WHERE'S WALL-E

And how many can you name? (click for larger pic)

HT: Bleeders

US DOLLAR WORRIES

Thanks to Moz at Charteris

DANIEL CRAIG'S MY WOOKIE BITCH NOW

HT: Digital spy

AVENGING THE DEFICIT

As some know I edit a mag called Financial Risks Today that has its own blog and I thought I'd share a take on the situation in the States today as the deadlock could have been in 1940:

The UK this week sees the premier of Captain America: The First Avenger.

The good Captain was the original 9 pound weakling Steve Rogers, rejected by the army but given a second chance through the use of a super-serum that German scientist Abraham Erskine developed.

Erskine was killed just after Rogers' transformation by Gestapo agent Heinz Kruger.

As the debt ceiling deadlock continues with politicians point-scoring and blaming each other as the deadline-day for default looms near, I wonder what would have happened back in 1940 with today's politicians?

Surely the Republicans would have appreciated getting someone out of 4F and into the US Army but would have baulked at the costs, complaining that this action can only happen if cuts were made elsewhere?

Meanwhile, the Democrats, although worried about the ever-increasing debt would have complained that the Republicans were playing petty-politics and that action was needed now to deal with the issue of a lack of super-soldiers. Any vote in favour of the Republicans would not deal with the threat in an instance but create problems six months down the line.

Of course, as events occured in the story, the Democrats would have won but with the killing of the creator of the Super Serum, the Republicans would go into the next elections complaining that despite the Democrats spending all that money, the country was only left with one super-soldier so how could President Roosevelt justify the costs.

The Tea Party would have questioned how a German scientist got a job ahead of a good old American boy and how the lack of immigration controls and decent security checks allowed the assassin to get into the lab in the first place.


Editor's note: Erskine was originally called Reinstein, why it was changed, I don't know

PRESSGATE GOES ATLANTIC

ht: Millar

WHAT'S MY JUDOON

OK probably far too late on this one but we stumbled across it tonight on Youtube from what looks like a sadly inactive blogger Dr Gaz



Ps: For those who've wondered over from the Telegraph, hi (I presume) Stink, Hi Morningstar, I don't just rail against political idiocy here!)

JOHANN HARI prt 2

I have come to the opinion that Hari must be a member of the Chartered Institute of Journalists.

I have taken a screen shot of their code of conduct, which appears to be very liberal in its views and has just the flexibility that Hari needs.

UNRULY WORKERS

So the great unwashed of the public sector are striking for their pension rights among other things.

For your delectation, here is a handy etiquette guide courtesy of the Daily Mash for whence you may happen to come upon the masses:

A guide to strike etiquette30-06-11
AS the country's public servants once again challenge Britain to notice the difference, experts have issued an essential guide to national strike etiquette.



Do try not to spray tea directly into their face Professor Henry Brubaker, of the Institute for Studies, said: "Too many people in Britain have forgotten the importance of good manners during an angry strike. This simple guide should ensure that the strikers' absurd demands are politely ignored without it descending into a foul-mouthed brouhaha."

National strike dos and don'ts:

When crossing a picket line do so with poise and grace. Imagine one is trying to balance a badly educated child on one's head.

However, it is important to remember you are now in the striker's place of entitlement. The striker is your host and you should treat them with respect. Do not put your feet up on the seats they put their feet up on.

If one finds oneself eating lunch in the same restaurant as a striker, always use a dessert fork to stab them in the face when when they start helping themselves to a third of your soup.

Never be arrogant or condescending - particularly when pointing out the horrendous spelling mistakes on a teacher's placard.

Listen patiently and politely to the striker as he or she explains loudly why their pension needs to be better than yours, before smiling and saying 'thank you so much, that was very entertaining'. You should then offer them a sweet - perhaps a Rolo or a Chewitt.

Do not burp, spit or pick your nose at them.

A man should always open a door for a lady striker, even though she will find it violently sexist.

If the striker continues to insist that you should pay for his pension and that he should retire five years earlier than you, always say 'pardon me?' rather than 'huh?', 'come again?' or 'what in the name of shitting fuck are you talking about you delusional, self-serving piss-bucket?'.

HOLY BOOBIES BATMAN

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHA…AH!



HT: Bob Mitchell

HAPPY SMURFDAY

Happy Birthday you blue things who fight evil humans who want to take over your village and way of life



Ah, hang on…



that's better

And here's something guaranteed to stick in your head and annoy you for hours, enjoy

ASTERIX THE THUG

I am glad to see that academics have some time on their hands to work this one out:

A group of academics have analysed the traumatic brain injuries in the Asterix comics, identifying 704 head injury victims in the 34 books.


A paper published in the European Journal of Neurosurgery, Acta Neurochirurgica, examines the much-loved books in detail, discovering that of the 704 victims, 698 were male and 63.9% were Roman. One hundred and twenty were Gauls, 59 were bandits or pirates, 20 were Goths, 14 were Normans, eight were Vikings, five were Britons and four were extraterrestrials.

I mean, and...?!?!?
ht: The Guardian

GEEK HITS

Noah's Ark: The True Story


How to turn to the darkside



Ht: Geeks

MEANWHILE

David Cameron is trying to be common

NICK CLEGG LOOKING SAD

Just brilliant

DARTH DISNEY

OK, silly and an add, but enjoy



ht: Geeks

IT'S ALL BECOME CLEARER

WHY...

...haven't I got one of these?



;)

SNOWTROOPERS

Apparently it wasn't just the rebels which made the Empire go to Hoth:




More here

SAYS IT ALL REALLY

A quickie post, hopefully fully back on line tonight (crossed fingers)
A lovely typo in the Telegraph online
Quoting Cameron on the budget rise:

"At a time when we are making painful decisions at home to put our economy back on track I will now allow Brussels to derail us."

Indeed!

MY EYES

Um, yeah, enjoy...I think