What happened this weekend? Major flooding killed hundreds in Asia and displaced thousands in Europe, while Russia battled back against peat fires blanketing Moscow in smog. Here, check out some of the breathtaking pictures.
[Grace Jones performs at the Open'er festival in Gdynia, Poland. Take that, Lady Gaga.] (Pic via Splash)
Polish authorities say they have arrested Uri Brodsky, an alleged Israeli intelligence agent, for his part in the killing of Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January. Germany wants him extradited for using a forged German passport. [BBC]
Thousands gathered in Krakow to mourn Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
The pilots of the plane carrying the Polish President "saw the crash coming."
"An audience of almost 3,000 clapped and cheered as Woody Allen and his jazz band gave their first ever concert in Poland on Sunday... He received a standing ovation at the end." [AP]
You know what never gets old? Polish jokes! You know what really never gets old? A Republican Senator telling Polish jokes to a big group including Polish people, for kicks—dumb Polack kicks, ha!
America, as we've learned, has a big PR problem. The rest of the world doesn't like us so much! Our current president is something of a laughingstock, you see, and we have this problem with expecting others to live up to the ideals we espouse as we fail to live up to them ourselves. You can see how that might bug…
SCOTT KIDDER — Yeah yeah, we've all been Web 2.0ed out. After all, it's almost time for Web 3.0. But don't tell Poland — they're just getting started and are "coming on strong with world class Web 2.0!"
