The unimportant news thread

[Philoctetes3]

Clean everything Polish lad - I like that show.

Yeah, Britain has a whole variety of shows like that which are fantastic. Plus anything that Frankie Boyle takes part in is gold.

[Karl Henning]

Animal of the Day

[ibanezmonster]

Animal of the Day

Rob Newman was featured as the 9th entry, on June 5. Go get 'em, champ! 

[Todd]

Ah, so that's all it will take.  Let me break into my piggy bank.

[Karl Henning]

Luckily, there's cash a-plenty on the balance sheet!

[Todd]

What a pisser.

[eyeresist]

How the West still has no idea what it's doing with Iran:

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v34/n12/pankaj-mishra/why-werent-they-grateful

[ibanezmonster]

Poor Tony Parker... why does he surround himself with losers?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/tony-parker-got-shards-glass-eye-during-drake-174449702--nba.html

[Lethevich]

Rupert Murdoch called Tony Blair urging him not to delay the invasion of Iraq, former Number 10 communications chief Alastair Campbell has said.

wat

[knight66]

Is this the right thread for this I wonder? It seems to me that the attempts at subversion of our political strategy is quite fundamental. I wonder if there are honours the USA can provide to Murdoch for his sterling work on their behalf?

Mike

[Todd]

I wonder if there are honours the USA can provide to Murdoch for his sterling work on their behalf?

Citizenship?

[knight66]

To the extent that would be termed an honour, he already had it. There is probably something else he can squeeze out of the system.

Mike

[Todd]

To the extent that would be termed an honour, he already had it.

Yes, I know.  I suppose he can enjoy the benefits of being a rich American citizen, which includes getting richer.

[Karl Henning]

In America, the richer you get, the more you can be sure that God approves of your life.  Q.E.D.

[eyeresist]

Why China fears the Teletubbies

The many curious search terms you shouldn't use in China. My favourite is "best actor" - a derisive term for Premier Wen Jiabao.

[Todd]

Hmm, what's up in Germany?  This so shortly after the Germans decided to prevent non-Germans from taking German names.  It would seem that both decisions could be construed as being targeted at minorities.  Nah.

(At least it resulted in a new phrase of note: "circumcision tourism".)

[Karl Henning]

Hmm, what's up in Germany?  This so shortly after the Germans decided to prevent non-Germans from taking German names.  It would seem that both decisions could be construed as being targeted at minorities.  Nah.

(At least it resulted in a new phrase of note: "circumcision tourism".)

Squirming a bit, since I just watched Conspiracy last night . . . .

[Gurn Blanston]

I found it interesting and amusing that, in the middle of the article, they felt they had to break off momentarily and to parenthetically define "penology".... 

[Gurn Blanston]

After 17 years of playing at golf, this morning I made a hole-in-one. 145 yd Par 3, 6 iron. I was amused.

Odds against:  12,000/1

[mc ukrneal]

After 17 years of playing at golf, this morning I made a hole-in-one. 145 yd Par 3, 6 iron. I was amused.

Odds against:  12,000/1

Hey that's great! Now you can get started on your next 'streak'!