Well, bloody hell, it's been one hell of a week in the UK, hasn't it?

Last week NI closed down The News of the World. Since then it hasn't got any easier for them.

1) After it became clear that the House of Commons was going to vote unanimously for News Corp to pull out of the BSkyB bid, they did just that:- Rupert Murdoch gives up BSkyB ( Read more... )

Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford has been gravely shot and is in surgery, while eight others are critical in hospital and there are four dead on the scene.

The BBC

The Huffington Post

NPRMy thoughts go out to her family and to all the others who have been killed and hurt, and their families ( Read more... )

1) First, some good news about del.ici.ous - They are looking to sell it, not bin it

2) Those red shirts get everywhere

3) It's very sad that this actually needs to be a campaign, but yay for the campaign Stop the Blame campaign

A woman is never responsible for being raped or sexually assaulted, but a culture of victim-blaming is still prevalent ( Read more... )

Okay, so you only don't know this if you've been hiding under a rock for the last few days, but the Senate finally, FINALLY voted to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. A fucking awful policy if ever their was one.

Via the Huffington PostIn related news, Senator McCain is a homophobic asshole. After saying three years ago that he would support a change ( Read more... )

So, this is another 'people are stupid' post, but this time it is real people and not fictional characters ( Read more... )

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Tea Party t-shirts

I want a t-shirt with all of them on.

Is My husband Gay - it took me a while to realise this was being written seriously and not just a satire of the stereotypical crap that homophobes come out with ( Read more... )

1) If anyone has missed what is going on with Jay Leno and Conan O'Brian on NBC, David Letterman has a brief and really rather funny summing up right here:-

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And this is Jimmy Kimmel telling Jay Leno pretty much what we're all thinking to his face. Hilarious doesn't even begin to cover it:-

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Much like I will never understand the American attitude towards guns, I don't think I'll ever understand their attiude towards health care.

It is truly making my mind boggle.

insurance companies will be prohibited from denying coverage because of a person's medical history. Period. They will not be able to drop your coverage if you get sick. ( Read more... )

1) Any amusement I find at Labour doing so dismally in the European elections is diminished by the fact that BNP now hold two seats. Also that the UKIP came in second. It's all far too depressing.

2) Salon.com's take on Obama's Facebook homepage is hilarious. Take a look3) I have the self restraint of...of, well, something that lacks self ( Read more... )