Category Archives: America

The day’s events

Well. It’s been a day of interesting revelations, but these things are common when we get towards the end of a Parliamentary session – all the stuff comes out that MPs don’t want to answer questions on, like allowances and SPADs, and it’s with these two topics that I begin today… Firstly, some details have [...]

Happy 4th Of July

Happy 4th of July to all my American readers – keep safe and have fun!

Hmmm…

(Click for a larger version… These Americans sure are a strange bunch…)

Weekend news

Its been a bit since my last rant, and I’m not feeling energetic enough to take a pop at all these stories individually, so you’ll have to make do with a collective rant until my batteries are fully recharged. First up to the chopping block is RBS. They want to give out £1bn in bonuses [...]

Obama wins the Whitehouse

Barack Obama has won the American election to be the 44th president of the country, and the first black president in history. I’d like to say this is a good thing, but I’m not convinced by all that malarky he was so often seen spouting about change. Still, at least it gives The Daily Mash [...]

U.S. Marine Corps Slogans

1. We’re from the Government and we’re here to kill you. 2. When it absolutely, positively must be destroyed overnight… 3. Trying to win hearts and minds… but willing to splatter them if necessary. 4. Just point at what you want dead. 5. Dictator got you down? Ask about our new “regime change” program! 6. [...]

Rumours of my death…

Have been exaggerated. I’m still here, but have been more than a trifle busy of late. Most of the stuff I would normally be ranting and raving about has been covered quite comprehensively elsewhere, so I’ll get back up to speed with a quick round-up of the major stories so far. First off, another case [...]

Nowhere is safe

American banking giant Lehamn Brothers has gone into administration, leaving around 4000 people in this country out of work. Their pension scheme is also in a deficit, and the American government is having to pump money from Federal reserves into the banking market to try and stabilise it. The same thing is happening in this [...]

Biofuel and the food crisis

The Grauniad brings us this gem: the production of biofuels have driven world food prices up by 75% according to a secret report from the World Bank which they have managed to get hold of. Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% – far more than previously estimated – according to a confidential [...]

Jail

To those of you not familiar with Joe Arpaio, he is the Maricopa County Sheriff (Arizona) and he keeps getting elected over and over again. He is going to show us how to properly run a prison. Sheriff Joe Arpaio created the “tent city jail” to save Arizona from spending tens of millions of dollars [...]