May the great Gods of Wolff Olins forgive me...it's another "themed" entry.

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Via disinfo, this piece on Terrorist Organization Logos paints a disturbing picture:

http://www.ironicsans.com/2007/07/terrorist_organization_logos.html

The disturbing picture in question being one of some little nincompoop decked out in "designer" spectacles and a discreetly-modified ski mask, sitting in a cave somewhere, and muttering about how he never intended to end up in terrorism, but all those endless Monday morning client meetings were just totally getting him down. Poor love.

I like this:



It sums up rather a lot of people's feelings about this:



Ghastly, overdone website (complete with horrible sound) pleading the Wolff Olins case for it here:

http://www.wolffolins.com/london2012.php

(And check out http://worstlogoever.com for more fun.)

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Oh dear, that theme's going out the window with this edit. And it's all Leonardo DiCaprio's fault. The boy actor who biologically refuses to grow up is apparently to star as Kaneda in a two-movie live action adaptation of Akira:

http://www.bigpictureradio.com/2008/02/leonardo-dicaprio-tackles-akira.html

Good grief.

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Edit of Suspiciousness: Blimey.

"Shawn Lonsdale, a vocal Scientology critic who both directed his own anti-church documentary and appeared in a BBC Panorama documentary titled Scientology And Me, was found dead in his home over the weekend in an apparent suicide, according to the St. Petersburg Times..."

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/02/antiscientology-activist-found-dead-in-home.php