Posts Tagged ‘bird flu’
The Greatest Non-Sequitur Of The Decade
HEADLINES like “WE‘RE ALL F***ED” (all papers) might have led readers to believe that the world’s economy was in freefall and we were all doomed to rearing turnips as a source of fuel, housing and good, clean, honest fun.
Now the Times says we’ve been to “Hell and back”. The Express leads with “SHARE BOOM SENSATION”. “The panic is over…possibly,” says the Independent. And the Sun commands readers to “FILL YOUR BOOTS”.
We’ve never had it so good.
(Image: Beau Bo D’Or Website)
And that goes for Gordon Brown, too, who is the recipient of the Guardian’s non-sequitur of the decade: “After the crash, a record bounce – and Brown fightback begins.”
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Posted: 20th, September 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Money, Tabloids | Comments (2)
Get Ready For The Spanish Flu Pandemic
THE body of a Spanish flu victim is to be exhumed after 90 years in a lead coffin in the hopes of science being able to determine whether Spanish flu and the more modern bird flu share genetic traits… writes June
Brace yourselves…
Posted: 16th, September 2008 | In: Reviews | Comments (3)
