Wow, the Cure is touring? Didn't know that. I'm not much of a fan, although I do appreciate one or two of their songs.
http://lexcorpninja.vox.com/library/post/interview-with-matt-bellamy.html <--- More nerdy conspiracy theory nuttiness.
Apparently, Matt's Italian girlfriend is a psychology major who helps treat schizophrenics who genuinely believe in such nutty conspiracy theories themselves - so she helps keep him grounded, despite half of his conspiracy theories seeming a bit over the top.
I think I wouldn't mind watching the Iran game, just for a laugh. I completely burst out laughing when I saw the scoreline halfway through the China match, it was 4-0 at the time I think. I agree with what you say Mary, politics really does ruin the game. Everything run in our country seems to be purely bureaucratical (how the hell do you spell that word??), we tend to lack genuinely passionate people who do things because they enjoy what they're doing. That's corruption/nepotism/cronyism for you I suppose. Our country's progress is generally hindered in various ways as a result, it's quite shameful.
btw, me and my brother were cracking jokes about Malaysia's plans to send out astronauts to space to make teh tarik for some world record thingy just this evening during dinner (no joke, I actually read about this in the news last time). When you consider other technological advancements being made in the world today (Iran and North Korea making nuclear weapons, the US sending weapons satellites into space for military purposes etc etc), it really makes the whole idea seem pathetically contrived. Thank God it never happened though.
We tend to want to spend money on rather fruitless endeavors when it could have been better spent in other areas. Like, I dunno, football?