Somehow, I suspect that this didn't make it past the censors for mainstream . . . not really much of a representation of either country either, although the number of icons jammed into a 30 second segment says something about the comittment of the authors ( Read more... )

Pleasing to see that it is not only the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia that are struggling with democracy . . . .

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3419530a6427,00.html

Power to the, um, people

Getting older. What a thing. Almost as insidious as the accumulation of future security in your 401K. Many things change, with age. Thoughts. Feelings. The body. Ah, the body. A few grey whiskers, the gentle accumulation of paunch, the creakiness of joints . . . . these things I can handle . . . but the way in which the hairdresser near- ( Read more... )