Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

FB - Fred Basher

The lottery winners have done a runner to Spain. The postman confirms the letters from beggars are arriving. A life now behind walls and cameras.

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Dreams.

Chuckle.

Not really. Thinking more of facy boy, or perhaps, even fancy boy!

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If you haven't already read the to-day's Observer's editorial list of suggested questions suggested to be asked of Brooks, the Murdochs, if, or when, they appear before the select committee, have a look.

V.I.

One good thing from this, a lot of court award money will be going to charity.

First public picture of Victoria and baby.


http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IcLGuGB4AtkvoaTpu70jbw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0zMzA7cT04NTt3PTUwMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/UKNews170720111750505-1.jpg

Aaaah! Little love.

She looks just like her Mum, doesn't she?

I bet a lot of people would advertise someone on e-bay


Aussie mum investigated for putting kids on eBay




An Australian mother who listed her children for sale on the Internet had her joke backfire when authorities were called in to investigate, police said Sunday.

Officials in the southern city of Geelong were notified last week that a woman was attempting to sell her children, a boy and girl both aged under 10, on the auction site eBay.

Photos of the children were included in the sales pitch.

"Police tracked down the woman, who said it was a joke," police said in a statement.

Child welfare officers and police conducted a joint investigation and police said no charges would be laid.

"However, police discourage this type of behaviour," the statement said.
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No e-bay don't want Fred1new, before someone asks.

the Sunday Sun can exclusively reveal that one unfortunate consequence of the 'phone hacking saga was that Fred was made homeless; in an ebay auction the News of the World had been paid 50,000 by Fred's mother to take him away and since then he had been their toilet cleaner, sleeping on the news room floor and playing with the computers in his free time!

Tim,

Your prose would seem more of a reflection of yourself than me.

Perhaps, you could flush your toilet.

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I see that a trip to SA is more important to Cameron than answering question in this country.

He can run, but can't hide.

More heads to roll.

"Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou!" says the saved Humpback Whale:

Excellent clip.

There has been an interesting poll conducted today on SKY News about Ed Milliband. Bad result even after his performance on the phone hacking scandal. Firstly, I doubt that the public is that interested in the phone hacking story and secondly they probably don't like Ed no matter what he says.

Is Ed Milliband a good leader. 33% YES - 67% NO.

Another one bites the dust - Yates quits Met amid hacking row

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I agree

Obama's Doom Prediction Over Debt Ceiling

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(c) Sky News 2011, 16:53, Monday 18 July 2011

The US is edging closer to the first-ever debt default in its history, with President Barack Obama warning the country faces "Armageddon".

Weeks of wrangling in Congress has so far failed to produce an agreement to raise the country's debt ceiling, which is the amount it can legally borrow, when it reaches the $14.3 trillion (8.89 trillion) limit on August 2.

Economists have warned that default risks plunging the US back into deep recession, raising interest rates and sparking panic in global financial markets.

Two of the three big credit ratings agencies have warned the country's AAA rating could be at risk if no deal is struck.

In recent years, authority for the increase has been something of a formality, but this time it is caught up in the row over how best to cut the crippling US debt and deficit.

Mr Obama, who hosted five straight days of talks at the White House last week, said the deal must be done by this Friday so the legislation has time to be put into effect.

Republicans are refusing Democrat demands to end tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans as part of plans to slash $4 trillion (2.48 trillion) from the debt.

Cuts to social welfare programmes, or entitlements, are also on the table.

Mr Obama said: "We have a chance to stabilise America's finances for the next 20 years if we're willing to seize the moment.

"It will take a shared sacrifice and a balanced approach.

"If we can't do the biggest deal possible, let's still be ambitious.

"Let's at least get a down-payment on deficit reduction and that we can accomplish without huge changes of revenue or significant changes in entitlements, but we can still send a signal that we are serious about this problem."

Leading senators are working on an emergency 'plan B' which would allow the president to raise the debt ceiling without Congressional approval.

But the uncertainty is worrying the markets.

Paul Mendelsohn, chief investment strategist at Windham Financial Services, said: "People are starting to get nervous about what they are seeing out there.

"The news flow dealing with the deficit issues and the political posturing that is taking place is going to be intensive and is really going to drive the markets."

Mnamreh

" oh, the indignation - phones have been hacked. Big deal. "

So you don't mind living in a Big Brother state ? what if it was your's and your family's medical record that were hacked into . Also there is a national security risk . And when members of the police are passing info to the gutter press for money.

..Cameron cuts short visit to Africa

Press Association 1 hour 4 minutes ago

Prime Minister David Cameron has cut short his visit to Africa by around seven hours to allow himself time to prepare to address MPs about the fast-developing phone-hacking scandal.

Instead of flying back overnight and arriving in London in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Mr Cameron will get home late on Tuesday, said aides.

Mr Cameron's spokesman said the change had been made to allow the Prime Minister to prepare the statement he will deliver to the House of Commons on Wednesday.

"We were able to rearrange the Prime Minister's engagements so he can still carry out most of his planned events in Nigeria," said the spokesman.

Mr Cameron will deliver a speech in capital Lagos and hold talks and a press conference with President Goodluck Jonathan, but has called off a planned visit to a power station.

Mr Cameron's first prime ministerial visit to sub-Saharan Africa, billed as a trade mission, has taken place in the shadow of dramatic developments in the phone-hacking scandal.

The Prime Minister had initially intended to spend five days travelling to four countries, including Rwanda and South Sudan.

But he trimmed the trip down to just two days in South Africa and Nigeria before it had even started, to be able to return to London to deal with the aftermath of Rupert Murdoch's appearance before a Commons committee on Tuesday.

Following the shock resignation of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson, Mr Cameron announced he was extending the parliamentary session for a single day so he can make a statement to MPs.

The announcement came after the Prime Minister was the butt of jibes from Labour leader Ed Miliband, who said he had left the country with the aim of not returning until after MPs had left Westminster for their summer recess.
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