ss_blog_claim=83ff6e5db62e71ab199232b573cecbe0

Each Man’s Death Diminishes Me . . . J. Donne

February 23, 2010

Well, frumps, so much for our Imperial Resolve to “do no harm” in our efforts to make the poppy fields of Marjah safe for democracy.  On Sunday, a flock of Blackhawks took out a “suspicious-looking” convoy of minibuses carrying 42 Afghan souls to some now insignificant weekend destination.  Of the 42 who set out that [...]

Read the full article →

The Baradar Gambit

February 19, 2010

Well, frumps, who would have thought that a nondescript week in February could offer up one of the greatest international espionage WTF moments in recent history?  I’m referring of course to the curious case of the “capture” of Mullah Baradar in Pakistan.  The New York Times broke the story early this week, after obliging the [...]

Read the full article →

Who’s Zooming Who?

February 17, 2010

Well, frumps, we’re only about eight months away from Armegeddon mid-term elections and, already, the files are bursting with electoral analysis and pundit puffery regarding the possible outcomes of November’s Congressional Fight Club.  Every day brings news of another retirement, another departure, another defection to K Street from the hallowed halls that, then, must be [...]

Read the full article →

The Path of the Prayer Warrior

February 14, 2010

Well, frumps, as some of you probably already know, every so often some bit of news from the magical kingdom of Ultra-conservative Christians catches my eye that is so profoundly perverse that it cannot be ignored.  Many would (and do) argue that it is playing right into the hands of such publicity-seeking sociopaths to draw [...]

Read the full article →

Who Let The Dogs Out?

February 12, 2010

Well, frumps, our muckraking cousins – the Brits – are at it again, bless their hearts; and this time they’ve stirred up enough murky junk from the bottom of “the Pond” that some of it is starting to wash up on our own shores.  You certainly couldn’t be blamed for not noticing this new batch [...]

Read the full article →

Ninja Diplomacy

February 10, 2010

Well, frumps, I must say that, for most of my life (for ever-evolving reasons) Sunday has been my least favorite day of the week – and this past Sunday did nothing to remedy my bias.  My reasons for hating Sundays as a child revolved mostly around churchgoing and excruciating boredom; my generation of early boomers [...]

Read the full article →

Or I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll Blow the White House Down

February 7, 2010

Well, frumps, in a classic role reversal this week, World Class porker, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) told the big bad wolf Obama that, if Shelby doesn’t get his senatorial “propers,” he intends to “huff and puff and blow the [White] House down.”  In case you’ve missed this particularly gross piece of senatorial politicking, the gist [...]

Read the full article →

Too Cheesy to Fail

February 4, 2010

Well, frumps, as the world turns and things inevitably change, the race, as usual goes to the swift – not the stodgy.  And so it is that Republicans are finding themselves in a smaller and smaller tent to the extent that they now resemble a large crowd crammed under a small awning during an unexpected [...]

Read the full article →