M. K. ~ e-glob, Wa****ngton, DC
> Frank Kalder ~ GLOBAL HAPLIFNET
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. Eurovision Song Contest 2008 [Belgrade, Serbia]
http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/meldungen/showberichtfinale2.html
Russia is the winner (272 points; produced by Timberland; costs: 13
million =80).
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44687000/jpg/_44687489_b=
ilan_ap_body226.jpg
Second Ani Lorak from the Ukraine (reversed =93Karolina=94) (230 points)
http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/bildergalerien/generalprobe44_v-gallery.jpg
Cute and very ***y...
Kolimira from Greece (who was brought up in Manhattan and went to
Greece at 20) (218 point)
http://eurovision.ndr.de/teilnehmer/generalprobe50=
_v-gallery.jpg
is third. She sang in English, nothing typical Greek in the band=92s
sounds.
I particularly enjoyed the group of Azerbaijan (for the first time
participating).
Disaster for Germany=92s NO ANGELS (23 of 25).
http://i.bunte.de/img/HBsGhpko.jpg
(Lucy first, left)
http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/noangels194_v-gallery.jpg
(performance)
Each voting country has 12 points. They got =9312=94 from Bulgaria because
Lucy Diakovska is (originally) a Bulgarian, and =932=94 from Switzerland
(a total of 14 points only).
Gallery (25 slides):
http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/meldungen/showberichtfina=
le2.html
8 photos: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7418947.stm
Enjoy, maybe, more reading (CNN):
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/=
05/24/eurovision.contest.ap
. Russia Blog
>
> http://www.russiablog.org/2008/05/mccain_is_alone_on_russia.php#more
>
> Note to Russia Blog readers: This article was originally published
earlier=
> today in the Moscow Times. Dr. Edward Lozansky is the organizer of the
Wor=
ld
> Russian Forum, which is now underway May 19-20, 2008 at the U.S. Capitol
i=
n
> Wa****ngton D.C. -The Editors
>
He is the president of the American University in Moscow.
> The three presumed U.S. presidential candidates rarely mention Russia.
Whe=
n
> they do, their remarks are critical -- possibly because they are hoping
to=
> attract a few more votes from the numerous and well-organized ethnic
> communities from Ukraine, the Baltics and East Europe.
>
> Still, Senator John McCain stands alone. McCain, the Republican hopeful
wi=
th
> a good shot of winning the election, has practically included Russia in
a
> new axis of evil, along with North Korea, China and Iran. McCain's
adviser=
s
> are openly lambasting President George W. Bush for being too chummy with
> President Vladimir Putin and promise that Moscow will be treated a lot
mor=
e
> harshly in a McCain presidency.
>
> Continue reading "McCain Is Alone on Russia" =BB
>
Very informative blog!
Hopefully =91harsh John=92 will not succeed =91chummy George=92...
>
. Philadelphia
>
> > > [...]
>
> > That=92s been a wonderful excursion day altogether ...!
>
> I wasn't able to find a picture of the Capital, but there's a few of
them =
in
> town.
>
> I had the weirdest drink there. Cactus pear martini. Not pear, Cactus
pea=
r
>
> http://www.desertusa.com/magoct97/oct_pa/du_prkpear.html
>
Was it conveniently tasty?
. Brooklyn Bridge
>
> > New Yorkers celebrate 125th anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge.
>
> > [...] http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-23-voa53.cfm
>
> > [...] http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/27702
>
> Cool. That's a nice structure. And of course the source of the phrase,
> "sell you the Brooklyn Bridge" when talking about fraud, because of
course=
> no one owns it to sell it.
>
> __
> "Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
> Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
> I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happy
> I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen"
> --Radiohead, The Bends
>
Ciao, Frank
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