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Ched Evans to achieve immortality in new rape law?

More news on Ched Evans, the low-life footballer found not guilty of raping a woman. AOL says the the Attorney General has suggested “the law could be changed to give greater protection to alleged rape victims … (read more)

Posted: 27th, October 2016 | In: Reviews, Sports | Comment

Harry Redknapp’s wife Sandra in freak car accident – Daily Mail digs up old horrors

Harry Redknapp was dropping his wife Sandra in Westbourne, a suburb of Bournemouth, when her coat got caught in the door of his Range Rover. The Indy says  the 69-year-old [Sandra] “screamed … (read more)

Posted: 20th, October 2016 | In: Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Brexit: British federalists and ex-pats seek EU passports in other countries

Brexit is impelling some people to make a choice: stay in the UK or live in the European Union? The Guardian reports that many Britons are appealing to become citizens in other … (read more)

Posted: 20th, October 2016 | In: Broadsheets, Reviews | Comment

Bank-robber daughter tricked dad into being her getaway driver

Other Parents spots this story from Florida. When Chelsea Wilson, 24, was arrested in connection with a bank robbery in Fort Lauderdale, she told the teller: “You have exactly one minute to give … (read more)

Posted: 17th, October 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

The Ched Evens interview: the role model explains everything

Sat with his fiancée, Natasha Massey, and two dogs, footballer Ched Evans – not a rapist – talks to the Sunday Times about his ordeal.

He says:
“This has never been about me as … (read more)

Posted: 16th, October 2016 | In: Broadsheets, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Ched Evans: not guilty of hotel rape

The verdict is in and Ched Evans, 27, is innocent. The former Sheffield United striker did not rape a woman at Premier Inn in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, on 30 May 2011.

In 2012, Evans … (read more)

Posted: 14th, October 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Wonder Woman is your new UN women’s champion

Wonder Woman has been awarded the role of honorary UN ambassador, promoting women’s empowerment and preventing domestic violence through, smiling and bullet-repelling bracelets.

Wonder Woman promises to nail, punch in the throat and re-educate … (read more)

Posted: 14th, October 2016 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sing I’ve Had The Time of My Life

Donald and Hillary will now sing I’ve Had The Time of My Life:

 

The video was produced by Dutch broadcaster … (read more)

Posted: 11th, October 2016 | In: Key Posts, Politicians, Reviews | Comment

Transfer balls: BBC clickbaits Manchester United fans with moves for ‘Manchester City’s’ Isco

More BBC Transfer Balls as the State broadcaster tells readers to its website – and why doesn’t the BBC just publish a newspaper?  – “Manchester United target Isco has hinted … (read more)

Posted: 11th, October 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports, Spurs | Comment (1)

Hillary Clinton and Heather Samuelson give WikiLeaks emails a delicious stink

We’re still all waiting for the anything in Hillary Clinton’s hacked emails – released by WikiLeaks  – to besmirch her reputation for being economical with the actualité (surely ‘a titan of … (read more)

Posted: 10th, October 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment

William Tapley is Donald Trump’s ‘unofficial’ music maestro

He’s back! The str of ‘thirdeaglebooks’ is a Donald Trump supporters. He’s written a song for Don. As the blurb says, this is the “unofficial” campaign song for the 2016 Trump-Pence … (read more)

Posted: 10th, October 2016 | In: Key Posts, Politicians, Reviews | Comment

Trump v Who? The electorate lose again as Hillary vanishes

How did the second debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton go? Trump is a nutzoid candidate. Clinton is a really poor one. American decides which of these two sub-par candidates gets … (read more)

Posted: 10th, October 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Bill Clinton to Gennifer Flowers – ‘Hillary Clinton has eaten more pussy than I have’ and other Trump defences

How do we tell the story of reality TV star Donald Trump telling gibbering TV host Billy Bush “Grab her by the pussy”? The British news has made Trump’s “crass” comment … (read more)

Posted: 9th, October 2016 | In: Key Posts, Politicians, Reviews | Comment

Other parents: dad arrested for throwing away hairy 19-year-old son’s Lego

To Florida, where Nicholas Melice, Sr., 46, is rowing with his son, Nicholas Jr., 19.

 

 

 

Mr. Melice Sr. (above) wants to throw away Mr. Melice Jr.’s Lego.

It gets heated. Police are called.

“Both Mr. Melice … (read more)

Posted: 8th, October 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

‘Grab them by the pussy’: WikiLeaks, Hillary Clinton’s potential cover up and Trump’s Tic Tacs for sex

WikiLeaks has released bits of speeches Hillary Clinton gave in the years before her 2016 presidential campaign. It was a lucrative tour. Private audiences paid her “at least $26.1 million in speaking … (read more)

Posted: 8th, October 2016 | In: Key Posts, Politicians, Reviews | Comment (1)

Mother gets ‘keepsake’ vibrator stuck up her anus

Emma Phillips, Wallasey, Wirral, is the trainee teacher who got a large dildo stuck in her anus (?). This is no secret. Emma has not been exposed or outed in some … (read more)

Posted: 7th, October 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews, Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment

BBC trolls Liverpool and Arsenal fans with clickbait headline news

The BBC website is the font of all knowledge. It might as well be a newspaper. But instead of opting to compete in the open marketplace, the BBC news site consumes and … (read more)

Posted: 7th, October 2016 | In: Back pages, Liverpool, Sports | Comment

Listen to Michel Foucault’s free lectures at UC Berkeley, 1980-1983

Open Culture has a great post on French philosopher Michel Foucault (1926-1984), who lectured in English at UC Berkeley, delivering several lectures in English. And we can listen to everything this heavyweight in the filed … (read more)

Posted: 6th, October 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Steve Martin sings ‘Atheists don’t have no songs’

As Christmas rolls up we wonder about the atheists. Steve Martin is here to help. Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers perform at Merlefest 2010.

 

Until now!

A little tune called … (read more)

Posted: 5th, October 2016 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, Music | Comment

Kim Kardashian: milking the social media socialite for stolen jewels

Five robbers stole millions of pounds worth of jewellery and two cell phones from social media socialite Kim Kardashian in Paris. They held a gun to her head, says Sky news.

The … (read more)

Posted: 4th, October 2016 | In: Celebrities, Reviews, Tabloids | Comment

Media Balls: Arsenal’s winner sat Burnley was legal and what the referee saw

Media Balls: a look at newspaper reporting on Burnley v Arsenal. There were all manner of contradictory views spouted to deadline when Arsenal scored in the last moments to win … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, October 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

BBC twists Liverpool star James Milner’s words on Klopp

Can the media makes Liverpool midfielder James Milner sound controversial? Milner, 30, features on the BBC’s ‘gossip’ pages. The State broadcaster reports: “James Milner, 30, says Reds boss Jurgen Klopp … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, October 2016 | In: Back pages, Broadsheets, Liverpool, Sports | Comment (1)

Manchester United Balls: Toni Kroos ‘joins’ but will consider offers from Manchester City

Transfer balls – a look at dire football reporting. The BBC says Manchester City and Manchester United are chasing Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos, 26. Spanish TV  show El Chiringuito and … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Transfer balls: Mesut Ozil signs new Arsenal deal and gets replaced by Marco Reus

Transfer balls: Arsenal star Mesut Ozil is heading back to Real Madrid, says the BBC. Well, maybe. Maybe not.

The Beeb’s source is TuttoMercatoWeb.com, which says Ozil to Real will trigger a bid … (read more)

Posted: 1st, October 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Media balls: Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovich beats Zorya Luhansk on his holiday

Yesterday the Mirror reported that Zlatan Ibrahimovich had left Manchester United for a holiday. The Mirror said the “holiday” would mean Ibrahimovich missing Manchester United’s Europa League match with the mighty … (read more)

Posted: 29th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Key Posts, manchester united, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

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