BBC America, really, does DCI Gene Hunt really need subtitles in written English?

So, as I sweated at the gym, I tuned into a BBC broadcast. There was a story on Cairo's homeless children, receiving some help through foreign NGOs to bathe & feed them...the younger ones held by Oliver Twist-style gangs of older youths drugged on bags of whiteout ( Read more... )

Dear Beebs,

No, your disgusting use of advertisement in the lower left-hand corner of my screen is not appreciated in the slightest. You are 'B B C' not 'A O L.' Please cease & desist forthwith.

No love,

Me.

1. I really shouldn't be as amused by this as I am. Like something out of a Dirty Harry or Bruce Lee film. Senior citizen tourist kills would-be mugger with his bare hands. How quickly we brush over the PTSD trained killers in our midst, even in the senior circuit.

2. More American involvement in the Ethiopian operation in Somalia is unveiled. I ( Read more... )

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