A step away....

...from horn speakers fixed to lampposts blaring out Soviet propaganda.

Text messages are being sent to people enjoying a night out in Bath warning them to keep the noise down and behave or to risk an £80 fine.

The council said it is a better way to communicate with people aged between 18 and 30 as posters had little impact.

A bluetooth transmitter sends text messages to 21 mobile phones every 40 seconds within a 100-yard (91m) radius.

When you first read this article you assume that they're going to text persistent offenders before they go out on a night out (which would be bad enough). But no, these aren't targeted, they're sent to every fucking person that walks past. A businessman in his 40s who has stayed late at the office and is walking home could recieve a text telling him to "behave".

Anti-social behaviour co-ordinator Tim Harris, of Bath and North East Somerset Council, said: "It's not just about telling people 'you can't do this and you can't do that'.

Of course it fucking is, Tim. How fucking dare you try and claim otherwise? That's exactly what it is! And it's not even like your being selective about who you send it to.

"It's very much about giving out information for their own personal safety.

Oh, right. Well that's fine then. You cock.

But in thisisbath's article he gets even more arrogant:

He said: "Young people don't go about reading lengthy posters and some of them don't even read newspapers.

"They contact each other using mobile phones, so this way we can make sure they are digesting this information."

Sounds like just what you'd expect from an "Anti Social Behaviour Co-Ordinator. Go fuck yourself, you arrogant cuntwaft.

God, at first I thought this was something much worse...

When I read this article on the BBC.

Boyle is 'edging closer' to Porno

Ugh, what an image.

So, chavs, basically

The BBC has published a list of names of schoolkids most likely to act up in class.

And what a fucking surprise the list is:

Pupils called Callum, Connor, Jack, Chelsea, Courtney and Chardonnay were among some of the ones to watch.

Is it safe to assume we can add "Darren", "Tracy", "Arron", "Jordan" and "Tyler" to that list?

Basically, the names that pikey chav parents give their kids. The list of names does not at all surprise me.

Islamic Search Engine

How very telling on what a truly medieval, fucked up religion it is.



And yet...

More bullshit from Brown

Unsurprisingly again, on Al-jaBeeba.

Gordon Brown will say Britain is doing the "right thing" in Afghanistan in a speech later, a day after a ministerial aide quit over government strategy.

Labour MP Eric Joyce, a parliamentary aide to the defence secretary, resigned saying a time limit should be set on troop deployment.

The prime minister will say: "When the security of our country is at stake we cannot walk away."

He will also say that financial and logistical support is being increased.

What's all this "will say" future tense bullshit? If he hasn't said it yet, why the fuck are they publishing it? Is it because they've been sent a script by Number 10 and told to report it as front-page, headline news (which I'd point out, it has been)? And people say the government don't control the media? Fuck sake.

The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said Mr Brown's aides were keen to stress that the speech was not a response to Eric Joyce's resignation and had been planned for some time.

But yet, entirely coincidentally of course, it's going to be made today? Just another fucking example of how stupid those in power think we are.

He said Downing Street was more concerned about criticism in the The Sun newspaper, which has accused the prime minister of not showing leadership on Afghanistan.

So what the fuck are they going to do? Shut it down?

Welcome to China.

Attempted justification for a national DNA Database

Is tucked away here:

Officers believe they have the killer's DNA from the crime scene. The profile does not match anybody on the national database.

How long before someone points out that if we had everyone's DNA on there, they would know who it was?

Ashamed of the human race

Or at least, I was after reading this story on the Evening Post website.

Not, of course, because some guy jumped to his death (although I've always believed suicide is an incredibly selfish way of dealing with things), but firstly that the police thought that this one solitary fucking nobody (in the same way, in the grand scheme of things, that you are I are a solitary nobody) was a reason to close the entire M5 Northbound, and secondly, for the comments on the story that frankly make me weep for literacy in this country, and especially Bristol.

yes why was all 4 lanes closed,my heart goes out to the dead mans family,this man did need help and support ,and now another needless death ,we hope things like this never happrn again but it will ,people will always take their own life,but did they really need to shut all for lane,all we hear at the moment is the safety of the emergency services,how wide is one lane ,and there is 4 lanes ,the could have closed 2 or even 3 lanes ,and have plenty of room for safety,could have put up a gaint screen to stop the sick rubber neckers looking and so on and so on ,One final thing to ponder on ,what would of happened if the man was still standing there today ,would the m5 still be shut,i dont think so
stephen, bristol

To start, possibly the worst displays of punctuatiuon I've seen in a while, but I guess at least he spelt "their" right. Somebody needs to introduce this guy to the full stop.

The man fell in the water so it would of been hard to get the net over the water, the police done what they needed to do, they closed it to stop people rubber necking!! If they has opened up one lane then whats the bet that people will have a good old nose and end up having an accident?!? The police obviously didn't want an accident to occur right by where this man was, They needed to make sure the man and the people who were there to try and help him were completely safe, I was not stuck in the traffic but a life has been lost, i just wish people would stop moaning..... you all have your lives dont you?
Danielle, Shirehampton

The location of this person came as no surprise to me anyway. I bet she cried when Jade Goody died.

what was wrong with putting a up screen and closing a lane.at lest the traffic moves.that would be the sensible idea.wiil the insurance companies if you claim for the delay pay out for the missed flights.or make a excuse in not paying the claim.how would the people in the traffic jam feel then, about the police closing the motorway,and the jumper.not very happy i believeif they are out of pocket
geoff, bristol

I wonder how people like this can read newspapers, magazines, and not wonder why the first letter of each new sentence is capitalised, when they don't.

Then it all goes a bit downhill...

First off i dnt see why every1 is arguin about this unfortunate incident and this poor man felt that low he had to end his life, the police done what they thought was right.. they obv no alot more than what people rightin on here do, if they didnt close the motorway there would have been more accidents caused by rubber-neckers slowing down trying to see what was goin on when its none of there business and as for the person names as M5, bridge sayin 'Why didn't they push him off straight away that is the most selfish comment ne1 could ever send, how do u think his friends n fam r gna feel and u dnt kno what was going thru his head at the time, no1 knos so shoudnt judge! if i was stuck in tht traffic i would certainly be more concerned about a persons life rather than getting homeor newhere else l8.. i completely stand by the police decision to close the motorway they obv did what they felt was right and dint reli have much time to think about it as a man was hanging off a bridge!!! shame on most of you!! and my thoughts r with this man and his family.
vickie, southmead

Fuck me, where do I start? Is her surname "Pollard"? Again, the person's location comes as no real suprise, but this one is wierd because she alternates from spelling words like "business" and "unfortunate incident" correctly, but then switches to such gems as "dint reli". Maybe the bits that make sense were actually written by "Hannah, Redland"? Vickie definitely cried at Jade Goody's death.

i think i have to agree with vickie here, the people who have wrote nasty comments about him is outragous and all of u should be ashamed of yourselves there is no need to say all that really is there. this poor mans family is going through hell right now thinking why did he do it, what have we done rong and all u lot r thinking bout is being stuck in traffic for 6 hours of your life when a poor man has lost his, i have total respect for the police and sevices of how that dealt with it, it is now in the past so all of u get over it and let him rest in peace and let the police and sevices do there jobs like u do as no one complains to u lot about urs!!!!! rest in peace
chris, bristol

Is this Vickie's brother? I've had to lower the spelling/grammar bar quite a lot with this one, and highlighted the only bit that actually made me laugh out loud.


What the fuck is wrong with the schooling system in this country? I don't know the age of these people but I think it's safe to say they're all in their teens. Do you think you'd see teenagers from, say, Sweden writing like this?