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Sign in Bronx booze shop tells customers the 7 Coronavirus rules

In The Bronx, New York City, a sign in the booze store winder lays out the 7 rules of coronavirus for all shoppers.
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Posted: 15th, April 2020 | In: News, Strange But True | Comment

10 Questions for journalists to ask Government about Coronavirus

Journalism matters. It’s not all talking truth to power and showing us things other people would rather we didn’t know. Sometimes it involves talking about the latest shoes, if Meghan … (read more)

Posted: 15th, April 2020 | In: Key Posts, News, Politicians | Comment

Millions of gallons of stale beer are being poured down the drain

Beer storage facility

Why not let pubs give way their beer or sell it as part of a take-away service? Bitter (three weeks) and lager (six weeks) goes off when it’s … (read more)

Posted: 14th, April 2020 | In: News | Comment

Nick Timothy on economics and coronavirus – Theresa May never stood a chance

Theresa May’s former staffer Nick Timothy is writing about the coronavirus and China. He served as Joint Downing Street Chief of Staff, alongside Fiona Hill, to Prime Minister May, until … (read more)

Posted: 14th, April 2020 | In: News, Politicians | Comment

Spurs relinquish title of world’s greediest football club

Tottenham will not be milking the State, taking advantage of the government’s furlough scheme for some non-playing staff during the coronavirus crisis. Following Liverpool’s belated relation that a corporation, sorry, … (read more)

Posted: 13th, April 2020 | In: Money, News, Sports, Spurs | Comment

Prince William says Britain is ‘best’ in a crisis and coronavirus is media hype

Smile and wave, just smile and wave

Prince William says Britain is “at its best” when people are suffering. How he knows this is moot. “I think Britain is at its … (read more)

Posted: 13th, April 2020 | In: Key Posts, News, Royal Family | Comment

No-one is crossing Abbey Road – live cam

The Coronavirus is keeping traffic flowing on Abbey Road, London. The EarthCam, affiliated to Abbey Road Studios, delivers a live view of the zebra crossing at Abbey Road, the one … (read more)

Posted: 13th, April 2020 | In: News | Comment

Ross Kemp saves the nation by pulling on PPE and strolling through an intensive care ward treating coronavirus patients

By now you’ll be wondering what Grant Mitchell, aka Ross Kemp, is up to? Have pretended to be a soldier on EastEnders, the BBC’s fly-on-the-wall documentary on London life, fearless, … (read more)

Posted: 12th, April 2020 | In: Celebrities, News | Comment

The Government Coronavirus advice vs Cards Against Humanity

Lots of us got the Government’s letter telling us to stay indoors for at least 12 weeks and protect the NHS. Amy Allen had updated the missive with a a … (read more)

Posted: 12th, April 2020 | In: Key Posts, News, The Consumer | Comment

Cambridge police patrol the aisles at Tesco supermarket

A tweet from the Cambridge police force aka twitter’s ‘Cambridge Cops’: “Officers visited Tesco Barhill this morning as part of their patrols around supermarkets and green spaces this weekend. Good … (read more)

Posted: 10th, April 2020 | In: News, Strange But True | Comment

Forget Coronavirus and let’s all hate Robert Jenrick

Meet Robert Jenrick. He’s one of those Tory ministers from central casting. He is (checks facts) the Communities Secretary. Jenrick’s on the front pages of the Mail, Guardian and … (read more)

Posted: 10th, April 2020 | In: News, Politicians | Comment

RIP the great American artist Mort Drucker

Like many of you, I grew up reading MAD magazine and enjoying the famed getting lampooned. Mort Drucker drew much of the magazine’s best artwork. He died this week aged … (read more)

Posted: 10th, April 2020 | In: News, The Consumer | Comment

Northants police : we will check your shopping trolley – just not yet

Northants Police go on the record: “To clarify some suggestions made in the media, we absolutely will NOT be searching people’s shopping trolleys – at this stage.”

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Posted: 9th, April 2020 | In: News | Comment

Coronavirus: Mrs Michael Gove checks Boris Johnson’s prostate in the Mail

Writing in the Daily Mail, Mrs Michael Gove, aka Sarah Vine, looks at the health of Boris Johnson and other leading politicians. The Prime Minister is very unwell with the … (read more)

Posted: 9th, April 2020 | In: News, Politicians, Tabloids | Comment

Jewish Chronicle newspaper goes bust

The Jewish Chronicle, aka The JC, is seeking a creditors voluntary liquidation of Jewish Chronicle Newspapers Ltd. The oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world has gone bust. It … (read more)

Posted: 8th, April 2020 | In: News | Comment

Manchester United plan to use coronavirus to get players on the cheap

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seems like a decent bloke. But today the Mail tells us that the Manchester United manager has promised to behave with all the morals of, well, Spurs. … (read more)

Posted: 8th, April 2020 | In: manchester united, News, Sports | Comment

This comment on Jamie Oliver’s coronavirus cooking wins

Jamie Oliver says ‘Keep Cooking and Carry On’…

Keep cooking and carry on…
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Posted: 8th, April 2020 | In: Celebrities | Comment

Bonds and demand: Guardian get it wrong

In a story on the global bond market’s response to coronavirus, the Guardian tells its readers: “The global bond markets, which handle hundreds of billions of trades every day, are … (read more)

Posted: 8th, April 2020 | In: Money, News | Comment

John Prine sings Sam Stone

Chicago folk musician John Prine (10 October 1946 – 7 April 2020) recorded Sam Stone “to say something about our soldiers who’d go over to Vietnam, killing people and not knowing why … (read more)

Posted: 8th, April 2020 | In: Music, News | Comment

Matt Hancock wants us to hate footballers not him

UK health secretary Matt Hancock wants us to stop looking at him and look instead at footballers, those self-made, young athletes largely from working-class backgrounds. Says Matt Hancock: “Given the … (read more)

Posted: 7th, April 2020 | In: Politicians, Sports | Comment

Liverpool back down leaving Spurs to win title of world’s greediest football club

Liverpool have listened to the fans and media who decried their decision to place some non-playing staff on temporary leave and take advantage of the Government’s furlough scheme to … (read more)

Posted: 7th, April 2020 | In: Liverpool, Money, News, Sports, Spurs | Comment

It’s a Squirrel Picnic Table and Bench

Why not use your free time to paint a picture, write the great American tweet or build a Squirrel Picnic Table and Bench?

Spotter: Etsy
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Posted: 7th, April 2020 | In: The Consumer | Comment

China is ground zero for a pandemic – 2017 article alerts us to Coronavirus

In November 2017, Smithsonian magazine article published the article “Is China Ground Zero for a Future Pandemic?” Usually I’d to defer Betteridge’s law of headlines, an adage that states: “Any headline that … (read more)

Posted: 6th, April 2020 | In: News | Comment

Brighton copper puts out coronavirus barbecue with helmet full of seawater

No need for police to follow smoke signals. The barbecuers are pretty easy to spot:

Meanwhile… in Peckham, London:

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Posted: 6th, April 2020 | In: News | Comment

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