20 January 2013

When He's On . . .

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. . . he's so on . . . watch out for that guy in Kentucky named Skeeter! Yes, both parties just totally suck. 

Zero Dark Misdirection

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America just can't seem to come to terms with the fact that the torture debate is not about ticking time-bombs or finding Osama: i...
19 January 2013

Me Neither

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So very sad , and not too unusual in America.  

Powerful

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Pretty much how I feel - no-one likes to have others' "values" shoved down their throats.
13 January 2013

Is it just me . . .

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. . . or is it indeed ironic that everyone is  baying for Lance Armstrong's blood when this kind of bullshit  is allowed to go crimina...
03 January 2013

Yep, He's Still the Tool He Always Was

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Just checking . . . .
17 December 2012

Not fun for everyone

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Getting drunk and driving 100 miles an hour is also fun, but it’s still illegal. Same with crystal meth. The point is there is a social cos...
15 December 2012

Sandy Hook

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I continue to be amazed that people's commitment to orthodoxy, against all available evidence, comes before their commitment to their c...
02 December 2012

Of Fiscal Cliffs and Talmudic Interpretations

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Classic Josh , but I'm not sure he should leave the   Jesuits   out of this.
21 November 2012

No Comment Necessary

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18 November 2012

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Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi! Beirut! The 1983 attack on US Marines barracks in Lebanon that killed 241 Americans. (Two hundred and for...

Was There an Election?

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04 June 2012

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Haven't Checked in with the General Recently Forgive me, General, for thou art always entertaining .
03 June 2012

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Biggest Mistake of Obama's Presidency Selecting a bunch of anti-Keynesians and following their advice early on was a bone-head move...
06 May 2012

It's not so funny when you start to think about it

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. . . and realise just how accurately it describes the state of our democracy.

Yawn . . .

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This evidently comes as a surprise to people . Who ever could have guessed such things go on in the halls of power ? Meanwhile, back ...
18 April 2012

Wanker of the decade

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Congratulations, Tommy - no-one deserves the honour more than you .
07 April 2012

"The legal opinions have grave weaknesses"

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So, belatedly, a memo is now in the public domain . In truth I can't understand why this makes much of a difference. Okay, yes, per...
31 March 2012

Unravelling

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Thoughtful essay from Edward Luce . The money quote: In daggers-drawn Washington, Democrats and Republicans have been able to agree only on...
29 March 2012

Abiding genius

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. . . I continue to wonder at how he gets away with it . . .