The ‘Red Line’ The U.S. Crossed Long Ago
Posted on 27. Apr, 2013 by Lucy Raed in Analysis, Politics
The cheerleaders of the military industrial complex are revving themselves up for yet another American misadventure overseas. Sketchy, second-hand reports have appeared that seem to confirm the limited use of sarin gas by forces under the control of president-for-life Bashar al-Assad against Syrian rebels. President Obama had previously marked the use of chemical weapons in [...]
Secret Agent Rodman Worms His Way Into The Hermit Kingdom
Posted on 05. Mar, 2013 by Theodore Roe in Current Events, Politics
If you’ve managed to not watch TV, use the internet or listen to the radio this week, there is an outside chance that you’re unaware of a certain trip by a washed-up ex Chicago Bulls player to the Hermit Kingdom of North Korea. Dennis Rodman, basketball all-star, movie icon and children’s book author, made beaucoup [...]
World Class Thief Celebrates 60 Years Of Graft
Posted on 03. Jun, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Current Events, Politics
Oh callooh, callay! The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Jamaica, Canada, Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Paupa New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, New Zeland, Grenada, Belize, Barbados, Tuvalu, the Solomon Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Australia and, of course, the United Kingdom, is finally here! Everyone get out the champagne [...]
Theo’s Twit Of The Week: Kim Jong-Un
Posted on 13. Apr, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Analysis, Current Events
This week’s Twit is the world’s youngest head of state – if the economic wasteland that is North Korea can be considered a sovereign political entity! Get ready to be bathed in the dynastic glory of the pocket-sized potentate: Kim Jong-Un As we can see from North Korea’s utter dominance of the known world (and [...]
Halal Cyber Censorship
Posted on 11. Feb, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Current Events
The Iranian government, which has been lovingly lambasted repeatedly by yours truly in the past, made news again the last few days. The Ayatollah’s lackeys, no doubt upon the order of their theocratic puppet master, have essentially made it impossible for people within Iran to access SSL/TLS websites (basically any site that uses https instead [...]
Theo’s Twit Of The Week: Rick Santorum
Posted on 25. Sep, 2011 by Theodore Roe in Current Events
In a world where Republicans constantly have to fight against the unfair stereotype that they are all bigoted, homophobic, fundamentalist Luddites, there always seems to be a few bigoted, homophobic fundamentalist Luddite Republicans that are more than happy to spew their rancid stupidity all over the airwaves at the drop of the hat. That’s why [...]
Why North Korea Cannot Back Down
Posted on 29. Nov, 2010 by Theodore Roe in Current Events
If you’re ever bored, you might want to go check out The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s official state-run news webpage. The Korean Central News Agency, mouthpiece for everyone’s favorite Asian tin pot dictator Kim Jong Il, is always a fun read. Here’s a little excerpt from one of their latest stories: “The south Korean [...]
Taepodong-2, Part 2
Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Theodore Roe in Current Events
North Korea is on track to launch its Taepodong-2 missile in April. They say it will carry a satellite into orbit, a feat the Communist state claims to have accomplished once before in 1998. The launch of an ICBM by the rouge Korean regime has several countries in an uproar, though no one seems particularly [...]
Russia’s Reluctance To Rein In Iran
Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by Theodore Roe in Current Events
It does not come as a shock that Dmitriy Medvedev, president of the Russian Federation, promptly rejected a clandestine deal supposedly proffered by the Obama administration to end plans for a European missile shield in exchange for Moscow’s help in ending Iran’s nuclear ambitions and long range missile program. Who can blame him? While much [...]
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