… and lest you think it's a stretch, BILLIONS of dollars supposedly used for aid and reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan have indeed vanished without a trace… though it is probably unlikely they are kept as bricks of cash stashed on military bases.

Yeah, when someone takes you hostage and then passes out… you don't play the good Samaritan.

Just to be clear, Australian government is not involved. Kevin Rudd *was* a prime minister at one point, but now is just a private person… and an attention whore, still.

just where and when did Deva pick up these mad pickpocketing skillz?

As a matter of fact I did go to yutube to check out that Sibelius violin concerto, though I must admit that although I enjoyed the beginning I just didn't have the patience to listen to the whole 35 minutes of it.
I am the product of my times, what can you do?

"Maybe it's not the end of the world if we don't do those things we said we wanted to do when we were five years old" —Alex, surprisingly wise for once.

Well, that's just how I usually feel about the endless parade of reality tv reviews, but what can you do?
Deal with it.

Rodrigo offers to pay the $80,000 bill out of his own pocket as if it was small change. How much are they paying him?!?
How much can a popular conductor make, I wonder?

Damn, you guys keep dropping all the shows I watch! I was happy to find this site when TWOP went to hell but soon I will have no reason to come here at all.