In a country where their Big Brother would be a Cinemax After Dark show here in the U.S., a new battle against internet pornography has emerged. David Cameron, the U.K. prime minister has announced some strict, new regulations for internet providers: Most households in the UK will have pornography blocked by their internet provider unless […]
A couple stories out today that highlight the elevated ego of one Mitt Romney. First out of London, we have Mitt already pissing off one of our biggest allies: The US presidential candidate Mitt Romney has questioned the readiness of London 2012, saying there have been “disconcerting signs” in the buildup to the Games – […]
Eliot Spitzer is no stranger to corporate corruption. The former governor and attorney general of New York made it a point to make such cases a priority and he had a very high success rate. Today in Slate, the former governor is now calling for the Department of Justice to prosecute News Corp under the […]
The whole phone hacking scandal in the U.K. is evolving at a major clip. Here’s a round-up from the past 24 hours. The WSJ (a Murdoch company) is reporting the Ruppert Murdoch is considering selling News International as an attempt to save News Corp over all. Murdoch has already put feelers out to see if […]
Following up on my earlier post about the Republicans not worrying about the deficit if it helps the rich, I decided to post this little graph. It really puts a perspective on the current budget deficit and who is ultimatley responsible for it. Fareed Zakaria, writing an article entitled “Raise My Taxes, Mr. President!” in […]
It looks like the U.K. has a “to big to fail” problem also, except this time it’s in the oil industry: In that atmosphere, the stream of condemnations from Washington has stirred a protective backlash, even in this closest of American allies. Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of London, said Thursday that he was worried […]
The U.K. is pissed. They are tired of U.S. lawmakers and pundits insulting them to gain political points in the health care battle, and now the U.K. is fighting back: The fractious British political classes have united in defence of the UK’s healthcare system after it has become a byword for the failings of universal, […]
So its the day after the shit hit the fan for Blair and his missfits. Yesterday was the local elections in 176 of 388 regions and Labour lost 255 of the 1,768 seats it was defending while a resurgent opposition Conservative party under new leader David Cameron gained 250. Talk is now afoot within the […]