We’ve never understood the Oprah phenomenon (for all ye schmucks in boondocksville, the fat cow is the QUEEN of American talk show). But then we’ve never understood a lot of stupid things that the hoi polloi go gushing ooh and aah about. Sorry, understanding stupidity is just not our forte. The sight of Tom Cruise […]
My general line for those both at home and around the world who think the U.S. is in decline is that history’s dustbins are filled with countries that underestimated the resilience of the United States. – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, New York Times, 1/9/2011, P.6
(Dedicated to SI blog reader Gora, who first recognized the charlatan. This post is mainly for our North American readers who understand the context better.) Tis’ Christmas eve in America Columbia Mall on Patuxent Rd is full the Starbucks Latte line is long but I have no cause to smile for I ain’t got no […]
Two years back, U.S. President Barack Obama was the worshiped Messiah who could do no wrong. Today, Obama is the shunned Judas who sleeps with the (Republican) devils and can do nothing right. Unemployment is still an obscenely high 9.8% (the real rate is probably much higher), the war in Afghanistan is still going badly […]
Show me where your people gather and we’ll tell you where your country and planet is headed. – The Wise Souls of SearchIndia.com What is it about Times Square in New York City that has the tourists, both foreign and domestic, swarming the place in droves? Any time you go to the area, the place […]
Hear, hear, all ye schmucks on a priapaic tear – Spanish women are the greatest online flirters. No, we are not making that up. A social networking site we’ve never heard of (Badoo), which claims to have done a global study on this super-important subject, says Spanish women are over twice as likely as American […]