Disgusting. The FBI today arrested Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (Democrat) for among other things conspiring to sell or trade President Elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat. Power for $$? President-Elect Obama resigned his Senate seat on November 16 after his victory in the presidential elections. Under Illinois law, the state Governor has the authority to name another […]
Holy Christ. Even our little birds of the night are starting to feel the icy palms of the the global recession on their warm little bodies. Our favorite newspaper New York Times has an interesting piece today on how the economic downturn has impacted sex tourism as far away as Prague. Gee, who’d have thought that […]
(U.S. Visitors: We’ve started a new category Deals that’ll highlight good promotions) Calling all desi coupon fiends in the U.S. – Tomorrow i.e. December 9, Domino’s Pizza is offering large 4-topping pizzas for just $8 if you order online at dominos.com. In these trying economic times, that’s a nice deal (we are sure some desi here […]
The Saffron shade is fading in Rajasthan with the ruling BJP receiving a whipping in the state assembly elections while the Congress significantly increased its tally and will most likely form the next government. What went wrong? The BJP leadership is blaming its poor performance on the candidate selection. But what about governance of the state […]
The Government of India has named Rajiv Mathur the next Director of the Intelligence Bureau, the country’s inept domestic intelligence agency. Mathur, a 1972 batch IPS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, is currently Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau. Mathur, a native of Agra, will replace P.C. Haldar on his retirement on December 31. Under Haldar’s […]
I do not know how the Third World War will be fought, but I can tell you what they will use in the Fourth – rocks! – Albert Einstein