Stuff in today's Daily Mail which made me smile

1. Al Qaeda terrorist who plotted to blow up subway commuters says he wants a second chance

A second chance at what? Blowing up the subway?

2. Taliban commander turns himself in to Americans... to claim $100 reward on his own 'wanted' poster

'Clearly, the man is an imbecile,' U.S. official says

3. Pranksters 'desecrate' grave of Titanic lookout...

The pranskters took away a wreath which had been laid, which is very disrespectful, but they left some binoculars with the following note:

Dear Fred, sorry for bringing these 100 years too late but better late than never! You said if you had these, you would have had time enough to get Titanic away from the iceberg, so here they are! Luv Francis

Fun Online Polls: Make up your own question & How much money is there in the world?

The results to last week's Fun Online Poll were:

Make up your own question...

Kim Jong-Il - 40%
Osama Bin Laden - 12%
Donald Neilson 12%
Colonel Gadaffi - 8%
Other, please specify - 28%

The winning questions were:
UKIP Webmaster: Who is no ronger ronery in herr?
John Pickworth: Whom would you like to marry?

And the winning 'Other' was:
Richard Allan: Justin Bieber
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Just to see whether everybody was paying attention (see recent posts here or here), this week's Fun Online Poll asks "Taking assets and liabilities into account, how much 'money' is there in the world?"

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Lost in translation?

The BBC says:

The son of Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has insisted no deals were linked to the compassionate release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber.

The Daily Telegraph says:

Col Gaddafi’s son, made it clear that in all business talks with Britain, the release of al-Megrahi was always ‘on the negotiating table.’

They've left it a bit late, haven't they?

Wherein The Israeli National News throws its weight behind McCain, or at least portrays Obama in what they hope is a supremely negative light.

I doubt whether this will work. Yer average US voter is probably heartily sick of GWB's wars in the Middle East and might well think that leaving them alone to sort things out by themselves is a perfectly sensible plan. I can hardly imagine them heatedly discussing the pro's and con's of this in the queues at the polling stations.

The party never stops!

Having started the Yassir Arafat third anniversary celebrations in fine style, the festivities continue unabated.

Yassir Arafat

They certainly chose a very appropriate way of commemorating* the third anniversary of the death of the multi-millionaire terrorist. His family must be so proud.

* At the risk of labouring the point, imagine the FT's headline without the words "at Fatah rally".

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I was mulling over whether to do a post on this most difficult topic, but The Sage King has already summed it up nicely.

How to attract traffic

Via the ever reliable Vindico.

All I've added is the Labels