The biggest manhunt ever assembled came to a tumultuous crescendo last night as US Navy Seals finally put a bullet in the head of one of the most loathed, feared and discpicable man that ever had the audacity to walk amongst men. Osama Bin Laden, leader and morale for Al Quaeda has been killed. A nation rejoices; the free western world rejoices; New York rejoices; Madrid rejoices; London rejoices; Bali rejoices; Nairobi rejoices; every mother fucker who likes to take a walk in a park with friends on a Sunday afternoon and wallow in the freedom of it rejoices. There will be no obituary here. There will be no timeline of his trail of terror; his highlights of destruction. There will be no video footage. It has all been seen a billion times. Now the perpetrator is dead and some people will sleep soundly tonight for the first time in a decade.

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George Bush started the manhunt 10years ago. What did he have to say today?

“Earlier this evening, President Obama called to inform me that American forces killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of the al Qaeda network that attacked America on September 11, 2001. I congratulated him and the men and women of our military and intelligence communities who devoted their lives to this mission. They have our everlasting gratitude. This momentous achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001. The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done.”

In keeping with the president that everybody loved to hate and whose reputation perhaps grew a alittle today, what of his prequel. Bill Clinton?

“This is a profoundly important moment not just for the families of those who lost their lives on 9/11 and in al-Qaeda’s other attacks but for people all over the world who want to build a common future of peace, freedom, and co-operation for our children. I congratulate the president, the National Security team and the members of our armed forces on bringing Osama bin Laden to justice after more than a decade of murderous al-Qaeda attacks.”

Crossing the Atlantic. What of the old Brits? They played a part, what did their leader have to say? His name is David Cameron by the way.

“The news that Osama Bin Laden is dead will bring great relief to people across the world. Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen – for 9/11 and for so many attacks, which have cost thousands of lives, many of them British. It is a great success that he has been found and will no longer be able to pursue his campaign of global terror.”

House speaker Boehner?

“This is great news for the security of the American people and a victory in our continued fight against al Qaeda and radical extremism around the world. We continue to face a complex and evolving terrorist threat, and it is important that we remain vigilant in our efforts to confront and defeat the terrorist enemy and protect the American people. I want to congratulate — and thank — the hard-working men and women of our Armed Forces and intelligence community for their tireless efforts and perseverance that led to this success. I also want to commend President Obama and his team, as well as President Bush, for all of their efforts to bring Osama bin Laden to justice.”

Mike Huckabee?

“It is unusual to celebrate a death, but today Americans and decent people the world over cheer the news that madman, murderer and terrorist Osama Bin Laden is dead. The leader of Al Qaeda— responsible for the deaths of 3000 innocent citizens on September 11, 2001, and whose maniacal hate is responsible for the deaths of thousands of US servicemen and women was killed by U.S. military. President Obama confirmed the announcement late last night. DNA tests confirmed his death and his body is in the possession of the U. S.”

Oh yeah. And Sarah Palin, what did she have to say?

“Americans tonight are united in celebration and gratitude. God bless all the brave men and women in our military and our intelligence services who contributed to carrying out the successful mission to bring Bin Laden to justice and who laid the groundwork over the years to make this victory possible. It’s a testament to the hard work and dedication of these brave Americans who relentlessly hunted down our enemy.”

“This is a victory for the American people, for the victims who were heartlessly murdered on September 11 and in Al Qaeda’s other numerous attacks, and for all the peace-loving people of the world. May God bless our troops and our intelligence services, and God bless America”

And Take The Blame™

“Fuck you al Qaeda”

This is a box of Spam. It is not an email of zero interest promising you a bigger penis or a box of viagra

A little over 6o years ago a group of men from Manchester, England, produced what is widely conceived as the first computer in the guise we know it today: that of fixed memory which can store a program. Using just 128 bytes of memory, weighing over a tonne and taking up a whole room, it calculated the highest factor of a number. Known as ‘Baby’, it differed from the American ENIAC and Colossus in that it didn’t require – sometimes days in the aforementioned models – re-wiring every time a new calculation needed to be carried out. It is a far cry from today, the age of instant communication gratification.

In the time you read that first paragraph, nigh on 100 million electronic messages upped and left their respective outboxes. Within them were stored the thoughts, feelings, aspirations and desires of the multitudes. Hearts were broken and marriages ruined. The dirtiest secrets were revealed in a myriad of confessions, the innocent and guilty parties left to rue the night before. The most powerful men and women on Earth decided the fate of thousands and saved the life’s of countless others; business men and women divulged the keys to a fortune and lost as much again as the markets surged. Across the globe the days business is dissected, old plans resurrected and future plans lamented. Not bad for one minute in time.

Sadly for every 1 of those eventful emails, 9 polar opposites are sent and received. Of the 1 billion and growing emails that are sent every year, 90% are of absolutely no use. They are spam, and nobody seems to apologise. It is a glaring omission on someones behalf that they did not see it coming. A glance in any single inbox you care to mention will hold material that would, without hesitation, get you publicly killed in some countries on earth, sent to prison in others, flogged in yet others and castrated in the ones not mentioned. So why is it allowed in ours? Why is nothing concrete done and whose fault is it? What can be done? You turn on the spam filter and it either ignores all the spam or simply takes every email you receive and disposes of it.

Taketheblame™ has learnt that 57% of the junk that drowns your inbox originates in the good ol’ US, a further 16% emanates from South Korea, the remainder from the other 4 corners of the globe. Free Viagra, low interest loans, extra income, free money from Nigeria and free degrees from prestigious universities all figure heavily in the most detested spam. This is a family site so we can’t go into too much detail, but it is the XXX sites, the blatant pornographic advertising that makes it so surprising that governments, police agencies, IT companies and Internet watchdogs do not stand up and make a difference. The malicious brainwashing and corruption of our youth is surely excuse enough to free our inboxes? Until such action is taken, Taketheblame™ is here to act as your spam filter.

America and Russia have long been at loggerheads with each other, nothing new there. Every now and again their huge political and PR juggernauts try and convince a skeptical world that their relationship is not how it used to be, that the Cold War is a distant memory and political channels are clearer than they ever used to be; that diplomats merrily lunch together on opposite sides of the Atlantic, tea in Moscow, dinner in Philadelphia and a nice chat on nuclear war over brunch in Washington. Papers cite “friendship and mutual admiration”. Gone are the days of mutually assured destruction. No mention of the NKVD, espionage and counter-intelligence, Laventry Beria or The KGB.

That in October 1962 these two great nations came close to blowing up the world is neither here nor there, just two old friends falling out over one too many ales. Of course this is completement faux and they are still blaming and cursing each other for every misdemeanour under the sun. The US is still permanently ribbing the former Soviet superpower with tales of a new Star Wars project it probably actually finished years ago, in Poland. Russia is blaming America for global warming, the spread of terrorism, Internet fraud, Iran, Iraq, Chechnya and China’s continuing stampede to the top. (Whoever the new president is, perhaps there main focus is to prolong this inevitability as long as possible? – ed). No, there is no love and the blame game is stilll very active.

Just this week Russian president Dmitry Medvedev blamed America for the blossoming global financial crisis and in a encouraging bout of modesty, said that Russia, especially Moscow’s growing financial clout, could be the solution. We at Taketheblame like it, a combination of blame and cure. President Medvedev told the St Petersburg Economic Forum that,

“Failure by the biggest financial firms in the world to adequately take risk into account, coupled with the aggressive financial policies of the biggest economy in the world, have led not only to corporate losses but most people in the world are poorer.”

Comparing the current crisis to that of the 1930s, President Medvedev also said that, “No matter how big the American market and no matter how strong the American financial system, they are incapable of substituting for global commodity and financial markets“.

A stinging attack and blame pointing at its best. We love it.

Currently basking in its 10th year of economic growth due mainly to it’s soaring cost of its oil and gas exports, the president suggested that investment by cash-rich Russian companies abroad, promotion of Moscow as a major financial centre and use of the rouble as a reserve currency were part of the answer to the current financial problem that Russia wholeheartedly blames America for.