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A British motorist who blew up a road safety camera which had caught him speeding was jailed for four months Wednesday, Greater Manchester Police said. Craig Moore, 28, took his revenge on the camera, which had flashed him in the Hyde area of Manchester, in August 2005.

Although the camera itself was badly damaged, images of him speeding and returning to destroy the evidence were stored in recording equipment in its unscathed base. While Moore's attack on a camera was not Britain's first, it may rate as the most extreme. Other aggrieved drivers have previously used axes or paint.

“Speed camera vandalism is reaching epidemic proportions, and the only solution is to scrap cameras,” said Paul Smith, founder of Safe Speed campaign group which lobbies against the distinctive bright yellow devices. “Apart from their total failure to deliver improved road safety, they push good people outside of the law every day of the week.”

Cameras are waste of time, they don't help to reduce accidents because once you get a ticket, you go out and buy a camera detector so they never catch you twice.

Via: [The Sun]

Matt Lucas and David Walliams have announced they plan to release a Little Britain. “We've had some sort of interest from America,” Walliams told ITV1 chat show host Michael Parkinson.

The comedy duo have signed a deal with Pop Idol producer Simon Fuller to develop a US version of Little Britain for the American cable network HBO. They'll probably do away with Emily and Florence, since transvestism is normally unique to the British sense of humour. Hopefully, the film will improve on series three instead of just copying it.

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A life-size replica of a Guantanamo Bay detainee has been placed in Disneyland by “guerrilla artist” Banksy.

The hooded figure was placed inside the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride at the California theme park last weekend. It is understood to have remained in place for 90 minutes before the ride was closed down and the figure removed.

A spokeswoman for Banksy said the stunt was intended to highlight the plight of terror suspects at the controversial detention centre in Cuba.

Source: BBC News

The trailer for Borat’s latest movie, released 3rd November 2006 is available on Apple’s website.

Dzienkuje!

Watch Trailer [Via: Philliponderings]

The pictures explain it all.

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Cook County prosecutors say a 29-year-old man traveling with his mother desperately didn't want her to know he'd packed a sexual aid for their trip to Turkey. When asked, he claimed the device, resembling a grenade was a bomb.

He later told officials he'd lied about the item because his mother was nearby and he didn't want her to hear that it was part of a penis pump. Madin Azad Amin faces up to three years, on charges of disorderly conduct in prison if convicted.

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AKRON, Ohio - Maybe the girl scouts should adopt a pay-as-you-go policy when selling cookies. The girls scouts are pursuing 12 court claims in Akron, Ohio, for uncollected cookie money ranging from $54 to $3,500. The claims total $9,000.

The Scouts say the deadbeats, all adults, picked up cookies and signed for them. One alleged deadbeat says most of the $3,500 debt involves cookies she gave to others to sell. She agreed to pay the debt in $100 monthly installments.

The other alleged deadbeats could face judgments or have their wages seized.

I thought girl scouts were supposed to be harmless?

Source: MSNBC

A spliced version of a scene from The Empire Strikes Back.

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Mr T, the star of the 80s TV show the A Team is set to make a comeback on a Dr Phil style talkshow, dishing out advice to audience members. The show's called 'I Pity the Fool' and should start in the US in October.

When asked about the show, Mr T said, “You're a fool if you don't take my advice.”

Mr T was a legend, I just hope he doesn't taint the greatness of the A Team.

Via: TheAge

The six-year-old mascot for a British army battalion has been demoted in disgrace for acting the goat during a parade in full view of dignitaries.

Billy Goat has been a mascot of the First Battalion, the Royal Welsh regiment, since he was six months old and had the official rank of lance-corporal before his frisky antics during a parade marking Queen Elizabeth’s official birthday earlier this month.

The army said he had been demoted to fusilier (private) as a result of his behavior.

“The goat major had a hard time keeping him in line, he was bouncing around all over the place,” military spokesman Captain Crispian Coates told Reuters Saturday. “This is his first overseas tour. He has certainly not made a good start for himself.”

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Andrew Hawkins - the descendent of one of the first British slave traders, Sir John Hawkins - kneeled in chains in front of 25,000 Africans in Gambia and asked for forgivness.

Next year marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the UK. Mr Hawkins and organisers of his trip to Africa say not enough has been done to apologise for the wrong of slavery.

So should we say sorry for enslaving africans? They seem to have pretty much paid us back for what we did by increasing the amount of crime in the US and creating rap.

Apologize? Back to work!

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Perfect for the paranoid conspiracy theorist, this great invention shields whatever you're looking at from prying eyes. There's also a mobile phone version available.

“…you can venture into public spaces confident that if the need to compose a private text message were to arise the object could be pulled over the face to create an isolated environment.”

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Let the Good Lord heal your wicked wounds with these Jesus bandages from Archie McPhee. One box contains 15 bandages that were blessed by the Pope during a special "Bless This Mess" ceremony at the Vatican. Also in the box is a free toy!

They also do nodding Jesus dashboard figures, so they must be serious.

Product Page [Via: Gizmodo]

This is possibly the most addictive tune you'll ever hear, I… want to… dance.

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