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cycling in the news
bbc radio 4 legal eagle programme re road laws prosecutions and cyclists

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05w3wkt

what's with all the swear words the bbc are now broadcasting on their radio programmes
when did saying shit on the radio at 6.30 pm become a thing ?

It's an outrage, won't somebody think of the children?

He's taken

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The Tories plan to ban any substance that alters consciousness. Alcohol and Caffeine will be exempt http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2015/05/27/the-government-just-banned-everything

So that is everything banned then. Sugary drinks give a high, cycling does, yoga, meditation, prayer & chocolate of course. All the evil things. Wonder why this is. Do they think that people will realise what a sorry lot the tories are if we alter our minds. Are they also banning catnip so our feline friends wont feel exploited by endless images of them on the internet?

(oops reeeep)

Why would you have to alter your mind in order to spot what the Tories are up to?

I don't know about you, but when I used to "alter my consciousness" I wasn't terrifically focussed on political debate as a consequence, Jaffa cakes on the other hand...

Jaffa cakes on the other hand...

...are a source of Thoebromine a mild stimulant which is ok as they are deemed as food and exempt from the ban... like hash cakes

speaking of stimulation/gettin' high
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/archaeologists-discover-2400yearold-gold-bongs-in-russia-10285876.html
“Scythians used a plant to produce smoke that no Grecian vapour-bath can surpass which made them shout aloud.”

This is fucked. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/27/website-targets-pro-palestinian-students-harm-job-prospects

another critic of putin gets ill mysteriously and is hospitalised

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/28/russian-opposition-leader-illness-fears-foul-play-vladimir-kara-murza

this is quite interesting about Putin's 'Son' and their private army
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krXLTNNeNZs

worlds biggest gangsters imho
film funded by Khodorkovsky and his "open russia" group

Embarrassed local council bosses are investigating why thousand of marijuana plants were installed along a city flowerbed instead of normal plants.

Thousands of 'pot plants' are now growing healthily in the centre of Astana City, the capital of Kazakhstan.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/kazakhstan-city-s-local-council-accidentally-plants-thousands-of-marijuana-plants-along-city-flowerbed-145626690.html

A write up by a guy who deliberately planted a fake "break trough weight loss discovery" story that made it to lots of news outlets globally:
http://io9.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800

U wont believe what hapenned next...

I've got two guesses, either someone posts the same story again or someone ports the word pearoast, or some other spoonerism.

Am I close?

Vince Vaughn has kept it under wraps quite well for lots of his career, but now he's outed himself as a cunt:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/01/vince-vaughn-guns-in-schools-will-prevent-mass-shootings

Sort-of cycling related news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32950173

Marks to the BBC for not mentioning whether he was wearing a helmet.

U wont believe what hapenned next...

16 reasons why I wish the founders of Taboola had done something else.

He must be a better actor than people give him credit for.

Sadly I live too far from Richmond to organise a foul-mouthed gimp-suited lookalike flash mob to visit his cafes... http://m.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/13217611.Extreme_road_rage_driver_identified_as_master_butcher_and_owner_of_upmarket_cafes/

just watched the video of this , what a cunt in his pimped range rover , must be the stresses of running three businesses .....i would be happy to boycott his sausages !

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/driver-threatens-to-kill-cyclist-in-foulmouthed-outburst-theres-a-witness-otherwise-id-break-your-fing-neck-10289939.html

Twitter mob gathering https://twitter.com/search?q=%40BrewWells

I don't envy his PR ladies

I predict that this will have zero (or a mildly positive) impact on his cafes long term financial performance.

I live near enough that I think I've eaten in one once... I intend to return the food... Or at least what ever of it I can get out of my system onto his bonnet.