For those of you not following on Twitter, a round-up of my recent comments and links :

Just call it "Green's Despair", easily one of the best sports photos of 2010 .http://tinyurl.com/22t7njz #worldcup

Americans discovering that #worldcup drinking games based around goal scoring makes for a damn sober couple of hours.

England wants to win this for the Queen. The US wants to win it for the oily pelicans. #worldcup

As many as 50 SHIPS planned for Gaza Flotilla II? http://tinyurl.com/33z7v5y

UK : (PM) Cameron dodges assassination plot in Afghanistan, says no more British troops will be deployed, tells his government's ministers to "challenge generals" http://tinyurl.com/27cxy77

Fears today's alignment of planets will cause earthquakes and/or tsunamis. Evacuation drills held in Thailand http://tinyurl.com/2cybvfs

Are airbag units being used in IEDs? Check the shrapnel thrown out from this detonation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmpsFp1OSz0 (via @reddit)

You'll Thank God It's Only A Motion Picture." Not anymore, thanks to #BP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHtZ6Ixeqvs&NR=1

You know the "If you break it, you own it" rule? In Bali there appears to be a "If You Fuck It, You Marry It" law http://tinyurl.com/34zsyew

Daily Telegraph : "Aussie actor Russell Crowe denies reports that he plunged to his death off a mountain" // Well, he would, wouldn't he?

Video proof IDF shot Flotilla passengers first, from helicopter, http://vimeo.com/12429821

Now we see why it was so vital 4 IDF to confiscate cell & vid cams, tape recorders, reporters' notebooks from Flotilla activists.

Videos allegedly show IDF executing 19 yo American http://tinyurl.com/36njvuk shooting Flotilla passengers from helo http://vimeo.com/12429821

Wonder if we'll see new Gaza Flotilla vid confirming Israel shot first on the news as often as we saw IDF commandos getting beaten? No?

Russian scientist, oceanography expert, Anatoly Sagalevich says BP asked for Russia's help to stop Gulf Gushers five weeks ago. But US refused.

"We are Russians, if we go (to Gulf Of Mexico) with Mirs (deep sea submersibles) Americans would be appalled."

Oil industry rumors running hot GulfOfMex. gusher oil will hit Gulf Stream, which will carry 'Dead Zone' pollution around world in 18 months

The sea turning black (with oi) and the unexpected arrival of a comet (which may be daytime visible). How very, very Revalation-esque

Israeli ambassador on Colbert says thy knew Gaza Flotilla ship had "hired thugs" on it but then says they expected to encounter "peace activists". Uh, what?

Australian Meat Council spokesman states on current affairs show Today Tonight : "Good quality ham can come from a variety of different animals."

Radiohead singer claims music industry on verge of total collapse, end looms "within months" "no great loss" http://tinyurl.com/2g5vqaa

Why does footage of bird's struggling in BP's oil seem so much worse than seeing whales harpooned or baby harp seals clubbed? Apocalyptic.

Rupert Murdoch's wet dream (for his own e-newspapers) "Wired iPad magazine sales set to surpass print sales."

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Stories I've Been Reading :

"The 'Body-Swapping' Effect Was So Convincing That The Men's Sense Of Self Was Transferred Into The Virtual Woman

Man Infects Himself With Computer Virus To Show Vulnerability Of ID Chips & Implants : "If Someone Can Get Online Access To Your Implant, It Could Be Serious"

New British Government Promise To Wind Back DNA Storage, Control CCTV, Cancel Mandatory ID Cards As Budgets Fail Police State Implementation

Why All Politicians Should Have A Twitter Account, And Why They Should Use It

Australian Politician Confirms Australian Intelligence Agencies Use Fake Passports In Interview, Then Retracts Her Claims

9/11 Rescue Workers Were Valuable Political Props For Republicans, But Now Republicans Don't Want To Pay Health Care Costs Of 70,000 Sick & Dying Victims

Australian Prime Minister Unleashes His Infamous Temper On Murdoch Editors & Journos During A Dinner, No Murdoch Newspaper Reports The Incident, 'War On Rudd' Soon Begins At Murdoch Newspapers

Obama Wanted America To "Step Past The Cultural Chasm Of An Earlier Era", But Americans Still Obsessed With Debates On Issues Dating Back To The 1960s

Massive Increase In Number Of Miscarriages In US In The Weeks After 9/11, "Communal Bereavement" Blamed"

Taliban In Kabul Kill NATO Military Elite In Attack, Two Colonels & Two Lieutenant Colonels

Some Secrets Of Pentagon's New Shuttle Mission Exposed By Amateur Sky Watchers - Vehicle Can Launch And Catch Satellites, Stay Aloft For Nine Months

In 1992, Thais Fought Together For Democracy, Now They Fight Each Other

Pakistan : "When Water Stops Running From The Taps, People Blame America"

London Museum Changes Name Of New Permanent Exhibit From 'Climate Change Gallery' To 'Climate Science Gallery' As Skepticism Over AGW Rises

Most Web Users Have No Idea Extent Of Routine Monitoring Of Their Online Behaviour, Scanning E-Mails For Key Words, Crawling Computer's Memory, Remembering Where They've Been, Who They Communicate With The Most

Rush Limbaugh, Self-Styled Hero Of Working Class America, Drinks $4000 Bottles Of Wine, Sleeps In Exact Replica Of Presidential Suite From Paris' Hotel George V

For Hollywood's 10,000 Working Movie Producers, The Glory Days Are Just About Over As Major And Small Studios Slash Production

Stories I've Been Reading :

Bernard Keane : Peter Garrett Is Exonerated, Nobody Notices

Video Games Really Are Designed To Control Your Mind, Keep You Playing, Get You Addicted

Why The iPad Won't Save Newspapers

Our Sudden Chaotic New Volcanic Reality : More And Bigger Eruptions

Richard Dawkins On Why The Pope Should Stand Trial

Hallucinogens Now Being Seriously Studied As An Aid/Cure For Depression, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Gary Younge On Why American Conservatives Are Transforming Into Animal House - Strident, Reckless, Anarchic

Rupert Murdoch's Plans To Paywall His Media Is Proof Of "The Incoherent Spluttering Of An Industry With Sleep In Its Eyes And Moths In Its Wallet"

Crikey : What Role Should Journalists Play In A War?

The Terrible Truth Of Iraq : Soldiers Told To Shoot Civilians, Reassured Senior Officers Would Take Care Of Fallout

How The CIA Used Propaganda To Shore Up Western Europe Support For War On Afghanistan

Stephen Fry On Why Twitter's Power To Influence Politics, To Create Change, Is Yet To Be Fully Discovered

Stories I've Been Reading :

South East Asia Drought : "We Will Have A War, A Water War. When They Need Water To Drink They Will Fight For Everything"

Comic Books Promoted As Cheap Educational Tools

Have You Ever Heard A Carrot Scream? The Feelings, Rights And Dignity Of Plants

Apes Have Theory Of Mind, Just Like Humans

"How Do You Trust An Ally That Steals British And Australian Citizens' Identities For An Assassination?"

US Military Goes To War On CIA "Honeypot" Website, Where Jihadists May Have Plotted Attacks Against American Soldiers

Fall Of Newspapers : Ad Revenues Decline 43% In 3 Years For American Print Media

Peter Hartcher On How President Obama Used Reasonableness To Expose Republican Opponents As Extremists

American Conservative Media Seem Very Nervous About Using The Words "Christian Terrorists"

86 Out Of 88 Cities In China's Drought Zone Running Short Of Drinking Water, Affecting At Least 17 Million People

Soldiers, Police In Combat Gear, Armed With M4s Patrol NYC Subway

Space Shuttles Leave 300 Tonnes Of Water In 1000 Kilometre Long Exhaust Plumes

How To Repossess The Executive Jets Of Drug Dealers & Dictators Without Getting Your Head Blown Off

Karl Rove Claims "The Downing Street Memos Are A Complete Fabrication" As He Wusses Out To Anti-War Protesters

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Stories I've Reading Instead Of Posting Stories Here :

Murdoch Journalists Hacked "The Police, The Military, The Royals, Government Ministers...On A Near Industrial Scale"

Australian Official : "Israel Has Got Us By The Balls"

The 'Mirror Man' - One Of The Strangest Mental Disorders Ever Recorded

Washington Times : A Lingering Technical Question About The September 11, 2001 Attacks....How Did 200,000 Tons Of Steel Disintegrate And Drop In 11 Seconds?

Australian Federal Police Join Multinational Unit To Hunt Down Israeli Hit Squad Who Frauded Passports The New York Times Pegs A Nose-Ringed Actress As Founder Of Tea Party Movement

Incredible, Absolutely Riveting Story Of Cop Who Shot A Crazed Face-Shredding Chimp He'd Known For 15 Years, It Used To Wave At Him

Adam Curtis, The Writer/Director Of 'The Power Of Nightmares', Has The Best History/Reality Check Blog In The World

Mammals That Live In The Trees Live Twice As Long As Ground-Dwellers

Hurricane Katrina : Police Shot Ten 10 In Aftermath, Attempted To Cover Up Killings, Former Detective Pleads Guilty

Organ Donors Can Pass On Memories, Likes And Dislikes To Those Whose Lives They Saved...Or Is It Just The Drugs?

The Amazing Multi-Billion Dollar Boneyard Of America's 20th Century War Machine

The Oath Keepers Recruit Patriot American Soldiers And Get The Mother Jones Treatment

A Pre-Iraq War Story On Tribalism That Warned Of Bloody Insurgency And Civil War Tensions Rise Between Australia & Israel Over Passport Fakery, Foreign Minister Says This Is Not "What Friends Do"

From "Bloody Civil Wars To Rag Tag Insurgencies" - Photo Essay On 33 Conflicts From Across The World