This blog is an attempt to shine a torch into the dark corners. Defying the second law of thermodynamics, it started out with maximum disorder and therefore cannot succumb to entropy. It's equal parts dead serious and dead silly. Sometimes, when the hosting server goes down, it's just plain dead. If you decide to join me in my parallel universe, prepare to travel at the speed of dark...Skip to contentHOMEDARK MATTERGAMESLYRICSMUSICQUOTESSIDESPINSTORIESVIDEOSWORMHOLE SERIESWUFOOB25 Sep 2015by: thespeedofdark0 comment(s)comments RSStrackbackpermalinkWoke up, fell out of bed …Volkswagen advertised a lie for six yearsNew York Times, Wednesday 23rd September 2015For the past six years, Volkswagen has been advertising a lie: “top-notch clean diesel” cars — fuel efficient, powerful and compliant with emissions standards for pollutants. It turns out the cars weren’t so clean. They were cheating.PreviousWUFOOB ArchivePosted in Woke up, fell out of bed ...Tagged cheating, nitrogen oxide emissions, Volkswagen22 Sep 2015by: thespeedofdark0 comment(s)comments RSStrackbackpermalinkWoke up, fell out of bed …Lurid claims about David Cameron’s student daysBBC News, Monday 21st September 2015Ex-Conservative Party treasurer Lord Ashcroft says his new book about David Cameron is “not about settling scores”. The unauthorised biography, serialised in the Daily Mail, includes allegations of drug-taking and an initiation ceremony Mr Cameron is said, by an unnamed source, to have taken part in, involving a dead pig.PreviousNextWUFOOB ArchivePosted in Woke up, fell out of bed ...Tagged Daily Mail, David Cameron, dead pig, initiation ceremony, Lord Ashcroft, student days12 Sep 2015by: thespeedofdark0 comment(s)comments RSStrackbackpermalinkWoke up, fell out of bed …Lawyer publicly shamed for ‘sexist’ LinkedIn messageTelegraph, Wednesday 9th September 2015A 57-year-old lawyer was accused of “unacceptable and misogynistic behaviour” after he sent a barrister half his age a LinkedIn message complimenting her on her “stunning picture”.PreviousNextWUFOOB ArchivePosted in Woke up, fell out of bed ...Tagged Alexander Carter-Silk, Charlotte Proudman10 Sep 2015by: thespeedofdark0 comment(s)1 pingback(s)comments RSStrackbackpermalinkMoral dilemma #16The deaths of British jihadis, Ruhul Amin and Reyaad Khan, in an RAF drone strike in Syria has raised some interesting and important questions. Under Article 51 of the UN charter, every country has the right of self-defence and, according to David Cameron, Khan had been planning attacks on UK citizens. But, essentially, a death penalty was imposed in response to a perceived threat rather than an actual attack and the executions were carried out without trial (by means of a drone in a country with which the UK is not at war). So how should we deal with the threat posed by home-grown jihadis? Are such executions justifiable (militarily and morally)? If the charge against Ami