the weekly primer:
* apparently france has a problem with capitalism (in case you don't read french- i had to ask- "contract for HELL")
* they are accusing children left and right of witchcraft in the congo. “Child sorcerers have the power to transmit any disease, including Aids, to their family members,” a pastor of a revival church in Mbuji-Mayi told HRW. so, below, children are being excized of their demons. that sounds healthy.
* also, drug companies are inventing new diseases so they can sell more drugs. that's cool. i don't think we have opened the aids reappraisal discussion on the blog, but my friend marcel is a firm believer that hiv isn't a real disease.

* they cought the sicilian mafia boss bernardo provenzano, who has supposedly been on the run for 40 years. wow. that really makes me want to watch the godfather movies.

* more protests yesterday

so i guess this is a good place to consider what the world is like today. hopefully coming soon: fictional elaborations on the news.