Diversions

A bit off-topic but the car enthusiasts here will like it. A friend of mine has been attending the Monterey, California Historic Car Races for several years, and put together this presentation based on this year’s event. YouTube’s file compression degrades the quality somewhat, but it’s still cool to look at if you have any interest in cars. Nice music too.

“…your merry heart goes all the way, your sad one tires in a mile.” – Emerson

The cynical Harry puts up a quite partial list of “failed states.” A more complete look shows us some quite interesting contrasts. (For one thing, some on this blog might weight the UN as “Intervention of Other States or External Actors”, but it is doubtful that the Scandinavian countries, which rank at the top, do.) This reader, however, pauses at The Fund for Peace’s introduction: “We are pleased to present the second annual Failed States Index.”

Now THIS is a Brokeback Mountain sequel that I would pay good money to see!

I’d even buy the DVD so I could enjoy it again and again and again.

(HT to Ace, and cross posted at Hell in a Handbasket.)