A quick look at the more interesting stories found today.
- Inconcievable! The Press Complaints Commission has actually ruled in favour of a complaint — and against Rod Liddle’s goat curry rant.
- The rant in question: “The overwhelming majority of street crime, knife crime, gun crime, robbery and crimes of sexual violence in London is carried out by young men from the African-Caribbean community. Of course, in return, we have rap music, goat curry and a far more vibrant and diverse understanding of cultures which were once alien to us. For which, many thanks.” Fucker.
- More on ACTA. Scariest part: the whole treaty will be in force once five member states ratify it!
- The Randstad as positive example for other dense conurbations. The Randstad (Edge City) is the Dutch name for the western part of the Netherlands, roughly between Rotterdam and Den Haag in the South and Amsterdam and Utrecht in the North. This is the most densely populated part of the Netherlands and the unique thing about it is that the most dense parts are at the edge of this region, surrounding what’s called the Green Heart (het Groene Hart. Instead of huge single core megacity therefore we got several bigish centres growing towards each other, with smaller satellite cities and towns surrounding them. There’s a continuing and decades old struggle between this drive and the desire to protect the agricultural heart of this area.
- Obcomix: Paul Gravett: In search of the Atom Style part 1 and part 2.
- Something worthwhile at the Daily Mail? Yep! Wonderful pictures of unearthly beauties.
- Also at the Daily Mail: Newspaper astounded to discover that area woman has tits.