by nabidana | Jan 15, 2009 | politics, war for the whitehouse
As usual, Christopher Hitchens puts together a superbly illustrated and argued case for the Senate of the United States to reject the awful Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State. He begins with an extremely simple but devastating question: “Picture, if you...
by nabidana | Jan 6, 2009 | politics
The small war in Saint Paul, Minnesota’s capital, looks almost about to end, after the lengthy recount in the junior Senate seat there, now apparently finally final, gives victory to humourist and left-media pundit Al Franken. Franken’s campaign has now...
by nabidana | Dec 12, 2008 | politics
The excellent head of Ireland’s Equality Authority has resigned, citing the ridiculous 43% cut in the authority’s budget in the recent budget. The decision is a blow; Crowley had been immensely successful at the authority, and is recognised for the highly...
by nabidana | Dec 11, 2008 | politics
The German finance minister has launched an outspoken attack on the UK government’s plans to help pull Britain out of the economic downturn. In an unusual breach of standard diplomacy, Peer Steinbruck attacked the UK’s decision to cut VAT and raise the...
by nabidana | Dec 9, 2008 | politics, war for the whitehouse
Democrat comedian (and genuinely funny intelligent commentator) Al Franken must really wish he hadn’t bothered paying attention to the 2000 election debacle; it all seems dreadfully familiar. Franken’s showing a current lead of 4 votes for the Minnesota...
by nabidana | Nov 6, 2008 | politics, war for the whitehouse
The single most disturbing thing for me (as a supporter of the GOP) about the outcome of the US elections wasn’t the election of Barack Obama or an almost filibuster proof Senate; the fact that some people are now saying ‘Sarah in 2012’ has made me...
