Well done Matt Drudge. Drudge seemingly couldn’t care less that the British media and government had decided on a news blackout in order to protect Prince Harry and to enable him to serve on the frontline in Afghanistan. Druge blew Prince Harry’s cover (see below the fold for Drudge’s headline) and, now, the British army is preparing to evacuate him ASAP. (more…)

Well perhaps not literally, but close enough: in Russia voters are “urged” to vote. The Kremlin is, basically, willing to do whatever it takes to get people to cast their votes. This means that “[y]ung voters will get discounts for night club passes. Cheap groceries will be sold at the polls.” And “[s]chools and hospitals, meanwhile, are threatening to fire workers who don’t cast ballots.” (more…)

Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post about the war in Iraq. It’s actually quite a good read. She basically calls on the US to stay in Iraq for as long as it takes. “My visit left me even more deeply convinced that we not only have a moral obligation to help displaced Iraqi families, but also a serious, long-term, national security interest in ending this crisis,” she writes. (more…)

Senator John McCain is under heavy fire after accepting the endorsement of Texas evangelicalist John Hagee. The ones attacking McCain? The conservative Catholic League. They call Hagee an anti-Catholic bigot and say that McCain should be ashamed to associate with this man. (more…)

A free, throw-away commuter newspaper made its debut in Istanbul during the past week and its timing could not have been more auspicious. As far as this observer is aware, the paper’s debut has coincided with an event that has not occurred since the Czarist Russian offensive through the Caucasus during WWI – the last time Turkish soldiers were thrown into a mountainous winter campaign beyond the borders of Anatolia. (more…)

Facing a do-or-die primary in Texas, Hillary Clinton delivered a great speech at the Houston Presidential Energy Summit tonight.

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It seems that John McCain will win Florida in the general elections. At least, he would win if the elections were held today. In the latest poll, he beats Barack Obama with 47% against 37%, and Hillary Clinton with 49% against 40%. In what’s clearly a bad sign for Obama, there’s this: “About 80% of Republicans are behind McCain. Only 66% of Democrats are behind Obama and 72% are backing Clinton in one-one-one match-ups with McCain.” (more…)

Here’s a round-up of some (important) polls, all from Rasmussen Reports. (more…)

Here’s a quiz; it’s a great quiz for adults but also for children. My girlfriend asked me the riddle, I only found the solution after a minute or 3 / 4. My father didn’t find the solution at all. Anyway, here it is: imagine there’s a room. The room is isolated. No sound goes through it. The room has no windows. It has one massive door which leads to a hallway. (more…)

How are those examples “racist”? I don’t see it. “Obama is nearly as good as he thinks he is” is racist? That’s not racist, that’s calling Obama out on his perceived arrogance. “[Obama] wanted to explain that he was too good — too patriotic! — to wear a flag pin on his chest” is racist? That’s not racist, that’s silly. “…people here worry that Barack Obama is getting show-offy” is racist? That’s not racist, it’s criticizing Obama’s rockstar attitude. (more…)