Death Piglet reproduced by permission of Johan. Original here.

Five things you might not know about me:

I used to “sing” in my school choir.
Contrary to popular belief, I once held down a relationship for a whole 9 months.
I got the highest Advanced Higher Geography mark in Scotland in 2003.
When I was younger, I used to be obsessed with Star Trek. Not only did I [...]

From bLaugh, here.

“The Pirate Bay together with the ACFI have worked out a plan to buy the micronation of Sealand. Future citizens of this country can look forward to high speed Internet and the absence of copyright law.”
The Pirate Bay, notorious for linking to illegal content, wants to buy a man-made off-shore installation platform called Sealand, which [...]

“A day after widespread publicity over claims that a ’surgical’ attack had killed Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, allegedly involved with the bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi, it emerged that neither he, nor two other suspects, Abu Taiha al-Sudani and Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, were among the dead.”
…so now we have a timeline something like [...]

Death Piglet reproduced by permission of Johan. Original here.

“American forces stormed Iranian government offices in northern Iraq, hours after President George Bush issued a warning to Tehran that was described as a ‘declaration of war’ … The soldiers detained six people, including diplomats, according to the Iranians, and seized documents and computers in the pre-dawn raid which was condemned by Iran. A leading [...]

“Shortly before sunrise today, a rocket-propelled grenade ripped through the United States embassy in Athens, rocking the compound but causing no injuries.”
New York Times article here.

“MySpace has finally fallen to the video giant that is YouTube. After Google’s acquisition of the site, traffic steadily increased. YouTube has now overtaken MySpace on Alexa’s rankings and surpassed it in reach as well! … Although MySpace is still ahead of YouTube in pageviews, it has fallen behind in both Alexa rank and daily [...]

From YouTube, here.

“The school leaving age is to be raised for the first time in nearly half a century, The Times has learnt.”
Under the plans, 16-17 year olds could study, do a vocational course or do an apprenticeship. This sounds like a great plan, and it has the potential to be. However, unless the number of apprenticeships [...]

Reproduced by permission of Chris from The Book of Biff, here.

From Explosm, here.

“Two Home Office ministers were fighting for their careers last night after it emerged that senior police had alerted them to problems over Britons convicted abroad … Chief constables wrote to Tony McNulty, the Police Minister, three months ago and the letter was then passed to Joan Ryan, a junior minister. The letter advised Mr [...]

“Now that habeas corpus has been eliminated there are no traditional means to advocate for the rights of detainees and Guantanamo.”
Because of this, lawyers of Guantanamo detainee Adel Hamad have made an investigative video about his plight. It’s a sad reflection on what Bush has done to human rights that to release this information about [...]

The Guardian reports today on a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report that say the EU must lead the world on human rights. I totally agree. The US is in no position to claim to be a proponent of human rights, carrying out countless abuses in the name of the “war on terror”. HRW does say, [...]

Reproduced by permission of Jessica from Indexed blog, here.

The Scottish Parliament is currently trying so sort out its upcoming legislation surrounding prostitution. It aims to criminalise kerb-crawlers. This is totally the wrong path to take. The best way to control prostitution is not to criminalise those who are involved in it, but rather to ensure that it is regulated. Legalise brothels, provide licenses [...]

“The British Broadcasting Corporation plans to develop its online presence by providing social networking sites based on its most popular brands such as Top Gear, a BBC spokeswoman said on Thursday.”
Good to see that the BBC is attempting to be innovate or, at the very least, keep up with the trends. Article here.

Quite how sending more troops to Iraq will help stop the insurgents who are protesting against having them there is beyond me, but this is Bush and I trust his infinite wisdom. I’m sure Blair is doing the same, no questions asked.
Article from The Washington Post is here.