h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Belarus blocks social networking sites in an attempt to stave off popular protests:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14006365

And check out that uniform. If you ever wanted to know what an enemy of democracy looks like...

At least our (UK) politicians are a little more subtle in their manipulative control of the masses and power - sexing up dossiers, bumping off embarrassing whistle blowers in the forests of the home counties, spin doctoring the media etc.

Enemies of democracy are endemic in politics, just some choose not to wear uniform and be upfront

This could be the basis for a whole new thread

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13989013

Ha! Mohammed tried that in 621AD and look at the trouble that ensued! 1300-odd years later, Salman Rushdie almost got killed for mentioning it.

>>A single, 400ft-high turbine can earn a farmer as much as £60,000 a year - far more than the average farmer's income of just over £47,000.
The potential profits for the energy companies are even greater.
One turbine can generate more than £13 million over the course of its 20-year lifespan, around half of it from the sale of the electricity it generates, and the other half through a consumer subsidy added on to electricity bills.
Opponents claim wind farms are blighting the countryside while failing to deliver a reliable supply of electricity, despite the cost.>>

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/8612846/Farmers-enouraged-to-cash-in-on-the-scramble-for-wind.html

I want to dedicate this news story to Mu Beta. Researchers started project to discover what kind of lifeforms are living in people´s belly buttons:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/08/2282902/whats-living-in-your-bellybutton.html#ixzz1LtX4cjTT

Perhaps you could post a link to that thread?

(here too, as a reminder?)

Trying to find it would take too long.

Here it is... http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F19585?thread=383495

Fair play

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14005251

will BP get the blame for this as well????

irony meter alert . . .




'Police say a motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike's handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.'

http://www.wlsam.com/Article.asp?id=2228533&spid

has to admit it appeals to my warped snse of humour

There's a Darwin Award nominee if I ever saw one...

Thanks for the blu-tak thread, Ivan

Glad to be of service.

Possibly the most despicable thing I've ever heard attributed to a newspaper.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8616401/Milly-Dowlers-family-believed-she-was-alive-after-her-phone-was-hacked.html

I was just about to post that, albeit the guardian version. Some of the things they allege are beyond despicable. How could people act in such a heartless and callous manner

If these allegations are proven true then they really need to shut down the News of the World.

Good grief

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-14018391

wasn't mei was