Spaghetti Bolognese Doesn’t Come From Bologna Says Mayor Of Bologna
The Mayor of Bologna is becoming ever such a little bit testy over Spaghetti Bolognese - and rightly so. For it doesn't come from...
Gatwick Earthquake 63,000 Times Stronger Than Fracking Earthquake Limit
There's been an earthquake in the Gatwick region of Southern England. Terror as tens of thousands flee, gas lines disrupted, civilisation falling to pieces...
Well Of Course Jolyon Maugham’s Uber Legal Challenge Should Have Failed
Jolyon Maugham - Soapy Joe to those who know him well - has been trying to sue someone, somewhere, for some time now. He's...
Walmart’s Firing Disabled Greeters – Welcome To A Higher Minimum Wage World
Walmart used to hire people to simply stand - or sit, or lean on crutches - around and say "Welcome to Walmart" to people...
Elon Musk’s Been A Very Naughty Boy Tweeting About Tesla Says The SEC
That Elon Musk hasn't quite grasped the responsibilities of running a publicly listed company should be obvious by now but the SEC's had to...
Fairtrade Failure – The Only Fair Is Laissez Faire
The Guardian tells us that the Great White Hope of global trade, Fairtrade, isn't in fact working. On the basis that no one seems...
Aren’t Facebook Naughty, The Very Devils They Are
There is a certain whining noise emanating from the right on at present. Facebook are being very naughty boys again. You see, people run...
Berkeley Soda Study – Sugar Taxes Are Definitely, Definitively, Regressive
Much is being made of this new study about Berkeley's soda tax. That it has all been terribly successful, that lots of people are...
Dear Microsoft Employees – Don’t Want To Work On Military Contracts? Then Quit
There's a certain little confusion being displayed here over the employer / employee relationship among certain people at Microsoft. The basic deal is that...
Quite Why The Zebra’s Stripes – Flies Don’t Like ‘Em.
From the Annals of the Weird But Seemingly True. Really, flies don't like stripes:
Zebra’s stripes are a no fly zone for flies
Zebras are famous...