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12th, August 2011 Strange But True

County Durham Youth Demands Cheese And Onion Sandwich At Gun Point

Kids will do anything for a Dairylea... More »

12th, August 2011 Key Posts 5

Man Posts Letters In Dog Poo Box For Two Years

Alf Spence, 91, of Bedale, North Yorkshire, has been posting his letters in the dog poo box in error for two years... More »

12th, August 2011 Key Posts 69

Was Richard Bowes Killed For Being White?

Mr Bowes is a tabloid hero – just like Harood Jahan, Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir, who were hit and killed by a car in Birmingham... More »

12th, August 2011 Politicians 2

Non Looting Hazel Blears MP Asks: 'Why Are These Kids Not In School?'

Blears MP has a question for Sky News viewers on the looters who smashed up parts of her Salford constituency... More »

11th, August 2011 Reviews

Adriana Ferreyr In Photos: Spurned Lover Sues George Soros For $50m

We may never know what attracted the now 28-year-old actress Adriana Ferreyr to the multi-billionaire George Soros – but what we do know is that she is suing him for $50 million.... More »

11th, August 2011 TV & Radio

Maru The Cat Will Be Unbearably Cute: Video

Grab a big basket of lemons and suck hard - you'll need to restore equalibrium lest Maru turns into a rainbow unicorn... More »

11th, August 2011 Reviews 2

Ian Tomlinson, Mark Duggan And Learning To Love The Brutal Police Again

We don't need the Army on the streets. We have the TSG and the cops... More »

11th, August 2011 Key Posts 7

Chelsea Ives Is Star Of London Olympic Torch Rally And Riots

Ives is an Olympic Ambassador for the London 2012 Games. That’s her being reported to police by her mum Adrienne for allegedly tossing chocolate-sized bricks at a police car in Enfield... More »

11th, August 2011 Sports 4

Manchester City Sign Wesley Sneijder - And So Do Manchester United

Will Manchester United sign Wesley Sneijder, the diminutive Hollander from Inter Milan? The Daily Mail considers the facts... More »

11th, August 2011 Sports 3

Arsenal Owner Stan Kroenke's Open Letter To Arsene Wenger - In Song

Arsenal fans may be wondering who will play for them next season, but they know one thing for certain: how the club's new owner Stan Kroenke got his Silent Stan nickname... More »

11th, August 2011 Film 1

Justin Bieber To Star In Dirty Dancing Remake?

! You like Dirty Dancing don't you? Of course you do! It's got love and dancing in it! It's got Patrick Swayze's muscles in when they were alive!... More »

11th, August 2011 Reviews

They're All Wrong About Climate Change: All Of Them

So, what is it that the IPCC says we need to do? Well, actually, they say that in the 21 st century we need to act pretty much like we did in the 20 th century... More »

11th, August 2011 Key Posts 17

Three Asians Dead In Birmingham: Blacks And Poor Whites Are Hate Figures In 'Looming Race War'

The tabloids love to protect a story in monochrome black and white. And black is bad. Working class white is worse - they are the one group it is still alright to call names and insult. Colour matters. The Times talks of a "looming race war"... More »

11th, August 2011 Gifs

Gifs Of The Week|: More Animals Behaving Badly (Very Funny)

Are we humans no better than animals - or no worse? Daily Mail writer Max Hastings says looters and rioters in London, Manchester and Birmingham are like feral polar bears. Is that harsh on the polies?... More »

11th, August 2011 Strange But True

Game Of Russian Roulette With Argos Catalogue Ends In Pain And Jail

Each took it in turns to have the famously thick Argos catalogue strapped to their torso while the other fired at it with an airgun... More »

11th, August 2011 Strange But True

Worker Who Swallowed Homeowner's Diamond Ring Captured On X-Ray: Photos

Having invited you to consider the use of dogs to castrate rioters and looter who have run amuck in London, Manchester And Birmingham, might it be further option to invite thieves to eat their booty?... More »

10th, August 2011 Photojournalism

Assad Takes Us On An Official Your Of His Syria: Photos Of Weirdness And State Control

The government has cut off electricity and communications. A rights group said eight babies died because their incubators lost power. But we never did see the hospital... More »

10th, August 2011 Celebrities 1

Alec Baldwin To Challenge Kesley Grammer In Surreal Mayoral Race

America is stupid. Brilliantly stupid. They've got guns, burgers and robot teeth. They also have celebrities in positions of power. Ronald Reagan was president ferchrissakes!... More »

10th, August 2011 In Pictures

Riot Of Laughter: London, Manchester And Birmingham Rioters Get Photoshopped

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10th, August 2011 Politicians 4

David Cameron's Criminal Past Never Did Him Any Harm - London Rioters May Yet Lead The Nation

"This is criminality pure and simple and it has to be confronted and defeated...If you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face the punishment". Only... More »

10th, August 2011 Reviews

Birmingham Riots: Why Did Jaroon Jahan, Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir Die?

Three men are dead in Birmingham. The three men were on foot when a car hit them. They were, according to early reports, protecting a mosque in Dudley Road, Winson Green, from looters... More »

10th, August 2011 Celebrities

Should Sesame Street's Bert And Ernie Get Married?

Sesame Street is one of the most forward thinking, progressive shows around. It's featured civil rights speeches, tackled racism, people talking about their AIDS, poverty... and now, people are calling for it to feature a gay marriage... More »

10th, August 2011 Strange But True

The Ninth Annual Baba Challenge Sex Doll River Race: Photos

It's the Ninth Annual Bubble Baba Challenge — the chance to ride a rubber doll down a fast part of Russia's Vuoksa river. Stag Dos welcome... More »

10th, August 2011 Money 1

Solving the Riots Without Spending Any Money

No, there's actually an excellent source of exactly what we need out there, a source we can tap into for free... More »

10th, August 2011 Reviews 2

Ashraf Haziq Needs Our Help: Bleeding Boy Robbed In London Is Malaysian Student

The teenager robbed in London as he lay in the street bleeding from the face is called Ashraf Haziq... More »