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India's latest invention: Decimal Corruption Scale

2011-08-02T07:27:00.000-07:00

New Decimal Corruption Scale Developed by India(Discovery is equal to number system given by our ancestors)
100 Crore  = 1 Yeddi

100 Yeddi  = 1 Reddy

100 Reddy  = 1 Radia

100 Radia  = 1 Kalmadi

100 Kalmadi= 1 Pawar(All Agri prices rigging)
100 Pawar= 1 Raja
100 Raja  = 1 Sonia

Facebook Shutting Down March 15?

2011-01-10T10:11:00.000-08:00

Are rumors about Facebook shutting down march 15 true? CNN does not think so. Read more at :

Facebook NOT shutting down March 15

However can there be smoke without fire? If not shut-down is the hype and buzz indicative of some other announcement by Facebook? The Facebook IPO? Or does Mark just plan to give his employees the day off as he may be planning to get married on that day?

Jain Silk, Ahimsa Silk

2011-01-05T09:05:00.000-08:00

Interesting article from the WSJ:

Taking the Violence Out of Silk

Do you know how many silkworms are normally killed to make a silk sari? Kusuma Rajaiah, a 55-year old government officer from India’s Andhra Pradesh state, does: “Around 10,000.”

Mr. Rajaiah estimates that around 15 silkworms are normally sacrificed to produce a gram of silk yarn. For years, he’s been battling against what he describes as the “cruel killing of millions of innocent worms.”

But there’s no need to give up silk: Mr. Rajaiah has long come up with an alternative. He realized the lure of silk was too strong to persuade people to give it up altogether so he came up with a technique that spares the life of the silkworm.

Kusuma Rajaiah displayed a fabric woven from nonviolent silk yarn. He’s the man who invented “Ahimsa” – or “nonviolent” – mulberry silk, a fabric which has since reached temples in Tamil Nadu and red carpets in Hollywood. Read more...

Is Wikileaks a CIA creation? Is Julian Assange a CIA agent?

2010-12-10T09:16:00.000-08:00

While the party line is that Julian Assange is a terrorist deserving the same punishment as Osama Bin Laden there are some others who suspect the very veracity of the leaks :

"this latest wikileaks cache seems to be a plant by the Americans. There is nothing truly revealing about the cables. Everything I've seen so far is basically what the US would like to say but can't do so officially because of diplomatic and political constraints. I think our man Assange has been snookered. "

"the merit of content leaked by "Cablegate". Nothing that we don't already know - Iran's nuclear ambitions, corruption in Afghanistan, Pakistan's coziness with terrorists, Middle East's distrust of Iran, Putin's an alpha dog, etc. etc. C'mon! If this is what US Ambassadors and Embassy staff are typing back to State department, then it's a huge waste of taxpayers' money, cause we can read these things in NY Times/Washington Post! Cablegate is the National Enquirer version of world diplomacy – American style."

Difficult to sift fact from fiction. What do you think the truth is? Are these leaks for real? or are they a plant in the greatest information hoax ever to happen since a dead body washed off the shore of Spain during WWII ("Operation Mincemeat")

The Great American Clampdown

2010-12-09T05:45:00.000-08:00

The great American clampdown

From the Times of India

How is US, the world's most powerful, richest, most technologically advanced country dealing with Wikileaks, a band of computer whizkids and journalists?

Stop their website
Stop their funds
Drag them into legal cases
Disinformation & threat blitz

Why is a Tata Nano like a Ferrari ?

2010-11-18T10:34:00.000-08:00

What could be similar bewteen the cheapest car in the world and one of the most expensive ? Apparently both the Tata Nano ($2800) and Ferrari 458 Italia ($275,000) are plagued by the same issue of the engine catching fire

What Ferrari, Nano Have in Common

The humble Nano is keeping illustrious company indeed!!

Of Birds and Bees......or is it Bees and Birds

2010-11-16T06:47:00.000-08:00

We've heard of birds delaying flights, this time it is the turn of the bees.....

Bees delay flight, boarding suspended for over 10 hours

The Great Game: Deja Vu in Afghanistan - Same game, different players

2010-07-06T07:03:00.000-07:00

Interesting perspective on the Afghanistan Imbroglio:

The Great Game

"A tooth for an eye"

2009-09-17T06:52:00.000-07:00

We have all heard of "An eye for an eye, A tooth for a tooth". A marvel of modern science leads to "A tooth for an eye":
Tooth helps restore desperate woman's sight

Is Michael Jackson still alive? Did he really die ?

2009-07-01T10:40:00.001-07:00

Any sightings? "Michael Jackson sighted in Bahrain" "at the Dunkin Donuts in Paducah"

Did the autopsy include a DNA test to validate that it was indeed the body of Michael Jackson, son of Joe and Katharine Jackson?

Has this drama of death been created so that Michael can escape to lead a true life away from his creditors or his "slave drivers" (Concert company)? Or to get Insurance money for his family?

When did the switch happen? Did the real Michael ever return from the exile in Bahrain?

Or has the real Michael Jackson been abducted by aliens?

Some other doubters (or a non doubter) :
Is Michael Jackson Still Alive?

Herbal Viagra cures "Electile Dysfunction" : A potential cure for NYS Senate woes?

2009-06-25T11:59:00.000-07:00

Maybe this what is needed to get NYS Senators back to work, distribute some herbal Viagra to cure their "Electile Dysfunction". If it can get two arch rival parties together in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, maybe it can work the same wonder with the sparring NYS Republicans and Democrats :

Herbal Viagra brings out rare bonhomie in TN assembly
A brand of herbal Viagra, which has become a runaway hit weeks after it was launched by a state-run corporation, brought out a rare bonhomie in the Tamil Nadu assembly between members of arch rivals DMK and AIADMK after it was distributed for feedback.

This product launched by a state owned corporation in India ("Laboob Sageer" manufactured by TAMPCOL) has been a runaway hit with the company struggling to meet demand.

Is this what Obama has planned for Kim Il Jong?

2009-06-17T12:52:00.000-07:00

From CNN :

Obama swats pesky fly

Enemies Beware !!

The Rabble Rules Lord's: Royalty fumes.....

2009-06-17T11:24:00.000-07:00

From the Wall Street Journal :
Cricket Lets In the Rabble
Fast, Flashy T20 Game Invades Lord's in London, Rankling Some; a 'Home Run Derby'

Looks like the sun has really and truly set on the British Empire: Rapidfire Cricket being played at Lord's; what travesty is next :Royal Princes participating in Speed dating events? Afternoon Tea ending in 10 minutes?

Oh Bear !!!

2009-06-17T11:07:00.000-07:00

Looks like for Animal Control departments, the only good bear is a dead bear. This video clip should be used by Animal Rescue Departments all over the country as an example of how NOT to rescue a stranded animal:

If embed video does not work use following link :
Bear Dies after fall from tree

Note how poorly the hay bales are placed

Note how loosely the net is held - were they expecting a light teddy bear to drop from the tree?

Mao Vs. Marx in "Red" Castle : Mamata wins

2009-06-17T10:57:00.000-07:00

Isn't it ironic :
Reds vs reds: It's war in West Bengal's Lalgarh

Maoists and Marxists are battling it out in India's communist ruled West Bengal state's Lalgarh area. Lalgarh means Red Castle in English.

Mao and Marx must be turning in their graves("Mao"soleum).

Who will be the winner - Hope it's "Moolah"- Capital. Right now it seems to be "Mamata" Banerjee whose party trounced the Reds in West Bengal in the recent elections for the Indian Parliament.

Remember the old fable of the cat winning when the 2 monkeys fought...