Month April 2009

Local Somalis capture pirates

Why? Because they want to stop pirates stealing their boats at gunpoint. So, they’ve fought back. This should put an end to the mistaken meme that the pirates are selfless warriors fighting against the despoiling of the waters by outsiders.…

Sen. Durbin. Banks own Congress

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has been battling the banks the last few weeks in an effort to get 60 votes lined up for bankruptcy reform. He’s losing. On Monday night in an interview with a radio host back home, he…

Communist Party in Japan ascendant

They now have 410,000 members. Many are new, young, and disaffected. The ruling LDP by contrast has about a million members. By dispensing with ideological rhetoric and focusing on welfare and jobs, the JCP has struck a chord with students,…

Teary Allen WhinyPants

The filing by court-appointed receiver Ralph Janvey [for Allen Stanford’s crumbled empire] describes a gaggle of businesses with bloated payrolls, high overhead and dozens of different accounting systems “seemingly designed to obfuscate holdings and transfers of cash and assets.” Gosh,…