Alastair Campbell: Why, suddenly, are so many people prepared to believe a man who lies and spins for a living… especially when his immediate livelihood depends on us giving a damn about his book? Won’t be buying, won’t be reading… … Continue reading →

Good morning, and here is the news: Alan Johnston has been freed… and here is your replacement button: The missing protestor has been found… or has he? Nick Boles is to receive treatment for cancer… it feels like Christmas has … Continue reading →

Watch this, then read this.

Torboto: The Robot That Tortures People (mirror) Link via neOnbubble.

Via goatchurch and Peter Gasston: The New Yorker – The General’s Report (by Seymour M. Hersh): Taguba, watching the hearings, was appalled. He believed that Rumsfeld’s testimony was simply not true. “The photographs were available to him – if he … Continue reading →

I’m sure you simply can’t get by without knowing that Cho Seung-Hui not only bought some Walther P22 magazines via this eBay profile (blazers5505), but also a collection of rubber duckies. So far there is no word of the buying … Continue reading →

Old people don’t like it up ’em vs. young people don’t have it in ’em.

One would be a fool to expect him to handle this subject using language of the delicate variety.

Meet John Lucas Preston. He was born in Britain in 1970 and grew up in Leeds. At the age of 18, he visited Pakistan… and since then he has been battling for his life. On 17 December 1988, while travelling … Continue reading →