Forum: Current Events

Debates, Eliminates, and Economy Downfalls: The week of September 22-28. Autumn is in full swing as the election heats up, the economy falls down, and pop culture is just as hot as ever. 1. John Nixon... No, Richard McCain...No: Presidential Debate. 2. Another One Bites the...

Stay glued to your television; it’s the week of October 18-25 1. Election Heat! Who’s in the Hot Seat to Take the Oath? 2. America Plummets, Gordon Brown Rises. 3. Pit Bulls and Lipstick: Pop Culture this Week 4. I’m a Survivor! Or… Not? Entertainment this Week 1. At the end...

Day 1: The ignorant proles are back up in arms, stirring up a furore of head-shaking, finger-wagging, and general nonplussed plebeian over-reactionary idiocy. Damn, guys, the Mail would be proud of its, presumably, illegitimate, children. Roll up, roll up, let’s all fling spittle at an...

This below is a part of my intent to reinvigorate the current event forums. I will post as many updates as I can over the coming weeks so as to spice up this place which is flatter than a child's bosom. If you find anything offensive, incorrect, inconsistent, inaccurate, irritating, imbecilic or...

3rd – 8th August, 2009. Ah, shoot me square in the face; after having a busy as dang week, I’ve not had time to update you anything like as often as I would have liked, as to what has been happening in the world. Hopefully, my recent updates have driven the impetus straight through your brain,...

First rule of journalistic practice is to impart as much information as you can (and for it to be manageable) into the first sentence. An ideal opener will be around 20 words long, and feature a minimum or 3 vital pieces of information (obviously, for news stories, not features). An opener will be...

Lock up your sons, lock up your daughters, and please, I implore you, lock up anyone and everyone you care about (including all pets, teddies, and your favourite TV channel). Let's try to navigate this impasse of hilarity, shall we? Grab your sherpa, clip in your carabiners (please bring pitons),...

Just a quick check, to see that I'm not going crazy: --UK girls are the "worst drunks". --Facebook banned from use within council offices, for staff. --Unemployment is at a 30 year high. --Personal debt is at a 15 year low. --Poland remembers the start of the First World War, at the time of...

Facebook takes counsel of moderately fast pigeon. That’s right: two days after a pigeon carried a 4gb stick across a set distance, faster than the ADSL connection of that country could upload it, Facebook have released a ‘Lite’ version of their ubiquitous social networking site. Hit any vox-pop and...

So yeah. I’ve been extraordinarily busy, but I am assuming all none of you readers will forgive my temporary indiscretion and laziness. You do? Excellent. Guantanamo Bay is providing more nourishment to the impoverished digesters of lunacy: The Senate has approved the governmental plan for...

Without song or rhyme, do you remember the time When all the young boys shut the gate? ;) Neither does she By the by for he And all the old dears forgot. Want some cocaine? Try to avoid the rain. Harry Potter is free, And so was she, And fortunately this guy is not.