Forget blinding the horse, that cigarette is utterly offensive

"He appears to blind a horse on stage, he is naked and he has to simulate losing his virginity. But what really ruffled feathers yesterday was that Daniel Radcliffe, the 17-year-old star of the Harry Potter films, will smoke on stage in his West End debut. Photographs...

White House news conference

From BBC report Nick Robinson's Newslog: 'I've just been eyeballed long and hard by George Bush for suggesting he might be in denial re Iraq. It's important, he told me, that you understand that I understand that it's bad.' President Bush does not appear pleased.See the...

USA may find Microsoft and Time Warner patents and copyrights legally ignored...

Randy Balko explains how the US ban on internet gambling are in blatant violation of the World Trade Organisation rules.   This means aggrieved countries can retaliate by imposing sanctions.   No point, he rightly suggests, in slapping sanctions on US...

'Get the Troops Out of Iraq' -- says Head of British Army

"In an interview in the Daily Mail, Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, is quoted as saying the British should "get out some time soon"."He said: "I don't say that the difficulties we are experiencing round the world are caused by our presence in...

“Give me sex, money and I’ll protect you from terrorists” — 8 years f...

Man tricks woman, over several years, into believing she’s under threat from violent Islamic extremists from whom he can protect her, in return for sex and money.   Gets 8 years.

Sex Toy of the Week: George W Bush Butt Plug « Not Saussure

"Not much one can add to the title, I suppose. It’s apparently 4″ long and not recommended for taking through airport security in the USA."

British Attorney General warns US on Gitmo detainees

"In a speech that received a standing ovation from members of the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association, Lord Goldsmith acknowledged that he was interfering in a "live, and sensitive, domestic political debate". But he said it was not purely...

Man needed surgery after sex with hedgehog

"Zoran Nikolovic, 35, from Belgrade, says the witchdoctor told him it would cure his premature ejaculation."

George Galloway's Respect Party to publish Amnesty Condemnation of Hezbollah?

Amnesty International has recently published two separate reports on the war in Lebanon, one highly critical of Israel and one highly critical of Hezbollah.    Conservative British blogger Mr Eugenides noticed that George Galloway's Respect Party Supporters...

British woman's thoughts on her 19-year-old sister's army experiences in Iraq

"At 19 my sister is handling medical conditions that her peers suffered in WW1. Working for the RMP, she scraps Iraqis off lampposts after jaw-dropping road traffic accidents and she goes into the middle of the desert in shit snatch landrovers and patrols with a thermal...

BBC NEWS | Politics | UK minister to condemn Guantanamo

A Cabinet minister is due to denounce Guantanamo Bay detention centre as a "shocking affront to the principles of democracy", it has emerged. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, is expected to voice the most outspoken criticism of US terror policy yet made by a...

Chatham House report : Al-Qaeda still significant but losing ground

" Al-Qaeda still significant but losing ground Friday 8 September 2006 Key messages: • Al-Qaeda's image as a global player has been unintentionally enhanced by the US and its allies • However, the US-led globally coordinated security measures have seriously undermined...