The Week in Review #2: Gas; Bombs; Zizou

!DAME' GASOLINA!

Three countries that export gasoline (can you guess which ones?) have set up a "higher technical committee" to explore the possibilities of creating an OPEC for gas-exporters. Here's your hint for who these nations are:





According to the BBC article, the EU and US are pissed, for obvious reasons. But I think this could be a rather good thing. If nothing else, the electric cars that have been shredded in the desert could be reassembled!



MORE ON THE AXIS OF EVIL


A blogger for PBS has just written a story about how Google has blocked people in Iran and Syria from downloading Chrome, their new browser.
This news comes on the heels of an act of war against Syria by the US. Over the weekend the US bombed Syria, killing eight people, including four children, apparently. Don't you love double-standards!

I guess it's all about the bottom line for the Disaster Capitalists .

THE WORLD OF SPORTS

To cheer me up, I'm going to see Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.


Comments

Anonymous said…
mr. b,

always a good read.

isn't the land of the macho man also part of the tech group?