Drugs and fruit

Holy crap: Andrea Suastegui had been suffering flulike symptoms Saturday when she and her husband drove to the Frutería El Palsa Market on 25th Street near Broadway and purchased prescription medicine without a prescription… After the drug was administered with a syringe, the woman almost immediately went into medical distress. Police and paramedics were called …

New Qinghai-Tibet railway

Following the meme of my previous post, we can probably add another spot to the ‘dramatically changed by tourism’ list. New Qinghai-Tibet railway: “Traveling overland through snow-capped mountains and high-land meadows to visit mysterious Tibetan Buddhist shrines on the world’s highest plateau will soon no longer require the grit and resolve of an adventurous backpacker. …

Does irony translate?

This whole cartoon thing is rediculous. Michael Standaert has the right idea: Why does the Danish Prime Minister even need to be involved in this situation or apologize for this? What I don’t understand is the fact that GOVERNMENTS have been drawn into this mess. They are not responsible for the actions of writers and …