Politics
Ireland: the real wealth of the nation
Back in 1990 the United Nations started measuring 'human' development as opposed to economic development, and publishing an...
David Norris for President of Ireland
Ahead of the curve, that's us. Back in the dark days of 2004, we fine upstanding reprobates at...
Reminders that the U.S. is still at war in Iraq
'At some point in the last two weeks, you may have been told by someone in the news...
The “Danish” “Government” is Apparently the Property of a British Energy Company
'A Danish warship today confronted a Greenpeace ship which is on a mission to target "dangerous" deep sea...
Fake “End” to Iraq War Already Wearing Thin
'With the Obama Administration still reveling in its "victory" in Iraq and media outlets still cheerfully reporting last...
In Tennessee, anyone can be governor. Even Basil Marceaux.com
Hello from Blather.net's Washington Bureau, where your fearless reporter is holed up in the Watergate Hotel with a...
Global crackdown on truth: WikiLeaks’ Assange goes into hiding
'Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has gone into hiding, fearful of arrest by U.S. authorities, an Icelandic parliamentarian confirmed...
‘The strange and consequential case of Bradley Manning, Adrian Lamo and WikiLeaks’
Yo, listen, I've just stopped by Blather's Arctic office for about 12 minutes on my snowscooter, I've got...
Japan: officially, property of the USA (updated)
'Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has apologised for not keeping an election promise to move a US military...
Database to be Erased
At last it's time to take a long, luxurious shit all over David Blunkett's political grave. The new...