Category Archives: Politics
Suck it.
The Guardian reports that Moscow and Russia are experiencing hard times. The babushkas are even finding it hard. Hey, they voted for Putin, they can deal with the consequences.
Celebrity showdown: Sarah Palin vs. Miss Teen South Carolina 2007

So what exactly is the difference between Sarah Palin and Miss Teen USA 2007 contestant from South Carolina. Not much. Read the excerpt from Palin’s interview with Katie Couric, then watch the Q & A from the pageant. (Her answer … Continue reading
The commies live.

On chappy’s claim to fame is that, during those crazy 70s, he called for the imposition of one *unique* salary for all workers, irrespective of the type of work done. Luckily, we still can choose between Pauline Boisclair, “the has been with an MBA” (who happens to be the only woman in the race), and the snobbish, coke-snorting gay former minister Andre Boisclair who never summoned the strength to finish his undergraduate degree but who went on to do a master’s at Harvard.
Tension in the air
Today is election day in Quebec. In the next couple of hours, we will find out whether we get change (at least on paper) or the same-old same-old.
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Sixteen years ago…
The Atlantic Monthly ran an article by Robert D. Kaplan, one of my favorite non-fiction authors, regarding the Kurds in Iraq. The articles looks at the history of the Kurdish people in depth and discusses the interests of Turkey, Syria, … Continue reading