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Breaking News: Gordon (Pinocchio) Brown has connected with Jiminy Cricket at last. She comes in the form Of Joanna Lumley, a british actress who has been championing the cause of the Gurkhas. The Gurkhas are petite and very brave men from Nepal who hire themselves almost exclusively to the British army , and have saved [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, War
We catch another glimpse of Obama the sharp Chicago pol as he appoints Louis Susman, the Democratic (Chicago-based) fundraiser and former vice-president of Citigroup, as the U.S. Ambassador in London. Susman, nicknamed the Vacuum Cleaner for his skill at sucking up cash, is known to have helped raise $500,000 for Obama’s presidential campaign and another [...]
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That Doug Feith, eh? You almost have to admire his chutzpah. Having played such a large part in completely wrecking Iraq, he has an article in today’s Wall Street Journal laying out his new plan for world Utopia. The big idea is the aggrandizement of the Civilian Response Corps “so the president can mobilize trained [...]
Filed under: Iraq, Uncategorized, War
Joe Biden is in Serbia at the moment, offering friendly noises about “mutual respect” and agreeing to disagree over the Kosovo question. His warmness is not entirely reciprocated. “Biden, you Nazi scum, go home,” ordered a poster from the Radical Party. “We believe that the statements and policies of Joseph Biden are contrary to the [...]
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While everyone was busy eulogizing the Republican Party, it reverted back to Rovian form and managed a huge PR victory on the Hill this week. Repeat a lie enough — and stridently enough — and it becomes the truth. The opposition, also true to form, buckles. Democrats folded like two-dollar beach chairs over the closing [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, War
Well it has happened. The Pinocchio Parliament has terrorrized Michael Martin into jumping. But don’t fear. It will be a bungie jump. He will bounce back up again. He has an enormous pension fund, and some handsome expenses to be earned in the House of Lords. Arise Sir Michael! There is something about this affair [...]
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One of the dangers of nationalized health care (outside of the cost concerns) the potential explosion for litigation once health care becomes a right. Such litigation helped to increase health care costs from the 1980s onward and could make things more expensive in future, only this time its the taxpayers that will bear the brunt. [...]
In the wake of yesterday’s defeat of Hindu nationalists in India’s elections — and the resultant euphoric market surge — Gideon Rachman gives a timely reminder of the nasty side of every international capitalist’s favorite South Asian nation: In most countries when politicians are slammed as “criminals” this is simply vulgar abuse. In India, it [...]
Filed under: World
Yesterday Michael Martin, the speaker of the UK House of Commons, finally got it. He APOLOGISED, but too late: just as the electorate are not forgiving the members of parliament, so the honourable members will not forgive Mr. Martin. He should have been their Jimminy Cricket, but when they needed a conscience, he was not [...]
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If there are no peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians for an independent Palestinian state, war next year is inevitable. So King Abdullah II of Jordan has told the London Times: “If we delay our peace negotiations, then there is going to be another conflict between Arabs or Muslims and Israel in the next [...]
Filed under: World