Someone posted this video on my Facebook account in response to my recent article on Karadzic.

Setting aside who did what to whom in Bosnia this video does reveal that Pallywood tactics were used by the Bosnian Muslims in a very similar way that Palestinians and Hezbollah use them.

It does seems a feature of the Muslim way of war to stage incidents, use human shields (like firing from a hospital) and to co-opt the power of the US by bamboozling its public with well produced propaganda.

This is apparently a video  “taken from a commercial jetliner en route to Crete while over Serbia.”

How long before the Radical Party picks this up as “proof” of CIA activity over Serbia or the CIA uses this as “proof” that Serbia has acquired some sort of North Korean flying WMD to use for ethnically cleansing Kosovo?

Looks like a cloud to me.

Phantoms and Monsters: Paranormal, Unusual and Extraterrestrial Events

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Belgrade 2.0 highlights some wonderful digital guerilla warfare against the Radical party. Make sure you check out the spoof “Tomorrow Belongs To Them” (below).

[From Belgrade 2.0: Tomorrow belongs to them]

e’Lollipop [IMDB], one of South Africa’s most famous and successful films,  has been re-released on DVD in advance of a sequel, e’Lollipop 2: Tsepo’s Story .

From the film website:

“First released in 1976, this extraordinary motion picture story of two South African children and their dog, Sugarball, touched the hearts of audiences around the world.

Despite the fear, hatred and brutality that plagued South Africa in the mid-1970′s, e’Lollipop told a story of friendship and commitment that transcended racial boundaries.

After nearly being banned in South Africa under Apartheid, it went on to become a cult classic. Shot in Southern Africa, Lesotho and New York, e’Lollipop was seen in over 40 countries and starred local and international talent including the late Ken Gampu, Oscar and Golden Globe Award Winner José Ferrer, and Golden Globe Nominee Karen Valentine.”

It really is a beautiful story. Also from the site:

e’Lollipop is the extraordinary tale of two inseparable South African children – Tsepo (Muntu Ndebele) and his orphaned friend Jannie (Norman Knox). They meet when Jannie’s parents die tragically in a car crash in the Lesotho mountains. Jannie is sent to a missionary station in Tsepo’s village where they become best friends. Together with their dog Sugarball, life is full of childhood fun and antics until tragedy strikes again: Jannie, aged 13, is seriously injured when one of their games goes horribly wrong. Tsepo and his community pull together so that Jannie can receive emergency medical treatment. A daunting challenge lies ahead – and at what cost will Jannie survive?

Tsepo and Jannie’s inspirational story unfolds against the breathtaking backdrops of a dramatic African landscape and New York City in the mid-1970s.

e’Lollipop is a life-changing story that reminds us of the true value of friendship, family, community and sacrifice – despite colour or creed. e’Lollipop is a true
South African classic of international stature that transcended the Apartheid boundaries of its day.

The film is not just a superb drama, it is also hilarious in parts. I can still vividly remember parts of the film even though I have not seen it in nearly 30 years. Who could forget the scene where the two of them dip their recently smacked backsides in to the river, and then go off to the witchdoctor for ointments. And the part where the vendor in New York asks Tshepo “Are you speaking Sotho boy?”, even the toughest cynics had tears in their eyes.

e’Lollipop – Return of the Classic

From the ever superb Kevin Kelly, come this introduction to the documentary film Crazy Love:

Love is weird. This is a riveting story about a mutual love/hate relationship so obsessive, so disturbing, so insane, and yet in the end so conventional, that it challenges your own concept of love — and sanity. The guy is a certified psycho stalker, but what is she? The film’s twisted tale gets creepier as it goes along, but what makes this documentary memorable — and elevates it above a generic tabloid story — is how ordinary it all ends. Can love really conquer such psychosis? You could not make this plot up.

True Film: Crazy Love

Documentary film-maker and underwater videographer Steve Hurford  has finally got around to licensing some of his clips for use by other film-makers. Check out the clips on iStockphoto or watch his moves at MySpace and Youtude.

Exclusive Videographer : shurford | iStockphoto.com

Considered to be a classic of the Mondo genre, some consider “Africa addio” to be a racist exploitation shockumentary whilst others consider it to be a an artist classic with a magnificent score. Could it be both?

Review by Conrad H Roth – considers it a masterpiece.

Duke at BlogCritics says “Africa Addio is a masterpiece, and among the greatest films ever made, but I also stand by my assertion that it is morally disgusting, despicably racist and consistently reprehensible.”

Africa addio (1966) at the Internet Movie Database – 6.8 out of 10.

DVD Maniacs review the entire Mondo Cane opus

Behold the Techno Viking! Below are still from the infamous Kneecam No. 1 video by Matthias Fritsch featuring the most terrifying raver in history: Techno Viking.

The action takes place in 2000, at Belin’s “Fuckparade” (a response by nasty people to the feel good Love Parade) and is entirely unscripted.

Below is a YouTube version of the video (here is a higher quality .mov version).

Techno Viking enters about 38 seconds in, but the hilarity really starts at 01:30 (or -02:30) . It is almost unbearably funny.

You may also enjoy the captioned version.

Truly funny clip from YouTube