The word of the day is this:


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In a fit of its usual dementia coupled with mindless patriotism, Germany's leading conservative tabloid, 'Bild' (also known as 'Die Bildzeitung), triumphs mightily about the German cardinal Ratzinger being elected pope, filling its title page with 6 inch high letters proclaiming:


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The mass email and fax mailing I just had to send out contained the following sentence:

"Wie ein Schiff ohne Ruder im offenen Meer treibt ein Unternehmen in den Gezeiten der Wirtschaft führungslos umher, wenn es nicht auf der Grundlage zeitnah ermittelter Daten gesteuert wird."

That means:

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This just came to my attention.

The bright red writing on blue-patterned background will make you see-sick within seconds...

(And score music as background picture!! And that ridiculous moving globe!! Arrrggghhh!!!)