Don’t know about you lot but this blog had a whole pile of fun….
….but it was that veteran hogger of the limelight and burster of pompisity’s bubble, Old Holborn, who ran away with the laurels….
….and managed to get almost an entire piece in The Groan to himself.
Honourable mention for services to sanity to @wearethebritish, who started the whole thing with this….
When’s the next one? Tell me there’s another one soon!
I am losing the will to live.
I have staked the gerbil out in the midday sun. This a mere taste of what will befall him if I don’t pick up some votes, and pronto. It’s up to you now, dear reader.
So who do you reckon? Some right wing fascist despot like….erm….George W Bush? Benjamin Netanyahu? Margaret Thatcher? Nigel Farage? Álvaro Uribe?
An easy mistake to make, I agree, but no. It was everyone’s favourite champion of democracy and freedom (it says here), El Comandante himself, Hugo Chávez, the saviour of Venezuela, sorry, Latin America sorry, the world.
According to an article published today in Rio de Janeiro’s O Globo….
Chavez wants to restrict Internet and cable TV
After censoring 34 radio stations in 2009 – with 29 more at risk of losing their public concessions this year, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, called this weekend for restrictions on the internet. On Saturday night, he asked the country’s Attorney General and chairman of the Venezuela Telecommunications Commission, Diosdado Cabello, to take legal action against the Noticiero Digital site, which is supposed to have disclosed false information. He also demanded more control over the internet and said that the dissemination of false news was “a crime”.
“The Internet cannot something be free where anything can be done or said,” Chavez said in a televised speech (doubtless another of his seven hour Sunday harangue-athons – Ed.), referring to texts run on the site, according to which two of his political allies have been killed. “No, each country must be able to have their rules and regulations.”
Site sees threat to freedom of expression
Referring to cable channels, Chavez said:
“They can’t convey what they want, poisoning the minds of so many people. Regulation, regulation, laws!”
Noticiero Digital, a popular news channel which publishes critical comments on Venezuela, yesterday accused the Venezuelan president of extending its persecution of the independent media. ”This indictment is a serious threat to freedom of expression,” said a statement on the site.
The site’s management, however, claimed that the texts cited by Chavez contained “false rumors” and said it was “taking steps to ensure that this situation does not recur.”
The articles were deleted hours after going online.
In recent weeks, Chávez and his allies have harshly criticized social networks like Twitter and Facebook, which they said was used by rivals to defame public officials and deceive the public.
Comments on this latest kick in the nuts for democracy from John Pilger, Noam Chomsky, Mark Weisbrot and Tariq Ali were, as ever, conspicuous by their absence.
Sure he's an authoritarian megalomaniac, but he hates America....
Hat tip to the estimable Cristina Camargo and Instituto Millenium, an organisation I heartily commend to anyone who understands and cares about Latin America.
I have detected a rather disturbing trend, namely a recent upsurge in the number of tweets about guns from Fort Wayne, IN. porn goddess, Bree Olson.
Viz….
Which got me wondering if this is a wholesome pastime for a pretty young pornstar, and loaded me up with the more than slightly arousing mind movie of Bree atop a Marine Corps Hummer, blazing away with an M2 .50 cal, Olson Twins (no, not those Olson Twins) registering nine on the Richter scale.
A tonic for the troops, I’m sure you’ll agree.
Her post of the day, however, reveals a potentially more sinister side to her character….
Was a waiting world about to vicariously experience yet another adrenalin fuelled emotional roller coaster ride accompanying Jenna on her drive to The Plymouth of the West?
One dedicated follower just couldn’t endure the tension any longer….
recent lies and distortions