It happens here too, you know.
Just over a year ago, I was writing this: Banks Are Safer in Small Corrupt Countries and this: Fuck the government
Here too: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
… and more recently, this:Irish Economy Fucked — Official!
Two years ago, I was talking about it here: Ireland second wealthiest country
… and here: House [...]

Ever since Bush’s popularity began to sink beneath the ground, people have been worrying that Cheney would never relinquish power.  People were predicting that the administration would declare a national crisis of some sort, to be followed by a temporary suspension of democracy in the national interest, with the possible formation of a government of [...]

John McCain thinks that Spain, a Nato-member and US ally, is in South America.
Here’s the interview on Radio Caracol, Miami.
 

What should be done with the 700 billion dollars?
Simple: give it to the people who didn’t fuck up.
Give $2,300 each to every single person in the United States and advise them not to invest it with idiot bankers who made such a shit of things in the first place.
That will come neatly to $700 billion [...]

We had a quiet little night, just myself and the children and a few of their friends.  A quiet little night, preceded by a quiet little evening.
I made a big pile of mince with spices of every kind.  Coriander, fenugreek, cumin (or Jeera as we used to call it in the old days), cardamoms of [...]

Imagine if you’d raised this boy in Ireland …

… and he became this young man …

… and then he was slaughtered in the street by somebody like this and by some of the local rednecks …

…  in a small American town, who tried to portray this young man …

… as a violent criminal.
And imagine if [...]

Where did George keep the 700 billion dollars, and what was he using it for before he decided to give it to the banks?
Was this 700 billion dollars just lying in a drawer somewhere, in case it was needed?
I’d genuinely like to know.
In the course of writing on this site, I’ve laughed at Church and [...]

Well shit anyway!  There I was thinking I’d come up with another world-beating snappy Sarah Palin joke.
Why not start a series on Sarah’s home, I said to myself, where everything goes backwards and forwards at the same time?  We’ll call it the PalinDrome.
What a great idea, I replied to myself, but I’d better just do [...]

You’re a vice-presidential candidate and running-mate to someone who could easily drop dead without warning.  Let’s see how you stack up.

This is what you’ve done in your life.

You won a beauty pageant in a small town.

You went to five different colleges in six years.

You briefly worked as a sports reporter on a local TV station.

You [...]