A quick round-up ’round the world. After all, it doesn’t stop because we’re suffering from primary election backwash.
Fausta’s Latin American Carnival – be sure to read the one about Chavez’s cocaine trail.
Also, via Fausta, Britain is losing their marbles.
LONDON (AFP) – Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out onday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.
The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard the Lionheart as a myth.
And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up. The same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually exist.
Three percent thought Charles Dickens, one of Britain’s most famous writers, is a work of fiction himself.
Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi and Battle of Waterloo victor the Duke of Wellington also appeared in the top 10 of people thought to be myths.
Meanwhile, 58 percent thought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective Holmes actually existed; 33 percent thought the same of W. E. Johns’ fictional pilot and adventurer Biggles.
UKTV Gold television surveyed 3,000 people.
What is happening in schools? Here and over the pond? Is the Ministry of Truth in charge of everything?
Scoop! News anchorperson can’t find Illinois on the map! But I sure betcha she could find Venezuela!
GM Roper is going into the Travel Agency business. Mexico is his specialty.
Stupid and evil. Parts is parts.
And lastly, CommonFolkUsingCommonSense goes to the movies.
