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

I've got to agree with the comments about the parents of that poor little girl, you have to wonder why 2 doctors would leave children of that age alone like that.

I also find all the recriminations against the police a little strange.

Uh-oh, looks like Pete Doherty might be joing Paris Hilton in jail...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6631907.stm

zdt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6632801.stm

'huge bird lost in field'...

Not Vanessa Feltz either

It's a conspiracy:

http://www.townhall.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?contentGUID=ddb08ce5-ab8f-4ea6-a909-0d52aa5735c1

An escaped vulture named Abu.

Call off the search.

On the radio news they just announced that "the brightest super-nova ever seen" (don't know how they know that) has exploded. Can't wait for tonight! Probably be a bit of a naked-eye flop - as these space events often seem to be.

Traveller in Time on a distant
"This one is about a 240 Million lightyears away.

Eta Carinae is a nearby about to explode in the next million years. "

Yep, I was just gonna say that ^^

Traveller in Time for beeing too fast
"Guess the stars are in your name "

"Bad for your health, that owl-stealing lark"
Now a lark that steals owls would be news...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/farright/story/0,,2074412,00.html

'Greater Manchester police investigates claim it has BNP members in ranks.'

Quote: 'The force vowed that any officer found to be a BNP member could be sacked.'

Sacked for your political beliefs? Crikey.

To quote the article, "Police officers are not allowed to be members of the BNP, which is widely seen as being racist and which has members with convictions for violence. The policy was passed by police chiefs three years ago. They say membership of the party is incompatible with officers' duties under race equality laws."

So sacked because it is incompatible with their duties.

But the article makes no reference to other political parties so, if accurate, the force discriminates on the basis of political allegiance.

'widely seen as being racist and which has members with convictions for violence'. Looks like the GMP wants to be seen to be doing the right thing regazrdless of the morality.

That is probably because they have so often been caught out doing the wrong thing in the past. The GMP has a track record for racism and homophobia.

It used to be the case that a police officer was not allowed to be a member of any political party - and that was a good thing.

In some countries almost the whole police force are members of the same political party - they have to be to pass the job interview - and that's a bad thing.

Singling out one party seems a tad short sighted. Should degfinitely be an all or nothing approach.

On a possibly, but maybe not, lighter note:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6634255.stm

'Moore blames women for 'banal' TV '

Contentious old day today!

This one was sent to me today by Mudhooks...

Canadian Spy Coins!!!

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070507/K050723AU.html


az

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070507-record-shops-used-cds-ihre-papieren-bitte.html

Totally OTT new laws on sale/purchase of second hand CDs in Florida. Very odd.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL0727013220070507

And whose fault is it really??