on the need for more participation in security. Peace can never be taken for granted, and the first responsibility of any government is security. That is why France wishes to contribute to a political structuring of the world that averts perils. It wishes to help in the exercise of shared responsibility within the framework of strong, legitimate and accepted international institutions, particularly through reforms of the UN and the security

what to get for Jeff this year, these remind me of him, somehow.  I don’t know why.

A reader sends me simple instructions on how to hack your Darth Vader Vo-Changer Helmet to make your voice sound exactly like Charles Rangel.  I’ll let you know how it turns out. Of course, you could always just smoke a couple packs of cigs while downing a bottle of Jack Daniels and screeching out old AC/DC songs. “Once upon a time there were were three beautiful girls who went to

Sectarian violence at Wuzzadem seems to be on the upswing.  Whole areas of the comments section appear to be on the edge of igniting into an INTARWEB-WIDE conflafuggingration: The fact that you list all that and have a “mission accomplished” banner image is funnier than you’ll ever know. So Sparky, if sectarian forces killing each other in the same country isn’t a civil war what is it then? Posted by:

“The 1,000-Year Reich” and “The Permanent Majority” were both unavailable for comment. “Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay”

Claudia Rosett points us toward this article in the London Times listing the top five theories regarding who killed Litvenenko, and why. My personal feeling is that it was probably Pat Buchanan and Dan Brown.  Either that, or some idiot was using polonium-210 to cut some cocaine.