Don't let the bedbugs, erm...
/How male bedbugs avoid getting shafted
Bedbugs (rather like Tiger Woods) are notoriously undiscerning about who they mount, and are wont to stab their penis straight into another male's abdomen. Now it seems they have evolved a way of telling mistaken mounters to back off. Female bedbugs have a structure beneath their carapace to guide the penis into a mass of infection-fighting immune cells, but males have no such protection. Camilla Ryne at Lund University in Sweden found that they respond instead by emitting a pheromone normally used to warn off predators.
The Big (Brother) Picture
/The picture that could land you in jail: How police in Big Brother Britain treat you like a terrorist for taking holiday snaps
Smith was standing on the corner with his cameras when he was approached by a security guard from the neighbouring Bank of America Merrill Lynch building. 'He asked me for ID,' says Smith. 'I politely explained that I didn't need to provide ID as I was standing in a public place. Then another, more senior, security guard came out. 'Again, I said that I didn't have to say who I was, and withdrew to the other side of the road.' Smith was then approached by a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) who demanded to know what he was doing. Their conversation was cut short by the noisy arrival of blaring police sirens bearing down from the east and west. As Smith watched in astonishment, three police cars, lights flashing frenetically, as well as a police riot van containing armed police officers, swerved into view and pulled up to investigate the 'incident' which consisted of nothing more than a man taking pictures of a church in the capital in broad daylight.Yes, it's The Daily Mail. Oooh, send me to left-liberal hell!
Dithering dope
/Bob 'the bungler' Ainsworth blew TWO chances to save couple held by pirates
Let's face it. If your life depended on the gormless Bob Ainsworth making a bold, swift decision you may as well consider yourself well and truly fucked.Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth let slip two opportunities to rescue a British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates. Elite Royal Marine commandos were twice ready to launch a critical assault on the gang who had captured Paul Chandler, 59, and his wife Rachel, 55. But each time Mr Ainsworth did not order the Royal Marines to move in. Nearly seven weeks later, the couple are still being held for a £4million ransom by the pirates
Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth let slip two opportunities to rescue a British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates. Elite Royal Marine commandos were twice ready to launch a critical assault on the gang who had captured Paul Chandler, 59, and his wife Rachel, 55. But each time Mr Ainsworth did not order the Royal Marines to move in. Nearly seven weeks later, the couple are still being held for a £4million ransom by the piratesNatural born liar
/Tony Blair admits: I would have invaded Iraq anyway
Blair is admitting that he was prepared to present any old set of lies to the British people and to parliament to justify invading Iraq, which he wanted to do on the grounds of getting rid of Saddam Hussein, even though that was not a legal justification for war and would have made the British involvement in the invasion a clear-cut illegal act of aggression against a sovereign state.
Blair could be around for another forty years.Let's hope that at some point he is made to face something a little more substantial than the gentlemen's club masquerading as the Chilcot inquiry. What a shameless, contemptible little shit Blair is.
Saddam Hussein killing his own people?! Why, how dare he! That's the job of western coalition forces led by the great peacemakers of the world, the USA. And they certainly made a better job of it than Saddam ever did.Tony Blair has said he would have invaded Iraq even without evidence of weapons of mass destruction and would have found a way to justify the war to parliament and the public. He made the confession during an interview with Fern Britton, to be broadcast on Sunday on BBC1, in which he said he would still have thought it right to remove Saddam Hussein from power. "If you had known then that there were no WMDs, would you still have gone on?" Blair was asked. He replied: "I would still have thought it right to remove him [Saddam Hussein]".
Significantly, Blair added: "I mean obviously you would have had to use and deploy different arguments about the nature of the threat." He continued: "I can't really think we'd be better with him and his two sons in charge, but it's incredibly difficult. That's why I sympathise with the people who were against it [the war] for perfectly good reasons and are against it now, but for me, in the end I had to take the decision." He explained it was "the notion of him as a threat to the region" because Saddam Hussein had used chemical weapons against his own people.
Tony Blair has said he would have invaded Iraq even without evidence of weapons of mass destruction and would have found a way to justify the war to parliament and the public. He made the confession during an interview with Fern Britton, to be broadcast on Sunday on BBC1, in which he said he would still have thought it right to remove Saddam Hussein from power. "If you had known then that there were no WMDs, would you still have gone on?" Blair was asked. He replied: "I would still have thought it right to remove him [Saddam Hussein]".Blair is admitting that he was prepared to present any old set of lies to the British people and to parliament to justify invading Iraq, which he wanted to do on the grounds of getting rid of Saddam Hussein, even though that was not a legal justification for war and would have made the British involvement in the invasion a clear-cut illegal act of aggression against a sovereign state.
Blair could be around for another forty years.Let's hope that at some point he is made to face something a little more substantial than the gentlemen's club masquerading as the Chilcot inquiry. What a shameless, contemptible little shit Blair is.
Did I say too many dickheads?
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You wan't to know why I don't have comments on this blog, why I've dumped Twitter and why I'm having less to do with political blogging in general? It's because of gormless, tedious, ignorant cunts like Douglas Clark.
Gagging for it
/UK injunction granted over golfer Tiger Woods
Lawyers for US golfer Tiger Woods have obtained a UK injunction preventing certain information purportedly about him being published.The order was granted by a judge at the High Court in London, and concerns alleged information which cannot be disclosed for legal reasons.So we don't know what it is we can't say about Tiger Woods and his sexual adventures. One thing we definitely can say: the man is a fucking idiot. I read somewhere earlier today that he hadn't paid for sex. Oh, boy! How wrong can you be, Mr Woods. You paid alright. You paid plenty. These are going to be the mosy expensive fucks you ever have in your life! I hope they were worth it.
Who said it was about oil?
/Iraq oil development rights contracts awarded
Oh, I bet!As much of its oil is relatively cheap to extract, analysts suggest the potential profits for foreign companies could be huge. "This is an opportunity without precedent anywhere else in the world.
The scale of reserves available for development and exploitation is without equal," Peter Kemp from Energy Intelligence told BBC News. "That is something that no oil company... can ignore."
As much of its oil is relatively cheap to extract, analysts suggest the potential profits for foreign companies could be huge. "This is an opportunity without precedent anywhere else in the world. These aren't regiments of 'Pals'.
/We are far too sentimental about ‘our boys’ - Matthew Parris
In an epoch of small wars in confusing and ambiguous causes, and with a fully professional military, we should not be emotionally ramping up what armed conflict is sometimes about. We are using the Second World War language of national survival and conscripted soldiers — “our boys” — to discuss what ought to be discussed as a limited operation, of an optional nature, in support of an important ally, using professional service-people working in their chosen career. There is not a single conscript in the British Armed Forces.
This is not a fight for our very existence, our whole way of life, all that is dear to us. It is not a race against time to forestall carnage on our streets at home. The pro-war brigade should cease talking up the stakes in these overblown terms.
How do you want your steak?
/Gaazete Xtra: Woman arrested for allegedly hitting boyfriend with raw steak
Via J-WalkA 53-year-old was arrested after allegedly hitting a man in the head with a raw steak. According to a Marion County Sheriff's Office report, the man told deputies Elsie Egan repeatedly hit him with the uncooked meat and slapped his face after he refused a piece of sliced bread. The man said he wanted a bread roll. Egan denied hitting the man with the steak but did admit to slapping him, saying she did it "so that he could learn."
A 53-year-old was arrested after allegedly hitting a man in the head with a raw steak. According to a Marion County Sheriff's Office report, the man told deputies Elsie Egan repeatedly hit him with the uncooked meat and slapped his face after he refused a piece of sliced bread. The man said he wanted a bread roll. Egan denied hitting the man with the steak but did admit to slapping him, saying she did it "so that he could learn."I saw Daddy kissing Santa Claus...
/(Gay) Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Surely there's nothing wrong with asking whether Santa Claus could ever be gay, right? Well, not if you're Focus on the Family. For them, you might as well call Santa Claus a murderer. Posting on their blog Citizenlink, everyone's favorite organization that focuses a lot on persecuting gay people and very little on families, writes that the play destroys the innocence of Christmas and shows the dark side of homosexual activists.
More psycho-nonsense
/Why is Amanda Knox's conviction so upsetting?
First Post's resident psychobabbler chimes in with yet more 'insights' into the repercussions of the Knox trial. More mumbo-jumbo from someone no more qualified to make these assertions and judgements than I am.
I'm still waiting for a reply to my email.
A psychoanalyst offers an explanation for America's fury at murder conviction
First Post's resident psychobabbler chimes in with yet more 'insights' into the repercussions of the Knox trial. More mumbo-jumbo from someone no more qualified to make these assertions and judgements than I am.
I'm still waiting for a reply to my email.
