Benazir Bhutto was assassinated yesterday as she was leaving a political rally. She stood up to wave at the crowd through the sunroof of her bulletproof transport and was prompted shot three times. The gunman, a suicide bomber, self-detonated right next to her vehicle immediately following the shooting. Prime Minister Bhutto was [...]
I’m surrounded by idiots, with barely a gem or two in the firmament to guide my way through the madness. It just seems like lately every time I turn around, someone is being an asshat and then when their asshattery is pointed out to them suddenly I’m the one to blame for it, even [...]
When Hugo Chavez was elected president of Venezuela, I was happy. I like the idea of socialism – at least a certain kind of socialism which roughly equates to democratic socialism. Though I’m of the firm belief that no one “ism” is ever good enough to run a country on, and that good [...]
