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Side Saddle

published on January 3, 2013 by Mike Categories: General Rambling, Internet #Tagged: Asia, Lhokseumawe, News, Russ Conway, Sharia, Side Saddle

It’s probably just me but, when I read this story from BBC Asia, Indonesia city to ban women ‘straddling motorbikes’. Under the new regulation, the mayor says that women passengers are only allowed to sit “side saddle” because straddling the bike seat violates Islamic values.

Littlejohn stranded on the road to nowhere

published on December 30, 2012 by Mike Categories: Internet, Photography, Pictures #Tagged: Accident, Adnan Habib, Bushra Tazarib, Daily Mail, debunking, M6, Mohammed Arsalaan Habib, News, Photographs, Richard Littlejohn

There has been a bit of noise on Twitter about the Richard Littlejohn piece Stranded on the road to nowhere about the tragic Christmas Day accident on the M6 near Stoke-on-Trent where 3 people, including 2 children lost their lives. The tone of Littlejohn’s piece is pretty much, oh there has been an accident, drag […]

Stoke-on-Trent to get a dead whale

published on October 4, 2012 by Mike Categories: General Rambling #Tagged: News, Rendering, Stoke-on-Trent, Weird news, Whale, Wildlife

dead fin whale on a beach

Stoke-on-Trent, well Cheddleton actually, is getting a dead whale.. From the BBC A whale which died after being beached on the Suffolk coast has been taken away to be rendered.

A Strange Choice Of Picture?

published on June 29, 2011 by Mike Categories: General Rambling, Internet, Pictures #Tagged: BBC, Intimidating, News, Public Sector, Strike, Thursday 30 June, UK Border Agency

I’ve just been reading this BBC story about tomorrows public sector strike and the ‘threat’ to UK travellers. For one there isn’t really a ‘threat’ to UK travellers, there will undoubtedly be disruption and confusion. There will be lots of reports that include interviews with angry want-to-be-travellers about  how people shouldn’t be allowed to strike […]

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