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It’s that time of year we’re reminded of the human capacityfor stupidity specific to football. American football that is - not European football or soccer as it’s called in the US. While I discuss the American phenomena of football-inspired moronics here, I will openly admit this is oneof the few times I must judge European football fans much worse than Americans– often riots break out and attending a ‘football’ game in Europe especially when it’s a game between 2 vicious rivals can literally be dangerous. The fans reach a level of nuts the Americans have yet to master but something to which to aspire. While not nearly as insanely combative, the American counterparts doa pretty decent job of exhibiting a category of stupidity I can only classify as ‘sports-specific stupid’ especially when it comes to their beloved football.

So, unless you are an American living in Montana and do not give a FAK about the rest of the world, you probably know by now that France has a new president called Nicolas Sarkozy. He also likes George W. and they had holidays together. You may also know that he is divorced from his wife and already has a new girlfriend, ex model / actress / singer / slut / (enter whatever you want here).

Nonsensical litigation strikes yet again. Even worse than your average Joe or Jane suing to profit from their own stupidity is when it’s an obvious act of greed by someone whose net worth exceeds that of a small nation. This time, it’s author JK Rowling who's filed a lawsuit against the Calcutta organizers of the annual Hindu festival, Durga Puja, according to BBC’s website.

According to Reuters, some genius at a music magazine named Sting one of the worst lyricists because of ‘mountainous pomposity and cloying spirituality.’ He’s been charged with injecting a name of a Russian novelist into a song and littering others with quotes from Shakespeare and Chaucer. OH the horror!