June 2010
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Ceiling falls in on wedding reception
A sign from above - RUNAmplify’d from www.wedding-news.co.uk£42k compensation payout after ceiling falls in on wedding reception A bride from Ireland has received a £42,000 compensation payout after the ceiling at the hotel where she held her wedding reception caved in on the party. The ceiling fell in just as the bride and groom were preparing to take to the floor for their first dance at the...
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'middle class' as an insult
Amplify’d from www.guardian.co.ukWhy I use ‘middle class’ as an insult Those who have had the doorways to power open to them from birth use that power to protect their own kind’s interests I’ve been pulled up by Cif commenters a few times now for comments I’ve made both above and below the line in which I’ve employed the term “middle class” as an...
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England skulk home
Amplify’d from www.guardian.co.ukWorld Cup 2010: England skulk home to be greeted with indifference England’s embarrassment of a national team did their best to hide from the public but need not have worried – noboby could be bothered turning up to greet them Football may not, as it turns out, be coming home; but this morning England’s players did, touching down at Heathrow 36 hours...
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English Speaking Soccer Is A Joke
Amplify’d from www.businessinsider.comForget The Goal Line Blunder, English Speaking Soccer Is A Joke But, with all the money spent in England, the U.S., and commonwealth nations, why is this? Money - The U.S. national team is made up of players, most of which come from middle class suburban backgrounds. Those players will never have the escapist desire or singular focus to move beyond their class...
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Best Fashion Blog on the Web?
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Blogger Session, Pitti Immagine
“Let’s see if you can make The Sartorialist speak French” Mr. Del Delitto said when he knew I was going to the meeting of bloggers and medias organized by Harmont&Blaine last Thursday during Pitti. “I say he cannot speak a word” he added. -...
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Rich Politicians
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Rich Politicians— A Scourge Of Democracy
My observations of our system of representative government have uncovered a fatal flaw. Money. And I don’t mean campaign contributions (although that’s a huge problem too). Too many of our elected representatives are filthy rich. Top 2% rich. Don’t need to work rich. Completely...
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How We Fool Ourselves
Amplify’d from www.scientificamerican.comHow We Fool Ourselves Over and Over
scientific americanIn a new book “The Invisible Gorilla and Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us,” authors Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons show how little we know about our own knowledge. Christie Nicholson reports Sometimes we don’t face that 800-pound gorilla in the room because we don’t notice him...
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Palin Going Dutch!
Amplify’d from www.talkingpointsmemo.comPalin: Call in the Dutch! I tend to think of making fun of Sarah Palin as pretty old hat. I mean, she has to say something pretty silly at this point to make me take notice. But last night she went on O’Reilly to rail on the president for not getting the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico stopped. And when pressed on just how he was...
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N.Korea wants $65 trillion compensation →
with costs?
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Huhne should've come out as gay →
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Mobile/Cell phone use while driv →
Chris Huhne - learns Tory ways →
Here we go - the sleaze has begun
Her last call was from a new cell phone. →
see more on http://www.safetyphoto.co.uk/index.html
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Urgent Baby Carrier Recall →
Have you seen this man - Gordon Brown? →
Maybe he is at Lizzies Mum’s for tea?
The real villain of the Gulf oil-spill →
Lord Browne of Madingley?
Rip Van Winkles wake up to Bhopal →
Its still not over
BP Fund Is a Magnet for Fraud →
I think I see some oil coming up the Thames
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Site meeting →
Safety Funny →
Green side up, more on www.safetyphoto.co.uk
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Is he the world's biggest joke thief? →
wonder if he has any good safety jokes?
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Fire Alarm Safety
mvnm:
www.safetyphoto.co.uk
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Korea's secret weapon →
send the spice girls
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Funny BP spill →
Should It Be Legal To Fire the Unattractive? →
Cleaning plant →
CHINA: Spate of Factory Suicides Exposes Sorry... →
iPhone apps for a safer you →
Woman gets €45k after boss put nude pictures in... →
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Alien moth invades British conker trees →
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Shift start times can impact sleep and alertness →
*yawn*
Macabre suicide →
cactus to sue boss →
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asbestos battle →