Sarkozy, lover of platform shoes and stature enhancing foot stools gets the William Banzai treatment : And, in case you need reminding, he has unresolved height issues : That last photo caption says it all really.
Cartoon Interlude – Japan Rebuilds
Seen illustrating an article at ZeroHedge, the following cartoon from CagleCartoons caught my eye for its simplicity and message :
Saturday Evening Artistic Interlude – 36 Hitchcock films climax simultaneously.
The ever impressive selection that is David Thompson's Friday Ephemera provides the following video in which 36 Alfred Hitchcock films have been placed in a montage and timed to reach their respective climaxes simultaneously. The effect is quite entrancing as you are...
Tepco Director breaks down in tears after finally revealing the truth – radiation levels high enough to kill civilians.
An interesting one from ZeroHedge in which Tepco finally admits that the (seemingly) alarmist news reporting about the situation in Japan is actually not too far from the truth : TEPCO Director Weeps After Disclosing Truth About Fukushima Disaster ... TEPCO managing...
UN votes to enforce Libyan No Fly Zone
Hot off the presses at ZeroHedge : The vote by the UN Security Council to impose a no-fly zone on Libya and take "all necessary measures" to protect Libyan civilians from government-led attacks, has passed with a vote of 10 to 5. The vote "will also allow military...
What car do you buy to keep the kids quiet when money is not an issue?
For those with more money than sense, the pictures below from Pravda show the Brabus iBusiness conversion which is guaranteed to keep the kids or demanding executives busy on a long trip. As long as you don't mind being mistaken for a covert surveillance team that is...
The evolution of a research article into a scare story via a little shroud waving and sloppy BBC journalism.
Another day and another trashy recycled BBC health story with scary headlines and unproven facts. Best of all, the famous BBC "experts" say it is all true. The origin of this article is actually quite interesting though if you will bear with me for a little while ......
Babysitting black metal style.
Spotted by one of The Waspsnests Estonian co-conspirators, this video demonstrates important early years Black Metal education in action: _
The UK plumbs new depths as Somali Pirates threaten catastrophe.
Something of a Piracy theme today it would seem with the following BBC article suggesting to me that our government is completely missing the point (as always) when it comes to the security of our energy supply : Somali pirates could create a "huge catastrophe" by...
Is Israel guity of Piracy?
Piracy : Maritime piracy, according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) of 1982, consists of any criminal acts of violence, detention, rape, or depredation committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or...