I never wanted to be buried before, but now that I know I can be buried in a giant carrot….for more pictures go here or here cd Fantasy coffins shaped like Coca-Cola bottles, chickens, cars, cameras, birds and bibles are all on sale in Teshie. First popularized in the 1950s, the coffins cost between $300…
Category: Antichrist 2020
He is really really dead! I mean really really really dead.
After months of the war going badly for the US and the new Iraqi government, officials got a nice plum today when they killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of Al Quaida in Iraq. As might be expected, those that support the plans of the two governments cheered and fired rifles into the air to…
Who is in Charge of Iran?
If you read the news at all these days, chances are that you are hearing a lot about the firebrand President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He is the guy that is calling for Isreal to be wiped off the map, he is the guy that is being blamed for Iranian nuclear ambitions, he is the…
Diamond Mischief in Sierra Leone
Diamond Mischief in Sierra Leone This story illustrates some of the tribal complexities and inherent problems in creating sustainable economies in third world nations and more specifically in West African nations such as Sierra Leone, one of the worldâs poorest countries and ranked at the bottom of just about every list of struggling nations. Sierra…
Expat Oil Workers Abducted in Nigeria
Since this story broke, all eight workers have been released. In the meantime, 5 South Koreans have been taken….this is a non stop cycle. Â It seems that Iraq is not the only place that blood is flowing over oil. In Nigeria, Africaâs largest oil producer, an increasing number of attacks and abductions have been…
The Incredible Ice Cream Drunken Driver
Okay…I’ve been pretty lax on my homework….here are the stories I have been following the past several days… cd Dennis Cogburn likes to do things in the good old-fashioned cowboy way. The 51 year old native Texan has been staying in a flophouse in South Bend, Indiana and doing a little wrangling to save up…
Hello! sues over Jolie photo leak
Oooooooooooooo, we’re in trouble…. Hello! magazine is taking legal action to stop websites publishing a leaked picture of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt with their newborn daughter Shiloh. The photo “has been obtained totally illegally,” said the magazine’s features editor, Juliette Herd. Jolie and Pitt sold the photos through picture agency Getty, with all proceeds…
Is it really Shiloh?
From my oh-so-reliable source, the China Daily…. People magazine has outbid all other US weekly tabloids for $ 4.1 million to land the Angelina Jolie- Brad Pitt baby Shiloh pictures. All the weekly magazine editors were summoned to the offices of the Getty photo agency at Canal and Varick late Saturday night. “We were sequestered…
India's eunuchs seek new way
Castrated males are no longer recognized as male by Indian law, nor are they considered female. Sudha is dusky and wears a salwar kameez, a traditional dress for women in India, but no make-up. She is a eunuch (or “aruvani” as they now prefer to be called) and represents a group of transsexuals seeking respect…
Shananapocalypse boy surgery 'success'
The third arm of the Shananapocalypse boy has been successfully removed at Shanghai Children’s Medical Centre. (The little numbers on the photo refer to the surgery, not to the arms – you’ll have to go to the BBC story to see the explanation.) A two-month-old boy born with two left arms has successfully undergone surgery…