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Cops Behaving Badly: Slugfest in Slovakia
According to this report, the police forced these Romany Gypsy boys to hit one another. Why they did it is still unknown, but I suspect old ingrained prejudice may have something to do with it.
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Wankers of the Week: Nobel Peace Prize Idiots edition
Some people, like these two, get it–and got out to give their president a gentle reminder of the job to be done. Others…well…Last week’s out-of-the-blue announcement that the world’s first pre-emptive...
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Berlin Wall/German reunification: Still believe in the myth of the...
Prepare for another big shocker, then. This landed in my mailbox yesterday: Washington, D.C., November 8, 2009 – Just before the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, even the hardline Czechoslovak...
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How do these “diplomats” manage to keep their jobs?
Diplomats from the European Union in Cuba: Volker Pellet, of the German embassy, and Frantisek Fleisman, of the Czech embassy. Odd that they would fraternize with one another on the streets of Havana...
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Stupid Sex Tricks: Banking and wanking, together at last
No. Oh, no. NO: In case you were wondering what that was all about, Copyranter explains: Komerční Banka is a member of the Société Générale Group, and is one of the leading financial institutions in...
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Press freedom under threat again in Venezuela and Ecuador
Press freedom is deteriorating rapidly in South America. Two politicians — one from Venezuela, one from Ecuador — attack a Dutch reporter for asking critical questions: Ha, ha, whoops. That didn’t...
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Quotable: Hippolyte Havel on honoring the living
“The honor and glory of a Mary Wollstonecraft or of a Louise Michel are not enhanced by the City Fathers of London or Paris naming a street after them — the living generation should be concerned with...
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Venezuela takes drastic new measures against currency trafficking
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro took to the TV to announce something stunning recently: the removal of an entire denomination of Venezuelan currency from circulation. Here’s the story, via...
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Red-baiting: Epic fail on both sides of the pond
Michael Brooks dissects two absolutely awesome clips: one from British TV, the other from the Virginia state legislature in the US: What do the two have in common? They’re splendid examples of how...
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