Given that many of my clients are diplomats from third-world countries, perhaps it’s not surprising that my office is open for business on December thirty-first – at noon, of course, since the typical third-world diplomat usually doesn’t get out of bed before ten; and, in deference to both Gretchen and me, closing at six, so… Continue reading Chasing the Jock Bomber’s Imam
When That Good Old Fashioned Karma Comes Around…
Christmas Day this year found me at the home of my dear sister Rose, who, as regular readers of this Web log know, owing to the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, the actions of people like Bernie Madoff, the schemes of scumbag derivative traders, the indifference of lying, thieving brokers, the mendacity of bogus “financial advisers” working… Continue reading When That Good Old Fashioned Karma Comes Around…
All Your Tweets Are Belong to Us!
The old timers here in Washington, DC tell me that back during the Cold War, the CIA found out that the Soviets had concluded the best time to launch a pre-emptive thermonuclear MIRV ICBM attack on the United States of America was when Washington was paralyzed by a snow storm. The story goes, after the… Continue reading All Your Tweets Are Belong to Us!
What You Don’t Know Won’t Hurt You
Shortly after eleven this morning, Gretchen put through a call from a fellow named Galbraith who said he works for the National Archives. Tom: Hello, this is Tom Collins. How may I help you? Galbraith: Mr. Collins, I’m afraid we’re in a bit of pickle down here at the Archives, and I was wondering if… Continue reading What You Don’t Know Won’t Hurt You
Rope-a-Dopenhagen
Dr. Kelvin Heissmann was by no means a happy camper when he visited me today for a consultation. He’s the resident climate change expert at the Global Concern Institute, an NGO headquartered here in Washington, DC. True, that recent business with the e-mail hackers at the University of East Anglia didn’t do his blood pressure any good,… Continue reading Rope-a-Dopenhagen