NEWS

RIP

Maria Golovnina http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/23/us-reuters-golovnina-idUSKBN0LR1TV20150223

Govind Pansare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govind_Pansare

Letter combination of the week

Piffle.

"The Saturday story had come as a bolt from the blue to Defence Department secretary Dennis Richardson and chief of the Australian Defence Force Mark Binskin. They talked to each other, scratched their heads, and consulted colleagues – anyone who might be seen as a "leading military planner". Both rejected the report, with Richardson at the weekend describing it as "piffle"."

F.U.

Recipe for a Cheap Nasty Russian

In memory of Stalin's gulags - Buy a moustache-shaped ice cube tray (Amazon link) and some cheap, rotgut vodka - Freeze some Kvass (terrible carbonated drink that tastes like fizzy bread) with optional rat shit into Stalin's moustache-shaped ice cubes (or chocolate chips for the not so brave) - In memory of the sub-zero conditions in many of the penal colonies of the gulag archipelago, you have to keep the ice-cube moustache perched between your top lip and nose while downing vodka shots from a metal mug and singing the praises of the Soviet state - The whole thing is a shit experience, but that's sort of the point.

PMs of Oz

Number 12: Robert Gordon Menzies, aka: Ming.

Crime and Punishment

Raskol blah blah.

Bananaland

Still there, despite Marcia's best attempts.

The Feds

Jihadis on Newstart.

Subs.

Helmets.

Triggs.

Leaks.

Terror threat level currently: 'Budget in Trouble'

Cory Bernardi is a crook.

World

Very Bad http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/how-omnipotent-hackers-tied-to-the-nsa-hid-for-14-years-and-were-found-at-last/

Bad https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/

Citizen Four http://ia802600.us.archive.org/14/items/LauraPoitrasCitizenfour/

SPORT

Righteous sponsor of the week: Macro Meats Gourmet Game

Hanging Up the Boots: Half the Gold Coast Titans ... oh dear.

Cricket

Glen McGrath

Greyhounds

Football

Racist Chelsea scum fans.

West Ham fans showed them up http://www.channel4.com/news/this-how-west-ham-fans-are-standing-up-to-racism http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-31586198

Rugby League

Boxing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Mayweather,_Jr._vs._Manny_Pacquiao

Football Again

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/cristiano-ronaldos-agent-says-real-madrid-player-is-worth-at-least-300-million-pounds-578-million/story-fnii0fc4-1227207143862 http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/english-premier-league-tv-deal-sky-and-bt-outlay-10-billion-in-stunning-three-season-epl-outlay/story-e6frf4a3-1227215447239

and a lot more blah blah ...