Category Archives: Europe

Something’s Cooking In The World Of Competitive Sauna

By Smaktakula The sporting world is still aboil about the news dispatches steaming out of Finland reporting the tragic death of Russian quasi-athlete Vladimir Ladyzhensky.  Ladyzhensky, along with his Finnish opponent Timo Kaukonen, collapsed during the annual World Sauna Championships in Finland.  Both men suffered … Continue reading

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This Day In History: July 14, 1789 CE

On which angry French demonstrators storm the Bastille in Paris, serving Louis XVI notice that le Horloge is ticking on his tyrannical reign.

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USA Today Surprised By Brilliant, Dirty Weirdo’s Committment To Principles

Fake newspaper USA Today must believe that brilliant, dirty, Russian weirdo Grigori Perelman is full of shit.  Why else would they think it newsworthy that Perelman didn’t show up to collect his $1M prize for solving the Poincaré Conjecture?      Readers of Promethean Times know … Continue reading

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Great Moments In American Diplomacy: D Day

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Brilliant, Dirty Weirdo Said To Have Proved The Existence Of God

Not content to rest on his laurels after conquering the Poincaré Conjecture, Promethean Times’ favorite brilliant, dirty weirdo has apparently gone all metaphyisical.  According to a pal, Grigori Perelman believes he has proven the existence of God.       This information may be suspect, however.  … Continue reading

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Mad Russian Genius Content With Solitary Life Of Vodka-Drenched Squalor

The solution to the fiercely intractable Poincare Conjecture was thought to be so elusive that the Clay Mathematics Institute offered a prize of $1 million to anyone who could provide a verifiable answer.  Russian mathematician Dr. Grigori Perelman has solved it.           It turns out that … Continue reading

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Times Online: Turkey Recalls Ambassador After US Genocide Vote

Despite pleas from the Obama Administration, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs has voted to label Turkey’s 1915 pogrom against Armenians as a genocide. From a strategic standpoint, this is madness.  The Turks have already made clear their feelings on … Continue reading

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From Times Online: Muslim Woman Refuses Body Scan

An unnamed Muslim woman at Manchester Airport in the UK is thought to be the first person to refuse a mandatory body scan.  Rather than submit to the scan, the woman forfeited her plane ticket. Promethean Times wholeheartedly supports this … Continue reading

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From Times Online: Libby Purves Castigates Victim Industry In Bullygate Affair

And she does it in no uncertain terms. I’m not sure what it is that makes Bullygate such a compelling story.  Is it Mr. Brown himself that makes the story interesting–his thuggish behavior drawing inevitable comparisons to the affable Tony Blair?  … Continue reading

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Rushdie Calls Amnesty ‘Morally Bankrupt’

 It’s sad, really, because back when Amnesty International enjoyed a consistent moral philosophy, it joined the international community in pressuring Iran not to kill author Salman Rushdie.  To be fair, the Ayatollah Khomeini did have a legitimate grievance–Mr. Rushdie wrote a … Continue reading

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