An interesting, if somewhat lunatic proposal, from Pravda with plans for the Olympic flame to be lit from space using mirrors : The organizers of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi are going to deliver Olympic torch with fire into the...
While the World watches Libya, Greeks protest violently, the Saudi facebook revolution gets started and Koreans empty their bank accounts.
Whilst the mainstream media concentrates on the arab world, remember that people in Greece are still far from happy. From AP : Greek riot police engaged in violent clashes with protesters Wednesday, as thousands of people demonstrated against austerity measures aimed...
Now Saudi Arabia has a go at population bribery and with oil forecast to go to $220 a barrel they can afford it.
Following Kuwaits attempt at calming the masses with outright bribery, FT Alphaville tells us that Saudi Arabia has a go at exactly the same thing : While many argue that Saudi Arabia and its oil reserves remain in little danger of being rocked by unrest, King...
Health advisers advising against other health advisers advice – you couldn’t make this shit up.
Tenuously related article photograph. One day we are being hectored and nannied into eating less meat because someone somewhere decided they are entitled to tell us what we may or may not eat : Government advisers to recommended lower meat consumption Britons will be...
Russian arms dealers do a roaring trade in restocking depleted arabian weapons stocks.
A little snippet from Pravda showing just what the remaining arab state leaders are busy spending their bulging oil dollars on : Russia's defense export giant Rosoboronexport concluded several contracts with Arab states within the framework of IDEX-2011 International...
Ecclestone pulls a blinder to save the Bahrain F1 season opener.
Via ZeroHedge, completely in bad taste but so damned amusing I could not resist :
Engage brain before writing a headline.
Or at least think about what you wrote before displaying it to the world. In this case, I am pretty sure they meant support service although in Doncaster nothing would surprise me :
The last resort of the ruling dictator – shoot your citizens. Graphic content!
As a dictator, in times of crisis and when all else has failed you resort to your paid enforcers to maintain your position. The videos below demonstrate this statement rather brutally. WARNING - disturbing content Bahrain : _ Libya : _
Weekend weirdness – a cat giving back massages to sheep.
Spotted by one of The Waspsnests Estonian co-conspirators, the cat in the video below obviously didn't want to wait for the sheep to become a rug in front of the fire. Or, maybe it was test driving the range of available rugs before purchase. Either way, the sheep...
How many people will die as a direct result of mass screening for lung cancer?
An interesting article from The Telegraph which to my mind poses an interesting dilemma in the ethics of mass screening when it involves radiation exposure as part of the screening process. Namely, is the risk of death from the screening process itself outweighed by...