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NEWS BRIEFLETS

• Eric at Classical Values: “It occurred to me that maybe there ought to be some kind of official enclownment ceremony, so I came up with this.”

• Jules Crittenden examines the soul connection between Australia and the US.

Andrew Bolt: “You either write for the government or you write about the government. As a columnist, you do not do both - or certainly not without disclosing your lucrative conflict of interest.”

• Branson’s prize claimed!

• “Men in parts of Tanzania’s main city, Dar es Salaam, are living in fear of a night-time sex attacker.  A BBC correspondent says the attacks are being blamed by some on a demon called ‘Popo Bawa’ ... ”

• In certain other primitive tribal communities, it’s considered a grievous insult if you use the word “Democrat” instead of “Democratic.”

• A Grammy note from Matt Welch: “Having Al Gore hand out the award for ‘Best Rock Album’ should pretty much drive a stake through the heart of at least three genres at once.”

Posted by Tim B. on 02/23/2007 at 01:33 PM
  1. For shame, Mr Blair! You neglected to include this news brieflet, which synchs in nicely with the RWDB take on Mr Branson’s prize-offer…

    Posted by TimT on 2007 02 23 at 01:40 PM • permalink

  2. I personally never call a Democratic a Democrat, they are a member of the “Democrat Party”.

    Get it straight people, there is enough acrimony already.

    Posted by moptop on 2007 02 23 at 02:13 PM • permalink

  3. > In certain other primitive tribal communities, it’s considered a grievous insult if you use the word “Democrat” instead of “Democratic.”

    I think you are supposed to call them by their official nickname, the “Jackass Party”

    (And if you think that is unfair, a few years ago, someone in the DNC thought it cute to name their official blog “Kickin’ Ass”

    Posted by Room 237 on 2007 02 23 at 02:24 PM • permalink

  4. "The story goes that a bat is able to transform itself into a man at night and it has been blamed for rapes of women.”

    The Bill Clinton legacy just keeps growing.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 02 23 at 02:38 PM • permalink

  5. I thought they arrested him.  I meant the rapist who was attacking men, not Bill Clinton.

    Posted by MarkD on 2007 02 23 at 02:54 PM • permalink

  6. ’In certain other primitive tribal communities, it’s considered a grievous insult if you use the word “Democrat” instead of “Democratic.”’

    Yes, this is why I ALWAYS refer to that group as the “Democrat Party”.

    It drives them batshit.

    Posted by Dave Surls on 2007 02 23 at 04:05 PM • permalink

  7. I love the BBC.

    “Mexican anger over US ‘trespass’”

    “Many Mexicans see the border barrier as offensive Mexico’s parliament has condemned what it says is a border violation by US workers building a controversial barrier between the two countries.
    Legislators say workers and equipment building a section of the barrier have gone 10 metres (yards) into Mexico...”

    Apparently this is not an attempt at irony.

    Posted by Dave Surls on 2007 02 23 at 04:12 PM • permalink

  8. A BBC correspondent says the attacks are being blamed by some on a demon called “Popo Bawa"

    Popo?  Popo?  Paco?

    Posted by wronwright on 2007 02 23 at 04:18 PM • permalink

  9. Yes, this is why I ALWAYS refer to that group as the “Democrat Party”.

    And along those lines, I sometimes call them “Democratics”.

    Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2007 02 23 at 04:39 PM • permalink

  10. I call them the Democraps, same as the idiots here.

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 02 23 at 05:16 PM • permalink

  11. The BBC’s John Ngahyoma in Dar es Salaam says not many people actually believe that the demon exists and there have been no sightings.
    Now, what’s wrong with this sentence (and no, I’m not talking grammar here.)
    The story goes that the bat is able to transform itself into a man at night and it has also been blamed for rapes of women.
    So the men sleep outside?  Away from their women? 

    The pig’s oil thing sounds good.  It would certainly repel me if I were “Popo Bawa”.  I take it that these people aren’t Muslims.

    Please people, the proper pronunciation is Democraps.

    Posted by saltydog on 2007 02 23 at 05:49 PM • permalink

  12. And as soon as I learn to read, I won’t repeat what others have said right before me
    My apologies to Nilknarf Arbed.

    Posted by saltydog on 2007 02 23 at 05:52 PM • permalink

  13. Can I add a brieflet of my own?

    Peter Garrett: the Archibald entry.

    Posted by Ian Deans on 2007 02 23 at 07:34 PM • permalink

  14. People in Dar es Salaam are smearing themselves in pig’s oil?  Wow, how progressive of them.

    Posted by anthony_r on 2007 02 23 at 08:43 PM • permalink

  15. So the government should never hire speech-writers who actually support it?

    Bolt is talking out his arse.

    Posted by McAnzac on 2007 02 23 at 11:20 PM • permalink

  16. "Men in parts of Tanzania’s main city, Dar es Salaam, are living in fear of a night-time sex attacker.”

    That was the story of my life too…

    ...then I got married.

    Posted by Dave Surls on 2007 02 23 at 11:27 PM • permalink

  17. No worries, salty - none needed.

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 02 24 at 01:57 AM • permalink

  18. "People in Dar es Salaam are smearing themselves in pig’s oil?”

    Don’t knock it.  I can pretty much guarantee that no demons will want to have sex with you if you’re drenched in pig oil.

    But, be warned...it drives the boars wild.

    Posted by Dave Surls on 2007 02 24 at 06:29 AM • permalink

  19. Sex attacks blamed on bat demon

    “Scotland Yard, Miss Greer. We’re assisting the Tanzanian police with their enquiries...”

    Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 02 25 at 12:50 AM • permalink

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