The lost pets of hurricane Katrina

Near New Orleans a small oil-slickened dog was seen wandering in Chalmette, Louisiana, as cleanup crews recovered oil from a ruptured refinery tank on September 6, 2005. Tens of thousands of barrels of oil had spilled and mixed with receding floodwater from Hurricane Katrina.

Three dogs waited for rescue in Pass Christian, Mississippi, on August 31, 2005, one day after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast town. The dogs were later saved by a local police officer.

Surrounded by litter left by refugees, a dog remained tied to the railing of a highway ramp in New Orleans on September 3, 2005, six days after Hurricane Katrina. Like many of the city's newly stranded pets, the dog may have been refused passage by rescuers as they evacuated its owners.

A New Orleans resident waded along Canal Street with a dog he rescued on August 30, 2005, the day the local levee system failed and flooded the city.

The Hitch vs Mos Def

"Mr Hitchens..."
"Mr Definitely..."
Amazing. You got merced Mos Def.

Last one.

And again.

Been fannying about with Photoshop this morning...

Cocky motherfuckers

They literally don't give a shit. Even after a yank sniper popped three of their lot with three clean shots, whilston a boat in five foot seas. Sweet. Despite this yesterday the plucky wankers had another pop at a US ship.

Pirates attacked another US-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Somalia with rockets and automatic weapons - but failed to board the craft.

Those crazy, crazy bastards.

Pirates

What year is this? Last time I check the East India Trading Company was out of business and amputee's could expect something a little more advanced than a wooden leg or a hook hand - With the exception of Abu, but he's a prick. But no, it seems these vagabonds in Somalia are still having a pop at every passing frigate and dingy. True they got a licking from some yanks today. The crew of the Maersk Alabama re-took their ship from a bunch of pirates. They have taken the pirate captain hostage and the rest of the nefarious bastards are described as being 'in the water.' But the point remains that this is the sixth hijack in recent days, including a British and Taiwanese ship. Isn't it about time we steamed over there with the Navy and fired a couple of Exocets into these pricks? Or how letting the SBS have a run-a-round? It's not like they have a political agenda, they're just thieves. Come on, lets show these arseholes what we can do.

I will find her...

And when I do, she is going to get the staring at of her life!

Dreams.

Martin Luther King had a dream, and in it he dreamt that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." He also dreamt that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. And then he dreamt that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. And of course that his four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Now, I don't wish to undermine the man in anyway, he was a really good sort and was the fulcrum responsible for change in America's view on race. But I had a dream as well, and it looked like this...

Pretty sweet huh?

In the absence of...

Titties.

Nature in all its awesomeness

Lucky little tinker

Obama and the limits of liberalism

After only a month in office, President Barack Obama has bumped up against the realities of war-and-peace decisions that face any American president. The president's order not to withdraw from Afghanistan but to get further into it shows that there are limits to the liberalism he has espoused.

Every cloud...

Damn: 'The severity of global warming over the next century will be much worse than previously believed, a leading climate scientist has warned.'
But hang on: 'There could be one hundred billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, a US conference has heard.'
YEEEEEESSSSSSSS, DANCE SPACE GIRL DANCE!

NOT A CUNT.

REAL MEN 2009: No. 1

Sergeant H.A. Marshall of The Calgary Highlanders. Canadian snipers in the Second World War were also trained scouts. Specialized equipment includes Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk I(T) rifle and scope combination and a camouflaged Denison smock.

PGC EXCLUSIVE

Thats right. We have our first exclusive! The world premier of the trailer for the Jerry Bruckmeister blockbuster, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The films stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton and ben Kingsley. It's based on the video game, which follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Cooo. Here's the trailer. SMASH!

Ha ha, goats suck at flying

Louise Theokritoff, 18, of Nottingham, who has just started at the University of Birmingham studying English and American literature, on the recession

"As a first-year student, the recession's impact seems fairly unimportant in relation to me. I came to university expecting huge expense, and I am prepared to rack up a large debt in the name of a further education and three years of partying. It's what I've always expected, really. Know what I mean?"

AN UNEASY PEACE IN GAZA

Parkour

Parkour (sometimes also abbreviated to PK) or l'art du déplacement[1] (English: the art of movement) is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body.[2] It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment—from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls—and can be practiced in both rural and urban areas. Parkour practitioners are referred to as traceurs, or traceuses for females.[3]

Parkour, in truth, is the cultural equivalent of a Dan Brown book. A lame idea wrapped up in a lot of window dressing, it's just jumping off stuff, as the above hero proved. But then this is coming from someone who'd walk the long round to avoid letting people see that he gets short of breath scaling a low dry-stone wall.

"Wait, what did you say? What do you mean I spelt it wrong? Geez, now I just look like an idiot and my whole argument makes no sense..."

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We won't make another...