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If Miliband is Moses does that make Cameron the Pharaoh?

May 4, 2015

“Red” Ed Miliband, aka Milibrand, aka Moses, is getting much attention from the photoshoppers with his 8ft high limestone tablet of “commandments.

Moses Miliband

But that would make Cameron the Pharaoh to Moses Miliband.

And if my memory serves, Aaron, Moses’ elder brother acted as his spokesperson, his “prophet”, because Moses could not speak very well.

I suppose Nicola Sturgeon could be a Miriam to “Red” Ed Moses Milibrand and Nigel Farage would be best suited as the High Priest of Amun.

(Nick Clegg does not count).

But whether Moses won or Ramses II won depends on who tells the story. After all Ramses managed to expel Moses and his people and continued to rule for a very long time.

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The MiliBrand & Sturgeon Show

April 29, 2015

The rise of the new M & S.

Could these be the new rulers of the United Kingdom?

Mili-Brand

Ed Miliband savaged for Russell Brand video stunt

Mili-Brand

 

and Sturgeon

Ed Miliband shakes hands with Nicola Sturgeon at the end of the BBC debate on 16 April 2015

Mili-Sturgeon

 

 

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The silence of an owl

April 24, 2015

Soundless flight

 

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Spring and the elk are feisty

April 23, 2015

It has been a lovely spring day and the elk are getting bold. Though why this one seemed more interested in old branches from last year rather than the fresh spring buds is a mystery to me.

elk in the garden 20150423

elk in the garden 20150423

Wild Sweden. Is it an elk? Is it a moose? If you’re in Sweden, the answer is “BOTH”! The iconic, majestic forest dweller Alces alces is known as a moose in North America (actually the sub-species Alces alces americana) and an elk in Europe. The word elk, like the Swedish word älg (pronounced /elj/), is taken from the Latin alces. To make matters even more confusing, elk in North America is used for an entirely different animal – a kind of deer, Cervus elaphus, otherwise known as a Wapiti.

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On a break

March 31, 2015

I am on a break for a couple of weeks, travelling on an assignment and – among other things – attending the many days of festivities surrounding a family wedding.

Interrupting festivities to blog is difficult and at an Indian wedding festivities tend not only to be long but also to run into each other. They usually end up eating (and drinking) into time reserved for catching some sleep. Stupors are also not very conducive to thinking – let alone writing.

Blogging will therefore be very light and rather sporadic for the next 2 weeks.

Family wedding 2012

Family wedding 2012

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Colour police crack down on “unswedish” colours

March 24, 2015

You don’t have to be a politician to be an idiot, but it helps.

Local politicians in Mjölby don’t like the colour an artist has painted his house and have ordered him to repaint it because the colour is unswedish!!

The Colour Police

Anders Steen Chairman of Mjölby’s colour police

TheLocal: Bernth Uhno, an artist who has frequently exhibited his own paintings and etchings across Sweden, recently bought and repainted a house that had been empty since 1981. …. However his taste proved too radical for local councillors who argued his colour scheme was too outlandish and ordered him to repaint it in a more suitable shade. “The colour scheme is not Swedish,” Anders Steen, a Centre Party politician who is chair of the town’s building committee told local television news network, ……

The House

Wrong Colour. This house is to be “inspected” by the local Building Committee in Skänninge. Photo karl-johan norén (via Corren)

The cat likes it.

 

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We missed the eclipse (in its totality)

March 20, 2015

It has been overcast with low cloud and a drizzle all day. The sky has remained the same dull, diffuse, even. grey with no sign of any letting up.

And so we missed the great theatrics that were taking place above the cloud as the moon danced around the earth and obscured the sun. That the theatrics took place is entirely a matter of faith because under the thick cloud cover it was not even possible to discern in which quarter the sun lay – let alone whether any eclipse was taking place.

Totality as seen above the Faeroe Islands (screenshot of BBC film)

Totality over the Faeroe Islands (BBC)

 

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Putin showed up – or was it his double?

March 16, 2015
Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev (left) with Mr Putin

The Kyrgyz president met Mr Putin in a sumptuous tsarist palace BBC

He seems to be slouching – which he does not usually do – and his face looks rather puffy to me. Is it Vladimir Putin or a double with heavy make-up?

 

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Now Mars moves into India’s orbit

March 11, 2015

I couldn’t resist the headline. At one time a Mars bar and a pint of beer used to be lunch.

Mars Bar

Business Standard: Chocolate manufacturer Mars International India is all set to invest Rs 1,005 crore (over $160 million) to set up its manufacturing plant in Pune. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based Mars Inc., today signed an MoU with the Government of Maharashtra to set up a Greenfield project in Khed at Pune.

The manufacturing plant will be the first from Mars International India in the country, which was so far importing its products Snicker and Galaxy. Mars has been selling its product in India for last four years.

The company said that the investment will generate 200 direct employment opportunity and indirect employment of over 1000 people.

 

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The monkey orchid

March 8, 2015

Seen at Kuriositas

Dracula simia: These wonderful orchids come from the south-eastern Ecuadorian and Peruvian cloud forests from elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters

monkey orchid grinning

Image Credit Columbus GV Team

 

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