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23rd, August 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: The Bikini That Wipes Its Own Bum

Photos of The Day are brought to you by: The Spitting Image chicken tossers; the elephant makes a trunk booty call; the bikini that supers its own arse; the rubber ring convention ; zipped-on hair; and - you need to get this far - the loveliest otter photo ever... More »

23rd, August 2011 Reviews

Richard Littlejohn's 954 Words On Peter Mandelson's House: How Journalism Works

Daily Mail hack Richard Littlejohn has a column to fill. What can he possibly write about? Well, Peter Mandelson has bought a house in London.... More »

23rd, August 2011 Celebrities

Fresh-Faced Larry King Tells Piers Morgan To Shut Up

The pair look unnaturally youthful and bright, like a Norman Rockwell painting you can plug in... More »

23rd, August 2011 Music

Amy Winehouse And Tony Bennett's Duet Appears Online - Have A Listen

HAHAHA! Wasn't it funny when a young woman died after battling with the pain that once made great tunes ended up eating her whole! Really funny! She wasn't even in her thirties! WHAT A RIOT! AMY WINEHOUSE WAS MENTALLY ILL! HA HA HA! More »

23rd, August 2011 Celebrities

Amy Winehouse: No Drugs But Some Booze In Body

How did she die? Well... More »

23rd, August 2011 Politicians

Did Dominique Strauss-Khan And Nafissatou Diallo Have An Orgy? Semen From Five Men In Hotel Room

Strauss-Khan is all set to walk free. Nafissatou Diallo says the former head of the IMF raped her. He denies it. He says the sex with the hotel maid was consensual. The law says she is an unreliable witness. But what you might not know is that... More »

23rd, August 2011 Strange But True

Woman Crashes Car While Giving Finger To Other Motorist

To Tacoma, where the 23-year-old woman is giving the finger to the driver of a Subaru Outback. She is in a Ford Taurus. Rather she was. The hand gesture caused her to lose control of the vehicle and end up upside down in a ditch... More »

23rd, August 2011 TV & Radio

Celebrity Big Brother: The Cracks Start To Show With Bobby 'Who?' Sabel's Rant Against Z Listers

Watch an absolutely nobody slag other z-listers here. This is priceless... More »

23rd, August 2011 Politicians 2

Martin Luther King Statue Is A Tribute To Star Trek Under Communism

The memorial to the late civil rights leader is…huge, ugly and portrays the man of peace as an aggressive estate agent bidding for a property at auction... More »

23rd, August 2011 In Pictures

Adverts: A Collection Of Racist Ads

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23rd, August 2011 Celebrities 2

Megan Fox Fears Catching Mental Illness From Marilyn Monroe Tattoo (Photos)

Fox: "I'm removing it. It is a negative character, as she suffered from personality disorders and was bipolar. I do not want to attract this kind of negative energy in my life"... More »

23rd, August 2011 Sports

Arsenal Sell Nasri To Man City: Wenger Admits Greedy Arsenal Have No Ambition

"Imagine the worst situation, that we lose Fábregas and Nasri; you cannot convince people that you are ambitious after that..." More »

23rd, August 2011 Sports

Fulham's Philippe Senderos Says Newcastle's Joey Barton 'Comes In Footballers' Faces' (Video)

Senderos (formerly of Arsenal and Everton, now with Fulham) is on ESPN's Talk of the Terrace. He's talking about tumbling Joey Barton... More »

23rd, August 2011 Reviews

X Factor's Honeytrap Kitty Brucknell Has Been On Telly Before: Well, Who Hasn't?

Continuing the tabloid destruction of a 26-year-old girl who wants to be a famaous singer, the Sun yells: "Fame-hungry X Factor wannabe Kitty Brucknell has already appeared on 33 TV and radio shows in her desperate bid to be 'bigger than Britney'"... More »

23rd, August 2011 Money 1

George Monbiot's Plan to Kill Economic Growth

We get George Monbiot's plan in his column in The Guardian today. And a very good plan it is too. No, I don't mean excellent in the sense of desirable, I mean excellent in the sense that it will do just as George wants, kill economic growth stone dead. More »

23rd, August 2011 Celebrities

Kate Winslet Stars In Ground Breaking Romance With Eve Branson: Necker In Flames (Photos)

ranson's island is the subject of a tabloid bidding war. The tycoon's massive house on Necker (now twinned with Tottenham) - the humbly named Great House - is ruined... More »

23rd, August 2011 Celebrities

Troll Kid: The Best Thing To Emerge From Kim Kardashian's Pointless Wedding

In his backward baseball cap, the trolling tinker unassumingly appears in shot, looking like butter wouldn't melt... More »

23rd, August 2011 Key Posts

The Hillsborough Petition Is A Con: Just Look At Student Fees

Will the causes of the Hillsborough disaster be debated in Parliament? Will the Cabinet papers into the tragedy that saw 96 Liverpool fans die at at the FA cup semi-final tie against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday ground on 15 April, 1989, be aired?... More »

23rd, August 2011 The Consumer 1

Rook Salad Off The Menu In Isle of Wight Pub: Cannibals On Loose In London

To Paedo Island, formerly Isle of Wight, where rook salad is off the menu at the Taverners gastropub in Godshill... More »

23rd, August 2011 Madeleine McCann 3

Sceptic Offers Psychics $1million To Find Madeleine McCann

Can psychics find Madeleine McCann? The James Randi Educational Foundation has issued a challenge: anyone who can prove their skills in a controlled experiment will get $1million... More »

23rd, August 2011 TV & Radio

Duck Tape Tron Is Better Than The Film

Some films are better with stationery... More »

23rd, August 2011 The Consumer

How Toilet Paper Is Made In China: Photos

Given the state of the factory, it might be quicker just to take dump in the clogged river outside… More »

23rd, August 2011 Key Posts 8

How To Identify An Israeli Date In North London Shops: The Muslim's Reply Is Priceless

The owner replies: ”What country are you in right now?... Why are you not in a Muslim state arguing... Why are you not there fighting for the cause?”... More »

23rd, August 2011 TV & Radio

Gary Barlow Is Too Nasty And Not Nasty Enough, Says Daily Mail

Hows Justice Gary Barlow getting along on the X Factor bench?... More »

23rd, August 2011 TV & Radio

Alternative Olympic Sports: The Hula Hooping Rope Climb

Bet Steve Redgrave can't do this..? More »