To strive, to seek, to find…

(In case this vid gets censored, there are a tonne of links to Bush getting booed here on BuzzFeed)

“Iran was dangerous. Iran is dangerous. And Iran will be dangerous…”

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It gets better… I get angry.

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 Have never had so many comments on one article… If you’re interested, have a read after the jump.

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Jezebel has a lovely post on Mark Ronson including a headline starting “Bang the DJ.”

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More film fest excitement for y’all!

Last night saw director Paul Greengrass receive The Variety UK Achievement in Film Award at an event held in conjunction with the London Film Festival. He was then interviewed by Variety magazine’s Europe and Middle East correspondent, Ali Jaafar. The discussion ranged from Greengrass’s interest in Northern Ireland to the process of making The Murder of Stephen Lawrence. Suchandrika Chakrabarti reports

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Well well well. That should help with the mortgage.

Here’s AP on the bidding war:

NEW YORK (AP) — The memoirs of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the object of an international bidding war that went on for days, have been acquired by imprints of Random House Inc. in the United States and England.

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“He has a remarkable story to tell,” Knopf chairman Sonny Mehta said in a statement. “His tenure as prime minister was marked by close relationships with Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, and he enjoys a profile in this country that is rare among foreign leaders.”

Funny, that.

[Still wondering about the boy wizards? Not appreciating the J.K. Rowling dig? See Harry Potter's "left-wing hero" credentials here]

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I was actually going to go with “Oktoberfest reveller stuck in chimney for 12 hours” (thank you Reuters), but claustrophobic shenanigans are no laughing matter, people, no matter how much beer was sunk.

Head first in chimney and everything - that’s MRI-scan-unfunny. The poor dude was just drunk - it could happen to anyone. Remember, don’t take the roof route home after imbibing heavily.

The American President making a grammatical gaffe however? That’s good enough for the Friday Funday spot…

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