[да или нет] путина на третьем президентском сроке

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[arnie and that latino] so what’s all the fuss

Here’s part of that articulate audio tape: Susan Kennedy: Bonnie Garcia is great. She's a ball-buster. Is she Puerto Rican? Arnie: She seems to me like Cuban. Kennedy: She's not Mexican. Arnie: No. Kennedy: I thought she was Puerto Rican. Arnie: She maybe is Puerto Rican or the same thing as Cuban. I mean, they are all very hot. They have the, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that together makes it. Bonnie Garcia: Actually, I’m a hot-blooded latino. My question: Er - is there actually an issue here somewhere which would get both the LA Times and Washington Post into a lather?

[top gear] settling for a lemon

The RAC has said that 29 percent of buyers fail to spot faults before buying used vehicles. In 11 percent of mechanical faults, drivers had to pay out up to 400 pounds for repairs. In 6 percent of cases, the faults were so serious the cost of repair was up to 800 pounds. Lack of mechanical knowledge was the main reason quoted. Despite this, only 39 percent had bothered to pay for a professional vehicle examination and 48 percent of buyers had spent less than 30 minutes carrying out checks before buying. [Reuters]

[journalistic bias] two versions of the same story

"With US society sliding towards theocracy and with religious belief - even fundamentalism - on the rise in every continent we have to take a stand," says Roy Brown, President of the International Humanist and Ethical Union. “With the godless madness passing and US society finally returning to the traditional values which nurture and protect the family, we have to take a stand that it does not slide back to the dark age of humanism.” More.

[iceland] long cold winter possible for foreigners

Not everything’s roses up there at sleepy hollow. Jobs appear to be plentiful on the Icelandic labour market at present, although perhaps not everyone is able to find their dream job, according to a report in Morgunbladid today. It might be difficult for foreigners this winter. Rivetting, cutting edge news as usual, only from Iceland.

[normblog] of death and cricket

Norm’s in fine form today: [C]ricket more than any other sport helps a person work through the experience of loss by virtue of forcing its participants to come to terms with symbolic deaths on a daily basis. It's an idea Mike Brearley says he's been forced to reconsider. It kind of goes with Chess and the Dance of Death, though I must say I'd never previously thought of losing one's wicket in quite that way. Makes you think, doesn’t it? What makes me think even more is why [c]ricket was spelt that way.