According to the Washington Post, the Bush administration is planning on asking for an extra $70 billion to help fight the “war on terror” should they be voted back into office. This would push the total cost of the war … Continue reading →

Via blogging newcomer Cruella, a case study of what everyone feared would probably happen: “Kim Griffith voted on Thursday� over and over and over. “She’s among the people in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties who say they have had trouble with … Continue reading →

Via Manic, back from his hols and putting on a last week burst at Bloggerheads comes PoliticalStrategy.org’s Top 35 trends that say Kerry will take the White House in November. Dear God, let this not just be yet more wishful … Continue reading →

Charlie Brooker, TV scheduler of choice, writes a rather near-to-the-bone TV review in The Guardian’s A5, throwaway listings mag, The Guide. It’s astonishingly insulting and very funny. Only this week’s column’s musings on George Bush – “John Wilkes Booth, Lee … Continue reading →

Via TomPaine.com comes 101 facts about the Bush administration, all with sources linked. It makes for unsurprisingly enraging reading. Why are people still planning on voting for this guy? Some choice facts: 1. The Bush Administration has spent more than … Continue reading →

Well this couldn’t possibly lead to intimidation and abuse… (NYT reg req) Yep, the Republicans planning on are going back to 18th century electoral tactics – positioning their people around the polling booths in the key swing state of Ohio … Continue reading →

Via MeFi, and probably slow off the mark, but damn it, posts have been getting too serious on here of late… This amused me.

It’s hardly a new allegation that the European Commission has a tendency towards what many would judge dodgy dealings, but it is fairly rare for a former high-up official to make the claims, especially when the official in question is … Continue reading →

At last! A voice from the wilderness of Colorado sounds out like a foghorn; Hunter Thompson, notorious gonzo journalist and author of one of the best insider guides to late twentieth century American politics speaks out about the upcoming election. … Continue reading →

The fact that the Japanese Prime Minister – in a move widely derided as unconstitutional at the time – sent 600 ground troops and 400 air and naval personnel from Japan’s tiny Self-Defence Force to help out in non-combat roles … Continue reading →

Much like the rest of us… Yes, this article‘s from The Guardian, which is hardly sympathetic to the UK Independence Party’s cause, but even so… Good stuff: “Over the past seven years the disasters – many of them self made … Continue reading →

For those who haven’t been receiving the Washington Post’s US election campaign emails for the last couple of years, you’ve missed out. But the latest one provides a handy summary. This policy comparison device is particularly useful for a quick … Continue reading →

Political cartoonists who find themselves in a bit of a fix for deadlines might like to check out the report on MPs’ finances due out today. Go on, just throw in a trough labelled “taxpayers’ money” and some porcine politicians … Continue reading →

At least, that’s the inevitable reaction of any rabidly pro-Bush right-wingers who get a chance to see (or hear about) the superb documentary The Power of Nightmares: The Politics of Fear which just aired on BBC2. If you missed it, … Continue reading →