What is the MSM paying attention to today in the rest of the Rupert Murdoch-media-controlled world? Well, high-profile sex scandals involving Nazi role-playing prostitutes, of course.
Ok, I'm fairly new to Daily Kos and this is my first diary, so perhaps I'll be moving on to more 'serious' topics soon. I'm a progressive Austinite Obama fan who's been living in Switzerland for many years, and lately my head is exploding from trying to follow the daily ups and down of the campaign from afar. I think I'm not alone on that score, so how about a slight diversion?
More after the flop...
Europeans are fanatical about Formula 1 racing. I went to a grand prix a few years ago and the fans are out-of-control, putting NFL fans to shame on their ability to make drunken asshats of themselves.
So you can imagine Europeans' shock this week when a News Of The World article and video came out that Max "Mad Max" Mosely, 67-year old father of two and chief of Formula One motor racing, was involved in a 5-hour Nazi role-playing orgy with 5 prostitutes.
Mosley— a friend to F1 big names like Bernie Ecclestone and Lewis Hamilton— barks ORDERS in GERMAN as he lashes girls wearing mock DEATH CAMP uniforms and enjoys being whipped until he BLEEDS.
Ahem. Perhaps a more astute non-Murdoch-style analysis of this delicate matter might be more palatable, such as from Times Online or The Age.
It seems the story would be shocking enough, but the fact that Mosley's father was a WWII era leader of the British Union of Fascists certainly doesn't help.
Adolf Hitler was a guest at Sir Oswald Mosley's wedding to Diana Mitford, which took place in Joseph Goebbels' drawing room.
Jewish groups have condemned his actions, but Bernie Ecclestone, the Jewish businessman who controls the commercial side of formula one and is a close confidant of Mr Mosley, initially stood by him.
Ecclestone has since disinvited Mosley from attending the Bahrain Grand Prix. Too right.