So what, remind us, is this town twinning lark supposed to be for? Harrow Council Labour’s administration has voted to investigate twinning the borough with a ragbag of assorted slums and pet projects of its Labour administration. At a Council meeting on 4th November, Labour councillors voted through a motion […]
It’s more like Paris ‘68 than the traditional British reserve on view today in London ’10. Students have hurled bricks and firebombs, smashing their way into the wrong building – all under the watchful eye of news helicopters and a hapless Kay Burley not knowing that the Conservatives had moved out […]
A visit to that home of daftness, the Austrian Times is long overdue, so let’s go there to meet Londoner Chris “Crazy Chris” Lynam. If we think that Britain’s Got Talent is basically the worst form of nonsense then spare a thought for the German equivalent. Chris (who doesn’t speak […]
We’ve often heard about rogue sat-navs causing drivers to end up stuck in fields or over cliffs. But there’s a big difference between taking computer guidance seriously and….invading the country next door. Based upon an error in Google Maps, it’s claimed that Nicaraguan troops have invaded Costa Rica by crossing […]
On Softpedia we read that: A hacker claims to have gained full access to the website of the British Royal Navy and the underlying database through an SQL injection attack. The public disclosure was made by a Romanian self-confessed security enthusiast who uses the online handle of “TinKode.” TinKode writes […]
It appears that Obama’s brain, the teleprompter with its very own blog, is about to make history: This will be the first time a teleprompter will be used in the nearly 100-feet high dome-shaped hall that has portraits of eminent national leaders adorning its walls. Indian politicians are known for […]
Apparently it’s a protest song by a band called Burkha Blue which bills itself as Afghanistan’s only all-female band; currently artistically “resting” due to likelihood of waking up dead. It’s catchy in a fuckinghellisthisforreal sort of way. Enjoy. Or not.
Things don’t get much more stupid than this: When an inebriated driver was pulled over by police after being spotted swerving dangerously across the road in Lincoln, Nebraska he must have known that his chances did not look good. The bottle of vodka and empty beer cans might be overlooked, […]
Those who still believe in the global warming hoax recite the same tired talking points with the mindlessness of robots — so it’s no surprise that a Twitter chatbot is being used to make their arguments for them: The bot is named @AI_AGW (the photo is of HAL 9000’s camera-eye), […]
Question Time tonight comes from Sheffield, a city with the world’s first ever official football club, 2 million trees and absolutely no Tory councillors. On the panel tonight we have David Davis MP, Jeremy Browne MP, Jack Straw MP, Universal Shami (to be fair, she hasn’t been somewhere on the BBC […]
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