Archive for the ‘across the pond (take a left)’ Category
go ahead and buy that prius, if it makes you feel better about yourself, but keep in mind…
Between China and India, we’re all fucked, climate-wise…click image for details
what do patrick swayze and kim jong il have in common?
click on Dear Leader to find out…
it’s good to know the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well
Tired of asking his parents for money, a New Zealand martial artist has opened a brothel to help fund his Olympic bid…click image for details
we’re doing better economically than russia and mexico
This is supposed to bolster our spirits, somehow…click link for details
from the “cut off your nose to spite your face” department…
At least they’ll be well-prepared if Bahasa Malaysia somehow replaces English as the universal language…click the Petronas Towers for details
i’m not australian, so it’s not really my business…
But as far as i’m concerned, the Aborigines can have their rock back when they stop beating their wives and raping their children…click image for details
so, they’re killing each other for being the wrong kind of chinese?
curfew imposed after 150+ dead, 14,000+ arrested in race riots in urumqi, western china (oh, like you knew where urumqi was off the top of your head…)
and i thought the conflict in northern ireland was senseless…
robert mcnamara dies in his sleep at age 93
i would comment, but i have to admit this is out of my depth…i don’t even know whether this should get the “war criminal” tag…damn, i really should have watched “the fog of war”…
(click on photo for ny times obit)
very interesting behind-the-scenes look at life in north korea
even if it’s faked…look closer at 7:50…how did a north korean coat factory get singer sewing machines?…
actually, i hope this was filmed on a back lot somewhere in southern california…i can’t even fathom living this way…it’s like something out of a dystopic cold-war-era b movie…
having to listen to shitty, sped-up propagandistic carnival music all day at work would, for me, be the straw that broke the camel’s back…an hour of that and i’d do something guaranteed to get me sent to a re-education camp…
do flight attendants in new zealand still have to weigh in?
this isn’t something you’d want to see in a southwest commercial, that’s for sure…
