Way to go, Dubya…

It’s been one of those weeks in which the universe seems determined to disply its sense of irony to fullest.

On Sunday, we discover that Saddam Hussein is to hang…

…and on Wednesday his old mucker, Donnie Rumsfeld finds himself out of a job.

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Meanwhile, and on the same day, Nicaragua elects a new president – Daniel Ortega…

… and Bush nominates a former Director of the CIA (under Poppy Bush), Robert Gates, as Rumsfeld’s replacement, a man with an equally interesting line in personal history.

You see while Rummy was off chummying it up with dear old Saddam on behalf of Ronnie Reagan, it seems (allegedly) that his proposed replacement was up to his ass in the whole Iran-Contra business, which, as you might well recall, entailed the US seeling arms to Iran on the quiet and diverting the proceeds to fund Contra insurgents who were trying to topple Ortega – although Gates was never indicted, his first nomination for CIA Director was withdrawn due to doubts over his role in the Iran-Contra ‘affair’, following which there were secondary allegations that he also passed information to Iraq during its war with Iran.

Two words come to mind here – ‘Moral’ and ‘ Bankruptcy’.

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A carnival of fallacies

There’s been a couple of noteworthy responses to Mr Eugenides fisking of Polly Pot’s recent Blairite love-in that, in turn, deserve a response.

Tom, at Let’s Be Sensible, seems to be trying to be, well, sensible in taking issue with Mr E’s humourous commentary on vegetable masturbation and proves…

…well only that tastes vary.

Like so many oither things in life, humour is… - Continue Reading...

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I was not only hunting for my liberty, but also hunting for my name.

Every so often one finds a politician making a comment or statement in which something causes you to pause for a second and say to yourself, ‘just what, exactly, are they actually saying here?’

Such a statement can be found right at the beginning of Tony Blair’s recent attempt to sell ID cards to the readers of the Telegraph, which he opened with… - Continue Reading...

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Tittle Tattle

Let’s get the gossip out of the way nice and early.

Britney Spears is to divorce her husband, Kevin Federline, who has adopted the ridiculous name of K-Fed in an effort to launch a career as a (c)rapper. Perhaps he should have chosen a name more after the fashion of the Wu Tang Clan – they had Ol’ Dirty Bastard, he could have… - Continue Reading...

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