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Britain’s top police chief considers prohibiting student protests if violence continues

Canadian Press gains access to internal documents and finds talking points, expressed concerns and wrangling over contingencies.

Older students, who are going back to school, are leading the surge

On Post-Its, bills, empty toilet paper rolls: notes to and from the roommates from hell

Does anyone else find the following argument scary?

When I was working at BBC World Service in London, a British colleague once said the only thing you needed to know about covering American politics was that the coasts were blue (Democrat) and the interior was red (Republican). True, sort of, on an electoral map, but a ridiculous way to sum up the complexities of the country.  

I have to admit I didn’t know much about The Goodies until it was brought up in comments. It was apparently shown on PBS, but I don’t think it’s as well-known, trans-Atlantically, as Monty Python’s Flying Circus, by which The Goodies is influenced, or The Young Ones, which seems to have been influenced by The Goodies.