Category Politics

Useful International Advice

Coyote Blog offers some advice for the reality-impaired among us: How to Spot a Dictatorship. In only seven simple steps, you too can wow friends, family and lookers-on with your crack ability to recognize despots of all flavor, be they…

Karl Rove, WA Dems Have A Beef With You.

“Renew your membership today at the most generous level you can afford and help me stop Rove’s mignons [sic] in their tracks.” -Washington State Democratic Party chairman Paul Berendt in a fundraising letter quoted in the Seattle Times, March 5th,…

The “Cedar Revolution” Continues

…And, amidst the swirling anti-Syrian/pro-freedom sentiments flooding the streets of Beirut these days, Cattalarchy notices something interesting. Heh. It seems as though the US has indeed become the purveyors (both directly and indirectly) of “Democracy, whisky, sexy!”

Monday Morning Funnies

In the mood for some uplifting humor blogging to lighten those Monday morning blahs? Scrappleface and IMAO have the goods for you. Scrappleface: Troops Shoot Italian Hostage’s Car Despite E-ZPass Recently released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena, a writer for the…

Old Europe == PFJ

Monty Python fans, rejoice! For your vast store of MP quotes is now applicable in a very real, and legally binding sense.