Circus in BIG trouble!

Blind and deaf have discovered that the Circus New Development is in BIG trouble. Will we remain a powerful Circus or will we end up as a Tivoli?

Once again the big guys may meet or not to make some big decisions.



Once again the black cars may roll up and again all others will be requested to park their cheap cars at a good distance from the New Development main building.

Below a peaceful and quiet surface on a cold winter day in Moscow the heat is on and it's boiling.



Circus or Amusement Park - that's the main question. It's reason to believe that the transformation from a lively Circus to a Virtual Amusement Park will be smooth as cream. From reliable sources we know that Circus representatives recently visited Euro Disney for inspiration.

The virtual "roller coaster" will be tremendous. You'll never ever experience a roller coaster with such high highs and equally low lows.



In this roller coaster it's your mind and taught that does the travelling - up and down. Experienced Circus workers know this. Even the less experienced have had their trips.
You can ride in the morning - even before getting out of your bed, during days and evenings and after going to sleep at night.
And best of all it's free of charge, but unfortunately very tiring for those riding all days and all nights.



Kids of all ages love carousels with horses turning round and around in circles. Not too fast, but in a slow and friendly pace. This is a well known situation for Circus workers.
Moving around in circles - nicking and nodding - is very much like being a carousel horse.



Some of our Circus friends look into street artist opportunities with its advantages and downsides. The main advantage is that you can make a living in all the nice places - Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Buenos Aires, Berlin, New York, Wien and Sydney and the downside is that you have to be damned good to survive.



Fortunately there are other opportunities.



From Foggy Towers we hear that the Circus Agency is opening up a new Circus in Elbaq. For this new venture or adventure all kind of Circus workers will be needed. Circus workers in the old Circus New Development will be offered work in this new Circus New Development. This new Circus will be even more challenging than the old Circus. Cultural training is a prerequisite and at the same time not a guarantee for success.

The Lord rewards his faithful servants

This story all started when the Circus Agency cut the salaries, changed the travel budget and finally blocked some of the Circus Workers cellphones.

Some faithful servants never had their cellphones blocked and some got the signal back after just an hour. The question is who and why!



Prayers and a humble life probably makes the whole difference. The more sins - the longer you'll have to wait to get the signal back.



It makes a lot difference to be connected compared to not being connected. These people never paid their bills and as a consequence had their cellphones blocked.

Sabotage on strikers communication network

The striking Circus workers have been cut off from normal local communication. According to a spokesman this is an attempt by the Agency to silence the striking Circus workers. Cell phones are the best way of communicating in the current cold weather.



In the meantime the Agency is preparing new plots against the Circus workers. As you all know, Circus workers are migrating birds not able to fly by them self.
According to the Agency, travel costs decreases with length of travel. Auckland, New Zealand is the absolutely cheapest destination at 269.- kroner. Copenhagen, Denmark is the most expensive together with Aberdeen, Scotland at 73.250.- kroner. Paris is 9.950.- kroner and Moscow is 8.700.- kroner. All prices are based on the agreed prices between the Agency and the preferred airlines ie. Blue Sky and Banana Airlines. Blue Sky will start their flights when they have financing for their new planes and Banana, as some of you might know, takes off when the plane is full.

The Agency spokesman, Pjotr Petrovitsj Luzjin, denies the Circus workers accusations. According to Mr Luzjin, the Agency has used modern econometry in their random guesswork.

Circus workers go on strike

Let's drink to the hard working people
Let's drink to the lowly of birth



Raise your glass to the good and the evil
Let's drink to the salt of the earth

From a reliable source we've heard of a possible strike among the Circus workers as a result of a conflict between the Circus Agency and the workers. Hardworking Circus workers one day discovered that the Agency had made a cut in their monthly salary without giving any notice.

Say a prayer for the common foot soldier
Spare a thought for his back breaking work
Spare a part for his wife and his children
Who burn the fires and who still till the earth



And when I look into the this faceless crowd
A swirling mass of gray blue
Black and white
They don't look real to me

Militant Circus Workers Union (MCWU) is inspired by Lenin who wrote an article about strikes published in the magazine Proletarskaya Revolyutsiya, No. 8-9 in 1924. This has later been published in Volume 4, pages 310-319 of the 45 Volume thick Lenin Collected Works, Progress Publishers, 1964, Moscow. In this article comrade Lenin says:



What significance have strikes for the struggle of the working class? To answer this question, we must first have a fuller view of strikes. The wages of a worker are determined, as we have seen, by an agreement between the employer and the worker, and if, under these circumstances, the individual worker is completely powerless, it is obvious that workers must fight jointly for their demands, they are compelled to organise strikes either to prevent the employers from reducing wages or to obtain higher wages. It is a fact that in every country with a capitalist system there are strikes of workers. Everywhere, in all the European countries and in America, the workers feel themselves powerless when they are disunited; they can only offer resistance to the employers jointly, either by striking or threatening to strike.

You probably knew that Stalin was a great poet, but did you know that Lenin was a poet too?

Raise your glass to the hard working people
Let's drink to the uncounted heads
Let's think of the wavering millions
Who need leading but get gamblers instead

Let's drink to the hard working people
Let's think of the lowly of birth
Spare a thought for the rag taggy people
Let's drink to the salt of the earth

All animals are equal, but

Our Circus has got a new logo. Please note that any Similarity to Present or Past Logos Is Purely Coincidental!



The Circus has newly launched a system of incentives awarded to Animals for high standards of performance. The options include Reward with Honorary Certificate, Declaration of Gratitude, Reward with Letter of Thanks and highest of all what is normally only called "The Medal".

Our Circus Director, Napoléon, has decleared that each month, pictures of the three hardest working Animals will be posted in the entrance hall. Boxer, the horse, is constantly saying "I will work harder" and "Napoléon is always right" hoping to get his picture on the wall.



Monkeys and donkeys struggle hard for The Medal and only a few will receive this high honor.



A Regulation has been issued to establish Circus procedures, organize processes, determine circus discipline, rationally maximize the entertainment and increase joke effectiveness.

The other day Benjamin, the donkey, commented these new regulations and said; "Life will go on as it has always gone on. That is - badly".

Times are not easy at the Circus these days. Will we go on for another season?

Our seals are "hunted" as they are good performers, easily trained and make good boots for cold weather.



It's not easy to point out where it started and why it ended as it did, but discipline was the key word. Napoléon was crowned Circus Emperor and even more power corrupts. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others". Migrating birds are not equal and will be sent to where it's really cold.



The main problem with these migraters is that they work too long days. Migraters (and others) arrive early and leave late. That has an impact on the Circus energy bills and necessary actions will be taken to prevent excessive bills. The Circus have made an agreement with the well known company "Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler" to dispose those violating the official working schedule.

Alfred Simmonds vans will be marked "Sugarcandy Mountain Resort for Old Circus Animals" for security and comfort reasons.

The following offences will qualify for a ride with Mr. Simmond's vans:

a) Absence from the Circus with a good reason during the whole working day irrespective of the duration thereof, and also in the event of absence from the Circus with a good reason for more than four consecutive hours during the performance;

b) Appearance of the Artist at the Circus in the state of alcoholic, narcotic or another intoxication except for cocain;

c) Arrival at the Circus before 08:30 hrs;

All official Circus cars will fly the new Circus Flag.

Please note that any Similarity to Present or Past Flags Is Purely Coincidental!