Thousands of plumed warriors with spears and blunderbusses hunted elephants, hippos and buffaloes in the bush to provide a fitting repast for the independence day feasting. Along Northern Rhodesia's Congo border, Bemba tribesmen blasted homemade, muzzle-loading guns into the night. In Lusaka, the capital, representatives from more than 60 nations gathered to watch the lighting of a 6-ft. freedom flame marking the rechristening of Northern Rhodesia as Zambia and its proclamation as an independent republic within the British Commonwealth.
So it was in the last days of the month of October in the year 1964 in Zambia. But as millions celebrated independence,
not everyone was happy:
During the independence festivities only one noted Zambian failed to share in all the harmony. He is Edward Mukuka Nkoloso, a grade-school science teacher and the director of Zambia's National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy, who claimed the goings-on interfered with his space program to…
Sorry to go off subject, but My Dear Sir, I was wondering whether you had heard the news about killer giant hornets in China? e.g. http://www.isegoria.net/2013/09/giant-hornet-attacks/
ReplyDeleteThere's a terrific NatGeo (I think) show about those which films them invading a honeybee hive.
DeleteI would love to see a documentary on what happens when a hornet attempts to invade a Japanese honey bee hive. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet
DeleteHere's a clip from it.
DeleteA fun question for environmentalists: if those things were endangered should steps be taken to preserve them?
DeleteIn Lilo and Stitch, Earth was designated as a wildlife sanctuary to protect the mosquito. The aliens who came to Earth were excited to be bitten by them.
DeleteAnyway, amazing how even Russia doesn't have enough alpha males for their women. No, that's not the problem, the problem is that women are ever trusted, at all, for any reason. They are born traitors.
It shouldn't be surprising a lady powerlifter took an impulse too far.
DeleteWill you compose the rock opera based on this story or shall I? From the article it appears the show-stopping aria has already been written by the heroine herself.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. You do the music, I will come up with some lyrics that ryhme with Ustiuzhaninova.
DeleteI find it curious the Siberian Amazon wrote her message in English.
DeleteEveryone communicates in English now. It's the universal language of "Put Me On Television."
DeleteStealing a two hour slab of Schoenberg performed on an oud will work for the music.