I spent a fair amount of time, in a galaxy far, far, away and long ago, traveling through Spain. Ten or twelve trips, maybe, and hitchhiking mostly, and even though it was at the tail end of the Generalissimo’s tenure I still liked the place. And the people. We’ve visited there a few times recently [...]
I saw this item earlier, and just bounced right over it. It was early on April 1st after all, and I figured I wasn’t about to get punked that easily. Then I saw it again and tracked it back to a report on the 28th March. Turns out they mean it. No, listen. They really [...]
There’s just no point in trying to make sense out of wingnuttistan and this whole election cycle anymore. Well, there is a point, but once you wander off into the weeds even just a little bit it becomes harder and harder to know where reality ends and The Onion begins. Voters slowly Realizing Santorum believes [...]
Now comes a video of Libyan “rebels” caging people and forcing them to eat the Libyan flag; People with their hands bound are shown being locked in a zoo-like cage and allegedly forced to eat the old Libyan flag. “Eat the flag, you dog. Patience you dog, patience. God is Great,” screams a voice off-camera [...]
Just for grins, let’s check in with the progress of the Surveillance State. First up is this heartwarming tale of a woman being required to show identification to purchase … you’ll never guess … teaspoons; A woman was asked to prove her age when buying a pack of teaspoons as a shop worker claimed they [...]
So this kid gets the idea to hike around with a video camera to find out how knowledgeable high-school students are nowadays. Tough questions, though. Like for instance; “Can you name a country beginning with “U”? – Boy, no problem, they were right on it; “Urope?” no , wait; “Utopia?” Oh, and the Vice-President of [...]
(club of liars, demagogues, ignoramuses) A lighthearted, if somewhat depressing, look at the GOP Primary candidates and the whole process from Der Spiegel. The link is in German, so thank goddess for Google translate; (google translate of the caption; “A reality show full of awkward moments do the U.S. Republicans in their primaries forward with [...]
Journalism at its finest. I’m thinking the best thing here is to pass this along without comment; (h/t lettersfromtexas)
… for something to be optimistic about regarding the European debt spiral, and I can’t find anything. Quite the reverse actually, and the situation is moving so fast it’s hard to keep up. It’s been only a week since I wrote; …fiddling while Athens burns …… but only because it’s not Rome’s turn. Yet. Be [...]
All you need to know, really. Rick Perry Speech Electrifies 1,200 Scared, Miserable Racists