Oh, the perils of Democracy

By: Attaturk Tuesday December 27, 2011 1:30 am

When Rick Perry heard that Newt Gingrich compared his failing to be on the Virginia ballot to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Perry just shrugged and said “Aw, Newt should leave the Germans out of this.” The truly hilarious thing about Gingrich screwing up his petition for the ballot is that it is his current [...]

They’ve Got A Secret!

By: Glenn W. Smith Sunday December 5, 2010 9:30 am

Secrets are gold to the world’s aristocracy. Information disparity is in many ways more important to them than income disparity. That’s why they are all very, very mad at Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The anger is not about some specific leak; it’s about the invasion of their privileged domains.

Robbery: The Passionate Fashion of the Swells

By: Glenn W. Smith Sunday November 14, 2010 9:30 am

It is all the fashion in Washington, D.C. One simply must sport a terrible dislike for Social Security and wish with all one’s heart that the money be given instead to the very, very rich, where it will become, I guess, High Society Security.

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