• Explanation: Mammatus Clouds (University of Illinois)
On the Colombian navy’s flagship the Gloria, 16.5 kg heroin and 10 kg cocaine was found. Just before it was to visit the US and Europe to promote Colombia’s image abroad.
President Alvaro Uribe called the incident a stain on the nation’s honour and ordered the entire 75 crew members suspended. (BBC)
In South America navy sailboats are always suspicious:
Esmeralda was geen lieverdje (J. N. Bosboom)
In de amerikaanse porno-industrie is paniek ontstaan nu twee vooraanstaande pornosterren positief op HIV zijn getest. Bijna alle porno producenten hebben voor 60 dagen de filmsets gesloten om al hun medewerkers te kunnen testen.
Kuwait, Kuwait City: fastfood, sports cars, IKEA, hazy skies
MobloggingfromKuwait
China, Tianjin: street life, shrimps, modern chinese architecture
500miles
Italy, Luogo Ignoto: landscapes, art, nature, poetic
(photo)bloggingsil
Zogenaamde ‘horse racing machines’ zijn er vanaf nu af aan verboden.
The unauthorised machines also include duck racing machines, deer racing machines or other entertainment machines. (theNational)
En de penis-koker-dragende-hoerenloper moet het binnenkort stellen zonder illegale filippijnse prostituees.
The Philippine embassy in Port Moresby is working to close down a bogus employment scheme that lured Filipino women into Papua New Guinea on false promises of jobs. (House on a Hill)
[dat laatste is wel okee uiteraard]
The US Marines want set up a series of low-powered TV stations in the Sunni Triangle. Because the arab stations are only showing bloodshed and the US army wants to show that it’s also doing a lot of ‘nice things’.
You can donate for the equipment:
http://www.spiritofamerica.net/req_12/request.html
In reaction on the global outrage against the mass slaughter of seals in Canada. Pro-killing activists claim that the disturbing video has been faked by leftist environmental groups.
Some of them came up with old evidence:
“Snuff” Films (furcommission.com)
If the fur lobby is right that people were paid to kill the seals in a cruel way that’s very wrong indeed. If the fur lobby is lying than it’s Holocaust Denial.
De rechterkantlijn is weer uitgebreid met een blokje functionalia.
Het lijkt mij wel handig, u denkt er wellicht het uwe van. Ook dat mag.
Nadine Jansen kauft sich ein Trampolin, und wass sagt man dann?
Exakt! RESPECT [Although it’s Nadine, this picture is Safe For Work]
Outside Caracas a cessna airplane has made an emergency landing on a highway. It crashed into a full laden truck and a passenger car. The airplane crew survived, however two drivers on the road died.
“The aircraft narrowly missed plowing into one of the barrio-slums”. More images (VHeadline)
De families van de japanse gijzelaars zijn de afgelopen dagen lastig gevallen door agressieve landgenoten die het oneens waren met hun oproep de japanse troepen terug te trekken uit Irak
Their homes have been bombarded by crank calls, the families and their supporters said (JapanToday)
It is time for the UN to take the leading role in Iraq.
Otherwise foreign workers will always be seen as american puppets.
Foreign workers told to quit Iraq (BBC)
[zo, dat is een mooi drieluik, is het duidelijk?]