[cheque]

Missed a great opportunity to use that clown smiley there Slackers.

[SA Chris]

http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/editors-pick/articles/A-Russian-Bank-Is-Sued-for/8/14/2013/id/51305?refresh=1

[lagerstarfish]

Just 'a bit of harmless fun' says Pennywise

linked to the climbing related

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/walkers-at-cave-hill-beauty-spot-shocked-as-naked-woman-poses-for-pictures-29553470.html

[Jaspersharpe]

Hurrah!

[slackline]

Eddie Izzard to run for mayor of london

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

linked to the climbing related
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/walkers-at-cave-hill-beauty-spot-shocked-as-naked-woman-poses-for-pictures-29553470.html

How DISGUSTING!............Turkish Delight?! Ugh. 

[slackline]

...relationship counselling in the main hall, or a flogging workshop in the small hall next door. 

[slackline]

She said that despite owning three properties, she had been forced to apply for housing benefit and is also considering applying for jobseekers allowance.

She told the panel: "I do not know how I am going to feed my kids, never mind the mortgages."

Errr, sell one of your properties 

[mrjonathanr]

That's daft. Why doesn't she just sell her story to a tabloid rag? 

[slackline]

A serving Chief Constable advocating decriminialising all drugs makes for a fresh change instead of waiting until he's retired to be saying this.

I very much doubt it'll make any change, but hey, not to worry, you'll soon be able to get a pint at the motorway service station.

[Jaspersharpe]

Lightsabers invented (sort of):

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/30/star-wars-lightsabers-invented

[SA Chris]

http://news.yahoo.com/climber-finds-treasure-trove-off-mont-blanc-111739540.html

Admirable for not pocketing a few.

[jwi]

Yosemite shut down in US budget showdown

I'm really happy we didn't go to Yosemite this fall. I would have been 

[andyd]

http://news.yahoo.com/climber-finds-treasure-trove-off-mont-blanc-111739540.html

Admirable for not pocketing a few.

Who says he didn't?!

[Jaspersharpe]

Yosemite shut down in US budget showdown

I'm really happy we didn't go to Yosemite this fall. I would have been 

"P-Ben in 'stroke of luck' shocker!"

[Jaspersharpe]

Jon Stewart on the GOP and the US government shutdown. Totally brilliant:

http://jezebel.com/jon-stewart-ripping-into-the-gop-is-a-thing-of-beauty-1434750022

This is the only link I could find that works in the UK btw.

Oh and....

http://jezebel.com/jon-stewart-goes-after-the-gop-again-tonight-because-f-1439281436

[dave]

Jon Stewart on the GOP and the US government shutdown. Totally brilliant:

http://jezebel.com/jon-stewart-ripping-into-the-gop-is-a-thing-of-beauty-1434750022

This is the only link I could find that works in the UK btw.

Oh and....

http://jezebel.com/jon-stewart-goes-after-the-gop-again-tonight-because-f-1439281436

fucking genius.

[slackline]

Yosemite shut down in US budget showdown

I'm really happy we didn't go to Yosemite this fall. I would have been 

Purportedly Day 2 of shutdown...

[Wood FT]

fight the man, man.

Some friends just got turfed out, I'm gutted for them, months of planning out the window because of some superb clusterfuckery.

[fatneck]

Currently working with a group of young people with learning disabilities on the subject of Preparing for the World of Work and am after some facts and figures around migrant workers. I'm trying to combat the idea that "they're taking all our jobs..." and thought the learned folk of this parish might be able to point me in the right direction.

And before Slackers any resident pedants feel the need to pipe up, I have used Google and have found some useful information about the numbers of foreign workers and their locations etc but I'm struggling to find stuff that doesn't smack of Daily Hate style propaganda...

Cheers...

[fatneck]

This is the best link I've found so far but I didn't really want to go through something as detailed as this!!

[slackline]

Look round fullfact.org or C4s FactCheck to see if they've written any articles on the subject.

[fatneck]

Despite the slur on his good name, he's still useful Consider yourself wadded sir...

[cowboyhat]

http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/local-news/relief-as-kenny-jumper-safely-returned-1-5524216

[andyd]

He said: "This incident could happen at any school around the country."


I say, "I seriously hope not".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-24402722