In the news

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14370878"Internet Explorer users have lower IQ says study"

They now have to pay tax too.

^quite like that

Such a good idea!

http://kotaku.com/5918367/foxconn-suicide-followed-by-suspicious-rumors?utm_campaign=socialflow_kotaku_facebook&utm_source=kotaku_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

The suicide is the first since Foxconn and Apple reached agreement over improving conditions for its 1.2 million workers who make the world's electronics. Foxconn workers don't only assemble the iPhone and the iPad, but also the Wii, the Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3. According to rumors online in China, it's a suicide that authorities also tried to cover up.

how many people out of the 1.2 million people they employ have killed themselves?

quoting youre own ... is the first sign of madness,
you been at the benzo fury?

I've had three Benzo Furies and a half a gram of Diazapam Dip. I'm fooking flying....

Look at the lights Jackie........look at the lights........

how many people out of the 1.2 million people they employ have killed themselves?

what's your point?

I'm just wondering how that rate compares to other employers. In a work force that large it will be an unfortunate but expected occurrence, after all that many people is the size of a medium sized city. If you take scale into account does foxconn have a high suicide rate? or does it just appear that way because of their huge number of employies? I'm not trying to defend foxconn in anyway, I'm just wondering about the statistics.

I guess the normal rate, plus the ones that choose to do it at work.

cleaning up the strays for Euro 2012

^ Nerged

^ Also nerged.

They did the same thing in Athens for the '04 Olympics. I went to the landfill where they dumped them with a friend that runs a charity that adopts stray dogs, pays for treatment & finds homes.

Disguisting stuff. Image (and smell) will stay with me for some time. Sports/public relation events should not be allowed to determine the future of helpless animals.

I remember that- I was in Athens at the time.

One day=normal number of strays
Next day=all gone

Some American bloke got a 100 year jail term. WAC

^ Also nerged.

They did the same thing in Athens for the '04 Olympics. I went to the landfill where they dumped them with a friend that runs a charity that adopts stray dogs, pays for treatment & finds homes.

Disguisting stuff. Image (and smell) will stay with me for some time. Sports/public relation events should not be allowed to determine the future of helpless animals.

Terrible. The things we do to have fun.

Some American bloke got a 100 year jail term. WAC

for stealing 4bn dollars

The Dalai Lama in Manchester this weekend (and in London on Tuesday).
Russell Brand will be hosting the youth event tomorrow, which should be very interesting!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/jun/13/manchester-dalai-lama-visit?newsfeed=true

oh China....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-18421667

Royal Mail 'to stop delivering post on rainy days':

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/royal-mail-to-stop-delivering-post-on-rainy-days-7847740.html

That would seem to be the sort of news story they might be keen to avoid ... the least I expect is furious backpedalling and adamant denials. If not, it would be shameful. The real story seems to be that some footways in Doncaster are poorly maintained, which is the case throughout the country and is hardly news.

Schick slices through spin.

Ah but...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-18421161

Potentially some shoddy reporting from the Indy. The BBC actually bothered to speak to the Council about this and they say that they have inspected the street and discovered no defects. So now we have another angle on the story.

So we have what appears to be a single incident which, unfortunately, has resulted in a significant injury. The Royal Mail hasn't backed up their claim with reports of other similar incident in that area and the Council has countered their claim with an inspection.
This leaves the following questions;
i) Was the Council's inspection of the street appropriately robust?
ii) Did the Royal Mail consider alternative measures to mitigate the risk? If so, why where they rejected?
iii) As the potential weak link in this story, is the mail delivery person's version of events credible?

oh China....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-18421667

more gold for Team GB
invite the Dalai Llama to the olympics themselves
maybe he could cast a spell on the chinese badminton players

Llamas do cast spells right ?

Insert mandatory Dalai Llama joke here.

The Dalai Lama in Manchester this weekend (and in London on Tuesday).
Russell Brand will be hosting the youth event tomorrow, which should be very interesting!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/jun/13/manchester-dalai-lama-visit?newsfeed=true
He looks like a happy man :)

I am not sure if llamas can cast spells but I think alpacas do.

nine-year-old girl who became an internet hit after blogging about her school dinners claims she has been banned from taking photographs of her meals.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18454800

Fascists

Are they really fascists, or are they just trying to cover up the shit that they feed to their school children, this hardly looks like it fulfils the nutritional needs of a growing child:

I wouldn't feed it to my dogs.