Quote of the Day

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on Jun. 28, 2019. Jacques Witt/AFP/Getty Images

It's like two James Bond movie villains in real life. - The Silicon Graybeard

The Sri Lanka Church Bombings: The Saudi Pestilence Spreads

St. Sebastian's Church after the bombing

The history of Sri Lanka through the Fifties to the present time is a sobering reminder to those who fail to see that unrestrained democracy can lead to the tyranny of the majority and that robust diversity is as often a cause of friction and strife as it is a strength to be celebrated. -  The Imaginative Conservative

A fine story by Joseph A. Mussomeli

Alien Lifeforms

M.I.A. - "Bad Girls" (Official Video)
Music from another planet. Not my style, but watching this makes me wonder who these people are. Bored Arab one-percenters looking for thrills, maybe?

M.I.A., aka Mathangi 'Maya' Arulpragasam has a Wikipedia page, which I suspect means that a bunch of somebodies are buying her music.