Gaddafi wanted to start his own world bank. Some people didn’t like that.
Netanyahoo got up at the UN this morning to give a speech and half the people walked out. It may have been more than half the people, but it was substantial amount. This didn’t deter Bibi, he kept going. As the world turns against Israel it’s going to be interesting to see where it all lands. The Middle East is a powder keg for whatever reason (religion) and it probably always will be. Some people thrive on conflict, and it appears that most of them live in the Middle East. I’m not that engaged with any of it. I don’t want to take sides because I’m not there. I only see what everyone else sees on TV and it looks pretty ugly. History will judge all of them, if history is written truthfully which we know it isn’t, so what can you do?
Enjoy the weekend and be thankful that you don’t live anywhere near that region. This week there is an annual art show in the town I live in. I’m having a band rehearsal on Saturday afternoon, but I’ll probably go and take a look at some of it afterwards. As a general rule I find these events entertaining. I rarely see any good art, because most of it is forgettable. Like music, art has become another thing that everyone can dabble in without too much effort, and many people do. It’s not just impoverished auters living in a peter garrett now. It’s rich housewives who can afford the sometimes expensive resources to try and make their creations look professional.
Music producing auter Phil Spector
I’m being overly harsh of course, but that’s because I’m a very critical person. It’s probably not a good way to be, but fuck it. Let the kinds have their candy. It’s not hurting anyone. My neighbor has an exhibition down the road, and I’ll probably go to that. The last time I played in public with a band was at one of her art shows. I was so tired afterwards, I dinged my BMW on the way into the garage. Never again.
There is a story from AP this morning about former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. “A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya, a verdict that the still-influential conservative leader denounced as “a scandal.” The judge sounds like a real a-hole because even though he will appeal, she ordered him to go straight to jail, Diddy style.
Look out!
Sarkozy was defiant, “If they absolutely want me to sleep in prison, I will sleep in prison. But with my head held high. I am innocent. This injustice is a scandal,” he said with his wife, the singer and model Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, at his side.” Chief judge Nathalie Gavarino presided over this mess, but I can’t find out much about her. Gavarino sounds like an Italian name, which is interesting.
Diddley would like to jump that prison wall, yes he would.
The problem seems to be that Nicolas was a bit too Sar-kozy with Muammar Ghaddafi who wanted to start a world bank in defiance of the current world order. That’s not allowed. Speaking of Puff Diddley, he appeared in a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday, nearly three months after a federal jury found him guilty on prostitution charges. His lawyers are trying to get him released on time served, but the judge in this case seems like a hard ass. He might get up to five years who knows? We’ll find out in about a week.
Happy Friday.
Here’s Mrs Sarkozy with an old Stones tune. Seems appropriate given what’s just happened to her hubby.
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