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Roanoke mayor cites Japanese internment in letter opposing resettlement of Syrian refugees.

Roanoke mayor cites Japanese internment in letter opposing resettlement of Syrian refugees.

 

 

Wow!

Spotter

 

 

 

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Posted: 18th, November 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Manchester United: Louis van Gaal on buying bargains and brain training

Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal has been talking with the Telegraph:

On his vocation:
Already, when I was a boy, I knew I wanted to be a trainer-coach. I lived near the Ajax … (read more)

Posted: 18th, November 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Irish dad has selfie stick the wrong way for entire trip – hilarious video

The selfie-stick met its match with Evan Griffin’s dad, who borrowed his lad’s Gopro for trip to Las Vegas. Dad wanders here and there, stick raised, narrating to the folks back home … (read more)

Posted: 18th, November 2015 | In: Reviews, Technology | Comment


Teenager burglary suspect caught masturbating into victim’s fridge

Kink of the day features the 15-year-old who broke into a home in Laurel, Maryland, stole an iPad, masturbated into the fridge, ate some food from it, then left. No, wait. He … (read more)

Posted: 18th, November 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Arsenal balls: Messi to the Emirates for £1 a week

Is Lionel Messi going to play for Arsenal? No. Of course he isn’t. But the ludicrous story is doing the rounds.

It began on Monday, when the Daily Star’s David Woods … (read more)

Posted: 18th, November 2015 | In: Arsenal, Reviews, Sports | Comment


Arsenal balls: ‘getting rid’ of players is easy for laptop managers

 

A charming story in the Daily Mirror catches out eye. The paper invites readers to suggest which Arsenal footballer should be put out of work, or at least on a … (read more)

Posted: 18th, November 2015 | In: Arsenal, Reviews, Sports | Comment


Sarah Vine: ‘fat’ Jorgie Porter helps Beatrice Gove develop her weight issues

Women-baiting Sarah Vine is talking about “pushy parents” in her Daily Mail column.
Excuse me while I perform a quick victory jig. A little wiggle of delight. Why? Because a new … (read more)

Posted: 18th, November 2015 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, Reviews | Comment


Manchester United staffer in nominative determinism tribunal

In “Women peep in Utd loos”, the Sun reports on Marcus King, a man who claims that whilst working at Manchester United’s training ground he was spied on by three … (read more)

Posted: 18th, November 2015 | In: manchester united, Money, Reviews, Sports | Comment


Transfer balls: Chelsea in for Berahino and agree to meet Sneijder release clause

Chelsea are looking to buy West Brom striker Saido Berahino. The Daily Telegraph says the 22-year-old is valued at £20m.

Chelsea are also hopeful of signing Valencia’s Algeria winger Sofiane Feghouli, 25. Well, … (read more)

Posted: 18th, November 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports | Comment


John Prescott on ISIS: a blunt tool hacking the West

Anti-phone hacking firebrand John Prescott uses his column in the phone hacking Daily Mirror to explain how ISIS can be defeated and the West remain intact.

Former deputy prime minister John, … (read more)

Posted: 17th, November 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Jodie Marsh, revenge porn and Antony Costa’s ‘button mushroom’

Did you catch Jodie Marsh Is Exposed Online? It’s on TLC, and it features the fragrant beauty striking a blow for privacy. The blurb tells us:
10 years ago Revenge Porn … (read more)

Posted: 17th, November 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment


Playboy model Elizabeth Dickson wins damages for crazy golf sex stunt

 

Elizabeth Dickson has won damages from Playboy Enterprises for an incident at the Playboy Golf Finals at the Industry Hills Golf Club in Industry on March 30, 2012.

Dickson’s job was to act as … (read more)

Posted: 17th, November 2015 | In: Key Posts, Money, Reviews | Comment


Arsenal manager wants drug cheats exposed – why bother?

Arsenal manger Arsene Wenger wants more testing for drugs in football. Having already said his Arsenal side have faced sides using performance-enhancing drugs “many times”, Wenger  said yesterday:
“I’m not satisfied … (read more)

Posted: 17th, November 2015 | In: Arsenal, Reviews, Sports | Comment


England v France: British tabloids sing La Marseillaise in a bikini

It helps, of course, that La Marseillaise is the world’s most sing-alongable national anthem. England football fans can sing it when the Three Lions play Les Blues at Wembley.

The Daily Mirror … (read more)

Posted: 17th, November 2015 | In: Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment


Arsenal have a one in eight chance of beating Man City to Premier League title

The Times’ football writers have ben indulging in a spot of international break chatter.

Final Premier League top four – predictions:
MD: Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur.
OK: Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2015 | In: Arsenal, Manchester City, Reviews, Sports | Comment


National Enquirer scoop: Charlie Sheen is HIV positive?

 

Can it be that, as the Mail reports, Charlie Sheen will announce that he is HIV positive on The Today Show?

NBC says Sheen will make a “revealing personal announcement”.

Stay tuned!

The story goes that … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment


The Kurds: let’s back them with all we have

The Kurds are at the bleeding edge of the war with Islamists. But the West is not backing them. Shilan Ozcelik, the British woman who allegedly wanted to fight Islamic State, has … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Man says he accidentally shot woman dead during ‘freaky sex’

 

To Florida, where a woman has been shot in the head at the Regency Inn and Suites in Tampa. Tyrone Fields, 21, says he shot her by accident. He says they were in … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Transfer balls: Arsenal and Liverpool ‘battle’ for Xhaka (who wants to stay in Germany)

Transfer balls: The trusty Daily Star says Liverpool and Arsenal are competing to sign Borussia Mochengladbach midfielder Granit Xhaka.

The Star says Arsenal and Liverpool are in a “battle” for the player.

According … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2015 | In: Arsenal, Liverpool, Sports | Comment


Paris murders: 44m Muslim ‘jihadis’ live in Europe and other tabloid horrors

The Daily Express says there are “450 Jihadis on The Loose in the UK”. That’s a precise number. Where are they, and how do we know they are ‘on the loose’?

One … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews, Tabloids | Comment


Chelsea balls: Cesc Fabregas swears he loves Mourinho

 

The Sun says Cesc Fabregas, the loyal footballer seen kissing the badge at Arsenal, Barcelona and now Chelsea, is “FEELING EFFING MAD”.

This is Fabregas, the Chelsea player who denied being … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment


Kay Burley sees Paris carnage through the eyes of a dog

Sky TV’s Kay Burley has news from the carnage in Paris:

 

 

Beyond parody. Or is it?

 

 

 

 

You should see the hyenas… … (read more)

Posted: 15th, November 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment


Transfer balls: Manchester United ‘swoop’ for star striker

Transfer balls: Manchester United are looking at Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy. The Sun says Man United manger Louis Van Gaal is “weighing up move for Premier League’s top goalscorer”.

The Premier … (read more)

Posted: 15th, November 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Quantico – thriller series with crime, suspense & drama

Acclaimed US drama heading to UK screens

New crime thriller series Quantico has launched in the US, and received 12.15 million views on its opening night. After the pilot aired on … (read more)

Posted: 15th, November 2015 | In: The Consumer | Comment