Sacha Baron Cohen: Killing off Borat and Ali G.

That's what Telegraph says, so hopefully it's true.

So what can I say? Die, Borat, die! Die, Ali G., die! You were great for a while, guys, but the while became just a bit too long.

RIP...

Star of Bethlehem on bethlehemstar.net

A fascinating discovery is reported in this clip on Breitbart TV. There is more on bethlehemstar.net, where the author of the discovery goes into more details.

Apparently, according to the author, the Star of Bethlehem was a natural event - a juxtaposition of several heavenly bodies that created an optical illusion of one great star. And this conclusion was reached mainly by looking in the calendar dates of a few key events that date the birth of Jesus and by operating the existing body of astronomical data backwards to see which celestial entities could have created this juxtaposition.

Well, there is a difficulty related to the real occupation of the professor: you see, he is in fact a professor of law, and astronomy is just his hobby. But he invested ten years in his studies, and after all astronomy is not rocket science... er... at least not directly. Anyhow, one has to tread carefully here.

My problem with his theory is less in the realm of astronomy, more in professor's "adjustment" of a few dates to match his results. Here it becomes a bit hairy. Reminds me about one famed professor of linguistics that decided to jump into politics, twisting or ignoring some facts... lots of them, as it appears.

All in all, I prefer to stick to the miracle version. Vatican version of events, at least, guarantees me a formidable defense team if the worst happens.

Photohunt: Light

The theme for this week PhotoHunt is "Light". This is a loaded word, for sure.

To start with, I went for the first thing that came to mind:

Doesn't require an explanation, I am sure. Just to mention that it came from a pigeon, the most despicable of all birds in my eyes - and no, I didn't off it.

Now to something completely different:

There is a lot of light in that scene, and the kite (or whatever this contraption is called) is light as well.

The bug could be light or heavy, I am not sure - after some consideration I have decided not to pick it up. The pinkish light around the critter came from the autofocus gizmo of my camera.

Now does this little cossack radiate light or does he radiate light?

And not to forget: Merry Christmas to all the shutterbugs who celebrate it! And Happy New Year to all.

If you liked what you have seen (or read) in this post, add your link in the comments:

I promise to visit your place as soon as possible!

To look for other photo hunters, go there.

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Idle fun

From a fellow blogger's "About" insert:

I'm married to a beautiful woman, and we have 2 beautiful daughters, a female cat, and a female Beagle. I love to learn about leadership and motivation.

I can see lots of motivation, as for the leadership... too late, comrade...

Weekly Lec*

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.

(*)See here what it is all about.

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Baby Assad a Zionist stooge?

Assad: I turned down an offer to buy nuclear weapons

That's what he says, apparently.

We all know that the regular way for Baby Assad to turn down something (or somebody) is by blowing it (or him) up, as in all these "mysterious" assassinations in Lebanon.

So, if you follow this line of thought, the conclusion that Assad subcontracted IAF to blow up that nuke place is inevitable.

Now it is all clear!

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Well, it's not bad, I guess. Not exceptional, though, IMHO...

Politicos and more politicos

A funny joke about the Clinton pair here*.

And another (not a joke, but almost as funny) story about Comical Hugo from the same place:

And this one I just had to copy from there and post here:

(*) For reasons that may be unclear only to the brain damaged, the Elders declare hereby that they (meaning "we") do not take sides in the upcoming US elections. You can ask why.

Communists: they just refuse to die

German communist in hot water after dining out on lobster

This headline made me imagine an old dried-out Erich Honecker - type commie caught with his hand in a cookie jar (aren't they all?). However, the hand in a cookie jar belongs to a different commie this time, of a young and restless variety: one Sahra Wagenknecht.

By the time she had realised her mistake - that as one of Germany's top communists she should probably not be seen eating lobster - it was too late. There was no time to switch from the €22 (£16) "rich man's dish" to a more modest platter of kippers, because Sahra Wagenknecht had already been caught on camera in the act of betraying her own political ideals.

This story, more than anything else, tells me that pathetic hypocrisy of the old-style communists is as alive as ever. The usual false public modesty and the same old tired retorts:

"I don't do anything that I say others shouldn't do," she told the daily TAZ. "On the contrary, I'm fighting for a society in which everyone can afford to eat lobster."

Most probably she was concerned with freshness of that lobster and valiantly fell upon it to protect the proletariat from a possible seafood poisoning, which is, as we all know, one of the most dangerous of them all.

But this is just an appetizer (unlike that lobster), her postprandial activities are even more of a throwback:

Shows of wealth by politicians and reports of hefty bonuses for managers regularly make for negative headlines. Acutely aware of this, the day after the dinner Wagenknecht, 38, allegedly dispatched her parliamentary assistant to the office of Feleknas Uca, the photographer and fellow Left MEP who was one of six other Left members at the dinner. The assistant asked whether Uca would lend her her digital camera to "take photographs with an acquaintance". According to Uca, the photographs of Wagenknecht cracking into her lobster had been erased from the camera when it was returned to her the following day.

What can one say? Pathetic doesn't even start to describe this kind of behavior.

I wish, though, that this lobster were a bit off, you know. Make her barf a bit, like I wanted to after reading the story.

Laure Manaudou or Manoudou or Manodou?

Whatever - you, my frenetic surfers, are getting another photo treatment:

Lovely bird, ain't she? And if this wasn't sufficient, here's some cold water:

Chill out, you may blow a gasket otherwise...

UFO over Haiti - fake or real?

According to this, it is just some digital voodoo:



Anyway, alerting the UFO experts.

A new pen-friend

This here blog has produced an innocent sneer or two in the general direction of the famous MPACUK (_http://mpacuk.org/_). On several occasions yours truly even got a few "complimentary" messages and comments from its especially irked fans, but by now it is water under the bridge, of course. Be it as it may, this blog did not pay MPACUK the attention it really deserves.

It is with great pleasure that I present here the blog named "The Useful Idiot" - a very misleading name as you shall see after a quick dip into its contents. MPACUK is hardly known outside of UK, and it's quite the time somebody teared that thin veil of respectability from its - let's not mince words here - ugly mug. And "The Useful Idiot" does this, and much more, with diligence and success, so more power to its owner!

Did I mention his tender care of BBC and IslamOnline?

Hi, this is your public servant, can I help you?

The story, as I heard today on Army radio (may be imprecise in some details):
an editor from the "Maariv for the young" (a supplement of the popular daily) has sent letters to all 120 Israeli MKs (members of Israeli parliament), presenting himself as a 16 year old high school student from a poor family. He asked for help (not defined as a monetary donation or anything else specific) with books required for the diploma exams and left his phone number. The results were quite encouraging.
62 out of 120 MKs responded - either directly or via their administrative assistants. Almost all offered some kind of assistance or referred the "poor student" to relevant social services or a charity. In a short interview, the following responses were especially noticed as outstanding:

1. Ely Yishay (Minister) - called himself and sent a personal check.
2. Tzipi Livni (FM) - called herself, offered to send the books left from her children and other assistance.
3. Meir Sheetrit - called himself and referred to an organization that takes care of such cases, asked for a follow-up on the results.

Many of the others were helpful too.

Now to the other side of the coin: outstanding non-callers. Of course, who but the three stooges:









How do you like them chickens...

Laure Manaudou, Jamie Lynn Spears, Casey Aldridge, Anna Chakvetadze, John Berg and others

Ladies and gentlemen, dear surfers!

The subjects above make you overexcited, which state is fraught with dangers. Look at this and relax:

This freshwater crustacean (Potamon potamios palestinensis) is very cool, in my opinion. She/he minds hers/his own private business, does not stick its nose in the sordid underwear of celebrities and minds this (from the link above):

Vivid auditory hallucinations and paranoid delusions are the real frighteners and, unlike hallucinogens, the "trip" cannot be turned around. This is a very real mental state caused by over-excitement of the brain's fright centres.

Its effects often start with curiosity, deep thought, and paranoia. Its slow build up makes it all the more dangerous, as it is harder to recognise the symptoms.

Yep...

Iran refutes report Nasrallah was demoted

We can breath easily now, knowing that the rumors about Nasrallah's demotion were false.

According to Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Muhammad Ali Hosseini, speaking in a weekly press conference Sunday morning, the aforementioned claims constitute nothing but "rumors spread with the central aim of emasculating the Lebanese opposition vis-à-vis the Zionist regime."

This sounds more authentic, if you know what I mean. In fact, our sources in Lebanon report that a special envoy from Tehran promoted Nasrallah to the rank of Major General in his hitherto secret bunker.

There was one hitch in the ceremony, though: since the envoy forgot to bring the Major General insignia from Tehran and the Lebanese army doesn't agree to share their own insignia with foreign mercenaries, Nasrallah was forced to order the shoulder tags from here over Internet.

(It was confirmed by the vendor that additional $5 were spent on epaulets).