As just about anyone who’s ever worked in an office can attest, one of life’s most festering annoyances are people who don’t return pens that they borrow. Now it appears as though Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus may be one of those people, and the citizens of the nation he rules over are none too pleased about it.
You see, Klaus, whose most notable prior controversy was probably his flat rejection of climate change science – a position that he even appeared on Glenn Beck’s show to tour – was caught on video coyly pocketing a ceremonial pen during a recent visit to Chile. What’s more, the brazen stylus heist took place in full view of the media during a ceremony to announce a trade agreement. The video shows Klaus clearly admiring the pen, then slowly moving it into one of his jacket pockets as Chilean President Sebastian Pinera speaks to the assembled members of the media.
Now, Reuters is reporting that some Czech citizens are accusing Klaus of being a kleptomaniac (Someone who helps himself because he cannot help himself). But the president’s staffers claim that he had every right to take the pen – and that he was, in fact, acting entirely in line with established Czech state protocols. “We at the Prague Castle always give such a pen to delegations, along with a notepad,” presidential spokesman Radim Ochvat told the news agency.{Via Yahoo News}
“Don’t worry guys, it is only a pen, here in India, our politicians steal millions of rupees.”
A CROSSWORD fan aged 89 used an internet search to solve a clue about a donkey – and was bombarded with hard-core porn. Jack Sedgewick got stuck on 14 across: “Wild asian ass.”
The great-grandad typed “asian ass” into Yahoo’s search engine in the hope of finding the answer to the newspaper poser.
But he was stunned when it threw up dozens of porn sites displaying photos of naked Asian girls. One offered “the hottest spicy asian ass you’ll ever see”.
Ex-engineer Jack said: “I was shaken. The images were horrendous. I didn’t know this sort of stuff existed.”
After trying variations on the theme with the same result, frantic Jack finally found the answer by changing his search to “donkey sanctuaries”.
It was “onager” – sometimes known as “Wild Ass Asian” and found in deserts from the Mid East to Tibet. {Via}
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A writer for the US animated comedy program “Family Guy” has apologized after a joke linking Japan’s massive quake-tsunami disaster to the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
In a message on Twitter about Friday’s earthquake, scriptwriter Alec Sulkin wrote: “If you wanna feel better about this earthquake in Japan, google ‘Pearl Harbor death toll.'”
The reference to imperial Japan’s sneak attack on US forces in Hawaii, which killed around 2,500 people, set off a storm of criticism over the Internet. {Read on}
Even an emergency situation in Japan has failed to wake up our politicians to identify the risks involved in having a nuclear reactor. It became obvious as the majority of Maharashtra legislators were found sleeping during the speech of renowned nuclear experts on Monday.
The MLAs’ lack of interest in knowing about the advantages and disadvantages of a nuclear plant was seen during the lectures by some eminent scientists, including former Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar, in Maharashtra Assembly.
As Kakodkar and others tried to address safety concerns over the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant in the state, several legislators, including Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Forest minister Patang Rao Kadam, were repeatedly caught on camera napping through the lectures.
The MLAs seemed unconcerned while Kakodkar was trying to allay the fears about the safety of the proposed nuke power plant.
The locals in Jaitapur, particularly the fishermen community, have been opposing the setting up of the plant. Kakodkar said the plant would be built at a considerable height so it would not be at as much risk as the Fukushima plant in Japan, which faces risk of a radiation leak following the recent earthquake and tsunami.