On why a multiethnic Europe is nowhere near. Microsoft does Warsaw

So this is what Microsoft Poland (or they advertisers) considered a bit too much for their consumer base:

Lacking a better word, doesn’t it look glorious?
At least, they were tactful enough to do a poor Photoshop job… but come on, couldn’t mighty Microsoft Europe spare a few thousand euros to do a Poland-rated version of [...]

On credit crunch for the under 70, Tim Harford nails this one with a fairy tail

Hobbes, I was just catching up with my feedreader when I got to Tim Harford’s articles. Apparently he’s back on the waves with Radio 4’s More or Less (personally, I like his written material better).
I must take my hat off. I love using the ancient art of metaphor myself to the point that I guess [...]

On The Talented Mr. Damon, a pleasant surprise

Hobbes, It has been a while since I wrote my last post. Life is moving fast and my neurons are reaching boiling point.
However, I had a minute today to visit the Futurist.com new project The Futurist on Politics and I found this gem I would like to share with you:

On the end of nationalism and the raise of value sharing communities

The love it or leave it of nationalists, doesn’t make much sense in a world of ideas, instead of flags. Why would anybody choose to die for a flag? Beyond my knowledge. I don’t think a German United Kingdom would be much different today.
Before you hit at me with the holocaust that followed, let me [...]

On Boris Johnson as London Mayor and honest politics

Ten years ago this November, Jesse “The Body” Ventura left his best speedos to his ring mate Hulk Hogan and became Minnesota’s 38th Governor.
Before turning to politics, Mr Ventura the wrestler, turned into acting with mixed success appearing in testosterone fuelled films like Predator, Running Man or Demolition Man.
You will see a pattern here, [...]

On executive pay and trade union nonsense

Hobbes, this time around the target is Bob Diamond, from Barclays. After 12 years with the bank, he reportedly took home £21m ($42m) in pay and bonuses last year.
The figure includes a miser £250,000 basic salary, plus shares worth up to £14.4m and a £6.5m cash bonus.
The figure includes his basic salary of £250,000, plus [...]

Nothing in this world that’s worth having comes easy

I am so glad I was watching Scrubs today. The last few days have come really difficult and it doesn’t look like it is going to get any better over the Easter weekend, on the contrary, most likely the shit will hit the fan and we will be in massive panic mode.
‘Nothing in this world [...]