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October 8th, 2008 | Opinions? : 10 So Far! | In: Madeleine McCann, Media

Madeleine McCann: Labour And The Nazis

mccann-plane1-300x225 Madeleine McCann: Labour And The NazisMADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann

TRIBUNE (Magazine) “an independent weekly labour movement voice”

A new book is out: “BOOKS: Why Charles Lindbergh went to meet with Hermann Goering” - The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr Alexis Carrel and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever, by David M Friedman

Goering and Madeleine McCann… There is a link. Knew it…

MOST people know two things about Charles Lindbergh. One: in 1927 he became the first person to fly non-stop from New York to Paris. And two: five years later his baby son was kidnapped and murdered.

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. Oh, and he invented the electric guitar, suffered from bi-polarism and once ate 17 pickled eggs in a minute. Go on..:

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 11 So Far! | In: Police Log, Strange But True

Police Log: Car Thief Wears Identified By Tattoo On Neck

idiot Police Log: Car Thief Wears Identified By Tattoo On NeckAARON Evans, 21, pleads guilty at Bristol Magistrates’ Court to breaking into a covert capture car in the city.

That’s him with caught on camera - with his name and date of birth tattooed on his neck.

The car had been left by Avon and Somerset Police officers with a covert camera concealed inside, which took pictures of Evans.

And he’s a car thief because… 

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 1 - Keep them Coming! | In: Strange But True

A-Flat Minor: The Beaconsfield Mine Disaster: A Musical

TO Australia where Beaconsfield: A Musical in A-Flat Minor will debut in Melbourne tomorrow night.

Miner Larry Knight was killed in a rockfall at the mine on Anzac Day 2006, while Brant Webb and Todd Russell were trapped for 14 days.

It’s terrific show, if a little slow in parts…

Mr Russell tells us:

“(I feel) disgusted, really, in the way they’re going about it and what they’re going to call it,” he said on ABC radio.

“When they’re calling it ‘A-flat Minor’ it’s appalling I think, just a lack of respect for the Knight family. It’s better off being left alone, people are trying to get along with lives, trying to move forward, and they just keep using this tragedy of ours.”

Everyone’s critic. What about the show?

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 5 So Far! | In: Food & Fat, Strange But True, War On Terror

The Falafel Wars: Lebanon And Isreal’s Food Fight

SO this is war. Who threw the first falafel. Come on. Own up!

A new war between Israel and Lebanon has erupted, but this time the war is not geopolitical, but rather an issue of cuisine-who has sovereignty over traditional Arab dishes and sandwiches.

There’s nothing like a good old traditional Labanese Lord Al Sandwich.

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 3 So Far! | In: Money, Tabloids

Tabloid Bingo As The Money Markets Fall

THOSE stock market figures in full:

DAILY STAR: “£60bn wiped off British stock market.”

THE SUN: “£93BN MELTDOWN”

DAILY MAIL: “By the end of trading, nearly £95billion had been wiped off he value of the FTSE”

And rising…

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 13 So Far! | In: Anorak In New York, Anorak Pets, Police Log, Strange But True

Police Log: Man Loses It With Tail Gating Fox

fox-hunting-300x248 Police Log: Man Loses It With Tail Gating Fox POLICE Log: Anorak’s Look At Crime In The News…

Man Tail Gates Fox

A Tennessee man named Tommy Fox crashed his car while contending with an attack from a real fox whose tail he intended to cut off, authorities say.

Horse power. Tally ho!

After the Dover man struck a red fox that had dashed in front of his sports utility vehicle last week, he allegedly retrieved the seemingly dead animal from the roadway with plans to cut off its tail for a souvenir, a state wildlife official told Gannett Tennessee.

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 15 So Far! | In: Strange But True, Tabloids

Church Warns On The Perils Of Inhaling Gay Men

rev-mullen-187x300 Church Warns On The Perils Of Inhaling Gay MenTHE Rev Peter Mullen is chaplain to the London Stock Exchange and environs. He smells a gay man.

Mullen says:

“Let us make it obligatory for homosexuals to have their backsides tattooed with the slogan SODOMY CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH and their chins with FELLATIO KILLS.”

Hurrah! A free tattoo for every gay man! Well, the church needs the support, and a free wafer, sip of wine and one up the arse from the priest may not be enough. Go on:

“In addition, the obscene ‘gay pride’ parades and carnivals should be banned for they give rise to passive corruption, comparable to passive smoking. Young people forced to witness these excrescences are corrupted by them.”

Have you inhaled a gay man?

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 73 So Far! | In: Anorak In New York, Photojournalism

US Today’s Citizen Journalists Write Entire Paper

CITIZEN journalism means big media corporations can lay off hacks and get you do do their job for free. It’s great…

citizen-journalism-224x300 US Todays Citizen Journalists Write Entire Paper

Read all about it…

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 1 - Keep them Coming! | In: Big Brother, Celebrities, TV & Radio

Emergency As Celebrity Police Force Misses Arrest

SIR Ian Blair is gone, and the Celebrity Police Force is looking for a new leader to be tough on celebrity crime. (Surely have his picture taken with some of the country’s best lag talent? – Ed).

And while the search goes on, the Star brings news that Big Brother reject Rex Nomark has, allegedly, smashed someone in the face with his belt.

In other times the alleged victim, known only as John, would be invited to give a statement to police, and the CPF would haul Rex in to the station for photos and autographs.

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : Add your view now! | In: Tabloids

Fergus Shanahan Sees Tony Blair’s Cancer Plot

pussy Fergus Shanahan Sees Tony Blairs Cancer PlotFERGUS Shanahan, the Sun’s deputy editor, has today’s non-sequitur of the day. It’s stream of consciousness journalism…

Former EastEnders actress Wendy Richard is dying of cancer. Shanahan says Richard reminds him of Pat Phoenix, who played Elsie Tanner in Coronation Street, and also died of cancer.

When ill, Pat married Tony Booth, father to Cherie Booth, wife to Winston Churchill Blair.

“I wonder if he [Tony Blair] feels if three Labour governments have made enough progress on improving Britain’s dismal cancer survival rates.”

Journalists used to ask politicans questions, now they just wonder. Perhaps cancer can form part  of a soap opera storyline, and Fergus can investigate by watching..? 

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 17 So Far! | In: Anorak In New York, Global Warming, Politicians, Race For The White House, Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin Is Man Made Hot

SARAH Palin on global warming. Says the New York Times editorial:

There were also occasional, disturbing flashes of the old, pre-campaign Sarah Palin. When asked about the causes of global warming, Ms. Palin suggested that man had some role — but she wasn’t saying how much.

Is anyone?

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 6 So Far! | In: Broadsheets, War On Terror

Iranian Militants And Danes Try To Be As Funny As The Jews

holocaust-jews-iran-300x187 Iranian Militants And Danes Try To Be As Funny As The JewsIRANIANS are chanting “Death to Israel”. Borrringggggg. Can they get a new chant, one that rhymes?

Well, not all of them are chanting, just the Islamist students who are unveiling a new book.

The book “Holocaust,” published by members of Iran’s Islamist Basij militia, features dozens of cartoons and sarcastic commentary. Education Minister Alireza Ali-Ahmadi attended the official launch of the book in Tehran’s Palestine Square.

The Telegraph , which reports on the action, doesn’t say how much the book sells for, nor if it can be ordered online.

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 1 - Keep them Coming! | In: Gordon Brown, Money, Politicians

Gordon Brown’s Solid Gold Joke

gordon-brown-medal-300x196 Gordon Browns Solid Gold JokeMORE news on serious Gordon Brown.

Gordon’ at Lancaster House. It’s a drinks reception, with nibbles, to congratulate and paw over Britain’s Olympic gold medal winners. Says Gordon:

“There is more gold in this room than in the Bank of England.”

Ho-ho. No, he’s right. It’s not funny. Brown only does serious. There is more gold around an Olympian’s neck than in the BoE. Why? Because Gordon Brown sold the nation’s gold reserves.

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 12 So Far! | In: War On Terror

Dick Head: Jean Charles de Menezes Deserved To Die

menezes-hussain-police Dick Head: Jean Charles de Menezes Deserved To DieSAYS CRESSIDA Dick, the woman who gave the orders for police to shoot dead Jean Charles de Menezes:

“If you are asking me did we do anything wrong or unreasonable then I don’t think we did.”

Jean Charles de Menezes was guilty of living in the same block of flats as 7/7 bomber Hussain Osman.

Who can argue with Ms Dick’s statement that he deserved to die?

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 8 So Far! | In: Celebrities, Tabloids

Gemma Atkinson Pulls On Jack Osbourne’s Rubber

gemma-footballs-atkinson Gemma Atkinson Pulls On Jack Osbournes Rubber TODAY Gemma Atkinson will be telling Daily Star readers about her “WILD ROMPS” with Jack Osbourne.

Jack is the son of vibrating pop sensation Ozzy Osbourne and pixie-voiced house-poo enthusiast Sharon Osbourne. Jack also wears glasses. That’s Jack.

Gemma is a former soap actress, wannabe Wag and the owner of two signed Cristiano Ronaldo that she keeps close to her heart beneath the skin on her chest.

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October 7th, 2008 | Opinions? : 176 So Far! | In: Madeleine McCann

ocean-club MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann

THE PORTUGAL NEWS ONLINE: “Business as usual in Praia da Luz”

Tourism is booming at the Ocean Club…

Robin Crosland has been in the Algarve for more than twenty six years. During that time, he has seen Praia da Luz grow exponentially.

He can remember way back when it was media as far as the eye could see…

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October 6th, 2008 | Opinions? : 4 So Far! | In: Celebrities, Global Warming

Farewell Cruel World: The Search For The Perfect Iceberg

perfect-iceberg Farewell Cruel World: The Search For The Perfect Iceberg DEAR Anorak, How do I save the world? Here’s how:

Follow the Cape Farewell expedition to the Arctic, the frontline of climate change, with over 40 artists, scientists and musicians onboard including Jarvis Cocker.

It’s great. Here’s intrepid global warming explorer Francesca Galeazzi on “The search for the perfect iceberg”.

Yesterday for me was a roller-coaster of emotions: determination and failure, hope and fear, anticipation and disappointment.

We could cry but our tears would turn to ice…

One of my projects on board consisted of an artistic response to the melting and retreat of glaciers as result of climate change.

Oh?

My response was to place a park bench on a newly formed iceberg or floating ice-shelf off the fast-moving coast of West Greenland. A bench which, in its fragility and remoteness, becomes a silent witness of the dramatic changes that are occurring in the Arctic. A bench with nobody to sit on.

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October 6th, 2008 | Opinions? : 2 So Far! | In: Barack Obama, Brandgelina, Celebrities, Politicians, Race For The White House

Brad Pitt Product Places Barack Obama

brad-pitt-obama-225x300 Brad Pitt Product Places Barack ObamaBRAD Pitt: actor. Barack Obama: politico. Who needs who more?

Product placement…

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October 6th, 2008 | Opinions? : 6 So Far! | In: Strange But True

Chinese Vegetarians Are A Danger To Public Health

china-kebab Chinese Vegetarians Are A Danger To Public HealthTHE best opening line of the day: a health warning at the Chinese Vegetarian Festival:

Doctors in Phuket, Thailand, are warning vegetarians at the annual Chinese Vegetarian Festival that piercing their faces with knives, axes, spades and beach umbrellas could expose them to health risks - Fox News

Chinese vegetarians are a menace:

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October 6th, 2008 | Opinions? : 1 - Keep them Coming! | In: David Cameron, Magazines, Politicians

British Society of Magazine Editors Woos David Cameron

THE British Society of Magazine Editors invites members to:

Monday 13 October
BSME DAVID CAMERON RECEPTION
Member-only event hosted by David Cameron at his offices.

How very grand. What’s it about, then?

THE BIG DEBATE
THE WEB NEEDS MAGAZINES MORE THAN MAGAINES NEED THE WEB

Yeah, who needs the wbe..? Nor thsoe magaines. Beyond parody…

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October 6th, 2008 | Opinions? : 9 So Far! | In: Celebrities

Daryl Hannah And the PETA Patter Of Tiny Hypocrites

daryl-hannah-150x150 Daryl Hannah And the PETA Patter Of Tiny HypocritesVEGAN actress Daryl Hannah, a supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, wears suede boots to Richard Branson’s party. How so? Says Hannah:

“They were my mum’s. I only wear leather when it’s a gift.”

Like her…

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October 6th, 2008 | Opinions? : 3 So Far! | In: Police Log, Strange But True

Grandmother, 77, Gets 13 Years For Cocaine Smuggling

A 77 year old grandmother and her 49 year old daughter were today jailed for a total of 27 years.

They were sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court for smuggling 16 kilos of cocaine, with an estimated street value of £800,000 into the UK. Customs Officers intercepted them arriving at the Port of Dover in March this year.

Ambrozine Heron (77), Paulette Chambers (49), both from Smethwick, Birmingham, were jailed for 13 and 14 years respectively.

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