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BlackFlag News is pleased to re-announce that this ground-breaking work by one of Romiley's most distinguished authors can be read on-line. This is the way recycling has to go! Read the Book on the Romiley Literary Circle website Category : The future of recycling in a violent & lawless society. |
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BlackFlag News is pleased to recommend this excellent collection. The handy pocket-size softback is available from Romiley Bookstore, 101 Riverside Drive, for just £9.99 / €17.49 plus NO VAT because they don't believe in it. |
The creator of the Flashman books has died at 82. He earned a crust as a journalist, working on The Scotsman and becoming deputy editor of the Glasgow Herald. He also wrote film screenplays, including those for several Musketeers films, Red Sonia and the Bond film Octopussy. But Mr. Fraser is best known for developing the career of the school bully in Tom Brown's Schooldays. As an army officer in Victorian times, Flashman had a licence to blunder around the world, winning fame and fortune by accident.
The Toshiba system for high-definition DVD players has been declared dead in the water following a decision by Warner Brothers to release their films only for the Sony Blu-ray system from later this year. Both systems provide pictures of the same quality but Sony's player costs 50% more than Tosh's.
The world's most famous mountaineer has died at 88. He is still officially credited with being the first human to stand on the summit of Mount Everest; he is certainly one of the first to do so and live to tell the tale. He and Tensing Norgay completed their climb of Everest just a few days before our present Queen's coronation in 1953.
The man who gave the world the Hula Hoop has died at 82. He founded the Wham-O Toy Company with his pal Arthur 'Spud' Melin in 1948 and supplied the citizens of southern California with boomerangs, catapults, crossbows and other sporting goods at first. Then the company took a walk on the wild side. As well as Hula Hoops, it also made popular Silly String, the Frisbee (which was originally called the Pluto Platter by its inventor), the Superball and lots of other fun gadgets.
The weirdo chess wizard has died at 64. He began his chess career at 6 and won the US adult championship for the first time at 14. His tactics included making his opponents squirm and trying to crush the other guy's spirt. He became an American hero when he beat the Soviet champion Boris Spassky in 1972.
The minister for fake tans was booted out of his two jobs as the police launched yet another investigation into labour party finances. The prime monster tried to explain why hain's failure to declare £103,000, some of it from dodgy sources, of the £200,000 which he raised for a spectacularly unsuccessful labour deputy leadership bid. But the best that old scotch could manage was that hain isn't corrupt, he's just incompetent.
This Tory MP's smug world came unhooked when it was revealed in the tabloid press that he had been paying a small fortune in salaries to his two sons, who had been recruited as research assistants while away at university. In the absence of any record of what they did in return for a total of £83,000, Conway received a slap on the wrist from the Commons. But his party boss, Dave the Leader, expelled him from the party in a cloud of indignation. So when scotch gordon finally summons the nerve to go to the country, Degsy will be history.
The nation's favourite prankster and a charity fund-raising champion has died at 59. Jeremy Beadle was a serial practical joker, who burst into the nation's consciousness as one of the four presenters of Game For A Laugh, which was essential viewing during the 1980s. He pursued his talent for making people do daft things in Beadle's About and You've Been Framed, and he threw himself into charity work when his TV bubble burst, raising over £100 million, for which he received an MBE in 2001.
This author, humorist and broadcaster has died at 66. His freelance writing credits include Punch and doing daily newspaper columns. He also worked for BBC radio & television and created numerous books. He became well known for his Let's Parler Franglais! series; a mock study course based on the way French has become anglicized. He also published a Latin phrase book with his own translations of familiar words and expressions. Collections of his newspaper articles have appeared in book form and his busy life also included being a jazz musician and performing in TV travel features. |
Something else scotch gordon, the man who pretends to be the epitome of Britishness, is to blame for evicting Britannia from the tails side of the next issue of 50p coins. |
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Diana's Ditch, the overblown and badly designed & engineered 'memorial' in Kensington Gardens, is sinking and needs rebuilding, according to a bloke who used to work for the firm that was called in to sort out its problems. Alternatively, it would be renamed blair's bog and left as it is as a fitting monument to the nation's other people's princess.
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The Big Lottery Fund is supposed to distribute money to good causes. So why has it given £250,000 to the Trivial Democrats running Stockport Council for a project to "improve the way staff manage moods". £883 million has gone to other councils for similar abuses of the system. Brag and move on?
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"The US is faced with a miserable choice of candidates for the president's job. About the only one who has made a worthwhile contribution to society is that McCain bloke, who invented oven chips. So maybe he should get the job." |
As peter hain exits stage left, pursued by the Old Bill, it would probably be quicker to list the cabinet members who aren't under investigation for dodgy fund-raising. Alan Johnson, another former labour deputy leadership hopeful (a john prescott wannabe?) was next into the frame for dodgy goings-on. But he's also saying he's innocent, so everything is okay.
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A firm in Arizona has made a breakthrough in the field of personal protection devices. Taser International is now selling a high-voltage zapper which doubles as an MP3 player when the threat level is close to zero. Customers are advised to keep a close eye on their battery level to make sure that they have enough power to deal with a sudden emergency.
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