Sochi Security Breach?
Russia’s plans to display 2 captured Orcas at the Sochi Olympics have provoked international outrage
Enbridge CEO to Harper “At least we don’t have to contend with elves”
A massive road construction project in Iceland was halted as locals protested that it was disrupting an important elf church. Meanwhile in Canada, Harper seems determined to push through approval of the Enbridge Pipeline despite many real environmental concerns.
Enigma no more
Alan Turing, who cracked the German Enigma code in WWII, thus shortening the war and saving thousands of lives, who was then convicted of being gay and committed suicide, at last receives a posthumous Royal Pardon.
The final passing of the VW Bus
![Volkswagon has discontinued production of its iconic Van and the final bus rolled off the assembly line on December 31st. [Apparently Westfalia failed in the East, South and North as well.]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/02012014.jpg)
Volkswagon has discontinued production of its iconic Van and the final bus rolled off the assembly line on December 31st. [Apparently Westfalia failed in the East, South and North as well.]
The Cats Come back!
Putin frees the dissident Punk Rockers “Pussy Riot” in what has been described as a pre-Olympic PR stunt
Farewell to Peter O’Toole
Famous actor and star of “Lawrence of Arabia” dies at age 81
Canada stakes claim to North Pole
Canada has made a formal submission to the United Nations Commission on the Continental Shelf, claiming the North Pole, although Russia and Denmark also have strong claims
“No need to raise the alarm, It’s just plastic.”
![The U.S. Congress renews its ban on plastic explosives with objections from Republicans. [No comment from the NRA]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/10122013.jpg)
The U.S. Congress renews its ban on plastic guns [with objections from Republicans]. No comment from the NRA
“and as I go, I love to sing, my sealskin on my back”
Canada’s Environmental Minister, Leona Aglukkaq heads to Moscow for the Circumpolar Nations’ conference on Bear Protection.
“You won’t be home for Christmas”
![Russian President [Grinch] Putin, tells the 95,000 workers preparing for the Sochi Olympic Winter Games that they will have no Christmas holiday as they will be expected to work straight through to the March 18th Paralympics Opening](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/29112013.jpg)
Russian President [Grinch] Putin, tells the 95,000 workers preparing for the Sochi Olympic Winter Games that they will have no Christmas holiday as they will be expected to work straight through to the March 18th Paralympics Opening
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