“ Iraq’s security forces have been relying on a device to detect bombs and weapons that the United States military and technical experts say is useless. The small hand-held wand, with a telescopic antenna on a swivel, is being used at hundreds of checkpoints in Iraq. […] Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack described the wand as nothing more than an explosives divining rod. Still, the Iraqi government has purchased more than 1,500 of the devices, known as the ADE 651, at costs from $16,500 to $60,000 each
Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless - NYTimes.com
Ross Burton
Michael Jackson: The Live Seance, Sky1
Although dead, Jackson continues to add to the gaiety of nations, not least with this impending seance. Fortunately, it’s conducted by an authentic medium, Derek Acorah (there are so many fakes around these days), so fans will get as good a chance as is likely to hear from the departed King of Pop, as Derek tries to contact him from a secret location previously occupied by Jackson. With June Sarpong the presenter charged with keeping a straight face, this promises, in its own way, to be absolutely compelling viewing.
“ If Chuck Norris was a plug, he’d be the sturdy, kick-arse British plug. If aliens came to live on Earth, they’d almost certainly bring new types of gadget, and those types of gadget would only work when connected via a British plug.
Plug versus Plug - CNET UK
Pure class.
“ It’s a violation of my religious beliefs to talk about [my religious beliefs]
Martin Bashir talks to the Church of Scientology
“ In France a court convicted the [Church of Scientology] of fraud, but stopped short of banning the group from operating. France says that the COS is a purely commercial operation designed to make as much money as it can at the expense of often vulnerable victims. Two branches of the group’s operations and several of its leaders in France have been fined.
Scientology under fire « Derren Brown Blog
“ The BNP thrives on a bit of mystique, if you can call it that. They love not just being victims but also the idea that they’re a bit naughty. Do you know what I mean? It’s the ‘No-one likes us, we don’t care’ attitude. But once their leader turns out to be a whiney twerp who sounds like a very tiny moped over-revving at traffic lights to try and overtake a milk float - the only other public figure I can think of with such a laughably terrible voice is Mike Tyson, but his job was never to present political statements - some of that toughness and mystique will fade away.
The enemies of reason: Nick Griffin’s weaselly voice
“ A notable feature of the April 15 sheet, is that once membership numbers reached a little over 33,000, new membership numbers had 100,000 added to them. The reason for this is unclear, however it has the effect of making the BNP look larger to new recruits and those they talk too, since the numbers on their membership cards are all over 133,000.
British National Party membership list and other information, 15 Apr 2009 - Wikileaks
“ The PCC said it had received more than 21,000 complaints since its publication on 16 October - the most ever made about a single newspaper article.
BBC NEWS | PCC to examine Mail Gately column
