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London 2012: Taxpayers have 'paid too much' for Olympics Nearly two-thirds of people asked in the UK believe taxpayers have paid too much to cover the cost of London 2012. However, 55% of those questioned in a poll commissioned by BBC Radio 5 live said the Olympics would prove good value in terms o...

I remember the Pope's visit, it was quite funny that barely anyone was bothered about it. The only time it really came up in conversation was when the Pope was leaving and we had BBC News on. Like that Tebow thread with people imitating his religious pose, it's just parody. To be honest, here in Bri...

London 2012: 10 reasons some people (aka the sane) will dread the Olympics This year's Olympics have generated vast amounts of excitement among everybody in the UK. Well, that's not quite right. Some people are really, really dreading them. It's been difficult to escape the crescendo of positive pu...

'Call the police! Our drugs have been stolen'. Britain's most stupid couple report £10k cannabis theft Perhaps this half-witted couple had been smoking a little too much of their own stock when they decided to ring the police to report that their £10,000 cannabis farm had been stolen. Officers ea...

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Kazakhstan's shooting team has been left stunned after a comedy national anthem from the film Borat was played at a medal ceremony at championships in Kuwait instead of the real one. The team asked for an apology and the medal ceremony was later rerun. The team's coach told Kazakh media the organis...

Margaret Thatcher depicted as a Hitler-admiring leader who wants to destroy the working class in a pirated version of the film Speaking to a crowd of supporters, Margaret Thatcher, as played by Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady, explains what she would do as prime minister: "Crush the working clas...

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London 2012: Olympic security cost raises concern among MPs MPs have raised concerns the London 2012 Olympics may go over budget and said it was "staggering" initial estimates about security costs were so wrong. The Public Accounts Committee's report also warned the stadium must not becom...

Vladimir Putin has declared victory in Russia's presidential elections, returning for a third term after spending the last four years as the country's PM. Exit polls and preliminary results gave him about 60% of the vote. Mr Putin told supporters at a rally in central Moscow they had won in an open...

Councils win prayer 'rights' as Localism Act powers fast tracked, ministers say The government is activating a power it says will allow councils in England to hold prayers at meetings. Communities secretary Eric Pickles says he is "effectively reversing" the High Court's "illiberal r...

This thread isn't related to the victims of the Penn State scandal, it's related to someone's death. The victims of the Penn State scandal are almost completely irrelevant to someone dying. I'm not sure what their thoughts are. Each person is different. I'm sure that some of them have more positive...

Seeing as no one else is saying it, I will. My thoughts are with the victims of the Penn State Scandal. Does ANYONE in this thread remember them? Because from where I'm standing (a little bit like the Foxy Knoxy case) it seems that they have been forgotten.

I've noticed that Joyloadly's cat has gone to heaven. So in honour of the Olympics, I've adopted a new signature.