Here’s a little free advice for y’all: Don’t EVER watch “1984″ all in one sitting. It will depress the shit out of you.
In fact, even in two sittings, it’s damn near unbearable.
That’s what I’ve been up to in my spare time, these past couple of days. Getting the shit depressed out of me. By a goddamned movie.
Well, it’s finally over. The dust has settled. I’m still alive. And I’m not even terribly sorry that the party I despise most (at least in my home and native land; the world is another story!) has won the election…
Let me explain.
There are 308 seats in the House of Commons. To win a clear majority, a party needs to pull down at least 155 of them. Since Stephen Harper’s Conservatives only took 124 (compared to the Liberals who are now the Loyal Opposition, at 103), that means a minority government. And that’s good news!
Here’s why.
Now, here’s one for the WTF? files. A black cop from Utah, quite possibly unique in all the world, for reasons you’ll NEVER guess…
About 25 years ago, Ron Stallworth was asked to lead the Ku Klux Klan chapter in Colorado Springs.
Problem was, the outgoing Klan leader didn’t know that Stallworth is black.
Forget the “sweater girls” of the 1950s and ’60s…here comes the Sweater Guy of the 2000s. Yes, folks, the new president of Bolivia, not known for his sharp suits (he doesn’t even own one, and he’s never been seen in a tie, either) has become a fashion leader, whether he wants to be one or not…
A Bolivian businessman is producing a range of woolly jumpers inspired by the casual dress sense of President-elect Evo Morales.
Since winning last year’s presidential election Mr Morales has met a series of world leaders sporting a cosy-looking red, white and blue sweater.
Now knitwear company Punto Blanco says it will sell copies of the alpaca jumpers as “a symbol of the president”.
Yes!
Health ministry officials say Cuba’s $1.8bn (£1bn) and growing tourism industry will soon be overtaken as the number one foreign exchange earner by biotechnology joint ventures, vaccine exports and the provision of health services to other countries.
Successful clinical trials in several countries have already established Cuba as a world leader in cancer research and treatment.
Once again, let me reiterate: I love this man. The Beeb has the goods:
Venezuela’s leader has demanded an explanation after a Roman Catholic cardinal said that the country was becoming a dictatorship.
President Hugo Chavez described the Church’s behaviour as “undoubtedly a provocation” and demanded a full apology for the “insults” and “hate”.
He said there was a conspiracy in Rome and at home to bring down his government.
Michelle, ma belle,
These are words that go together well:
Ma Michelle…
Michelle, ma belle,
Sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble,
Tres bien ensemble…
And I have some very nice old poopy to prove it…
A suspected Japanese terrorist was secretly working with Libya to detonate bombs at three sites in Manhattan, including a Navy recruiting office, when he was arrested last April, a federal prosecutor said today.
New details involving Yu Kikumura, convicted in November without offering a defense, emerged as prosecutors and defense lawyers prepared for his sentencing Monday in U.S. District Court in Newark.
In a confidential presentencing memorandum, the government charged that Kikumura is a member of the Japanese Red Army who was secretly working with agents of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi seeking retaliation for the 1986 U.S. bombing of Libya, according to Samuel A. Alito, U.S. attorney in Newark.
Could be! Prensa Latina reports:
Su Tu Nau, a new oilfield, was recently discovered offshore the southern Vietnamese province of Binh Tuan, bringing to seven the number of oilfields found in the area.
Oh lord…talk about made-up words for people who make shit up (but desperately HOPE that the act of believing their own smack makes it true). CNN (the Chicken Noodle Network) “reports”:
A panel of linguists has decided the word that best reflects 2005 is “truthiness,” defined as the quality of stating concepts one wishes or believes to be true, rather than the facts.
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Michael Adams, a professor at North Carolina State University who specializes in lexicology, said “truthiness” means “truthy, not facty.”
