Democracy Murdered in Pakistan

As everyone knows by now, Benazir Bhutto was tragically assasinated in Pakistan today.  Despite the efforts of Pervez Musharaff and his ruling party to game the upcoming January election, Bhutto stood an excellent chance of winning any fair count of the vote. The American right is desperately spinning to...

Happy Holidays (and All That Other Such Stuff)

Look, just because I’m a Catholic doesn’t mean I’m going to run down the street lookin’ to scream “Merry Christmas” into the face of the next Jew or Muslim to come along. Here’s wishin’ that you and yourn get your thang on tomorrow. Me and mines will be...

The Wheel Falls Off

More evidence of satire’s untimely demise: Men are naturally more comedic than women because of the male hormone testosterone, an expert claims. Men make more gags than women and their jokes tend to be more aggressive, Professor Sam Shuster, of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, says. The...

Obey.

Someone’s slip is showing: It was Nov. 26 when 35-year-old Elizabeth Beeland of Ormond Beach stopped at the store to purchase a CD player for her father, she told The Daytona Beach News-Journal before refusing to speak more about the incident. Beeland’s shopping trip ended up with a ride to the...

A Stunning Incident In The UK

“International” isn’t just corporate hyperbole: Police fired a 50,000-volt Taser into the head of a 45-year-old company director who later proved to be unarmed and innocent. Daniel Sylvester, the owner of an east London security firm employing 65 staff to guard council offices, pubs and...