Funny Pic Of January

Poor Bunny. Do bear in mind that the url shown in the above pic are non-existent. Reckon they just thought it sounded cool as a tagline.

Die A Gorey Death

I know, most probably than not, I won't give a damn to the quizilla. But seeing this as a chance to revisit the wonderful art of the late great macabre artist, Edward Gorey... You will sink in a mire. You like to think you're normal, but deep down you really just want to strip off your clothes and roll around in chicken fat. What horrible Edward Gorey Death will you die? brought to you by Quizilla

Sometimes, It's Perfectly Alright To Just Shut Up

Sometimes, in life, nobody's complaining if you keep mum. Really. Within the plush comfort of the Raffles City convention centre, billionaire George Soros held court yesterday to an audience of 1,600 academics, government officials, businessmen and undergrads, enthralling them with his beliefs and vision for a global open society — and declaring that Singapore had yet to score in his book of liberal politics. Having made his wealth by the time he hit 50, Mr Soros is now into encouraging transitional and emerging nations to become "open societies" — open not only in the sense of freedom of commerce, but more importantly, tolerant of new ideas and different modes of thinking and behaviour... With Mr Soros's drive to bring about change in China, where he admitted failure, and Myanmar, where efforts continue, the focus inevitably fell on Singapore. Panel member Benjamin Lee, a third-year National University of Singapore student, asked Mr Soros how he rated Singapore as an open global society. Mr Soros was blunt. "Obviously, Singapore does not qualify as open society," he said. But Singapore is prosperous and prosperity and an open society tend to go hand in hand, he said. "I detect a desire of greater openness," he said, adding that he had great respect for the achievements of Singapore's energetic leadership. "But I hope they will be brave enough to take the next step in the development of an open society." Classic response to Soro's remarks, from a Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts spokesman. "If we were not an open society, George Soros would hardly be able to make the comment at an open forum in Singapore, and be reported in the Singapore media." Nuff's said. Literally.

The Last Of "The Four"

The Four. The Fantastic Four? More likely, The Frightful Four, at least in the opinions of the Chinese people oppressed in the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The last surviving member of "The Four", Yao Wenyuan, has finally meet his demise, thereby, closing one of the most horrible chapter in China, and possibly, the history of mankind. The other members, Jiang Qin, committed suicide in prison in 1991, Wang Hongwen, who died of liver cancer the following year; and Zhang Chunqiao, who came out of prison and died last April. Yao Wenyuan, the final surviving member of the Gang of Four that terrorized China during the violent 1966-76 Cultural Revolution by persecuting thousands, has died, the government said Friday. He was 74. Yao's death on Dec. 23 was blamed on diabetes, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. It didn't say where he died or explain the delay in reporting his death. Infamously renowned as"The Killer With The Pen", Yao Wen Yuan was a staple example for propaganda writer extraodinaire, who literally write his way to power. Having wrote the 10,000-word diatribe against the the famous play, "The destitution of Hai Rui", which in turns launched the "Cultural Revolution" on November 10, 1965. Quite possibly one of the most powerful propaganda expert ever, Yao was arrested in October 1976, a month after Mao Zedong's death, and was convicted of trying to gain power by persecuting officials and members of the public and spent 20 years in prison before his release in 1996. Well, not that anyone will miss him anyway.

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other dumb bastard die for his." - American WWII General George S.Patton