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Some say we’re the most evil people ever to besmirch the planet.
Or that everyone knew and they can’t understand what the fuss was about anyway.
All we know is we’re the Daily Star Sunday - and we’re the guys who unmasked the Stig.
Yes, we named Top Gear’s test driver and started a big ol’ online storm.
There’s been a media pile-...

A stunning nugget from Fox News:
 
Almost-out-the-door CIA Director Michael Hayden on the question he's asked most often: Why can't you find Osama Bin Laden?
"[I asked] ...

Breaking news here at the Daily Star Sunday, when a colleague exclaims: "The Prisoner has died!  Patrick McGoohan.   He was 80."
I hit back:"He was not a number!"
And thus, ladies and gentlemen, is comedy greatness is born.

...it's the only explanation I can find...
 
Yes, it's a brief return to blogging to express my incandescent joy at the news of the release of journalists Colin Freeman and Jose Cendon from captivity in Somalia.
 
As I've written here before, Col is a pal of mine and so when the phone call came through that he was free, there was a fair ...

Every day that bloody bloke Obama is pictured leaving the gym.
Where does that leave those of us who like to claim we never have the time?
THough I suppose he is technically unemployed until January.
 
 
 
And belatedly, quote of theUS  election came from Maya Angelou.
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With bankers and estate agents having such a tough time, could this mean tabloid journalists sneak upwards a rung or two in public affection?
 
Probably not.
 
But still ,here's a joke from a friend of mine.
 
Q:  What's the definition of optimism?
 
A:  A banker ironing fi...