Category Archives: Latin America

Clown Fever has mutated and become a pandemic, for at least a week more

May 4, 2009 – 10:02 pm

Health warning and disclaimer: I have no idea whatsoever about Swine Fever, in common with most, but that won’t stop me. Ring a special number if you have any flu-like symptoms, such as a runny nose, red eyes or a headache. These symptoms are consistent with taking Bolivian Marching Powder and/or getting bladdered. So if you’ve been [...]

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The Man from Del Monte, he talk bollocks!

March 30, 2009 – 12:37 pm

   Lula da Silva says this problem was caused by white men with blue eyes. That lets both of us off the hook   Several Latin American leaders have reported the same disturbing hallucination. A rumpled fat man with a very large head, dressed in a cheap suit and badly-knotted tie turns up unannounced and tries [...]

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Blair, Howard and – er – Ulribe honoured in Bush medal ceremony

January 15, 2009 – 9:28 am

“The president is honoring these leaders for their work to improve the lives of their citizens and for their efforts to promote democracy, human rights and peace abroad“ White House spokeswoman… By John J Kelly On the day when UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband opined that the War on Terror had been a mistake,  the Financial Times published conjecture [...]

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