Using the neocons
E.D. Kain has a very interesting article on American foreign policy under George W. Bush and the prospects for the future. Regarding Bush he says this:
The Bush administration entered the White House intent upon a far less interventionist policy than the Clinton administration–indeed, Bush came across far less hawkish than Gore in the 2000 [...]
Melanie vs Oliver
Two of the biggest, brightest and best of British commentators slug it out here and here over the culture wars, the financial crisis and Sarah Palin. Wow.
Has Obama got the moron vote sewn up?
Dr Sanity has some alarming evidence that some Obama supporters don’t know what their candidate stands for – and are even happy that Obama has chosen Sarah Palin (!) as his vice-presidential running mate.
This is indeed worrying, although I don’t doubt it would also be possible to find McCain supporters who would vote for him [...]
The real McCain
This is interesting. Mike Smithson reports McCain angrily taking on some of his own supporters who were being “disrespectful” towards Barack Obama, and comments:
I think the real John McCain is coming out here and he doesn’t want history to judge his campaign as being racist or based on hate.
It also says, I believe, [...]
We’re all terrorists now
Obviously the way the Icelandic government has behaved is some way short of ideal, but in the circumstances I don’t see that they have been much more irresponsible than say, the Irish. And show me a major country anywhere in the world that can claim in present circumstances to be a model of fiscal [...]
The blogosphere’s response to global financial catastrophe
Last night on the Radio 4 P.M. programme, the Icelandic Prime Minister addressed the nation (his own nation, in Icelandic). It sounded marvellous in Icelandic – it was almost as impressive in English, though quite a bit more scary.
As Iceland’s economy vanishes down the toilet, share prices plummet across the world, and this wonderful [...]
Vote for Shorty
Thanks to Norm Geras for this indispensable guide to the forthcoming U.S. Presidential Election.
The presidency is Obama’s to lose
Rod Liddle is unimpressed by Sarah Palin’s performance in the debate against Joe Biden:
Sarah Palin, the Alaskan-separatist-pig-in-lipstick, had not the slightest intention of allowing her complete lack of knowledge about almost everything to spoil her debate with the Democrat vice-presidential candidate, Joe Biden. “I may not answer the questions in the way in which the [...]
Mandy on a hat-trick
The glorious and unexpected return of Peter Mandelson to the government as Business Secretary is obviously a delight for the media. After two high profile resignations from the Cabinet, he was never thought likely to get a third chance, and opinion among the commentariat is sharply divided.
To my mind, in the circumstances Mandelson’s return [...]
The denial industry
This article was originally posted at Neoconstant.
One Dr Gerald Toben, a 64 year old Australian, was taken into custody on arrival in London this week, pending a court hearing which may see him extradited to Germany on a charge of Holocaust denial. Although “Holocaust denial” as such is not an offence in the UK, in [...]