Kosher ?

A totally different slant on things by Tony Cascarino, but pretty persuasive. It won't sit too well with the old style neanderthal Chelsea fans though, the ones that hate Spurs.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article2500624.ece

It's looking horribly like what happened at United before the Glazers finally took over
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7006617.stm

MUSIC
1 - Super furry animals - Hey venus : One of my favourite groups of the last decade, they should be a lot bigger than they are. When i see some of the average to crap bands headlining the summer festivals, it would seem there is no justice that the super furries seem to be perennial middle of the bill regulars. As usual they deliver the goods, not one of their very best but better than most of the hotly tipped new young things, that the NME gets in a lather about.
2 - The Coral - Roots and echoes : another of the better groups of the last decade, good but not quite as eclectic as usual.
3 - UNKLE - War stories : Anything with Josh Homme involved has got to be worth listening to, and this is. I read one review say that it doesn't really hang together as an album due to the various contributors but the more i listened to it the more it did hang together for me, though i have to admit the Josh Homme tracks do stand out for me.
4 - The broken family band - Hello love : I didn't know anything about these before i read a review of this album in mojo, but i am glad i gave it a go. It reminds me strongly of Belle and Sebastien at times
5 - Cherry ghost - Thirst for romance : I decided to listen to this after hearing People help the people which i really liked. I am glad to say most of the rest of the album lives up to the promise of that. Although the music isn't groundbreaking, i think he has a great voice.

WATCHED
1 - The shield - Although it is still better than almost anything else on tv at present, i have to say i thought this was the weakest series so far. Maybe it is a good thing that the next series will also be the last. My problem with this series was the story line involving shane and the Armenian mob, i just couldn't believe in it at all. Nothing wrong with the rest of it though.
2 - Saxondale - Whilst i liked the first series, i couldn't pretend it was up there with Coogan's best work. But this second series, so far anyway is definitely up there. At least two of the episodes have been up there on a level with Alan Partridge for me. Another brilliant Steve Coogan creation.
3 - Kath n' Kim - I am not too sure how popular this is but i think it's great. I don't know how many quality Aussie programs there are, but i know we don't see too many of them over here.
4 - Tribe - Another top series
5 - The story of india - A fascinating series, although it has meandered a bit at times
6 - The sopranos - The first three episodes of the last series have been as good as anything we have seen in the preceeding five and a half series, it probably helps knowing that each episode must be contributing something towards the grand finale ( somehow, i have managed to remain totally unaware of how it ends ).

Blumenthal on George w.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/sidney_blumenthal/2007/09/decadent_perversity.html

William dalrymple writes how the west's policies are achieving the opposite of those intended.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2173919,00.html

Brave people ten times more worthy of a place in history than the ape in charge of the white house ( or is that Cheney? )
http://www.guardian.co.uk/burma/story/0,,2174128,00.html