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Specialist in failure: Spurs ‘will pay’ £34m to sack Mourinho

Why did Spurs hire Jose Mourinho? At Real Madrid, his second stint at Chelsea and Manchester United, his three most recent posts before Spurs came calling, Mourinho left under a … (read more)

Posted: 17th, February 2021 | In: Sports, Spurs | Comment

Covid-19 : Armageddon did not begin in Bournemouth

When the fist lockdown was ended, we headed to beaches. But the ‘Covidiots’ never did spread Covid-19 on Bournemouth’s golden sands. SAGE epidemiologist Mark Woolhouse tells the House of … (read more)

Posted: 17th, February 2021 | In: Key Posts, News, Politicians | Comment

The Better Babies Bureau

The Better Baby Bureau was created by Woman’s Home Companion in 1913. Children were scored according to mental and physical criteria:

Organizers of Better Babies shows varied in their aims and … (read more)

Posted: 16th, February 2021 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Daily Star mocks Meghan And Harry over second baby press release

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (who they?) are expecting a second child. It’s front-page news. Nearly all national UK papers lead with a photo the pair released to media on … (read more)

Posted: 15th, February 2021 | In: News, Royal Family, Tabloids | Comment

Rose West, Gary Glitter head list of prisoners to be ‘executed by Covid’

There are around 79,000 people locked up in UK prisons. Of those 30% are inside for ‘violence against the person’ and 18% for sexual offences. The Sun is seeing which … (read more)

Posted: 13th, February 2021 | In: News, Tabloids | Comment

William Charles Flynn: Breeding the perfect child through eugenics – 1915

This photograph shows William Charles Flynn, a winner of perfect “eugenic baby” contests in the early 20th Century.

The Spokesman-Review, of Mar 27, 1915, reports that Flynn, 37 months old, … (read more)

Posted: 13th, February 2021 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment

Tom Waits & Cookie Monster mashup – sing God’s Away On Business

YouTuber cookiewaits has created this terrific mashup of Tom Waits and Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster singing God’s Away On Business. The singer and cookie enthusiast do sound remarkably alike.
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Posted: 12th, February 2021 | In: Music, TV & Radio | Comment

PR and privacy beats public interest: Duchess Meghan defeats the Mail

Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, struck a blow for the little people when she took on the Daily Mail on Sunday and won her high court privacy case. The aristocrat says … (read more)

Posted: 12th, February 2021 | In: Key Posts, News, Royal Family, Tabloids | Comment

Winner of the 2021 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest

Escape the pandemic by stapping on an aqualung and diving into the oceans. its gorgeous down there. The winners of the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021.

The winning entry was … (read more)

Posted: 11th, February 2021 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Cooking is a fashion statement with these great art aprons for Flashbak

Aprons are the next big thing in fashion. Look out for Prada models on the catwalk. But first, we present Flashbak’s new range of art aprons, like these aprons featuring … (read more)

Posted: 11th, February 2021 | In: Fashion, The Consumer | Comment

Queen’s Consent makes a mockery of democracy

Is Her Majesty the Queen an elitist? The Guardian has seen papers from 1973 suggesting Liz’s personal lawyers “successfully lobbied ministers to change a draft law in order to … (read more)

Posted: 8th, February 2021 | In: Broadsheets, Key Posts, Money, Royal Family | Comment

How to secure a 9 times salary mortgage – the Sun shares a secret

How did Gemma Bird get to live the dream? The Sun want to share her journey to wealth in “PENNY PINCHING – I paid off £225,000 mortgage on £25,000 wage… … (read more)

Posted: 8th, February 2021 | In: Money, News, Tabloids | Comment

British politics at its best: Handforth Parish Council meeting goes viral

You are watching a meeting of Handforth Parish Council, in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on Zoom. Jackie Weaver is from the Cheshire Association of Local Councils. The Chairman is Brian Tolver, refuses … (read more)

Posted: 5th, February 2021 | In: Key Posts, News, Politicians | Comment

UK bans China state broadcaster from British airwaves; Putin’s RT continues to troll West

UK state broadcast regulator Ofcom has banned China state broadcaster China Global Television Network (CGTN) because it is ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and, thus, has no editorial … (read more)

Posted: 5th, February 2021 | In: News | Comment

Free hotels with full board for all British and Irish Covid-19 travellers

Jet off on your hols to one of 33 destinations on the “red list” and on your return British and Irish travellers get to stay free at an airport hotel … (read more)

Posted: 5th, February 2021 | In: Money, News | Comment

A pictogram illustrating the power of vaccinations

This pictogram illustrating the power of vaccines delivers a clear message: they work. But Varicella… People still die from chicken pox and shingles?

Spotter: @melizeche
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Posted: 3rd, February 2021 | In: News | Comment

Watch The Princess Bride Home Movie

The Princess Bride (redux), directed by Jason Reitman, broadcast on Quibi (the now dead streaming service you never heard of), starring Fred Savage, Cary Elwes, Adam Sandler, Rob Reiner, Jon … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, February 2021 | In: Celebrities, Film, Key Posts | Comment

Frozen 3 spoiler : Binman sacked for decapitating snowman

The binman who kicked the head off a snowman in Hereford has been sacked. Joseph Taylor, 3, was let in “floods of tears” after watching the man decapitate the snowman … (read more)

Posted: 29th, January 2021 | In: News | Comment

Billionaire Leon Cooperman is here to save the world one hedge fund at a time

Leon Cooperman (net worth $3.2 billion) is upset about money and how it’s being used by the little people to make GameStop shares soar – and in so doing cost … (read more)

Posted: 29th, January 2021 | In: Money, News | Comment

Marjorie Taylor Greene says open carry does not extend to Jews carrying laser beams

Bugger! They know about Operation Lox ‘n’ Loaded. Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has told everyone that a secret Jewish – sorry, Israeli – laser beam fired from space is … (read more)

Posted: 29th, January 2021 | In: News, Politicians | Comment

Craven Joe Biden denies Harry Dunn justice – protects coward Anne Sacoolas

Joe Biden agrees with Trump. They are foreign birds of a feather for whom the “special relationship” is a one way street. Biden says Anne Sacoolas, the American wife of … (read more)

Posted: 29th, January 2021 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Cracking Typo: ‘Daft’ Germans lose plot over AstraZeneca vaccine in the Guardian

“Daft Germans” in the Guardian – a typo (?) now changed

The “daft Germans” (source: Guardian – see above) say the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine they are desperate to get is pretty … (read more)

Posted: 28th, January 2021 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

‘Queen Bitch’ Margaret Marilyn DeAdder’s obituary is the best read of 2021

Margaret Marilyn DeAdder (1942-2021), of New Brunswick, Canada, loved coupons, bitchiness and menace on the roads. Her obituary is choice:

Margaret Marilyn DeAdder, professional clipper of coupons, baker of cookies, terror … (read more)

Posted: 28th, January 2021 | In: Key Posts, News, Strange But True | Comment

GameStop : short selling casino banking

The performance data on shares in GameStop, the video games chain of high street stores, represents past performance. It is not a guarantee of future results. GamesStore had planned to … (read more)

Posted: 27th, January 2021 | In: Money, Technology | Comment

The best Bernie Sanders Joe Biden inauguration meme

Bernie Sanders was at Joe Biden’s inauguration. Dressed in a car coat and mittens, a meme was born. And the best of them was created by Bryce Utting:

Honourable mentions:

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Posted: 22nd, January 2021 | In: Gifs, Key Posts, Politicians | Comment

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