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The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the little Serbian boy singing his ballad. I’m surprised there wasn’t clowns or doves flying out near the end. Oh Shit! There is a clown.

Of the 40-something countries that competed, this is the absolute best they can give us. Great. Thanks guys. See you next year in Belgrade.

The Eurovision semi-finals were today. The countries that are going to the finals this Saturday can be viewed here.

Seeing as all my friends have either moved away, are unemployed, or frankly have better things to do, I’ll have to resort to watching the extravaganza over the internet, in my gonch, scratching myself, crying, drunk, and alone. Don’t let that disgusting thought stop you from watching though. It’s really quite fun to see country after country represent themselves with the most shiteous music ever imagined. But if it gets really, really unbearable, that’s what the alcohol and company’s for. Well, the alcohol at least. Happy Eurovision, fuckers!

Helvetica turns 50 today.

M-I-C (See you real soon) K-E-Y (Because we hate you).

The Hamas TV program “Tomorrows Pioneers” has been pulled from Palestinian television pending review after an video leaked onto the internet showing portions of the show in which a bad knock-off of Mickey Mouse is telling the kids to take up arms against the Israelis. Yeah. I know. Israel-Palestine. Blah blah blah. This isn’t even so much about the conflict as it is about turning kids into jihadists.

The West isn’t completely infallible though. In fact, we may have even more to answer for. Wasn’t it the US who brought us Barney the Dinosaur? Wasn’t it Australia who brought us The Wiggles? And I don’t who created The Boohbahs but fuck them and the horse they rode in on.

The Eurovision Song Contest is next week. I’m not sure what time it’s on with the time difference and everything or even where I can watch it live online. Anyways, you can watch the videos here. Keep in mind that this is the best that each European country has to offer and has chosen to represent them. So your homework is to tell me which videos suck the least and which country you will think will win. The British entry to the contest “Scooch” is nothing short of craptacular.

Once I find how and when to watch the contest I will let you know so you can have your own Eurovision party in the middle of the afternoon next Saturday.

Religion and Politics have always been strange bedfellows so consequently I’m an big advocate of the separation of church and state. Turkey it seems is also an advocate. From the Associated Press

Some 700,000 Turks waving the red national flag flooded central Istanbul on Sunday to demand the resignation of the government, saying the Islamic roots of Turkey’s leaders threatened to destroy the country’s modern foundations.

Like the protesters — who gathered for the second large anti-government demonstration in two weeks — Turkey’s powerful secular military has accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of tolerating radical Islamic circles.

“They want to drag Turkey to the dark ages,” said 63-year-old Ahmet Yurdakul, a retired government employee who attended the protest.

Who’s to say what will happen if there is a military coup. What am I saying? If? If? Fuck it! Given the amount of military coups Turkey has had in recent history, it’s almost a certainty. Not sure if it will help or hinder their EU chances though.

How to survive an alien invasion according to NASA consultants. It provides a bit of insight into what to do but I find the James T. Kirk method (ie. seducing the alien women) far more effective to securing the safety of the human race.

Interesting gallery of Chinese fake brands. See for yourself.