Honestly, Saudi Arabia is not the talk of Bayview Ave. But thoughtful people wonder why they’re so sensitive. And why is it necessary to flog bloggers? One reason may be that like all non-democracies, Saudi royalty deeply fears being overthrown. Count on it. Sadly for us, any new regime in that part of the world will not be a British constitutional parliamentary democracy. More like something really awful. You can count on that too. Then, City Cynthia ponders flooding past and present. Interesting. Below that, ten million Mustang cars are celebrated by NBC in this shameless but enjoyable bit of puffery. Lastly, the spectacular and scary weather and fire condition known as a “firenado” or “fire whirl” caused Wednesday by a plastics fire in the English midlands. It occurred at a factory where hundreds of plastic skids burned in Swadlincote, Derbyshire.
