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Flashback: The Young Ones
Wow. I haven't thought of this show in ages. The Young Ones was an '80s BBC comedy about four unlikely roommates — a punk rocker, Vyvyan, an anarchist, Rick, a short guy who wore sunglasses all the time, Mike, and my favorite, a hippie named Neil.
Which British Monarch Deserves the Failure Crown?
While Americans only have 43 leaders to rate historically, the Brits have many more centuries of eccentric monarchs to discuss and criticize.
British historians want to figure out which monarch was the biggest failure. King George III didn't make the list, since I guess the Brits can't decide whether to thank or blame him for losing the American colonies.
$23 Billion Could Be the Cost of War Profiteering in Iraq
$23 billion has been lost, stolen, or not properly accounted for in Iraq, according to a BBC News investigation. BBC claims that private contractors have exploited the conflict and reconstruction in a potentially criminal manner. There are 70 pending cases against private US companies for war profiteering, but the details of these cases are being kept mum under a gag order.
Slow News Day Is One Thing — What If There Was No News?!
I can't decide if this scenario would be a Zen utopian best day ever or a disaster of mind-stultifying proportions. Maybe the former for about five quiet minutes before the latter came crashing in.
While sometimes it feels like a slow news day, this crazy video is the news — without the pesky news part.
Does the Media Keep Actors in the Closet?
According to several A-List actors, there is a very obvious bias in Hollywood and they say it’s against hiring homosexuals. In an exclusive interview to be released next week, Alan Cumming — one of the stars of X-Men 2 — said that actors are more timid about coming out because of the way the press portrays homosexuality — they fear the controversy. “I don’t think the people that go see films care that much – the media make it more of a deal and it’s made into controversy.
Survival of the Prepared? Is It Time to Build a Bunker?
Hoo boy, so the news, right? If it's not a world of thrashing tornadoes, it's water rationing in California, or any number of politically or economically unstable situations. This BBC piece raises the topic more commonly associated with the 1950s nuclear mentality — or that Brendan Fraser movie — building a bunker.
Want Cheap Clothes? The Cotton Industry's Not 100% Fit
The global economy is about to hit your Saturday morning shopping spree. As we've seen food prices grow in response to higher crop prices, fashionistas should be ready to see their clothes prices follow suit, and it's a two-piece problem.
People watching their purse strings are causing garment makers to see a rapid decline in their own bottom line.
£10 Million to Rule Death of Princess Diana "Unlawful"
Princess Diana still makes news more than ten years after her death. I came across the latest Diana news as the main story on the BBC website yesterday, right there with an "intimate" photo gallery of Diana's life. A British jury ruled that Princess Diana was unlawfully killed due to the "gross negligence" of her driver Henri Paul and the paparazzi.
US Reputation Around the World Is on the Up
America is turning a popularity corner. In a BBC World Service poll, 35 percent of people from all over the world said the US has a positive influence, up from 31 percent last year. The view that the US has a negative influence declined from 52 percent to 47 percent.
India Gets A Lot Sexier — Transgendered TV and Hot Books
They say it takes three happenings to make a trend, but I'm counting one of these as two. Sue me. Math is hard.
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