Dig a hole....

...and you'll yourself fall into it. With a classic case of one's own pet coming to bite one in their own a$$, Gunmen attacked a police headquarters in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, setting off a car-bomb that killed at least 24 people in what the government said was revenge for an offensive against the Taliban. 'Revenge against offensive against Taliban'? I mean, Taliban is taking revenge, why?! Because it captured parts of a country that it has no rights over? Or is it because they have been a major PITA for the whole world and now when the world is saying 'C'mon, dude, party's over', they have to scratch their bums and go 'Awww, but we just started!' Supporting Link 1 The Pakistani government must be given credit, though. They have finally got their act together and are actually doing something to route the menace from the northern part of their country. Too bad it took a lot of hard-balling from the US to make them get their back sides up and into action, but hey, as they say....at least we are doing something. In a press conference, Interior Minister Rehman Malik made the following comment, "New York humaare sheheron se kai zayada bada hai, aur wahan bhi police hai, par wahan ka crime rate bhi to zyada hai. Aise ikke dukke waardaat to hote rehte hain.Iska matlab yeh nahi hai ki humaari hukoomat kuch kar nahi rahi hai." Translation? New York is far larger than our own cities and even they have police there, and yet, the crime rate is quite high. These one-odd events keep happening and it doesn't mean that the government in Pakistan is not working. *Looks stunned for a second* Excuse me?! Death of 30 civillians with 250 injured is a one-odd event?! And you are comparing Pakistani cities to New York?! Get real, Mr. Rehman! Call us when you have your head out of the sand. He continues, "Let me issue a warning. All militants in Pakistan should put down their weapons, otherwise we will not spare them." And if they put down their weapons, what will you do, Mr. Malik? Dub them as 'good' Taliban and strike a deal with them? There is an idiom in Hindi that roughly translates to the English one - 'It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks.' So, even if they put down their weapons, they can't put down their thinking....So, you decide. In sports, Nadal charged into the third round of Roland Garos, wearing the same dress he wore in the previous match. It seems as though I would have to suffer through the bright colours all through the French Open, seeing as I am rooting for the Spaniard. The match was a no-brainer, with Nadal winning in straight sets 6-1 6-4 6-2. The Russian, Teimuraz Gabashvili, never stood a chance against the barrage of winners from Nadal, who was at the best of his game. The match lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes, and each of those minutes was a pleasure to watch. As the date for the release of Angels and Demons comes closer and closer, there is still a glut in the release of quality Bollywood movies (99, notwothstanding). There appears to be no respite in the fight between film producers and multiplexes as fresh talks down on Tuesday, with no solution in sight to this month-long crisis. This conflict is benefitting no one, not the producers, not the multiplexes (who have lost approx 2.5-3 billion rupees since) and it certainly is a big loss for the viewers, who are left with nothing better to do in the summers (read: vacations). I wonder, though...was this a ploy to get around the IPL with no big releases and now that the event is over, we see a miraculous solution coming to the fore? But then, isn't the World T20 starting in 8 days....so there goes my theory! Whatever....I feel the biggest set back has been to the consumers who have not been able to enjoy a nice movie for quite some time. Even Hollywood has failed to churn out good movies these past two months. With big names set to release in the summer, I can't wait. With names like Transformers, Angels and Demons, Night at the Museum, Harry Potter, Terminator....I don't think anyone can... :) Ciao