In 1218 Emperor Chukyo of Japan was born. He died in 1234 (seems like a made up number but it’s true) In 1470 Henry VI of England takes back the English throne after Earl of Warwick defeats the Yorkists in battle. They celebrate by eating Yorkshire Pudding. In 1485 King Henry VII of England is [...]
What’s that? It’s Friday and you want to see a bunch of seemingly unrelated weird photos of politicians doing stuff. Well luckily I can help you out this week with that very request. I’ll post some writing tomorrow I think. Maybe we’ll do one of my “This day in Politics” segments or something. We shall [...]
According to CNN, Obama’s popularity is starting to make a slow decline. This is the 1st time since the president was elected that less than half of the US agreed with him on important issues. This is according to a Opinion Research/CNN poll that came out last Tuesday. Apparently 51% disagree with Obama on a [...]
Apparently 72000 people signed a petition asking for Gordon Brown to resign. A spokesman for the Prime Minister says that Mr. Brown doesn’t seem to really care. He went on to say, ”There are e-petitions on a whole range of issues. Obviously, the Prime Minister doesn’t personally respond to every one, otherwise he would have [...]
Apparently former Canadian leader Jean Chretien once made the Queen laugh by saying an innapropriate word during an important ceremony. So says the telegraph. Chretien told the story during a prestigious Order of Merit by the Queen during a private audience at Buckingham Palace this week. The faux pas happened during the Constitution Act in [...]
Amen, Cameron. The BBC is saying that Conservative leader David Cameron has said his party could introduce women-only shortlists of election candidates. He said under-representation of females and ethnic minority groups was a problem for “Parliament and it’s been an even greater problem for my party”. I totally agree. Let’s start with the top 3 [...]
Shocking new photos reveal the love child of current US President Barrack Obama and former President George Bush. At first I thought maybe this was just a silly way of saying that Obama’s policies were very similar to those of the Bush years but after doing absolutely no research into the matter, have found that [...]
Apparently David Cameron likes old people again. This, according to a Times Online article saying that he may have changed his stance on the Conservative’s stance that they would raise the retirement age in the UK to 66. Now Cameron is insisting that he had only authorised a review into the issue. He claimed that [...]
Just over at CNN reading an article about Obama and the situation in Iraq. It sounds like there is a big difference in opinion at the Obama camp. They need to make some tough decisions and it will be interesting to see what happens in the coming days. The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. [...]
