Dear Mr Cameron ( Read more... )

Guilty, eh? So, the black immigrant man gets 30 years, the brazen American hussy gets 26 years and the young Italian man gets 25 years. Odd sentencing.

Also odd is that the only people I feel really sorry for in all of this are the Kercher family, and the victim herself.

I, for one, welcome our new Ant Overlords:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8127000/8127519.stm

Morgan Freeman has been seriously hurt in a car accident.

I'm really hoping he pulls through. He's ace!

At the risk of sounding heartless, I'm sick to death of hearing about that woman soldier who was killed in Afghanistan. Why all this endless harping on about her particularly, just because of her gender?  She was a solider, and just like all those other (male) soliders who were killed yesterday  - who have not been mentioned by name in every news ( Read more... )

This just in from our newsdesk!

(If you're not chortling by the time you reach the last line, you need to go and buy a sense of humour).

"Today on ITN's lunchtime news, as Shannon Matthews' step-father is charged in court with possession of child pornography we go live to Dewsbury ( Read more... )

Andy Kershaw really does seem to have lost the plot!  You'd think over a month in prison might have taught him something, but apparently not.

That's what too much World Music does to your brain, I reckon. Just say no, kids!

This site is absolute genius.

I defy you to read at least one news story and not laugh out loud.

My particular faves are:

New Radio Station Will Be Non-Stop Drivel

and

"Look At The Size Of This Fucking Rat"

The latter had me crying real tears of proper laughter.

(With thanks to Sam, who sent me the original link).

I don't really feel all that upset at hearing of the death of Tony Wilson. Perhaps because I'm not from Manchester/North West of England so didn't see him on local news stuff in my youth or go to the Hacienda - though of course I'd heard of it and Factory records - or perhaps because I wasn't really into the music that he was responsible for ( Read more... )