Security Breach At Heathrow Airport
A man with a rucksacks has run into the path of an aircraft at Heathrow Airport – sparking a major security alert.
He jumped the perimeter fence shortly after 2pm and was tackled by armed officers on the northern runway.
Yet again Heathrow security forget the big black things they are carrying are guns. Can they be any more useless?
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Officials Shutter Gallery Displaying Virtual Jihadi
After Public Works Commissioner Robert Mirch led a protest against artist Wafaa Bilal’s game-as-art exhibit The Night of Bush Capturing: A Virtual Jihadi at Troy, NY’s Sanctuary For Independent Media, the gallery was found to be in violation of a number of city building codes and promptly shut down.
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Running-Mate Math
George Will has written an interesting piece on the running mate race. Obviously this is more poignant right now for the Republicans; but forward looking Democrats no doubt will be looking to figure out who is going to be picked by whomever the winner happens to be.
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London expensive and grubby
London has been voted the dirtiest and most expensive city in Europe, a new survey shows. The capital edged out Paris in both categories, although it was considered to have the best nightlife and public parks.
The French city was voted top for shopping. However, Paris also had the most unfriendly hosts, according to a survey of travellers…
And whose fault is this? Red Ken, of course, who seems to want to destroy all that is London; one of the most wonderful cities in the world.
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Truth In Banner Ads
Cracked recently ran a Photoshop contest, soliciting honest banner ads from readers.
Warning: Language, and some nudity (you have to click through to see it, though). Also check out their new theme, Inappropriate Children’s Books. (Some content NSFW.)
No commentsCoTV to the Ides
Welcome to the March 13, 2008 edition of carnival of the vanities. As we head to the Ides of March we offer up some good stuff for your reading pleasure.
Al Weisel presents Leonard Rosenman, Rebel Without a Cause Composer, 1924-2008 posted at Rebel Without a Cause – Live Fast, Die Young, saying, “Perhaps the most poignant memory that Lawrence Frascella and I have of researching our book Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause, was the day we met the composer of the score of Rebel Without a Cause, Leonard Rosenman, who died this week at 83.”
Silveral presents Celebrity Parties posted at Celebrity News, and Gossip.
Alvaro Fernandez presents The Power of Mindsight-by Daniel Goleman posted at SharpBrains, saying, “Daniel Goldman asks, “When you were young, which of these did you feel more often?””
Noric Dilanchian presents Jurisdiction clauses, legal rules and rulers - Dilanchian Lawyers posted at Lightbulb, saying, “Triggered by the December 2007 sale of a Magna Carta manuscript for A$24.8 million, this articles follows an 800 year trail of gold, legal rules and rulers. It focuses on the competition in recent decades in international commercial law between the law of London versus the law of New York. London is racing ahead. For clients very important practical implications arise for the jurisdiction clauses in their international contracts.”
Raymond presents 0% Balance Transfer Credit Card Offers (New and Updated) posted at Money Blue Book.
Raymond presents Living In A Litigious American Society Obsessed With Filing Lawsuits posted at Money Blue Book.
Steve Faber presents - How to Become a Millionaire posted at DebtBlog.
Kilroy_60 presents Talking To My Spam posted at Fear And Loathing – The Gonzo Papers.
Machione presents When Hell Freezes Over posted at The Lives and Times… of Anthony McCune.
Edith presents Is the New Marketing Stuff Working for You? (Free Live Call with Seth Godin) posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..
DWSUWF presents Jonathon Alter’s Comprehension Problem posted at Divided We Stand United We Fall, saying, “Alter’s problem is not math. It is word comprehension. The problem with his thesis is that he conflates a lead in pledged delegates with “the will of the people”. The pledged delegate total is many things, but the one thing it is not, is the “will of the people”.”
O’rene Ashley presents The Day I Wore Shorts To The Office posted at Power Of Attorney: Not Happy Hour At The Bar, saying, “Thanks for allowing me the opportunity of posting this somewhere.”
Dana presents The life and death of homeschooling, a eulogy posted at Principled Discovery.
JWD presents junk: Masculinity and Femininity: A Changing Perspective Over Eighty Years posted at junk.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of the vanities using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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