The Barcelona games got under way to the sight of massed flamenco dancers, while Athens had running Greek statues and gyrating “goddesses” holding snakes.
A Liberal Democrat peer is calling for London to follow suit in 2012 with the nearest English equivalent: Morris dancing.
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‘Great’ photo of New Orleans. Top left, you can see were the levee broke.
Shaky fact: I once drove from Dallas to New Orleans.
Mayhem, apparently, in New Orleans.
So it’s interesting to read this guy, blogging from a tower block there.
Security has become a major concern now, because the NOPD is ineffective and the looters terrorists are roaming the streets. Word is now that they’re lighting buildings on fire, but I can’t confirm that. Anyway, we have to run guard shifts and patrol and it limits our downtime.
It is a zoo out there though, make no mistake. It’s the wild kingdom. It’s Lord of the Flies. That doesn’t mean there’s murder on every street corner. But what it does mean is that the rule of law has collapsed, that there is no order, and that property rights cannot and are not being enforced. Anyone who is on the streets is in immediate danger of being robbed and killed. It’s that bad.
Not the fact that riot police were sent to a four person demo, the spelling:
[hat tip to Caspar for the spot]
The Hoff made the SMH today.
“Choose from the hottest ring tones from my greatest hits album and for the ladies download all the sexiest shots of me. It’s all included in your no-ties monthly Hoff Cap. Perfect for those of you who just don’t have enough of the Hoffmeister in your life,” the web page proclaimed.
Bus firm takes car sharers to court.
a group of French cleaning ladies who organised a car-sharing scheme to get to work are being taken to court by a coach company which accuses them of “an act of unfair and parasitical competition”.
The women, who live in Moselle and work five days a week at EU offices in Luxembourg, are being taken to court by Transports Schiocchet Excursions, which runs a service along the route. It wants the women to be fined and their cars confiscated.
Bomb hunt focuses on masterminds.
Reminds me of this.
Masterminds are another word that comes up all the time.
You keep hearing about these terrorists masterminds that get killed in the middle east.
Terrorists masterminds.
Mastermind is sort of a lofty way to describe what these guys do, don’t you think?
They’re not masterminds.
“OK, you take bomb, right? And you put in your backpack. And you get on bus and you blow yourself up. Alright?”
“Why do I have to blow myself up? Why can’t I just…”
“Who’s the fucking mastermind here? Me or you?”
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