The Peruvian faith healers have finally made their endorsement for the US presidential election: they’re backing Obama.
“Obama is growing stronger, I’ve seen that he has the spiritual support of Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy to protect him,” Juan Osco, president of the Apus-Inka healers association, told The Associated Press. “He’s going to win.”
So there you have it. We can all rest easy now.
I’m swamped but hope to do a photo post or two over the weekend. In the meantime:
Ireland to lose full employment: BoI (RTÉ)
Does the Border matter in a time of recession? (Slugger O’Toole)
Australian plan to kill the internet (Mr Angry)
Bailout, schmailout (Jeff Jarvis)
MTV expected to announce Beatles Rock Band deal (Reuters)
Google Reader now shows how good (or bad) you are at reading (CNet)
The UCC vote on stem cell research was passed 16-15. The pro-life campaigners are up in arms. I wonder if that referendum plan will ever get off the ground; I doubt it.
Either he was playingt he good soldier while under contract, or Juande Ramos was a bit slow on the uptake:
Former Tottenham manager Juande Ramos admits the departures of Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov were major factors in Spurs’ troubled start to the season
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“[T]he departures of Robbie Keane and Berbatov, important players in the team for their technical and human qualities and their scoring abilities, was too hard a blow for the squad.”
The felines that roam the streets of Abu Dhabi have finally been recognised as a species in their own right: the Arabian Mau. One of these used to sleep on the porch outside my building, pressed up against the glass on humid, sticky nights so as to enjoy the cold air blowing under the door. I still regret not taking photos of the scrawny wee thing and its kitten.
Unfortunately, there is a concerted campaign to cull stray cats in the UAE. Petra Mueller, who named the species (“mau” just means “cat”, as I’m sure you’ve figured out by now),
hopes her discovery will help change attitudes towards the animals in the Middle East.
“Cats in the Arab world are traditionally thought to bring bad luck,”she said.“Unfortunately, a programme has been introduced in the UAE where street cats are trapped and then destroyed.
“I hope that the discovery of this unique breed will boost the identity of cats here and encourage people to buy or adopt them, as they are better suited for the climate.
“These cats are not only the national cats of the UAE but they can also be found all over the Gulf.”
A truncated links compendium as I’m exhausted and have one of them work-jobby things to do.
Two years tweeting (Inside View/Bernie Goldbach)
The 10 most outrageous opening lines in literature (Alternative Reel, via Rick O’Shea)
Taking note of old Europe (Strange Maps)
“Clean” coal’s dirtiest secret (Scholars and Rogues)