The World According To Dan

Random photos, TV, politics and anything else that comes into view

Blogs I read

TMZ.com

Chris Brown's Ex Housekeeper Asks Judge to Block Rapper From Bringing Up Alleged Payment - Chris Brown's ex-housekeeper is asking a judge to keep out evidence that a member of Brown's team gave her money for medical bills after his dog attacked h...
FAIL Blog

Man asks friend about future plans with his girlfriend, he happily shares engagement hopes, friend suddenly turns into relationship doomsayer: 'Bro, no one’s gonna wanna marry you'. - Most friends would be thrilled to celebrate proposal plans.This one chose emotional sabotage instead. After hearing his friend wanted to marry his girlfrie...
PoliticalBetting.com

Fools Rusholme in? - I know Manchester fairly well and my first reaction to the idea of Andy Burnham standing in a potential Rusholme by-election was that’s good idea from Burn...
Guido Fawkes

EXC: Taxpayer Coughs Up Almost £30,000 for Climate Minister to Go on a Hike in Chile - The British taxpayer spent almost £30,000 sending Labour’s Climate Minister to South America, where she enjoyed a full-day hike. Enjoy the jollies while yo...
Awkward Family Photos

Lamb Formal - “Our fashionable 1987 easter photo with a real lamb.” (submitted by Darlene) The post Lamb Formal appeared first on AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com.
Iain Dale's Diary

The Speech That Cooked Starmer's Political Goose - But Maybe Not Just Yet - [image: Starmer] Even though they were held last Thursday, the local, Scottish and Welsh elections seem an age ago. Their reverberations are shaking the ...
Ben Charlton

Beating UKPC in court - In April 2025 I took UK Parking Control (UKPC) to court. They’re one of the private parking companies that are famous for aggressively pursuing consumers...
Radiac's Diary

A Pretty Good Year - After the disaster that was 2023, my 2024 was pretty good, so I thought if I share the bad the least I can do is share the good! If my year had a theme, ...
FT.com Westminster

Markets latest: GameStop closes up 68% – as it happened - *All the latest as a wild week on Wall Street, which pitted Redditors against hedge funds, comes to a close.* Read more
There, I Fixed It.

Epic DIY Chainsaw Fails Video Compilation - It’s funny that you need a license to fish, hunt, own a gun, drive a car, and work as a manicurist a nail salon, but there’s no such requirement for owni...
Anna Raccoon

My campaign is bearing fruit. - Not sure if I can do this but I will do my best. The disease is progressing and today I have had my medication pushed up to 300 ml of Ketamine and 275ml of...
Chase Me Charlie

new look 6262, part 2 - So far it all seems to be going ok. I accidentally cut the back bodice piece a size smaller than I needed, but it still seems to fit alright so I’m not to...
Bagehot's Notebook

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Benedict Brogan

RIP Benny Green – the boy who brought black Britain to a generation of schoolkids - IT'S perhaps no surprise that the death of Terry Sue-Patt, the actor who played Benny Green in the BBC school drama Grange Hill, is one of the most-read it...
Cranmer

Canon Andrew White deserves a knighthood - He doesn't care about temporal honours, of course. You only have to hear the 'Vicar of Baghdad' preach, or take a few minutes to watch the above short fi...
Peace. Of. Analeigh.

It is a Sunday, and I wanted to find my disjointed thoughts in front of me. For me. - There was an old wicker bird cage, canary yellow, that sat on some unnecessary piece of furniture in a lovely, but unnecessary room we fittingly dubbed the...
Torah Club

A Simple Noahide - This is something I learnt during my die-trying seeking for conversion to Judaism. There is a beauty in Judaism that it does not require you to be Jewish...
Henry Porter

I'm off, but the struggle for civil liberties must go on | Henry Porter - With the new government promising to respect our civil liberties, I think now is a good time for me to bow out This is my last post for liberty central, a ...
The Carrie Prejean

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