[blogtrawls] which reveal surprising things

All of you do your own daily Blogrounds and so it would be clear which themes currently predominate but I found two main themes in the trawl for tomorrow evening's Blogfocus which seemed to repeat themselves. One of these is not in what people actually wrote but in what they didn't write. I'm dying to post on this right now but will have to discipline myself to wait until tomorrow evening.

[bombing] at least guy fawkes aimed for the top

A Muslim convert apparently planned to detonate a dirty bomb and launch an attack on London's Tube. Former Hindu Dhiren Barot, 34, from London, plotted "massive explosions" in a synchronised attack in the US and UK. Question is – why? Why blow up ordinary men, women and children when you supposedly love the common people as a good Muslim and when the people you’re really after are Blair, Prescott and the gang? At least Guy Fawkes aimed for the men in parliament. And why are the guilty always hundreds of kilometres away at the time? Such as at St. Andrews. Amazing things, coincidences.

[cheney] to hunt again after 9 months

Brave Dick Cheney is going on his first hunting trip, on election day, since shooting his companion, attorney Harry Whittington, in the torso, neck and face with a 28-gauge shotgun while aiming at a covey of quail. Cheney will head to a private hunting lodge near Pierre, South Dakota, accompanied by his daughter, Mary and political director, Mel Raines. He’s almost certain no one will get hurt this time, unless the election goes against the Republicans. If it does go against them, then Richard will most likely kick serious butt.

[voodoo logic] haiti world’s most corrupt

The ten most corrupt countries, according to Transparency International and as seen by business people, academics and risk analysts: Haiti, Burma, Iran, Guinea, Sudan, DR Congo, Chad, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan and Equatorial Guinea. French and Italian firms were named as the worst culprits for paying bribes in low-income countries. Poor Haiti has suffered from decades of poverty, environmental degradation, violence, instability and dictatorship which have left it as the poorest nation in the Americas. The ten least corrupt: Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, Denmark, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Australia and the Netherlands. Netherlands not corrupt? Denmark? Hmmm. And where is Russia?

[iceland] fear-of-flying plane hit by lightning

An Icelandair Boeing 757 with 90 passengers, including 13 people who were on a trip to commemorate their completion of a fear of flying course, was hit by lightning on its way from Frankfurt, Germany. This was reported by RÚV. The passenger who contacted the news service said that despite the unfortunate timing of the incident, he had nearly overcome his fear of flying. In other news, widespread damage to property resulted when a severe storm blew across Iceland in the early hours of Sunday morning and beyond. Barbecues, trampolines and garden sheds blew away and boats and ships were torn from piers where they were moored. All domestic and international flights were disrupted. Meanwhile, in the Mödrudalsöraefi area, in the Icelandic outback, car windows were shattered by blowing rocks. No injuries to people were reported. Don't think I've seen blowing rocks before.

[happy monandæg] day of the moon

Well, it’s the Sumerian Nanna, the Babylonian Sin, the Greek Selene, the Roman dies Lunae and the French Lundi. Lundi, Mundi, it’s still a good day. You meet your friends again and a good long lunch is had by all, replete with irreverent jokes and laughter. Be of good cheer because the alternative is depressing.