Filthy Lucre

Literally.  I found 50 pence in change in my dirty coffee cup at work.  Why did I put it there?  Early onset Stupidity. 

More Filthy Lucre
I'm not sure if this is an exclusively British term.  "Dirty Money" is your translation, dear reader in Novi Pazar*.  Looking at the BBC website with sidebars and comments from the public, what statistics do we see?
Egyptian Protests = 115 comments
BBC's £25 million severance payments = 741 comments
MP's Pay Rise = 1166 1200 comments.  The winner!
Not only that, in a snapshot of comments, two people who put across a rational argument supporting an increase in MP's pay were massively negged** by other commenters!  It seems we the - excuse me - We The People jib a bit at having to make sacrifices at the behest of our chosen representatives who then get a 16% pay rise.

Continuing with the edgy, gritty, satirical tone - yes it is so, edgy and gritty! <stamps foot> we have -

Now Then Snowden!
That young scamp Eddy Snowden is apparently applying for political asylum in Russia.  I'm sure this is a headache that Mr Putin could well have done without, and he gently suggested to Eddy that he should "cease his work aimed at damaging our American partners."  Eddy, Eddy, Eddy.  Mr Putin also said Russia "never hands over anybody anywhere and has no intention of doing so," which would sound more convincing if that song "Step Into My Parlour Said The Spider To The Fly" wasn't echoing around my mind.  This time next year the folio-sized "Where's Eddy?" picture-puzzle book will be the only visible sign that Eddy ever existed ...

Human Rights Crisis in Turkmenistan!
Actually I've nothing very deep to say on the very real problems in what seems to be a pocket Soviet Union post-1991 (not informed enough to judge yet).  It just amused me that one of the shortest names possible, J-Lo, performed for one of the longer - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

* Originally The Sanjak Of Novi Pazar, one of Europe's smallest 19th century nations.
** "Negged" is short for "Was voted down in a negative manner" and I apologise for using a word suspiciously close to <shudders in horror> texttalk.

Right.  That Passchendaele wargame won't design itself.  Toodle-ooh!



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