03-10-2015, 11:20 PM
Paul Rigby Wrote:While I'm at it, I want to share a dark suspicion, originating with a chap at the bar, concerning the precise nature of the slogans so expensively embroidered on the head scarfs of Langley's Islamist organ-eaters.
Are these kosher, or are they a spoof?
It was suggested that the real translations ranged from "God is great, but the CIA pays better," to the increasingly popular "I'm a Charlatan, get me out of here."
One cynic went so far as to suggest they are all sponsors' slogans, along the lines of "George Soros Foundation on Tour," and "We die that Northrop Grumman might grow."
I am appalled at this cynicism, which is why I repeat it here.
Please ignore the above. It transpires that my saloon bar expert is, somewhat unusually for a Brit, a devoted viewer of a weird, obscure station called CNN:
[video=youtube_share;p26mfpGy2rI]http://youtu.be/p26mfpGy2rI[/video]
"There are three sorts of conspiracy: by the people who complain, by the people who write, by the people who take action. There is nothing to fear from the first group, the two others are more dangerous; but the police have to be part of all three,"
Joseph Fouche
Joseph Fouche