Do read this

Thanks to John Wesley for writing about this essay by the late Kurt Vonnegut. It is well worth reading, if only for the following:

"But I am now 82. Thanks a lot, you dirty rats. The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick and Colon."

World Flags/World Problems

I spotted this on A Blog About Nowt, go and have a look, it's a really clever way of demonstrating some pretty stark facts. The page contains some largish images so may take a moment to load, but be patient, it is worth it.


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