The man was a bloodthirsty murderer who slaughtered millions. Naturally, Berkeley still loves Mao, still loves Communism.  Mao-lovers react against a new biography of the man ("Mao: The Unknown Story," by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday )

I'm a few days late on this story, but it's too good to let slip by.  The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, was born in Uganda and fled Idi Amin's regime in the 1970s.  Sentam is currently the UK's first black bishop. As regards multicu

From Canada-based Filibuster Cartoons. Well, look for some heated campaign rhetoric to warm up your winter, gentle reader!  The Canadians are headed back to the polls after the Paul Martin government collapse. Still, some folks are pessimistic

Right before Thanksgiving, I posted a bit on Lieberman and why he is one of the few prominent Democrats whom I respect and like. Yesterday the good senator reminded me again why I think he's fantastic.  He spent Thanskgiving in Iraq with the tr

The computer woes have been just fixed.  Hooray! I will be posting at this URL again (or until the next blog meltdown).  I will keep my Blogspot blog as a backup.  The satires will continue to be posted on my satire site. My apologie

Gentle reader, in case you've been wondering at my strange blog silence, have been in the middle of a computer meltdown since Thanksgiving!  This translated into difficulties with my Blog-City account also.  So for the time being, I'm

Happy Thanksgiving, all!  Nothing says "American icon" quite like this famous painting by Norman Rockwell.  I've decided to jam all the Thanksgiving-related thoughts on this one post.  No school today, so I'm with my friends and a lot of

He gives me hope that there are good people, sensible and reasonable folks, left in the Democratic Party who may someday stop its self-destruction under the "leadership" of Reid, Pelosi, Dean, and company.Joe Lieberman is also one of the fe

Great work by the talented young Canadian cartoonist at Filibuster Cartoons.Angela Merkel was sworn in yesterday as Germany's first ever woman chancellor; she replaces Gerhard Schroeder.

PETA wants the Hormel food company to slaughter turkeys more humanely.Why am I even mentioning this?  Because PETA owns stock in the Hormel company!If PETA is so gung-ho about animal rights, if it annually pushes a Don't Eat Turkeys for Thanksgiving

The Onion has a hilarious satire today, as "Satan" writes a mournful article wondering "Why Does Everybody Hate Me?"I almost choked on my coffee -- I was laughing so hard.

Gentle reader, the cooking has officially begun in the Mad Minerva household!  I know this is only the day before Thanksgiving, but some things can (and should) be done beforehand.  I went to the grocery store late last night, squeezed through the

The wonderful Gateway Pundit has done all my work for me.  His great post on Asian democracy is also full of very revealing photos of Asian democracy advocates.  Go read the whole thing, links and all.Democracy in Asia.  More, please.  Faster, pl

Photo source: Reuters via Yahoo! News PhotosWe all know that industrial pollution in China is major problem.  But now there is a  specific crisis. In short, gentle reader, when in Harbin, China, Don't Drink the Water.The Songhua River is so badly p

The BBC just published a piece on Chinese bloggers.  The content is worth a glance.Note that several of these bloggers mentioned are unhappy with the BBC, including the unbridled blogger who declared outright, "The BBC makes me sick" and

No, I'm not making this up! This story in the Chicago Tribune is weird -- but weirdly moving too, and weirdly appropriate since Thanksgiving is fast approaching!Mark Copsy saw the smoke inside the car, and watched as the vehicle careered into a curb

Well, we do hear a lot about the "Arab street" when it comes to foreign policy debates.  Usually critics are declaring that the "Arab street" will explode with hatred for the West.Mark Steyn's latest op-ed piece takes a look at t

Two of my old college pals have recently set up blogs about sleep.  No, really!  And they're actually really entertaining.So go check out the pseudonymous Joe Gaster, Doze Master and the hilariously written Sleep Needy, whose latest entry on the s

Sometimes the real news is so ridiculous I can't help satirizing it.  This is the case for a recent lawsuit against the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico.  Enjoy!City of Las Cruces, New Mexico, to Change Name to "You Are Now Here"Santa Fe, N

That's right, gentle reader.  The 2006 Rhodes Scholars have just been announced.This year Harvard didn't manage to produce a single undergradaute Rhodes Scholar.  On the other hand, the United States Naval Academy produced four winners.  Count 'em

I was inspired by a recent post on James Lileks' Screedblog, and so came up with the following satire.  Enjoy, gentle reader!EU Announces Car-Burning RegulationsBrussels -- (CNN -- Citroen News Network) -- In the aftermath of the three-week-long unr

Here's the latest in the troubles of the British education system: the gradual erasure of the hard sciences from the classroom.It sounds crazy, doesn't it?  The slow disappearance of basic empirical studies can't possibly be happening, can it?  Oh

Interested in China's missile assets?  Blog pal MeiZhongTai has already done all the work for you.  It's a good look at the 700 or so missiles China has pointed at Taiwan -- and a consideration of what these bad boys could actually accomplish.  M

The BBC has an interesting piece: The Economist Intelligence Unit has just published its Index of Political Freedom, a ranking of 20 Middle Eastern countries, based on 15  different indicators of political freedom and civil liberty.The results may s

I went to see the latest Harry Potter movie last night.  For all you  movie fans, here are links to:The trailersThe official movie websiteRottenTomatoes' reviews of the film (142 available the last time I checked)This is arguably the best Harry Pot