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Monthly Archives: May 2011

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Let Colonel Gadaffi stay in Libya, then…

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by Matt Wardman on May 31, 2011

The New York Times is reporting that Colonel Gadaffi will not leave Libya.

In talks with South Africa President Jacob Zuma, the

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Monkey Business

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by Gildas the Monk on May 30, 2011

It is a well known mathematical and philosophical conundrum. If the universe is infinite, then somewhere, according to the laws of probability, there must be an infinite number of monkeys sitting on front of type writers.

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Schadenfreude

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by SadButMadLad on May 29, 2011

Normally when you see someone doing something naughty you always think “if only there was a policeman here” who would then nab the naughty person and give them a good talking to.

Well I hate

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Ok, I want United to Lose, but Who Cares?

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by OutspokenRabbit on May 28, 2011

Here’s a list of football teams that all have a few things in common. Liverpool, Everton, Ipswich Town, Bolton Wanderers, Millwall, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Rangers, Celtic, Dundee United, Hearts, Hibs,

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Total Balls

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by Gildas the Monk on May 28, 2011

Elderly patients on hospital wards left alone, unwashed, unfed, dehydrated, water and alarms left out of their reach.

Frail and frightened, left – quite literally – to rot in their own urine and faeces, developing

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The Ballard of Elliot Morley

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by Anna Raccoon on May 27, 2011

With apologies to the Beatles

Elliot Morley
Pays off his mortgage and pockets a cool sixteen grand
All cash in hand;
‘Sloppy accounting’,
All a mistake and there’s nobody else he can blame,
Oh, what a shame!

All the crooked people,
Where do they

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A Glimmer for the Family of Ian Tomlinson

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by OutspokenRabbit on May 26, 2011

The death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protest in April 2009 may well go down as an incident which changed the instincts of many in Britain towards the police and how they go about their

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Obama – That Speech in Full

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by Randy Hack on May 26, 2011

As noted by Randy Hack, political correspondent

Hello.

My name is Barak Obama.
I look a bit like Morgan Freeman. And I sound like him too.
Especially in The Shawshank Redemption. Which is quite a good film.
There

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Why I shop at Tesco

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by SadButMadLad on May 25, 2011

It’s the in thing to hate Tesco. You’re cool if you reject Tesco and it’s plans to take over the world. The proponents of the anti-Tesco campaign have many

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Rakofsky versus the Internet

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by Matt Wardman on May 25, 2011

It’s nice to know that apocalyptic language is still daily use in some circles:

Washington Post, through Alexander and Jenkins, in a grossly irresponsible manner without due consideration for the standards of information gathering and dissemination ordinarily followed

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Picture Caption Contest.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 24, 2011

Just think, if all the footballers in all the world kept their dongle in their trousers, we could have saved an entire rain forest from being cut down to provide news paper…..

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Heralding a New Division

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by Anna Raccoon on May 24, 2011

The Scottish Herald appears to my southern eyes to be a strong supporter of Alex Salmond and thus his desire for independence from the UK. Scottish readers are free to disagree with me on this point.

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The Quiet Revolution.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 24, 2011

There are 10,000 miles of railway track and around 2,500 railway stations in Britain. Not many people know that – except the railway buffs, and the British Transport Police. For despite their all

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The Real Dons get a Sense of Closure

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by OutspokenRabbit on May 23, 2011

I’ve nothing whatsoever against Luton Town, and in fact had a certain fondness for them as my early years of watching football coincided with the end of their period

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Red Tape Challenge

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by SadButMadLad on May 23, 2011

The government is asking for your help in cutting bureaucracy. It is admitting that it doesn’t know how to cut the red tape but at least it’s acknowledging that it could do with cutting. At least

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Rabbit Awareness Week

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by Matt Wardman on May 23, 2011

It’s Rabbit Awareness Week, and you missed it – didn’t you?

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Rude Boys Rule, OK?

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by Anna Raccoon on May 23, 2011

Reading through the morning blogs, you can be amused, intrigued, informed, misinformed, inflamed, alarmed, and very occasional, completely pole-axed, as someone relates an incident in their life that illustrates a truism that had never occurred to you.

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Laurie Penny going round in circles over the Spanish Revolution

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by Matt Wardman on May 22, 2011

This morning, Laurie Penny our fearless investigative reporter set out to research the stories covered by the papers, taking grave personal risk to read the Internet. And a detailed

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The New Improved DIY Daily Fail.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 22, 2011

We have whinged so long and so competently that the Daily Fail and the extra informative Sunday edition merely makes up its stories – when it is not nicking them from bloggers that is – that today’s

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Groves and DeGale Stir Up Old Memories.

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by OutspokenRabbit on May 21, 2011

One of the perceived problems in modern boxing that causes irritation to many fans of the sport is the failure of the best to meet each other when it matters. The on-off Pacquaio vs Mayweather fight is the

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Could be a serial killer?

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by Anna Raccoon on May 21, 2011

Who said Plod was thick? Eh? Eat your words now! He knows exactly where to look for a body – and may shortly be widening his enquiries, after he finds several more…… The sniffer dogs will

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Reading between the lines

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by SadButMadLad on May 21, 2011

Orville Smith, a store manager for Best Buy in Augusta, Georgia, told police he observed a male customer, later identified as Tyrone Jackson of Augusta, on surveillance cameras putting a laptop computer under his jacket.

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Tales From The Cabinet Room Bug

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by Livewire on May 20, 2011

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Call Me Dave:“Welcome, colleagues, a jolly good day to save the planet by inventing new taxes and throwing more money at the PIIGS. Theresa, how are we doing

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Takeway nappies

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by SadButMadLad on May 20, 2011

Nappies. Do you use reusable or disposable?

Everyone has a view as to which one to use. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages.

Reusable – Con: messy, separate washing Pro: reused,

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Strauss-Kahn and the Diallo violin orchestra.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 20, 2011

The global economy has been described as a ‘world family’. Let us stick with that analogy for a moment.

The family owes more than it is earning, in fact owes mores more than the total amount

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Different levels of crime

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by SadButMadLad on May 19, 2011

So Ken Clarke made a boo boo the other day and got his words in a twist and didn’t say exactly what he meant to say about the crime of rape.

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The Right Wing Radio Duck conspiracy

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by Matt Wardman on May 19, 2011

[Update: I’m having a couple of problems embedding video, so I’ve used links.] The best “patchwork” video I have even seen – one constructed from a montage of sources – is “Right Wing Radio Duck”, where “Donald Duck

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Right, said Fred…..

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by Anna Raccoon on May 19, 2011

Despite reports to the contrary, Ms Raccoon is not superwoman, and cannot manage to be in two places at once.

I am currently in the middle of moving house.

Mr G finds it perfectly normal

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When Privacy Law prevents reliable reporting.

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by Matt Wardman on May 17, 2011

This morning I was granted an insight into the image of England as it may be seen from abroad, complete with our funny English superinjunctions and our ruritanian

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The Ancient Art of Verbal Origami.

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by Anna Raccoon on May 17, 2011

The ultimate goal of practitioners of this art is to take perfectly inoffensive words, good deeds, incentives, bright ideas, and through intricate folding of the same words into other sentences, incorporate them into a new sculpture of

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