Happy Face

Fantastic idea that Billy, they'd make fortunes as well, especially if we won, and Niall Quinn loves that type of stuff too. If we had the financial clout I'd have it that way already. Something of which I'm sure the charity would abide by also. 6. Put Bobby Robson's charity on the shirts if Newcastle play Sunderland

I wouldn't pay £2500 if it guaranteed a champions league final. You can go to Hawaii for that y'knaa.

The happy middle ground? Unemployed ball boys of course.

Isn't it clear that anyone following all of that as it unfolded would have been more misinformed than informed? The New York Times' Robert Mackey did an equally comprehensive job of live-blogging the media reports, and his contemporaneous compilation reflects many of these same glaring errors in the coverage: "CNN reports that two military sources say that the second gunman at Fort Hood is 'cornered' . . . Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison told Fox 4 News in Texas that one shooter was in custody and 'another is still at large' . . . CNN’s Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr reports that 12 people have been killed and up to 30 wounded. One of the dead is said to have been one of the gunmen. . . . Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, just revealed that earlier reports that the suspected gunman, Major Nidal Hasan, had been killed were incorrect. Major Hasan was wounded but remains alive." Perhaps most irresponsible of all is the unverified claim that Hasan had written on the Internet in defense of suicide attacks by Muslims, even though the origins of those writings are entirely unverified. Similarly, certain news organizations -- like NPR -- used anonymous sources to disseminate inflammatory claims about Hasan's prior troubles allegedly grounded in activism on behalf of Islam. Much of this may turn out to be true once verified, or it may not be, but all of the conflicting, unverified claims flying around last night enabled many people to exploit the "facts" they selected in order to create whatever storyline that suited them and their political preconceptions -- and many, of course, took vigorous advantage of that opportunity. I'm obviously ambivalent about the issues of media responsibility raised by all of this. It's difficult to know exactly how the competing interests should be balanced -- between disclosing what one has heard in an evolving news story and ensuring some minimal level of reliability and accuracy. But whatever else is true, news outlets -- driven by competitive pressures in the age of instant "reporting" -- don't really seem to recognize the need for this balance at all. They're willing to pass on anything they hear without regard to reliability -- to the point where I automatically and studiously ignore the first day or so of news coverage on these events because, given how these things are "reported," it's simply impossible to know what is true and what isn't. In fact, following initial media coverage on these stories is more likely to leave one misled and confused than informed. Conversely, the best way to stay informed is to ignore it all -- or at least treat it all with extreme skepticism -- for at least a day. The problem, though, is that huge numbers of people aren't ignoring it. They're paying close attention -- and they're paying the closest attention, and forming their long-term views, in the initial stages of the reporting. Many people will lose their interest once the drama dissolves -- i.e., once the actual facts emerge. Put another way, a large segment of conventional wisdom solidifies based on misleading and patently false claims coming from major media outlets. I don't know exactly how to define what the balance should be, but particularly for politically explosive stories like this one, it seems clear that media outlets ought to exercise far more restraint and fact-checking rigor than they do. As it is, it's an orgy of rumor-mongering, speculation and falsehoods that play a very significant role in shaping public perceptions and enabling all sorts of ill-intentioned exploitation. http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_gr...ting/index.html

Fuck's that orange thing? Looks like a Sesame Street fish. It's the fish equivalent of Phil Brown. Don't think much of Stevie's Mrs mind

Nirvana - Live at Reading Would have been a canny night to be there.

Not a cat in hells chance of me putting £2.5k of my own money into the club. ...or switching my pension over to it. Good luck to anyone else who does like.

I can think of a few players who probably aren't that sure. Harewood springs to mind as a recent example.

Comets on Fire - Sour Smoke. Been a while

We need a drinking smiley to wet the babies head. Well done sir.

Fuck's that orange thing? Looks like a Sesame Street fish.

About as likely to ever happen as some of the policies spouted by your BNP mates. Tired and desperate Try coming up with more than two policies that could actually work then. The skewl one is a bit harsh as it would probably rule out the likes of Tom, J69, Happy Face, CT, Jawdee, Ketsbaia and Jonny, none of which have a full blown mackem accent, Textbook Stevie. Slagging lads you've never spoken to for speaking mackem is up there with slagging off women you've never seen as ugly fuckers. I'd have a smoking stand and move the away fans into the bottom of the Milburn, where it's empty these days.

You mean something horrible like this? Expect some new clothes coming with you next season ticket... Is it supposed to be a swasticka? No, it's the logo of German Telekom (T.com), the telephone company. Probably not a good picture, here is a better one: Phew. I thought your lot were on the march again for a moment.

You mean something horrible like this? Expect some new clothes coming with you next season ticket... Is it supposed to be a swasticka?

The Three Burials has to be the best out of that list, brilliant film. I'm looking forward to True Grit mind. Aye, they're in order

Make a 6 foot papier mache trolls head for someone to wear in a running of the mackem through the streets of Newcastle before the opening home game of each season.

...I'd also point out, if you have to do it, this is how you go about announcing it. You explain the reasons, you tip your hat to the fans and ask that they understand. You assure them the original name will still remain. ...you don't say "we're looking to increase revenue so anyone wanting to rebrand the stadium, get in touch" as an afterthought at the end of a press release on a completeley unrelated matter.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/...lite-clubs.html If ANY Chelsea fan utters a word of complaint they can fuck off. They must be on for half a billion spent over a decade.

Appaloosa I thought it was very good. But then I thought of other recent westerns and realised it would come low on the list of the best of the noughties.... The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada No Country for Old Men The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford The Proposition 3:10 to Yuma Appaloosa

That and Fop falling on his sword.

http://xkcd.com/657/large/

I've always thought it looked really shit. Are they any good? Curse of the Were-Rabbit is incredible.

"Drink, drink wherever we may be, And throw the empty cans at Mike Ashley. And we will drink wherever we may be. Fuck off you fat cunt Mike Ashley."