In the news

tony blair named 'philanthropist of the year' by magazine aimed exclusively at utter cunts. everything seems to be in order.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/gq-men-of-the-year-awards-tony-blair-named-philanthropist-of-the-year-9707703.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHQ6YkWX69w

Malaysia Airlines scrubs "My Ultimate Bucket List Campaign"

http://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/11522252

Erm, oops.

mh17 data to be released next week

Grim goings on in Edmonton...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/edmonton-beheading-woman-found-by-police-9712127.html?s

Wow, all I can say is I'm glad this is so shocking. Some countries this is a common form of murder. Oh and RIP Lady

the comments. my god the comments

Never read the comments.

Meanwhile, this happened in the Commons today.

Reminded me of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w

(Sorry).

Excellent. Enfield at his best. Whitehouse's facial expressions are genius too.

Yeah, never read the comments.

RIP lady.

@Sumo so near you!

Police shoot knife-wielding man dead in Islington house

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29074100

Yup, welcome to my Endz

dodgy endz thread

On the subject of the ALS charity overheads thing, this is pretty relevant.

I guess I dont know the exact details (never stopped anyone from speculating on the internet though) but -

Why can the police disarm and arrest a knife wielding man on Thursday, (who has just cut someone's head off and is running around like a maniac looking for more people to kill), but then shoot a knife wielding man dead on a Friday who is in a house, and hasn't killed anyone with it?

Think it's about the risk of hurting others in the specific instant. Knife guy was believed to be threatening someone, as I understand it, while machete man had been boxed in on his own.

Plus hey if we were in the states there'd be more dead people amirite

The alleged killer in Edmonton had cut the head off a cat he thought had stolen his lighter, the fact he may have been a muslim convert sounds incidental to me.

Paging EdwardZ....

Terrapin rides a dead fox down Regents canal:

In the shadow of a cloud shaped like a giant clowns head ..

Ha! Good. Yeah, I went a bit nuts about this on Twitter - along with several others.

He also wrote a piece about the pointlessness of pets, especially cats - I say no more....grrrrr

Not seeing the clown...

Not sure how to 'reply' to a previous post of mine so forgive the repetition...

My friend's 14 year old daughter went missing nine days ago (you may have seen it reported in the news) and was last seen on cctv walking along the Grand Union Canal tow path near the Holiday Inn at Brentford Lock, not far from her home in Hanwell. Police divers have searched the canal in the area, the Homicide dept has taken the case on but so far only her rucksack has been found.

Now police have published CCTV images of five cyclists who saw her moments before she disappeared from camera, passing the Trumpers Way Canal Bridge in Hanwell, as they may have "vital" information.

It's a long shot (esp given the descriptions) but does anyone on here use this stretch of canal, or know those who do? Police have given sketchy descriptions of each of the cyclists they want to trace:

Cyclist one - The cyclist is wearing a light coloured / white top, light blue trousers, and possibly a light coloured cycling helmet. By the riders posture it appears to be a mountain bike, but no colour or description.

Cyclist two - Cyclist is wearing light coloured top, light coloured trousers or shorts, with light and dark coloured shoes. The riders posture is more upright and could be a female’s bicycle.

Cyclist three - The cyclist is wearing a dark short sleeve top, dark shorts, light and dark shoes. The rider’s posture suggests this could be a mountain bike, but no colour or description.

Cyclist four - wearing a very dark top and dark trousers. The rider’s posture suggests this could be a mountain bike.

Cyclist five - wearing a grey hooded top with hood up, dark trousers. The rider’s posture suggests this could be a mountain bike.

More here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/11079480/Police-appeal-to-cyclists-over-missing-girl-Alice-Gross.html

Please join the campaign - family at their wits' end now.

thanks
MM