Crimea: Putin's Bridge ♫
Putin's Bridge is going up, Going up, going up. Putin's Bridge is going up, To Crimea. Build it up with graft and sway, Graft and...
African Leaders & Power: Moths to a Flame
Leave it to Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's octogenarian ruler and as of today African Union's new chairman, feigning modesty & integrity in...
Erdogan: Utility Thrills
Erdogan's palatial wonderland has been greatly criticized from its vastness to its elaborate dress shows, so it's no surprise that it...
Tony Abbott: One Knight Stand
Is there something like a knighthood too many? According to Aussie PM Tony Abbott, never. He is more than pleased to make 93 year old...
North Korea: Fantasia Redux
Rotund, progressive-curious, autocrat-born Kim Jong-un has decided to open up his famously isolated country to Western pop (sub)culture....
The Pope: His Holiness the Party Pooper
Pope to new Cardinals: No flashing parties. No stripper nuns, only regular nuns. No virgin bloody marys, only purging Hail Marys. No...
Kim Jong-un: Plenty of shoes to drop. (Also bombs)
To disprove the ugly rumors that North Koreans run barefoot in the streets in grave destitution, the country's perky leader chose for his...
Turkey: B is for Blocking
Erdogan's wet-dream is coming true. Judicial-free, à la carte, instant website blocking.
Middle East: Flog-a-blog
Welcome to the Middle East anti-blogging hotline. To initiate: Torture, press 1 Flogging, press 2 Execution, press 3. For non-invasive...
El-Sisi: Tales of Egyptian Nights
Egyptian dictator-cum-president declares that there are no political prisoners in Egypt and that free speech is sacrosanct. He also...
