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When All Else Fails, Dance: 12K Flashmob Mexico, Dance Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”

Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Music on August 31, 2009

Dragon*Con had plans. They aimed to join the Guinness Book of World Records on September 6th, 2009. It was to be spectacular. It was to be geek-gasmic. It was to be untold numbers of people getting together to dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Then MJ’s birthday rolled around and 12,000 people flashmobbed Mexico to dance the Thriller.

Those are some big shoes to fill, D*Con. You must recruit every Inu Yasha, Soul Reaper, Captain Jack Sparrow, goth fairy, 501st Stormtrooper, Umbrella Agent, Indiana Jones, Bad Ash/Good Ash, Jayne Hat wearer, steampunker, Cobra agent, attention whorer, Mad Hatter, Marvel/DC superhero, Transformer, whatisits, vampire, Harry Potter wizard and, of course, zombie you can get your hands on. If that’s not enough, you’re gonna have to turn to the furries.

Gods be with you when this happens. That’s the kind of help you’ll never live down.

(via TechGOnzo, still Thrillering you tube)

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Mexico in Danger of Collapse, Wait. What?

Posted by mistergroonk in USA, World on January 16, 2009

It’s always curious to me the differences in stories that turn up on the USA news and overseas.

“Two large and important states bear consideration for rapid and sudden collapse: Pakistan and Mexico,” reads the US army’s report.

“The Mexican possibility may seem less likely, but the government, its politicians, police and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and pressure by criminal gangs and drug cartels. How that internal conflict turns out over the next several years will have a major impact on the stability of the Mexican state.”

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The US army’s report stresses that countries can collapse very quickly, pointing to the example of Yugoslavia which broke up during the civil wars of 1991 – 95. “The collapse of Yugoslavia into a chaotic tangle of warring nationalities suggests how suddenly and catastrophically state collapse can happen – in this case a state which had hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo, and which then quickly became the epicentre of the ensuing civil war.”

As always, for the the complete story, follow the link.

(via telegraph.co.uk)

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