Jeez I take a few days off “for the troops” and all hell breaks loose. Can’t you people hold down the fort so I can get drunk on a beach over a long weekend? Anyway let's recap all the dumb crap that happened over Memorial Day Weekend, shall we?
First. Manuel Marulanda is armed, old, and dead. According to AFP, “The elusive Marulanda founded the FARC over four decades ago and has been rumored to be dead at least 17 time.” Weird. Did we mention the dying took place two months ago? Weird weird. Experts agree that nothing will change.There. See? I could probably use a few more booze-fueled beach weekends once in a while but for the sake of global sanity I'll try not to. Except when I really need it. Like maybe next weekend.Then. The New York Times managed to ignore the mounting evidence that the magic laptop documents were slightly more than just exaggerated, making the odd claim that Hugo Chavez has been “caught” trying to overthrow Colombia or something, just like Sureshot.
Next. The Financial Times opines on the same subject, only hilariously coming to the opposite conclusion. Apparently the Interpol statement “does not provide conclusive evidence that Venezuela is providing money, weapons and logistical support to the Farc. None of the communications are from Venezuelan officials. The competing leaders of the Farc, fragmented after years of successful counter-insurgency, have cause to exaggerate proximity to Mr Chávez.” Hey great, some common sense from London, right? Well, erm…
Finally. Newly-elected funny-haired Crazy Man/London Mayor Boris Johnson cut off a program designed to help the city of Caracas improve its transportation efficiency in order to stick it to Venezuela. The decision also managed to screw over low-income Londoners at the same time so the Tories are off to a predictable start.
