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    Christ, the level of paranoia those relationships might generate doesn't bear thinking about...

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      https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...widow-confirms

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        Yeah. Fucking hell. If Brando was a top, I pity any poor bastard bedding him in the 80s.

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          https://twitter.com/BryanFuller/stat...83889070915585
          Last edited by Gerontophile; 09-02-2018, 06:54.

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            You just can't keep a good man down, can you?

            Abba's Money Money Money, Eurythmics' Would I Lie To You and Destiny's Child's Survivor are on the playlist for a radio station set up by Noel Edmonds to get back at Lloyds Bank.

            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42963128

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              He's becoming more Partridge all the time

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                In 1982, nobody died
                In 1983, nobody died,
                In 1984, nobody died,
                In 1985, nobody died…

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                  Saw a girl of three or four in a hijab today at the hospital. It's pretty clear in the Qur'an that this starts at puberty if you agree with what's written there.

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                    Fucking hell. Not to get all tommy robinson, but that child’s rights are being shat on.

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                      https://twitter.com/kimmaicutler/status/962927377918472192

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                        https://twitter.com/bgreysk/status/964937313271865344

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                          What the actual fuck, indeed. In what way exactly do they imagine that quote, clearly a threat, is meant to be 'inspirational'??

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                            I think they may have conflated her with Dirty Harry

                            There are tens of millions of breathtakingly stupid people in this country.

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                              Oh, indeed. And worldwide. I wasn't making the mistake of confusing the makers of 'inspirational thoughts' graphics with profound thinkers, needless to say.

                              It's almost magnificent in its breathtaking stupidity, mind. The combination of so perfectly misattributing the quotation, the inappropriateness of those sentiments to 'inspirational' use regardless, and the heroically clichéd backdrop of crashing waves and misty horizon all add up to something almost transcendentally vacuous. I'd find it hard to better that if I tried.

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                                Very much so

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                                  Now that it's been detached from its original source, it should be cropping up in post-match interviews (or pre-match team talks):

                                  "They got lucky every time with the ref, but with Harry up front we only needed to be lucky once ... "

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                                    https://twitter.com/jenanmoussa/status/965542182185852929

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                                      Do not watch this video if you are squeamish.

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                                        Do we have a general journalism thread? Regardless, this is pretty WTF:
                                        Note from the Editors: As we were reporting this story, Newsweek Media Group fired Newsweek Editor Bob Roe, Executive Editor Ken Li and Senior Politics Reporter Celeste Katz for doing their jobs. Reporters Josh Keefe and Josh Saul were targeted for firing before an editor persuaded the company to reverse its decision. As we continued working on the story, we were asked to take part in a review process, which, we ultimately learned, involved egregious breaches of confidentiality and journalism ethics. We believe that subjects of the story were shown parts of the draft, if not the entire piece, prior to publication by a company executive who should not have been involved in the process. At an on-the-record interview with the subjects of this story, a company official asked editors to identify confidential sources. On-the-record sources were contacted and questioned about their discussions with Newsweek Media Group reporters. We resisted their efforts to influence the story and, after learning of the review’s ethical failings, the reporters and editors involved in this story felt they would be forced to resign. At that point, a senior Newsweek Media Group executive said the company's owners would ensure independent review and newsroom autonomy going forward. This story was written and edited Tuesday, free of interference from company executives.

                                        Signed: Dayan Candappa, Nancy Cooper, Cristina Silva, Ross

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                                          I was wondering where to put that.

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                                            The BBC website these days is overrun with life and lifestyle stories in place of actual news*, but this was quite interesting.

                                            * I am aware that it can be user-configured, I just can't be bothered.

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                                              Wow. Yeah, Pauline is a regular crime reporter on CBC radio. I've heard her stories many times, but that's just nuts.

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                                                https://twitter.com/ProfFrancesca/status/966603166556008448

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                                                  One time OTFer, Rod Liddle is doing a show at the London Palladium: blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/for-one-night-only-rod-liddle-at-the-london-palladium/. There are genuinely people who will pay money for this.

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                                                    Those recipes might be quick enough to knock out, however I suspect you'd need a hand fetching the ingredients.

                                                    Et, and indeed, cetera.

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