In the news

unfortunately selfie being word of the year last year, will mean that this guy misses out on the top step of the podium at this years darwin awards, but i'm certain he'll get silver or bronze

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/mexico/11010891/Man-shoots-himself-while-posing-for-a-selfie.html

"I'm the Smartest celebrity you've every fucking dealt with"

What a clown, the US civil rights movement is the same as being papped!

#political

Goldberg asks Kanye, "So why did you say that you hate the paparazzi more than the Nazis?"

Kanye responds, "'Cause that's what I wanted to say in that song."

Goldberg: "Well, you understood that the Nazis killed --"

At that point, Kanye's lawyer, a panicked Shawn Holley interrupts, "Oh my gosh!"

Goldberg: "-- six million Jews."

Holley: "It's really been a long day and we should probably" (she's about to say recess)

Goldberg: "Well I'm not finished."

Goldberg then goes on to explain how it's "legitimate" for him to ask about the song because it shows Kanye's hatred for paparazzi.

Kanye then gets pissed that Goldberg quoted the "n" word from his song, saying, "But not legitimate to say n***a ... ever ... ever."

Holley successfully prevents Kanye from giving a full answer.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2014/08/07/kanye-west-hates-paparazzi-nazis-deposition-flashing-lights/#ixzz39hNkSYtW

Same Kayne that said:
Man, let me tell you something about George Bush and oil money and Obama and no money. People want to say Obama can't make these moves or he's not executing. That's because he ain't got those connections. Black people don't have the same level of connections as Jewish people. Black people don't have the same connection as oil people.

"You know we don't know nobody that got a nice house. You know we don’t know nobody with paper like that we can go to when we down. You know they can just put us back or put us in a corporation. You know we ain’t in situation. Can you guarantee that your daughter can get a job at this radio station? But if you own this radio station, you could guarantee that. That’s what I’m talking about."

Or

On Saturday night, performing in Britain, rapper Kanye West compared himself to Hitler—but in a good way. “I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street, and people look at me like I’m (expletive) insane, like I’m Hitler,” he told the crowd, to modest boos. “One day the light will shine through and one day people will understand everything I ever did.” Just … like with Hitler? No, just not like with Hitler, okay.
( http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/74549/kanye-is-like-murdered-jews-hitler-says-kanye )

WAC I think I'd deck him if I ever met him.

Oh come on, he's tedious and long winded and talks down to everyone and is generally an insufferable bore but, you know, he's on the forum.

Oh, Kanye.

The end is nigh.... Google is down

#rep Jolly good joke there dear.

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-08-07/portsmouth-man-fined-for-pretending-to-be-a-ghost/

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#Fail

That happens whenever i post photos from mobile..

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-07/ten-years-later-greek-olympic-wasteland-photos

the athens olympic site
hope stratford / QE Park doesn't look like this in a few years

my mother sent this to me today, an email from a friend of hers she met when in Ramallah a couple of years ago. I have no idea where this should be put but I thought it was an incredible piece of writing. I pass no judgement on it, I just wanted to share it. Please skip if you don't want to feel sad today.

*Dear Friends,
I am writing to share with you an e-mail I received from my mother, Dina Khoury-Nasser, who is now in Gaza. She went five days ago with a team of Palestinian medics from the Augusta Victoria Hospital and other Palestinian hospitals in Occupied Jerusalem in response to the emergency appeal that the Gaza hospitals have issued. The extent of the carnage brought about by Israel has left them incapacitated.
My mother, for those of you in Britain, is a Nightingale theatre nurse; she was trained at the Royal College of Nursing and St Thomas’ Hospital in London (Ironic, given that it is that very hospital, and the reason she is now in Gaza, overlooks Parliament, which has its own responsibility towards this ongoing War).
You are very welcome to share this if you want.
Best,

From Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. 01:55 am 5th August 2014
Today was day four in Gaza. The first two days were like limbo. We felt we were in Gaza but not yet feeling what was happening around. We live in the hospital compound: eat in the compound, work in the compound, sleep in the compound. We see the injured, hear the ambulances, see the bodies and people strewn around everywhere - still it does not sink in. Yesterday evening things started to get real when I saw a child sleeping with his father in the open air on a piece of cardboard. He was there in the morning, there in the evening, and again this morning and this evening. I wonder where is his mother, where is his family? The stories one hears about entire families being annihilated, completely erased from the national registers of citizenship makes your hair stand on end! But still, it does not sink in. Perhaps because I am in the operation room and used to seeing people injured. Then reality hits when the shelling in Jabalia starts. At ten in the evening we receive a lady in her sixties. She is full of dust, full of earth and full of holes throughout her body. Head lacerated, thighs lacerated, leg crushed. I think of where she could have been sitting, what were her thoughts when the shell hit…I thought of mom, I thought of all the older women I know.

When the bombing started this morning, it was children. Our first patient was a little boy around six years old. He had massive lacerations to his groin, abdomen, face and head. He had burns all over his body as well. We were able to manage him in the theatre. I wait to see how he is doing. Then comes Haneen. She is an eight year old; my colleague from the emergency room, Dr. Haytham informed me that a child is coming up with her hand hanging on her side. I went up to Haneen who was waiting calmly in the holding bay. Her eyes were closed. She had a bandage across her head; her eyes were closed because of the swelling from the oedema and the burns to her face. I approached her and held her, and greeted her, and informed her of my name. I held her little hand on the injured side. I told her that I will be with her - she held my fingers. She informed me that her hand hurts. I told her that it was injured and that we will try and fix it. She then asked me about her father and two sisters. I told her that her father was waiting for her. I could not tell her that her sister had died. I still could not tell her that later that evening, her other sister was brought in dead from under the rubble…they were both less than four years old.

I saw Haneen in the ICU later. She was awake and extubated. I greeted her and told her that I was Dina. One eye was now open. She asked me if I had a daughter, I said yes. She asked me what is her name. I said Haya. She said that is a pretty name.

It was a tough day that ended with hopeful news. The plane up above, called zanana (drone) keeps buzzing all around. My colleagues from Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem arrived today with supplies. I felt proud to greet them. The Hospital had done an excellent job sending supplies and individual packs to each of us. They were greeted and their support appreciated. Being there is all that matters. On a personal level, I feel responsible for a big group now. It is very nice to have Dr. Haytham here; he is a wonderful professional colleague. My other colleagues are in Nasser Hospital in Rafah (South of Gaza), treating the injured and witnessing the toll of martyrs. One other colleague is at Al Aqsa Hospital working in surgery.

The smell of blood and death is around the young and the old. Each day we are greeted with the car coming to take the martyrs. Our room is close to the mortuary. You look at the faces of people here - they are all stunned. A nurse on duty looks deeply sad - her son comes with her to work. My friend Bassam from Gaza came to visit me and brought me a lot of goodies to eat. I distributed them among our team and colleagues. I was worried when I looked into his eyes and saw how red they were. The strain on his face was apparent. His son had a close call, and his nephew has ben injured. They are children. They were playing in the street and had just stepped into the house….

The nursing director here had to take a deep breath as he recalled all the children that he had seen. We will need time to heal she said, the pain will take time. The stories are overwhelming and the loss has not yet stopped.

http://lwfjerusalem.org/2014/08/augusta-victoria-hospital-dispatches-a-medical-team-to-gaza-strip*

FFS. My sister had to treat this poor dog today:

Dog found with cable tie around penis and collar so tight its eyes were bulging

Seriously - people who do these awful things to animals should be castrated.

How depressing :/

A friend a few years back had a rescue dog after it was being abused in a similar way until it was taken away from it's owner. It was a lovely staf and once it bonded with my friend even better but a handful of things would remind it of the previous owner/conditions and it would go ape. The rescue shelter people said it was becoming more common and all to do with dog fighting and basically 24/7 torture from birth to turn a loving pet into "a fighter". I really hope the dog above gets a much better 2nd chance and makes a full recovery.

A touching and refreshingly human account until this:

car coming to take the martyrs

Martyrs. No. They're just dead. They died for nothing.

Israel are doing a good job of festering hatred around the world. This is pretty scary.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/flag-isis-jihadi-islamic-state-flown-poplar-east-london

Should the ISIS flag be made illegal?

I don't think any flag should be made illegal. Although someone should have a word with the pricks waving it about.

The swastika is illegal in germany, for very good reason. A flag can have a message as clear as words, in fact, the ISIS flag is words. If it's illegal to say "Kill all the fucking Jews" it should be illegal to fly a banner with effectively the same message. It would also mean the cunts responsible can be taken off the streets.

^ I don't believe it is the ISIS flag. There are many black flags with quranic verses in white. According to another news report on TV, it is a verse from the quran calling for 'community'. The locals interviewed said they didn't agree with ISIS as they were killing other muslims. Effectively going against the message in the flag.

Also the Union Jack was used by the NF for many years, not illegal, just a shame.
#alllookthesameinnit
#sigh

Wasn't it the Feorge Cross flag that was associated with extreme English nationalism and the barmy army
Barmy arm-y, barmy army-y, barmy arm-y
(Reminded me to put TMS on the radio)

Wasn't it theGeorge Cross flag that was associated with extreme English nationalism? (and the barmy army), which has somehow been reclaimed, or has it?

Barmy arm-y, barmy army-y, barmy arm-y
(Reminded me to put TMS on the radio)