The next election will be fought on a variety of battlegrounds, not least the fact that Gordoom has been conducting UK economic policy with all of the subtlety and finesse of a Scorsese movie. TheEye is a firm believer in the lowest of taxes and the lightest possible touch of […]

Via the Greek boy

Just a quicky, that caught my eye and amused me, which would sit rather nicely under one of TheEye’s “it could only happen in Amercia” type headings . . . . It’s been reported, in the LA Times, that a would-be reptile smuggler was apprehended at LAX with more than a […]

Spotted over at the Greek lad’s place, and originally from the San Fransico Bay Guardian  we have this gem: It was hardly a bill of cosmic import, but Assemblymember Tom Ammiano’s AB 1176 would have helped the Port of San Francisco with some financing issues. It’s the kind of bill […]

Despite the financial troubles the mainstream media has brought on itself by sneering at both the public and journalistic professionalism in pursuit of its progressive agenda, there are still jobs to be found in print news. For example, the Westword newspaper in Denver is looking for a cannabis critic: The medical […]

In the furore about MP’s expenses, did our Parliamentary representatives miss a trick? Sir Peter Viggers may have tried to claim for his ornamental duck house, but what about claiming for the ducks themselves? In the United States, this may soon be possible on their tax returns. A proposal known […]

Fresh in from the Guilty Conscience Department comes news that in the US, illegal aliens don’t like being reminded that they are illegal aliens. Neither, as it happens, does Obama like being reminded that his aunt is an illegal alien, but hey, he’s got a Peace Prize so that’s okay. […]

The Obama Adminstration is continuing to lash out at the only major news outlet that doesn’t grovel at its feet like a penniless beggar hoping for some spare change: Attacking the news media is a time-honored White House tactic but to an unusual degree, the Obama administration has narrowed its […]

Not content with flying half way around the world to conferences in his private jet just to lecture us for leaving that little red light on the front of the TV on overnight and killing 32 polar bears an hour, Al Bore has plumbed new depths of hypocrisy. Not content […]

Opinion polls are showing Obama’s approval ratings tanking in the USA, so, ever keen to fly in the face of public opinion the BBC demonstrate once again that every his orifice is but an opportunity to climb up. This week saw the arrival of the new American Ambassador to the […]