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This is a link post Tom Hanks' cameo on 'Breaking Bad'.
Unbeknownst to most, he made an appearance in Series 1.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post Haha, wow, that is quite a laugh.
Threadjack: Does anyone have a tinfoil hat I can borrow? I just discovered something a little shocking, and I'm not easily shocked.

Google for "Iceland". Flip over to google's "news". Some things on supermarkets, nasty Iceland banks putting up interest rates AGAIN etc.

Now change your search to "Iceland overthrow government". You'll see there is no applicable news for this. About 5 links of rubbish. No coverage. Nothing. Flip over to "web", and you'll see there are plenty of websites covering this.

But then something further...the "news" link/filter has now disappeared. Search for anything else, it comes back.
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mum's gone to Iceland, but there are no records of it.

(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post *passes foil*

(I helped save b3ta! TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post *foils up*
*sets oven to "stun"*
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Given that I was there less than a month ago
You'd think I might have heard something about this when talking to the locals. After all, revolutions are not the sort of information that slips under the radar.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well, having never been to Iceland, I can't really comment...
I can only go on what I read on the internet, hence I'm self-consciously wearing a pointy, shiny hat this morning and sitting in the corner while I type.. but I read things like this - cac.ophony.org/2012/04/16/the-icelandic-revolution-why-didnt-i-hear-about-it/ - and wonder.
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's not a revolution
Firstly, this was in 2008, why are people only interested in it now?

Removing one political party and installing another within the same government framework isn't a revolution. We've had governments collapse in the past and that wasn't considered a revolution. Why in this case?

Nationalising the banks. Wow. That's unheard of. Except that we did it with Northern Rock, Lloyds, RBS, HBOS and I'm sure there were others.

Its viewing things through a particularly skewed filter to say there was a revolution over there. I was also there in 2008 and 2009 and at no point did anyone call it a revolution. You therefore have to ask what particular axe are the people writing that article grinding, and it looks like the same tired old anti-establishment tinfoil crap to me.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post I wasn't aware we nationalised our banks
I thought we kept them private and threw money at them and shuffled their boards around a little bit until they said "sorry, we promise to not fuck up again, here, let us help you write the govt policies that will definitely stop us fucking up again". Interested now? I only found out about it now. That was my concern.
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post Also, I'd suggest that people are getting more interested now
because they are now noticing that Iceland's economy is doing rather well and wondering what they've done differently.
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post They can pay us all the money they owe then?

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post Just found this, if it helps -
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2028276/Iceland-set-pay-British-debt-months-following-massive-sale-retail-stakes.html
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post That was over a year ago
Did we get our money back and not told?

*checks bank account*

Also Ireland owes us a few quid, how are they doing?
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahaha, what am I, your Googling monkey??
I have no idea. Since when did good news make the headlines, anyway? You'd have to do a bit of digging to find out what actually happened next. Let me know what you find :-)
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post DANCE FOR ME GOOGLE MONKEY
*throws peanuts* *claps hands*
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 12:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Northern Rock certainly were
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalisation_of_Northern_Rock

The others we held a majority stake in.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Did you get as far as this bit?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalisation_of_Northern_Rock#Eventual_return_to_the_private_sector

It was sold to Virgin for a song, after we taxpayers plumped it up nicely (Or promised to, by way of borrowing money to give it and increasing our national debt)
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post Was it nationalised?
Yes it was.

As were Kaupthing, Glitnir, and Landsbanki. Of those the first two have had their assets returned to private ownership and the third is undergoing that process.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post yeah but syria syria syria syria iran iran syria syria syria

(I helped save b3ta! Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post Iran is EVIL, Iran is EVIIIIL
Cos they is got nukes and stuff. Iraniraniraniran.

Scary, init?
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mmhm, that's it.
The reason Iceland's revolution wasn't mentioned in the news is entirely because we're being fed near-lies and lies about Syria and Iran in order to keep us under control and not at all because it didn't actually happen.
 (Frozen_Banana Shaved against the grain; thoroughly unrewarding., Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post yes the news is not at all sensationalised, so that it focuses on war over say economic reform
see i can misconstrue your words as well.
 (I helped save b3ta! Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post news/links seems to disappear when you click back to "web" from "news" when searching for anything
Try the same when searching for "test" - news "disappears" but is still available in the "more" sub menu

But the rest of your post still stands, very very odd
 (I helped save b3ta! wideeye slightly pickled, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah, I take that bit back...
now I've done some other searches, I found "news" disappears if there would otherwise only be a few links, or even if you search for "cheese". It seems to have a mind of its own.
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post is he the one in the hat?
:D
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post I love The Money Pit

(likeajackhammer, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'll thank you NOT to refer to Herb's vagina
in that manner.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post What about the Cash Chasm?

(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post "Prawn-flavoured Sarlacc Pit"?

(I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 11:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post That and 'Big' were the last films of funny, floppy-haired Tom.
He became serious, short-haired Tom soon after.
 (I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post again with Herb's vagina
leave it alone!
 (Ol' Ginger Bastard a role model for the children, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's not possible easy to leave once you reach it's event horizon.

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post I heard the best plan is to accelerate directly towards the centre,
so the combined acceleration forces you through and out of its "twin" the other side, though you may suffer some serious time dilation and possibly pick up some debris and hitchhikers from Hell as you pass through.
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahhahhhha
Proper office lols
click
 (I helped save b3ta! Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Fri 30 Nov 2012, 10:38, , Reply)