You've gotta love crazy feminists at times. The ladies of Salon's Broadsheet have taken time out from mocking Bristol Palin and rewriting Catholic theology to suit themselves to highlight one of the most serious and troubling issues of our time: the shocking lack of free advertising for hookers. Craigslist recently announced it was closing its exotic services section after the 'Craigslist Killer' used the section to target prostitutes on the site. Instead of the old system,... Read Full Story

It's been a while, so if anyone reads this, sorry. I've been trying to withhold cynical judgment of Obama (hope and change and all that nonsense) but he's been making it hard on me. He-Who-Must-Cause-Change reversed his previous position, deciding that photos of US soldiers torturing prisoners should not be released because they would "further inflame anti-American opinion."You know what else might be inflaming anti-American opinion? American soldiers torturing people... Read Full Story

On Wednesday, Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS, agreed to pay a $780 million fine and hand over the names of 250 US tax exiles in response to the Obama administration's efforts to push the Swiss to stop sheltering tax cheats. Sadly, as with pretty much else that Obama has been up to recently, the 'end secret Swiss banking' plan seems to be more bark than bite, and not particularly well thought out. After UBS agreed to pay the fine, the Swiss far right populist Swiss People... Read Full Story

Poor Michael Phelps. I should preface this by saying, actually, I have never really been a fan – yes, the boy can swim, but have you ever heard one of his interviews? Lets just say it’s lucky for him that most of his interaction with the public takes place while under water, where sound waves don’t travel very well…Anyways…despite my lack of fandom, I feel bad for him. But Michael Phelps has committed a heinous crime indeed. He has smoked pot. From a bong. At a party with a bunch of 20-... Read Full Story

Welcome back – it’s been a while, so anyone who is still here – thanks! According to John McCain, Democrats in Congress are “no more open to input from the opposing party than the GOP.”I always think that public speaking classes miss a key point – most people get the talking part, what you should be teaching them is when to shut up.Seriously, John – they’re as bad as we are! Brilliant criticism. Not necessarily without merit, but for PR purposes, you might at least want to go with ‘they ar... Read Full Story

Now, I know it is a little early in the year to be analysing trends, but with one this amusing, I really couldn’t help myself:Shoe Throwing as protestOnly a few months ago, former (cue Hallelujah chorus) president Bush narrowly dodged a flying shoe thrown by a disgruntled Iraqi journalist, and only yesterday, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao managed to miss another flying shoe while speaking at Cambridge.A male student with a German accent (according to the Times) lobbed the projectile while... Read Full Story

After a 22-day offensive against Gaza, Israel has declared a cease-fire. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (you may remember him as the genius who started the 2006 war in Lebanon) told AP, “Our goals as they were set at the beginning of the operation were fully realized, and even more than that.”World leader to human translation – We didn’t actually have a plan, we were just ticked off, but then we realized that no one wanted to sit with us at lunch anymore. Olmert further said “Hamas was hit hard... Read Full Story

Reprint from the Times:Hill of Shame where Gaza bombing is spectator sport - A beauty spot has turned into a vantage point for viewing of Israel's bombardment of the Gaza StripIn times of peace Parash Hill is a beauty spot where Israelis from the nearby town of Sderot come to picnic and enjoy the magnificent view across a nature reserve and bright green fields to distant Gaza City and, beyond, the deep blue Mediterranean.There are benches for sightseers, a swing, a sculpture of a man on h... Read Full Story

A military judge appointed by the Bush administration to try suspects in Guantanamo Bay admitted that the United States tortured a Saudi prisoner, Mohammed al-Qahtani, in 2002 – the first official to admit that the US had tortured prisoners.Which ranks right up there on the surprise-o-meter as a little less surprising than when Clay Aitken announced he was gay (yes, there was an element of doubt there – he could have been bi!). According to Crawford, “We tortured Qahtani. His treatment met ... Read Full Story

A few months ago, a New Jersey family made the news when ShopRite refused to put the son's name on his third birthday cake. The blond, blue-eyed three year old is named Adolf Hiterl Campbell. Last night, little Adolf and his two sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell (named for Heinrich Himmler), were removed from their parents' custody by the New Jersey Youth and Family Services.According to local police Sgt. John Harris, the children were no... Read Full Story