The Columbia Journalism Review reports that Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's number one yakuza syndicate, has become the publisher of a magazine. Its contents include satirical haiku and tips on fishing.
This may lead to a number of like-minded organizations publishing magazines. We look forward to "Hell's Angels Home Decorating" and "Russian Mafia Gourmet Cuisine."
Meanwhile, the Vancouver Canucks are said to be considering a newsletter. Proposed title: "Re: Torts."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in New York, but the UN General Assembly has rejected his offer to appear and sing "With a Little Help from My Friends." Instead, the PM has been spotted in an East Village saloon singing "I Get Along Without You Very Well."
Finally, Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters in Regina have brought forth a Barbie doll in full RCMP dress uniform. Constable Barbie's first act: she busted Ken.
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With PM Harper I think it's the other way around. Deciding not to address the UN General Assembly but to hang out instead with Bill & Melinda Gates and ex-Pres. Clinton may be good time management and, for a politician, exceptional powers of perception.
ReplyDeleteIsn't Yama Giche Gumee Longfellow's hindu deity responsible for the Great Lakes?
ReplyDelete[Apologies for a terrible Fibber McGeeism]
Or is it Yama Gucci, the yogic precept requiring self-restraint in one's choice of footwear?
ReplyDelete[Somebody stop me ...]