Archive for April, 2009

Australian Miss Universe contestant

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Sydney model Naumoska poses in Sydney STEPHANIE NAUMOSKA

BEAUTIFUL OR JUST PLAIN DANGEROUS ? What do you think ?

My vote is for just plain dangerous – particularly for young girls wanting to get to that body shape, who can’t do it without endangering their health.

4-4

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

      PURE RUSSIAN GENIUS

Did you see it ?

If you missed it, you missed a classic. Everything that makes the premiership the best league in the world

Investor pshychology

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Look familiar at all ?

http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2009/4/17/saupload_investing_psychology.png

Premiership Fail

Monday, April 20th, 2009

http://tinyurl.com/cdcxow

It pains me to say it, especially as I’ve been lecturing Saints fans about keeping the faith all season, but based on yesterday’s pathetic display I think Newcastle United are Championship bound.

What really worries me is that if MK Dons get promoted (which is quite possible) then I can see them beating the shower that I watched yesterday. That’s really, really sad.

Footy humour

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Q. What is the difference between Alan Shearer and Newcastle United

 

A. Alan Shearer will be on Match of the Day next season

What’s Wrong With This Picture? (Part Two)

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/g20-police-assault-ian-tomlinson

The alleged attacker is “on sick leave” !?!?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/18/ian-tomlinson-g20-police-officer

Meanwhile …

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/16/police-delete-tourist-photos

Local elections are coming up. Time to send a message that the current erosion of civil liberties has got beyond acceptable?

Hedge Funds – A Plain English Guide

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

http://dilbert.com/fast/2009-04-12/

The “R” Word

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Don’t whisper it too loudly, but there already seems to be talk in the air about recovery. Stock markets up year to date (good leading indicator), increasing number of mortgage approvals, stimulus packages starting to have an impact, plans in place to buy up toxic assets from the banks, some of the banks reporting better Q1 numbers.

Is this a systematic attempt to spin good news stories to the media, or could it be that the end of our way of life as we know it isn’t quite nigh ? Could we really conceivably be over the worst already ?

The Damned United

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Anyone seen this yet ?

There has been a lot of controversy about it, maybe some of it isn’t accurate, maybe the theme of his alcoholism is overdone, maybe some of the conversations never took place. But it certainly took me back to when I was a young boy just getting into my football.

The thuggery of the 1970s Leeds team was really something - not sure Bremner, hunter, Charlton and co would have got through many games now. I remembered the Charity Shield final, the fight between Keegan and Bremner, his sacking after 44 days, his success at Derby.

But the one thing that comes across all the way through is the genius of Cloughie. I didn’t think the film would be able to get that across believably, but it does. And you know all the way through, that whatever happens at Leeds, what comes next is that he takes Nottingham Forest from the bottom of the second division, and turns them into European champions two years in a row.

Here is Johnny Giles’s view – and yes, he and his team mates don’t come across too well. But then again, Cloughie does get the last laugh on them all.

http://www.herald.ie/opinion/columnists/john-giles/enjoy-damned-fiction–but-remember-facts-1672328.html

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/07/video-g20-police-assault

I can’t see there’s any other way of reading this footage.