I regularly check the English language online edition of Pravda for laughs and sometimes for their take on US domestic affairs. But today’s headline left me scratching my head. What calendar are these people using, anyway?
The headlined story is offered without any context or explanation. As it turns out, author Ian Magnussen really did mean February 5th 2006, not 2007 or later. Had it appeared two months ago it might have been called speculative fiction, though more likely seen as a crazy conspiracy theory. I just find it a bit scary. But still, why publish it now?
Posted March 18, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: breaking news, conspiracy theory, contradiction, contradictory, foreign opinion, headline, news, newspaper, odd news, pravda, russia, russian, russian news, scary, speculative fiction, strange headline. 2 Comments.
Don’t worry. I’m right on top of whatever happens in Pravda, the leading newspaper of the Russian Federation. Or, at least, I’m right on top of whatever they report in their English language version. The thing that had me choking on my onion and boursin cheese bagel this morning was the story headlined FBI arrests [...]
Posted October 13, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Books, Movies, Music. Tags: america, american, boursin cheese, cia, espionage, fbi, fbi arrests, mccarthyism, philippine revolution, politics, pravda, russia, spies, spy, terrorist attacks, usa, white house. One Comment.
