Author Archives: Charles Lambert

Binned

Thanks to Steve Bell for this. If only Thatcher were well enough to enjoy the sight of disastrously deregulated banks being nationalised throughout the free world….

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Carnevale (no, not that one)

Only yesterday, Italy’s minister of justice ‘Choochieface’ Alfano was talking about rejuvenating the judiciary. Now it appears there are plans to pass one of those ad personam laws for which Italy is becoming sadly famous (or would be if the … Continue reading

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Borges and di Giovanni

When I first read Borges as a teenager I was thrilled, enthralled, puzzled, inspired. Years later, a collected Borges was published and I thought it would be a good oportunity to reacquaint myself with the entire body of work. As … Continue reading

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Monkey

Another gem, via Jesus’ General. Who is this jerk?

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Matthew Shepard

Ten years after Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and left to die on a barbed wire fence, Barack Obama has this to say. “Today, we pause to remember the heartbreaking and senseless murder of Matthew Shepard. A freshman at the … Continue reading

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Pat Boone surprised by joy

After the extraordinary success on this blog of Silvio Berlusconi’s penis, I thought I’d lower the hurdle of acceptability even further by posting this. I don’t remember where it came from – maybe someone can help me? What I do … Continue reading

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After the march

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Good riddance, Joerg Haider

For Mario Borghezio, a great European is dead.  Trust the teller, not the tale. 

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Red

Yesterday in Rome, the horribly disorganised and fragmented Italian left still managed to pull together something like 250,000 people to walk Rome’s streets in protest against the Lodo Alfano, the law that gives judicial immunity to the holders of the … Continue reading

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Hockey mom alert!

According to Popbitch: “Wasilla was recently named the meth capital of Alaska, with 42 meth labs busted in a single year.”

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