two signs that the sun has not set on the british empire.....

Britain Bans ‘Human Centipede’ Sequel

Director Tom Six has promised the sequel to The Human Centipede—the horror film about a man who stitches human beings together, mouth to anus—would make the original look like My Little Pony. He has apparently made good on his threat: Britain has banned The Human Centipede II from theaters, DVDs, and Internet downloads because it poses a “real risk” to moviegoers. How twisted was too twisted for the British Board of Film Classification? In one scene, the film’s villain apparently wraps barbed wire around his penis and rapes the final person in the “centipede” after watching its victims defecate in each other’s mouths. The BBFC has banned only 11 films in its 99 year history

Thatcher Will Not Meet Palin

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Here’s a hint to Sarah Palin: If your political followers call themselves the “Tea Party,” they might not be greeted so warmly by the British. Palin said last week that while on the way to Sudan, she hoped to stop over in Britain and see Margaret Thatcher, who Palin said she “so admires.” But Thatcher aides said Tuesday that Palin is likely to be “thwarted” if she tries to see Thatcher, and not only because of the former prime minister’s ailing health. “Lady Margaret would not be seeing Sarah Palin,” one source said. “That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts