This one made me laugh. Dramatis Personae:

• Northern Rock: British bank in a little bit of financial difficulty.
• Wikileaks: Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Set up intentionally to allow documents to be hosted without censorship.
And get this, this is the genius one...
• Schillings: ( Read more... )

Right then, last year, you lot voted that Best Xmas song lyric ever is: You scumbag, you maggot You cheap lousy faggot
Well, this morning, BBC Radio 1 decided this was offensive to some listeners but then later on in the day saw sense and backed down. I agree with pickwick, it's a damn shame that the BBC manages to tie itself into hoops as often as it does ( Read more... )

Following up from yesterday, this morning's best radio show award goes to Stewart Lee proclaiming the Devil gets the best tunes. Lee of course is co-creator of Jerry Springer: The Opera, and the show, available on Listen Again, has interviews with Andy Hamilton about oldharrysgame and a bit about the Faustian elements of the Charlie Daniels Band song Devil ( Read more... )

There are some days, y'know, when the British legal system does us all proud. Two different stories today. Stripogram copper walks on offensive weapon rap | The Register:Kennedy was dragged before the beak at Aberdeen sheriff court on the offensive weapons rap. However, Sheriff Kenneth Stewart ruled he had no case to answer.
Because arresting a ( Read more... )