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Doctor Who: The Anime

Also on MetaTube if this gets pulled from YouTube one day…

Crisis! What Crisis?

Although I’ve never been a fan of TalkSport radio, I have to confess I do enjoy their videos 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQt3kw8th5w

It’s been a fucking mental 24 hours at Liverpool, with the official site dropping this bombshell in the late hours of Wednesday night:

The Board of Directors have received two excellent financial offers to buy the Club that would repay all its long-term debt. A Board meeting was called today to review these bids and approve a sale. Shortly prior to the meeting, the owners – Tom Hicks and George Gillett – sought to remove Managing Director Christian Purslow and Commercial Director Ian Ayre from the Board, seeking to replace them with Mack Hicks and Lori Kay McCutcheon.

This matter is now subject to legal review and a further announcement will be made in due course.

Meanwhile, Martin Broughton, Christian Purslow and Ian Ayre continue to explore every possible route to achieving a sale of the Club at the earliest opportunity.

Ironically this news comes on the same day that the much hyped “Dear Mr. Hicks” viral was launched – minus any celebrity of note – I struggled to watch it to the end, and as a Liverpool fan I am embarrassed to have this sanctimonious whining being connected to my club.

Finally, yesterday morning I wake up to the news that a sale has been agreed and some dynamite quotes from previously quiet chairman Martin Broughton

I am delighted that we have been able to successfully conclude the sale process which has been thorough and extensive. The board decided to accept NESV’s proposal on the basis that it best met the criteria we set out originally for a suitable new owner. NESV’s philosophy is all about winning and they have fully demonstrated that at Red Sox. We’ve met them in Boston, London and Liverpool over several weeks and I am immensely impressed with what they have achieved and with their vision for Liverpool Football Club. By removing the burden of acquisition debt, this offer allows us to focus on investment in the team. I am only disappointed that the owners have tried everything to prevent the deal from happening and that we need to go through legal proceedings in order to complete the sale.

I think it is a great pity that at the end of an exhaustive process that has been seeking a competitive bid, that they are not going to take the last opportunity to be the ‘good guys’ and pass over Liverpool to the right owners, that is what they promised to do, what they said all along they would do.

When I took the role they gave a couple of written undertakings to Royal Bank of Scotland – that I was the only person entitled to change the board and that they would take no action to frustrate any reasonable sale, I think they flagrantly abused both of those written undertakings. I have the casting vote.

Magic Trick

Somehow, I don’t think that Hayley would be impressed if I tried this at home 🙂

Happy Finish – Department of Hate

I'm really looking forward to Happy Finish; the quality of some of the sketches done for websites has long since reached the levels expected of TV sketch shows, and in many cases has even exceeded what's on offer from modern day sketch shows. I can't remember the last sketch show I enjoyed on TV; Big Train — that was, what, 8 or 9 years ago!

Retro Games Destroy NYC

All the Single Ladies. Except You!

I found this via Contexts.org; made me smile. Clearly going soft in my old age:)

Galactic Empire State of Mind

Definitely the funniest video I've ever seen online, the lyrics are unbelievable good.

Lightsabers grinding
Palpatine's smiling
Cause he knew it would come to this
The light side is blind with casualties
Who do evil casually, then gradually become worse
Don't fight your destiny
Wasn't a great dad, true
Absent all the while
No happy times behind us, and plus, now I'm killin' you
Keep fencing mister, 'cause now I sense a sister
You don't go bad, maybe I'll enlist her
Now Emperor wants you, only wants me rubbed out
You controlled your anger, stayed light side devout
Watch out kid, he's got lightning bolts to immolate Uh-uh, hell no, daddy powers activate
End this prune with a badass murder suicide
Bald headed, mask off, heart melted kid you were right
Burn all my gear so those Ewoks can't wear it again
Do it, I'll be watching you, a ghost, name of Anakin

Jump in my Car

It’s taken 4 years, but the greatest music video in the history of music videos has finally made its way onto YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1MdpahtL1Q

Best Snowball Fight, Ever

The Internet never ceases to amaze 🙂

A Walkie-Talkie Preamble

As much as I wish he'd go back and make Gameswipe a regular series rather than a one-off show you have admit Newswipe is pretty spectacular. Witness the brilliance:

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