BIZARRE WAY TO START THE WEEK

Wasn’t expecting this headline…not at all…. Mystery tribute channel to Saddam Hussein launched A television channel dedicated to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has appeared on Arab satellite networks. Its launch came on the third anniversary, on the Islamic calendar, of the former president’s execution. It is not clear who is behind the channel which [...]

UK ACHIEVES MORE THAN 10% GROWTH

UK Ministers were delighted at the recent news that the UK has achieved 10% growth in one year. “We have always talked about the importance of growth for our country. Growth is the ultimate good and must override all other concerns” said government spokesman Donald Harebrain. Opposition spokesman Theobald Quixotic responded by saying “it was [...]

CHRISTMAS IS COMING, THE EXECUTIVES ARE GETTING FAT

Yes it is that time of year again. I have started to see Christmas decorations and whatnot around the place. Instead of just going through the silent weeping and gnashing of teeth that we all seem to do when we start to see the little lights up everywhere. I have made a suggestion repeatedly for [...]

BROTHER GORILLA [Part 1]

This is the first part of an only tangentially related two-part post. There is a famous song by French anarchist George De Brassens that will be part two, but in this first part I just want to post a little film I made to show that the term “Brother Gorilla” is not actually that far [...]

HE’S A VERY NAUGHTY BOY

This is a clip of a very famous interview and is always nice to see again.

FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

The other famous anniversaries of today are being covered extensively elsewhere so I would just like to point out that today would be the 178th birthday of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Given that I will just give you some of the things he had to say. Some short quotes first and then a longer [but not long] [...]

IN CASE YOU NEVER CAUGHT THIS…

A half hour interview with Aldous Huxley. Parts 2 and 3 are on the continuation page…