Air steward storms off plane on emergency slide An airline flight attendant who swore at an unruly passenger before storming out of his plane via the emergency inflatable slide has been arrested in New York. By Robert Winnett telegraph.co.uk Flight attendant Steven Slater ranted over the intercom, passengers said. Steven Slater, 39, argued with a passenger in America who was attempting to retrieve his hand luggage from an overhead compartment while the plane from Pittsburgh to New York was still moving on the runway. When the passenger abused Mr Slater, the “runaway” flight attendant appears to have lost his temper … Continue reading Steven Slater – I support you!

Stop this slut-shaming The word sexualisation is a troubling cultural shorthand – it sends girls an unhelpful message Laurie Penny The Guardian, Monday 9 August 2010 Article history The word wheedled its way into the language of women’s liberation like a semiotic sleeper agent. It was seen in headlines as early as 2007, but after the Home Office report on the sexualisation of young people last February, it was suddenly everywhere, with David Cameron wooing middle-England voters on a platform of “stopping the sexualisation of children”, and Mumsnet launching their Let Girls Be Girls campaign against the “sexualisation” of children … Continue reading Studs, Sluts and Sex

Fighting racism: united we must stand The thugs of the English Defence League must be stopped. Anti-fascist groups must heal their divisions and unite in the fight Peter Lazenby guardian.co.uk, Monday 9 August 2010 10.59 BST Article history Members of the English Defence League hold a demonstration in Bolton’s Victoria Square. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesThe first three words of the headline on Matthew Taylor’s excellent report in Saturday’s Guardian on the English Defence League’s proposed invasion of Bradford, said it all: “Divided we fall.” Sadly, the anti-fascist movement is exactly that – divided – a state of affairs that must … Continue reading Fighting racism and the Socialist Workers Party

SIOA Co-Founder: Kill Your Liberal Relatives and All Muslims Loonwatch.com A great post by Daisy Cutter over at Daily Kos. It exposes one of the co-founders of SIOA, John Joseph Jay, who if I am not mistaken is also a frequent commenter on AtlasShrugs. Daisy Cutter’s article would have been bolstered if he/she used our article, SIOA is an anti-Muslim Hate Group. SIOA co-founder: kill your liberal relatives and all Muslims by Daisy Cutter The recent nontroversy over the not-actually-”at”-Ground-Zero not-actually-a-mosque is sure to heat up now that the first piece of red tape was shredded away. One of the … Continue reading Kill All Muslims – FBI?

Ten of the best celebrity sat nav voices For motorists driven mad by the default voice that comes with their satellite navigation device, a number of celebrities have come to the rescue by offering their own services. By Nick Collins Published: 9:00AM BST 07 Aug 2010 telegraph.co.uk Users can enjoy versions of some of Blessed’s most famous lines, including “Drive, hawkmen, drive” Photo: CORBIS It was inevitable that cult hero Mister T would be asked to deploy his unique talents on sat nav Photo: GETTY IMAGES John Cleese as Basil Fawlty Actor David Prowse as Darth Vader in The Empire … Continue reading Sat Nav voices

Bio bug ‘human waste’ car: ‘alternative fuels’ A car that runs on methane gas produced by human waste has been launched. Here are some other “alternatives” to petroleum-based fuels. By Andrew Hough telegraph.co.uk The converted Beetle car that runs on methane gas. Photo: SWNS A car run solely on steam was launched last year. Experts hope the alternative fuels could one day replace petrol. Photo: BLOOMBERG The solar reactor at the Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Scientists are developing a car fuel made from carbon dioxide and sunlight. Photo: SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES Thin air: Sceintists say car fuel could … Continue reading Bio bug ‘human waste’ car

Rare vintage racing Bugatti could fetch world record price A rare vintage grand prix racing Bugatti is poised to fetch a new world record price of at least when it is sold by a British collector at auction in California this weekend. By Alastair Jamieson telegraph.co.uk A Bugatti Type 51 race car in the 2007 ‘Grand Prix de l’Âge d’Or’ in the pitlane of Dijon-Prenois Photo: Akela NDE The 79-year-old Type 51, which contested 17 European Grand Prix races, is considered one of the finest surviving of its kind, boasting its original bodywork, engine and gearbox. It is set fetch … Continue reading Rare Bugatti – could fetch world record price

We will talk to Mullah Omar, and maybe to Bin Laden too When I first met Martin McGuinness I refused to shake his hand. Now I know that negotiation is the key to lasting peace Jonathan Powell guardian.co.uk, Sunday 8 August 2010 20.00 BST Article history It has become fashionable for western leaders, including generals, to talk about talking to the Taliban. But no one seems to be able to quite bring themselves to actually do it. That is understandable. It is almost impossible for a democratic government to fight an insurgency, losing lives in the process, and at the … Continue reading Mullah Omar and Bin Laden – its time to talk!

Smokers’ Corner: Rewarding hate Nadeem F. Paracha dawn.com The ‘educated’ today require an education based on facts and truth instead of what they were taught at school as ‘history’ and ‘ethics’: Nadeem Paracha. When televangelist Aamir Liaquat Hussain travelled to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj last year, rational Pakistanis let out a sigh of relief. The more mischievous among us even prayed to the Almighty to let the Saudis fall in love with this eminent ‘Islamic scholar’ and fund his outlandish theories, leaving television viewers ever so grateful for keeping him there. But, alas, he is set to make a … Continue reading His Eminence Aamir Liaquat Hussain