & Radio

Tulisa Blames Everything On Her Being Poor On X Factor Apart From Lack Of Knowledge

For those who saw the fly-on-the-wall documentary series that followed N-Dubz around (all ten of us then, great), you will have seen Tulisa Contostavlos as a rather canny young woman who was a lot smarter than she let on. And so, her getting the gig on the X Factor was potentially a very good idea... More »

1st, December 2011 Celebrities

Scarlett Johansson Hates Ryan Reynolds Dirty New Celebrity Girlfriend

You may think of Scarlett Johansson as little more than That Actress In That Thing You Dis/Liked or That Woman Who Showed Her Boobs To Everyone By Accident, but she's clearly more than that... More »

1st, December 2011 Reviews

Cosmetic Surgeon Allegedly Photoshopped Patients' Faces On 'Mounds And Mounds' Of Porn Images

It is alleged that at the Belgravia Surgery treatment rooms, Mr TLusty kept a large stash of porn. The allegation details 6 filing cabinets filled with 132 dirty magazines and clippings. This is not all... More »

1st, December 2011 Money 2

Coupon Crazy: Saving With Groupon And Others Doesn't Add Up

Are we going Groupon Coupon Crazy? Yes yes yes, we all know you can save money by using coupons when you go shopping. And yes yes yes, we all know that it's the sort of thing that started out in the US and has only recently started to become common in the UK... More »

1st, December 2011 Sports

Is QPR Anton Ferdinand's Movember Moustache The Worst Ever?

Say what you like about Anton Ferdinand, John Terry, but he has got a crap Movember moustache.... More »

1st, December 2011 Money 1

GCHQ Recruits 35 Phone Hackers On Twitter And Facebook: Can You Crack Milly Dowler's Phone?

The News of The World may be dead, but you spooks and spies can still get work at MI6. GCHQ is recruiting 35 new code-breakers on the "Can You Crack It?" web page... More »

1st, December 2011 Reviews 3

Emma West You Legend: Two More Video Of 'Racist' Women On British Public Transport

How do you follow Emma West and her alleged racist rant on a Croydon tram. Why, with these women... More »