I heard the news today, oh boy..

[downsouth]

It is so dull and predictable. A blubbering morass of scare tactics and other ways to control the population. A change of tack.. please!

[barrymarshall]

Revolution, anyone?

I'm not doing anything on Saturday afternoon.

I can supply the petrol and the rags. Anyone got any spare bottles? Mine have already gone in the recycling ...

[mockney piers]

Yeah, I'll bring the tar and I'm sure we can get some feathers from William Rose

[downsouth]

I'll raise some money - say ?100 for ammunition. I was thinking to buy buns from Le Chandelier - hang on, we'd run out of ammo within 60 seconds.

[mockney piers]

Perhaps we could get the WI to embroider us some nice banners with hard hitting slogans

"Detention orders for Foxtons"

"Down with this sort of thing"

"More tea vicar, but not at these prices"

and the like

[barrymarshall]

"Abolish Jojo Bebe and replace it with something nicer"

[mockney piers]

guinness* is good for you it's official

*any beer really

[Jah Lush]

Hmmm...I can't quite see the lads coming off the pitch at the Emirates Stadium or Old Trafford and being handed cans of Stella instead of the energy drinks they seem to guzzle with impunity.

[mockney piers]

people not as green as they claim

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=522&Itemid=59

[Michael Palaeologus]

Guiness is not good for you if you have spent a whole wedding weekend in Sean's home town drinking nothing but Guiness.

[Ant]

Not exactly news, but I wanted to share it.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/toronto/biggest-bsod-of-all-time-320824.php

[mockney piers]

Ha ha ha, I love it!!!

Ooh, and I've been there.

[Ant]

I knew you'd appreciate the one Mockers.

[SeanMacGabhann]

"Careful now..."

Downsouth - I'm so with you

But when it works so well why would anyone change it?

"The easiest way to keep people in line is to scare the shit out of 'em" - Be Dead by The Fatima Mansions

You see how we are treated at airports? That's how governments would love to treat us all the time...

[mockney piers]

Sometimes the news s just too much to bear.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/09/lily_allen_social_networking/

[Keef]

"The paper reports the BBC's executive editor Karl Warner said: "She's one of the hottest acts around and an important voice of her generation."

And according to the Beeb website, BBC Three controller Danny Cohen said: "She's one of the hottest acts around and an important voice of her generation."

Busted! >:D<

[mockney piers]

Iran stockpiling atoms and expected to reach 2016 within a decade.

We should all be 45 minutes from being afraid if this all proves true.

[lozzyloz]

I've always suspected this was the case. I've noticed a sharp decline in the number of atoms in circulation. It's time we sent in the troops to claim the atoms that rightly belong to the democratic world.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I think you'll find Lozzyloz that it's due to natural wastage. Besides, with the principle of last atom in, first atom out, I think we have no need to panic.

[edited for atrocious spelling - got my head mixed up with my tenet]

[lozzyloz]

Thanks for clearing that up PGC. Another worrying trend is the illegal bilateral trade in toy train sets. Have you seen what Norwegian kids are getting this Christmas?

[mockney piers]

Whilst picking up a takeaway curry yesterday (couldn't be bothered to do a sainsburys shop frankly) I was flicking through that dreadful rag they call the sun.

Yesterday's main editorial basically said "lets go to war with Iran".

No matter how horrific a paper it amy be we can't deny it has a hefty influence.

By and large the majority did not support the last war, do you think Murdoch can sway the populace over Iran with rubbish rhetoric like "The only thing worse than a War with Iran, is a nuclear Iran...blah...ahmdinejad bad man...blah"

[SeanMacGabhann]

Like me, when you actually pick it up occassionally, the Sun STILL manages to surprise and offend in equal measure

Not sure if it has a "hefty" influence tho'. And do you mean influence on "the powers that be" or the poulation at large. I would argue they have more power on the political advisors than the general population

If you are of voting age and influenced by Sun editorials, then you are likely just as easily influenced by lots of other tosh as well...

[mockney piers]

Murdoch wouldn't be quite so influential if people didn't take note of what the sun says unfortunately, I'm sure they'd love to ignore the interfering old git.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Possibly true. Or maybe people are too timid to take a stance against him - if they did we might find that people are more tolerant than the Sun would have us believe

[Brendan]

The majority of people don?t want to take a stand against him because he validates their prejudices. If you want a loyal audience all you have to do is tell them what they want to hear.