Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Semper aliquid novi Africam adferre"

From Africa's New King Solomon by Brad Pearce.  The subheading is Equatorial Guinea's Outrageous Sex Tapes Affair.   As Pliny the Elder observed two thousand years ago, "Semper aliquid novi Africam adferre" (Always something new out of Africa.)  

A legend has been born in Central Africa. The story started when the head of the tiny Spanish-speaking nation of Equatorial Guinea’s anti-corruption office, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, known as Bello for his good looks, was himself recently arrested for corruption. That itself would have been routine enough on the continent, but upon searching the office the agents found around four hundred CDs containing videos of Baltasar having sex with seemingly every prominent woman in the country- including the wife of the Police Chief, the wife of the Attorney General, the President’s younger sister, and the wives of around 20 cabinet members. Some are calling him Africa’s King Solomon. The videos soon began to be uploaded to the internet one at a time by an unknown party, and if the information is accurate, must have been clearly labeled because it seems as if he recorded himself having sex with almost every woman he has met, and many of them are not famous. The videos are with women of all types, in every position, and in every imaginable location, including government offices, outdoors, public bathrooms, hotels, private bedrooms, and the hospital.

Monday, November 18, 2024

History

 

An Insight

 

I see wonderful things

 

Offbeat Humor

 











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Data Talks

 

The Blue Grotto, Capri, circa 1835 by Heinrich Jakob Fried

The Blue Grotto, Capri, circa 1835 by Heinrich Jakob Fried





















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The dreamy, far-away look that a volcano might wear just after it had desolated entire villages

 From The Complete Saki.  

I found every one talking nervously and feverishly of the weather and the war in South Africa, except Reginald, who was reclining in a comfortable chair with the dreamy, far-away look that a volcano might wear just after it had desolated entire villages. The Archdeacon’s wife was buttoning up her gloves with a concentrated deliberation that was fearful to behold. 

Sunday, November 17, 2024

History

 

An Insight