This is an absolutely brilliant presentation given by Clay Shirky (author of the new smash hit on organizing Without organizations called “Here Comes Everybody“) on the topic of “Where do they find the time”. You hear this phrase, usually in response to some report of silly activity or massively time consuming hobby. We Clay knows [...]
The headline sounds like one of those pitchs movie makers have to give to studio executives where they summarise their proposed film in one line.
This one sounds like an episode from one of those cheesy sci-fi shows in the 70s featuring with an unbelievable plot that even the keenest fans deride.
The real horror here is [...]
Friday, February 22, 2008
Aftermath time here in Belgrade. Serbs are furious with the hooligans who attacked the embassies last night, partly because people generally detest the thug element here and once again they have gifted the media an anti-Serb platform. Instead of reporting that hundreds of thousands of people staged the largest peaceful protest in Serbia’s history, the [...]
Thursday, February 21, 2008
This was the comment from Fox News Serbia tonight. Mobs of football hooligans have attacked the embassies lining Kneza Milosa street, one of Belgrade’s main thoroughfares, and looted shops, a McDonalds restaurant and foreign banks in the city centre.
As of 22:00, it seems to be mostly over. Even at its worth it looked worse [...]
Thursday, December 27, 2007
From UNICEF Photos of the Year 2007
“Portrait of soon to be wed Faiz Mohammed, 40, and Ghulam Haider, 11, at her home in a rural village of Damarda in Ghor province. Ghulam said she is sad to be getting engaged as she wanted to be a teacher. Her favorite class was Dari, the local language, [...]
Thursday, December 27, 2007
I noticed that one of the people recently sentenced to 6 years hard labour in Chad in the orphan smuggling case is none other than French hottie and sometimes actress Emilie Lelouch (above).
Luckily for us, before Emilie started her career as a orphan rescuer/smuggler, she was a c-list actress who likes to shed [...]
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Thugs attempt to set the policeman on fire
The Serbian press has spent most of the week soul-searching in the aftermath of a truly terrifying attack that took place on Sunday.
A plain clothed police officer from the elite Gendarmerie Unit - Nebojsa Trajkovic (42) - was identified in the stands by hooligans from Red [...]
Friday, November 30, 2007
Carlos Rotella at Slate has a good article on “The art, the poetry, the idiocy of YouTube street fights” - the posting of online fight videos. He reports from the virtual ”Land of a thousand asswhippings”.
The fight video is a compelling genre and holds a grim fascination for many. There are some great “stories” in some of these [...]
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian. Raped, sodomised, mutilated and burned alive.
In January of 2007 a young couple, Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian (above) went out on a date in Knoxville, Tennessee. On their way home, they were attacked and abducted. The man, Christopher, was raped. His penis was cut off. He was doused in petrol [...]
Saturday, November 17, 2007
From the BBC NEWS:
“The case of a man convicted of simulating sex with his bicycle has sparked a debate about human rights and the privacy of an individual.
Internet message boards have been buzzing with comment about the case of Robert Stewart, 51, from Ayr.
He was reported by cleaners at a hostel who unlocked his [...]