SLEEPING WITH THE DINOSAUR

for BC, MF, AC, JMG, SG, SM, SD, BM, CF, GF, GT, MG, SB, JR, NF, AN, SJ, BW, AG, LCB

We haven't woken up. The dinosaur's still here.
Ireland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, who's next?
I wouldn't really blame U2 entirely, but still...
We both work and struggle; are we wrong?
Ireland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, who's next?
Lucky to be working, but still struggling on.
We both work and struggle; are we wrong?
Money's too tight to mention, just an illusion.

Lucky to be working, but still struggling on.
We are lambs slaughtered for the bankers' sins.
Money's too tight to mention, just an illusion.
We've been fucked over by some elite psychopaths.
We are lambs slaughtered for the bankers' sins.
This is why I get no pay rise.
We've been fucked over by some elite psychopaths.
Bankers sank us and now we pay shit.

This is why I get no pay rise.
Break off your landlord's nose and sell it.
Bankers sank us and now we pay shit.
Counting every penny because every penny counts now.
Break off your landlord's nose and sell it.
Turn down the downturn. Frivolity. Spend. Spend. Spend
Counting every penny because every penny counts now.
Infinite growth on a finite planet is insane.

Turn down the downturn. Frivolity. Spend. Spend. Spend.
Pay frozen for 4 years! Where's my bonus?
Infinite growth on a finite planet is insane.
Economic plummet has Great Britain on her knees!
Pay frozen for 4 years! Where's my bonus?
Many paying for the greed of a few.
Economic plummet has Great Britain on her knees!
Banks, unregulated, made hay at expense of poor.

Many paying for the greed of a few.
My dead cat would make a better Chancellor.
Banks, unregulated, made hay at expense of poor.
Stealing from the poor, 'banking' up the rich.
My dead cat would make a better Chancellor.
I wouldn't really blame U2 entirely, but still...
Stealing from the poor, 'banking' up the rich.
We haven't woken up. The dinosaur's still here.

EUROPE

for DB

Europe is indeed struggling to remain consistent faced

What seems to be happening is the old

Although crude racism has somewhat given way for

Not just the indignados and occupiers, but also

The bad guys of this story are not

They try to address the disaffected, the people

It showed the horrors committed in the ghettos

Populations have been traumatised by the widespread rise

Apart from strong anti–Germany and anti–EU protests, the Athenian

The Greek elections witnessed the rise of anti-establishment

While the need for political sobriety has never

The far left is increasingly a stabilised, consolidated

They ranged from right–wing populists and nationalists to

In France, a number of anti–Zionist parties on

Clearly anti–semitism in Hungary is on the rise

Others broke away from the Communists much earlier

In Greece, since the tortuous collapse of the

It is absolutely crucial how this anti–immigrant explosion 

We are all voting for Nazi's because Europe

The defeat not only led to a falling

Other nations have seen the rise of nationalist

For most of the twentieth century, the hope

THE ROBOT DECLARES ITS LOVE

for AA

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THE WEEK IN PICTURES 13/04/2013

Motaba the gorilla is bananas for bananas but
Lost in a sea of brilliantly coloured flowers
This otherwordly image of a waterfall in California
Unlikely friends Cindy an eight week old kitten
Like others this week Louis Meyer was affected
Gun check hat check high heels check these
A woman and child pass graffiti daubed on
An orphaned polar bear pulls a quizzical look
Russian President Vladimir Putin lies on the snow
Let there be light this dramatic image of
Two years ago a destructive earthquake devastated the
Marooned by Steve Brockett shows villas surrounded by