Saxby Chambliss won re-election to the Senate last night, due to name recognition, stunt endorsements, and willingness to dive into the sewer and gambol like a performing dolphin.

I think the Democratic Party would do well to adopt a 49 state strategy, as Georgia may be a hopelessly lost cause. Not only did they defy the national trend towards more progressive politics, they ignored the most unbelievably creepy campaign video ever made. Get a load of where … Continue Reading That’s Senator Bad Touch To You, Pal

Queens Speech to Parliment today, where she reads out a statement prepared for her by the government, onlining what the government will be doing this year, one bit struck me, on Welfare Reform

Aimed at creating “incentives” for people to return to work and “consequences” for those who do not, this bill applies to England, Scotland and Wales. It promises more “sanctions” against people who do not attend job centre interviews and work-focussed interviews for the over-60s.

Penalties for over-60’s that don’t look for work, yep, now in Britain, not even the old get any peace from … Continue Reading Welfare Reform gone mad

And in a way that we non-parliamentary government folks can easily grasp.

And she (Stephanie Pearl-McPhee of Yarn Harlot) does it on a knitting blog (which is also pretty cool, if you are into knitting).

Go figure (And go read!).

via Booman Tribune

Edited to add

From the faq:

TSF was born as a response to the tsunami disaster on December 26th 2004, but … Continue Reading FINALLY Someone Explains What Is Going On In Canada