It could just be a coincidence that no one has seen or heard from Fidel Castro or Osama bin Laden during the same period of time. Or it could be the two are hanging out together on the beach courtesy of some Bush/Oil/Halliburton conspiracy.
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Cate Blanchett is just the latest in a long line of not all that attractive women to play men in movies. When life beats you with an ugly stick maybe taking running with it and running with it is the way to go. Cate is going to star as Bob Dylan in her latest movie, perhaps Mr Magoo will be doing the voice overs for the sake of authenticity.
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The safety problems affecting Chinese goods spread from toys to textiles on Monday as New Zealand said it would investigate allegations that imported children’s clothes contained dangerous levels of formaldehyde. Experts bring up the rational point that this makes up a tiny fraction of exports from China and that most of the defective products come from unscrupulous sub contractors and are isolated incidents. Myopic news lemmings like me who will readily latch onto any half baked conspiracy theory see something far more sinister…
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A MIRACLE material for the 21st century could protect your home against bomb blasts, mop up oil spillages and even help man to fly to Mars. Aerogel, one of the world’s lightest solids, can withstand a direct blast of 1kg of dynamite and protect against heat from a blowtorch at more than 1,300C.
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Looking for amnesty at a reasonable price? For just $50, two nonfederally recognized Indian tribes are offering membership to thousands of illegal immigrants, claiming they can achieve legal status by joining the groups.
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The BBC has dropped plans to show a fictional terror attack in an episode of Casualty to avoid offending Muslims. The first show of the hospital drama’s new series was to have featured a storyline about an explosion caused by Islamic extremists.
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Muslims in England are calling for the Prime Minister to condemn a new play making fun of terrorism. The new play features women in burkas, suicide bombers and singing - and guess what if it was about anything else it would have opened and closed without anyone ever talking about it, let alone trying to boycott it.
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I had an idiot friend in high school who’s pet rattlesnake got loose in his room and he went looking for it with pillows wrapped around his legs and a mop. This guy is even dumber than Paul, who went on to wash cars for a living…
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A clever brothel in Australia has come up with a timely promotion, discounted gas! The Pink Palace is giving clients 30 cents off their bill for every litre of petrol they buy as part of its “pump and save” campaign.
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Nearly ten million people in Britain are out of work - more than six times the official unemployment rate - it was revealed last night. The ‘hidden army’ of jobless accounts for a quarter of the working-age population.
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