Arjun Singh Facts

• Arjun Singh killed all those women in Whitechapel a hundred years ago.
• Arjun Singh stole the Jules Rimet trophy from Brazil.
• Arjun Singh was the Monkey Man.
• Arjun Singh only eats meat if it belongs to an animal from an endangered species.
• Arjun Singh knows how to cure cancer, but won't tell anyone.
• Arjun Singh supports the Pakistan Cricket team, especially when they play India.
  
• Arjun Singh was initially hailed as the Antichrist by Satanists, until they realised he was way too evil for them.
• Arjun Singh framed Roger Rabbit.
• When Rome burned, Nero played the fiddle. Arjun Singh was out among the flames throwing petrol at buildings.
• Arjun Singh never tips.
• Arjun Singh takes your socks out of the dryer and hides them.
• Arjun Singh stole the cookie from the cookie jar.
• Arjun Singh is the source of all chain e-mails.
• Arjun Singh makes sure your luggage gets sent to a different airport than you.
• All your base are belong to Arjun Singh, and he isn't giving them back.
• Arjun Singh is a master of Kitten Bonsai.
• Arjun Singh bullshits better than Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf.
• Arjun Singh killed Kenny.
• Arjun Singh is more evil than Bert.
• You have two cows. Arjun Singh takes them away from you. Now you have nothing.
• Arjun Singh spells "potato" with an e at the end.
• Arjun Singh moved your cheese.
  
• Arjun Singh brushes with Topical Cream for Treatment of Fissures and Festulas.
  

(Fine Print: This article may or may not be about any specific person named Arjun Singh of your acquaintance. Any references to any person, living or dead, may or may not be coincidental. Any similarity to Internet memes may or may not be intentional. Thank you.)

First rule of the Louisiana Purchase: Nobody talks about the Louisiana Purchase

The Llama Butchers have horrifying news: Brad Pitt and Ed Norton are to reappraise their Fight Club partnership playing the lead role in the upcoming Lewis and Clark movie!

Also in the TLB article, a free sneak preview of the plot outline for the movie (Down with Big Whale Oil!)

Of course, I still think Edwards and Hunt kick Lewis and Clark's asses.

(H/t: Dean's World. Post title dhaaped from a comment on The Llama Butchers by Robbo the LB)

I can't believe it's not News! - Vol. 1

(In line with our usual policy of copying popular features from other blogs, Ceteris Paribus is proud to present, in the vein of Faux News and Someachaar, I can't believe it's not News! - Vol. 1. Any resemblance to margarine brand names is purely coincidental)

Catholic Secular Forum demands ban on Amar Akbar Anthony
Mumbai, May 21

Following their demands for bans on movies such as The Da Vinci Code, Tickle My Funny Bone and Sacred Evil, the Catholic Secular Forum today demanded that Censor Board certification for the movie Amar Akbar Anthony be withdrawn.

"The posters of the movie Amar Akbar Anthony clearly show what appears to be a Catholic priest. When we see such imagery, we want to know in what context it is used", said the general secretary of the CSF in a statement issued to the press today.

The group has demanded that the film be re-reviewed by the Censor Board, with a Catholic present to ascertain whether the movie hurts the community's sentiments or not. This parallels demands made by the group about the movie Sacred Evil.

When asked if he thought such demands were looking increasingly ludicrous to the general public, the chairman of the group replied, "We are Indians! We can get offended at anything! We can demand anything! I demand that I be offended!".

The Archdiocese of Mumbai has appealed for sanity, terming such efforts "extremely stupid". The Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Priya Ranjan Das Munshi has announced a high-level inquiry into the film, and promised a recall of all DVDs, VCDs and videocassettes of the movie.

Amitabh Bachchan, the actor who played the alleged priest declined to comment. "Mr. Bachchan is incapacitated by extreme mirth and laughter and thus unable to comment", his PA said in reply to requests for comment.

Don't the Cops get the Law?

(I know this is old news, but hey, I haven't had net access for a while, so please adjust.)

Recently, out-of-the-spotlight actor Naveen Nischol came back right into public consciousness when his wife Geetanjali committed suicide. Apparently, she blamed his behaviour for driving her to suicide.

Geetanjali, who was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside their bedroom on Saturday night, had left behind a note next to her bed saying she was disturbed by Naveen’s heavy drinking and had repeatedly asked him to put an end to his habit because it was affecting their finances.

She also allegedly said that Praveen supported his brother on the issue.

So what did Mumbai's finest do in this case? They arrested the brothers Nischol on charges of cruelty to women, and, incredibly, abetment of suicide.

‘‘They were arrested under Sections 498 (a) (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code,’’ said Senior Police Inspector Joe Gaikwad, refusing to divulge any other details.

Now while the cruelty charge may or may not be justified, the abetment charge seems (at least to my legally-ignorant eyes) moronic. Abetment according to Dictionary.com, means:

1. To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on.
2. To urge, encourage, or help (a person): abetted the thief in robbing the bank.

Obviously this does not apply here. Navin and Pravin Nischol may have behaved badly, but they did not force Geetanjali to commit suicide. And there certainly does not seem to be any evidence to show that they urged, encouraged or helped her to commit suicide. She committed suicide because she could no longer live with their behaviour. If this is abetment of suicide, then isn't the Government of Maharashtra guilty of abetting hundreds of farmer suicides?

Although the Nischols have been granted bail on the grounds that there is insufficient evidence to convict them of the charges (btw, shouldn't that lead to an acquittal?), there is a larger issue here. This case seems to show that the Mumbai Police (if not other departments all over the country) does not adequately understand the laws that it is supposed to enforce, and labours under serious misconceptions about what they mean. That really cannot be a good thing.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Well, I'm back. My phone connection, on the blink for two months, has been restored (for now). Its been a horrible two months, bereft of water supplies, phone connections or internet access, and we've had to go through the worst kind of stupid, bureaucratic pettiness to get just the phone company to do its job (our water connection still isnt restored). I have no confidence left in BSNL (my phone company and ISP), the Maharashtra PWD or the Pune Municipal Corporation, so I'm not optimistic this semi-happy state will last long. While this connection persists, however, I shall endeavour to keep blogging.

¿Socialismo o muerte? ¡Prefiero muerte!

In the meanwhile, however, here's something cool I noticed. Here are pictures of Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show and Rajdeep Sardesai, newsman, late of NDTV and working at CNN-IBN when I last checked.














I don't know about you guys, but I see an uncanny similarity. Considering that Jon Stewart's a comedian caricaturing the role of a news anchor, I think the joke's on Rajdeep, eh?

Wtf?! (Part Deux)

While I don't normally blog from the comp at my dad's office (which I'm forced to use as my home internet connection is off the blink, again), I just couldn't let this one by.

This is the text of an email forward I got from two friends of mine, with the identical subject "Be ready for 22nd SEP 2006 If u r real INDIAN" (sic).

The text of the email reads (with many, many (sic)s):

Dear Friends !

Petrol in Pakistan Rs17 per litr
Malaysia Rs 18 per litr
In India it's 48 per litr

Why this difference in Asia itself ? World Market CRUDE Oil is not the reason for this. It's all Gain for private owners? As we are the general public, or Common Man as R.K.Laxman wud hv said, we have to raise our voice, let's raise thru Emails.

Forward this to all Indians who care.
IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF PETROL FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES.

AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES. THEREFORE "THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd " HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT UP THEIR BEHIND " DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF PETROL THAT DAY.


THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT. WAITING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE PRICES IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO?

REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF PETROL GOING UP BUT AT THE SAME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH AFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING SUPPLIES MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO!


WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.IF THEY DON'T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE SEPTEMBER 22nd A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"

We forward so many junk email to many of our friends, now let us do
it for some useful cause to cut down the price of the petrol .. ...

REMEMBER : SEPTEMBER 22nd 2006

Pls "Think Of It ...............


And F/w it 2 all

I don't have time to coherently comment on this, just thought that this should be brought to greater attention (as far as exposure to my usrviving readership counts as greater attention).

Just to be absolutely clear about this, this blog DOES NOT ENDORSE this 22nd September petrol boycott.