Bush’s Swan Song - The Trouble with EU Sanctions Against Iran
While the EU is trying to extricate itself from a misconceived, ineffective, and financially costly sanctions regime against Iran, Gordon Brown is happy to talk tough for Europe inline with George Bush’s wishes. Link via Blood & Treasure.

Jeremy Paxman once explained the secret of his interviewing technique - before speaking to a politician, he simply asks himself “why is this lying bastard lying to me?” In the case of Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, a journalist would be well advised to stiffen the measure: “Why is this blood-thirsty, amoral gangster lying to me?” [...]

Si, is the former Atlético Madrid moron and now Scouse bastard Fernando Torres, who score the winning goal for Spain last weekend in the esciting final of the Eurovision Football Championships against the rubbish Germans to secure for Spain their first proper international football trophy since the days of el Generalísimo himself. Was a wonderful, [...]

Kira Cochrane on the apparent backlash against feminism | World news | The Guardian
The sex industry is booming, the rape conviction rate is plummeting, women’s bodies are picked over in the media, abortion rights are under threat and business leaders don’t want to employ women. It adds up to an all-out assault on feminism. But [...]