News in from reporter in New York about James Gandolfini, who died of a heart attack in Rome last week, and all of a sudden we were told the world will never be the same again. Ever.
First, we had the media going bonkers about Gandolfini’s passing, presenting the whole thing as if we’ve lost not just an actor, who incidentally became famous for playing a New Jersey mobster, but some international statesman who made a great difference to the lives of millions and was a renowned intellectual and a role model. RIP James Gandolfini Tony Soprano (Photo credit: UggBoy UggGirl).
Let’s face it, Nelson Mandela has not been well recently and he is the type of person who deserves VIP treatment because he is thankfully still alive and kicking. The US Secretary of State John Kerry however decides VIP access for a body to be resumed from another country. Gandolfini’s body has been retrieved and returned to America. Also in the news is the scoop from Mexico border to the the US as talks about clamping down on the corruption and under hand pay offs there as smugglers continue to bring in stuff like sombrero's and illegal drugs.
Stuff thats trending today are The Sopranos as you may have read yesterday passed away at a young age. English: Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, Gauteng, on 13 May 1998 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The White House and US Secretary of State is talking about Snowden reporting where he might be and condoning the help of Wikileaks Julian Assange. They say he has three computers full of massive amounts of terrabytes of data. By the sounds of it Snowden must have one of those extra large hard drives his baggage must be massive so it would be difficult not to miss him at any airport. Julian Assange, from Wikileaks, at the SKUP conference for investigative journalism, Norway, March 2010 (see English (Photo credit: Wikipedia).
The New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Republican presidency is very moved also by the death of Gandolfini in three days time they will all be at his funeral to support the death of the Soprano's actor. Stirring Trouble Internationally takes the news one step further by asking the question: How come the late James Gandolfini gets the VIP treatment? The Great Seal of the State of New Jersey. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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