The World According To Dan

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

Blogs I read

TMZ.com

Justin Bieber Makes Surprise Appearance at NHL Draft to Announce First Pick - Justin Bieber shocked sports and music fans alike ... when the superstar showed up to announce the No. 1 overall draft pick at the NHL draft! The Canadian ...
FAIL Blog

'It's Friday, do you know where your employees are?': A beautiful half-day of "Summer Friday" memes to wrap up the work week - Are you ready for summer Fridays at work? If you are lucky enough to get this little thing called "Summer Fridays" at work, then bravo! That is an iconic w...
Guido Fawkes

Starmer Officially Refuses to Sack Mike Tapp - No10 on Mike Tapp: “It is not for any individual Secretary of State to determine whether the Ministerial Code has been followed, it is a matter for the Pri...
PoliticalBetting.com

We live in an era of massive viral misinformation - A particular skillset politicians of this era need in this era of social media is dealing with misinformation. As we saw with Lord MacAlpine people will sh...
Awkward Family Photos

The Creepy Family Photo Contest! - Announcing the CREEPY FAMILY PHOTO CONTEST in honor of Evil Dead Burn (in theaters 7/10)!! That’s right, it’s time to show off your weirdest, strangest, ...
Iain Dale's Diary

Is Andy Burnham the Emperor with no Policies? - [image: Andy Burnham] Tomorrow, the King of the North will grace southerners with his exulted present and travel to London to claim the throne that he co...
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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