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Plane Frenzy
Horribly addictive:
http://flightsimx.cyclops.amnesia.com.au/index.html
I got it to go 85.026m (so, that's 125,560 in the world rankings...woo?) -
Fundies & Nazis Unite in Russian Gay Hate
Just about the very worse thing I have read in a while - and once again we see religious (almost certainly Christian) extremists and the far-right cuddling up together for a good 'ol fashioned hate-in.
Religious orthodox protesters and skinheads hurled eggs and stones - injuring Mr Tatchell in the eye. They also attacked Richard Fairbrass, the gay ( Read more... ) -
WiFi Woo & Wibble
In response to last night's deeply unscientific credulous scaremongering fair and balanced Panorama report into the health concerns associated with WiFi and other RF radiation (won't somebody please think of the children!) comes this marvellous rebuttal from the ever dependable The Register:
"No such scientific evidence exists for the damage ( Read more... ) -
Not the Guiness...Nooooooooo!
Several peeps have posted about the animal rennet in chocs thing already, but Teh Graundian has put out a handy list of which of our favourite nibbles are veggie unfriendly.
And bugger it, Guinness is one of them.....*sulk* -
Badger Genocide Performs As Predicted...
Quelle*fucking*Surprise...
"Badgers are a scapegoat for bad farming practices and an inadequate bovine TB testing regime. Our findings make a mockery of the demands for badger culling made in Britain by the National Farmers' Union and other organisations."
So, badger culling could actually make bovine TB worse...? Seeing as there was scant ( Read more... ) -
Those Who Forget History....
"We cannot run the processes of modern society by attempting to impose our will upon nations by armed force. If we have not learned that, we have learned nothing. Therefore, from our point of view here, whatever may have been the morality of the government's action, there is no doubt about its imbecility. There is not the slightest shadow of doubt ( Read more... ) -
1st of May, 1st of May...
...you all know what begins today ( Read more... ) -
TehGraundian Cut'n'Paste
Un-be-fucking-lievable: British diplomats acting like Crabb and Goyle to BAE's Malfoy...
Those who have read Mark Thomas' brilliant, 'As Used On Nelson Mandela' will register no surprise what so ever at the above... Let's hope Prof Pieth has a bit of Potter in him....
Also,
Sheryl 'One Sheet' Crow has pop at Karl 'Darth' Rove and earns 'Dude' ( Read more... ) -
Wolf On US Fascism
Author and political commentator Naomi Wolf details the 10 steps that fascistic regimes have historically used to de-democratise their host countries, and warns that all of these have been undertaken by the current US administration.
Because Americans like me were born in freedom, we have a hard time even considering that it is possible for us ( Read more... )