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Why is McDonald's the Official Restaurant of the Olympics?
McDonald’s restaurants are the very epitome of poor health, with their McNuggets most notably containing chemicals used in breast implants and silly putty, so why have the Olympic games officials adopted the restaurant chain as their official restaurant of the Olympics?
Considering the Olympic games represent some of the most conditioned athletes across the globe, it seems quite bizarre that the...
Austerity At The London Olympics: Gold Medals Contain Only 1.34% Gold
As every Olympic athlete knows, size matters. The London 2012 medals are the largest ever in terms of both weight and diameter – almost double the medals from Beijing. However, just as equally well-known is that quality beats quantity and that is where the current global austerity, coin-clipping, devaluation-fest begins. The 2012 gold is 92.5 percent silver, 6.16 copper and… 1.34 percent gold,...
Funny Google Street View Images to feature in London Art Exhibition
Botched escape: A dog stuck in a fence in Tamaulipas, Mexico
Scantily-clad prostitutes touting for trade in Amsterdam are among the unusual scenes to feature in a new art exhibition.
They were captured going about their daily business by one of Google’s international army of Street View cars.
Artist Jon Rafman, from Montreal, Canada, spent hours at a time on the website searching for oddball...
Warming caused the appearance of oceanic bacteria in Europe
Study shows that the increasing temperature of the Baltic Sea coincided with the onset of gastrointestinal infections caused by the bacterium Vibrio, reported the German news service Deutsche Welle.
Climate change caused by man is behind the unexpected appearance of a group of bacteria in northern Europe that can cause gastroenteritis, a new study by a group of experts shows.
The study, published...
Mass arrests during London Olympics opening
British police arrest cyclist protesters during the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.
British police have conducted mass arrests in London during a protest staged by cyclists as London held the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics.
Media reports said over 100 people were arrested as the British police used pepper spray and kettling tactics against two groups of protesters near the Olympic...
Europe's Immigration and Identity
Much has been said about the advantages of immigration and not much said about the disadvantges of it. At this particular time, Britain and Europe are, and have been, experiencing a surge of immigration that is unparalleled in their respective histories.
Never in history have such a diverse and sometimes alien cultures migrated into other civilizations in such a way and this without the consent or...
Russian Church stands up for Brits who were fired for wearing crucifix
The Russian Orthodox Church have involved themselves in the case of helping two British women who lost their jobs for wearing religious symbols at work to the European Court of Human Rights.
British Airways check-in clerk Naida Eweida and Nurse Shirley Chaplin were both sacked after wearing a crucifix to work.The airline told Eweida that the symbol infringed its uniform code.
In 2007, British Airways...
HSBC exposed: Drug money banking, terror dealings
One of the biggest high street banks, London based HSBC, have been caught up in funding terrorism and money laundering for the Mexican drug cartels.
HSBC’s activities in Saudi Arabia were brought into question in a report, which specifically refers to banking with Al Rajhi Bank.
The investigation claims the Saudi bank has links to financing terrorism, based on evidence gathered after the September...
GM crop grant planted in UK: Britons wary
UK scientists have received a US$10 million grant for research into GM crops in one of the biggest investments in the field. The British public remains skeptical of GM foods, a recent report suggesting they pose both environmental and health threats.
The multi-million investment from UK-based charity the Gates Foundation will be used to cultivate GM modified corn, wheat and rice.
Scientists from the...
Hundreds of innocent people wrongly spied on by police in UK
Almost 1,000 innocent people have been wrongly spied on by the police, security services and town halls because of errors in “snooping” requests.
Two people were even arrested and wrongly accused of crimes they did not commit because officials wrote down incorrect details, a surveillance watchdog revealed.
And a local council wrongly used snooping powers designed to combat crime to spy on a family...
Feminist charged with hate crime for helping Muslim woman with groceries
Want an example of how a liberal society is set up to eventually commit suicide? A feminist journalist from England, Cinnamon Heathcote-Drury, got involved in a case that serves as just such an example.
Heathcote-Drury got her world turned upside down over the last few months, and the liberalism of her own self-defeating British culture is what did her in. One has to feel for her, if only a little...
Now foreign police forces can snoop on your emails and texts
Foreign police forces will be able to obtain details of the British public’s internet use, emails and text messages, it emerged last night.
In a controversial move, MPs were told that officials in Europe and the US will be able to take advantage of the Home Office’s proposed ‘snoopers’ charter’.
The information could be used for pursuing UK citizens for crimes which allegedly took place...
Britain's Atlantis found at bottom of North Sea
Divers from St Andrews University, find remains of Doggerland, the underwater country dubbed ‘Britain’s Atlantis’
‘Britain’s Atlantis’ – a hidden underwater world swallowed by the North Sea – has been discovered by divers working with science teams from the University of St Andrews.
Doggerland, a huge area of dry land that stretched from Scotland to Denmark...
NASA to build 2500 mph supersonic passenger jet
Artist’s impression of the new supersonic commercial passenger aircraft which will fly at speeds of 2,500 mph
Aircraft enthusiasts are waiting with growing anticipation for the unveiling of plans for a supersonic jet that may be able to fly London to Sydney in just four hours.
U.S. builders – helped by the Nasa space agency – will reveal the prototype successors to Concorde at the...
Tensions between UK and Russia soared over Syria-bound helicopters
Britain came alarmingly close to a dangerous clash with Moscow when David Cameron was asked to consider giving an order to forcibly board a ship headed towards the English Channel carrying three Russian-made helicopters for delivery to the regime in Syria, it emerged today.
Any seizure would have been carried out by members of the Special Boat Service, SBS, the only military unit authorised to performing...