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by Cockney Robin| In Britain, Obama's election was greeted with relief, great joy, and a renewal of all the respect for the US (and Americans generally) that the last eight years had eroded.
The following anecdotes in The Telegraph show that there is still a great divide between the enlightened and the marginally evolved. As one of the articles says, "A bigoted backlash against President-elect Barack Obama, America's first black
leader, threatens to snuff out the post-election glow of racial progress and harmony."
by Cockney Robin | In an area of the upper Xingu in Brazil, in an area once believed to be "virgin forest", anthropologists from the University of Florida have discovered the traces of an Amazon civilisation that predated European explorers. (BBCNews 30-8-08)
Posted by Cockney Robin | Lancet has reported on two successful facial transplants: one to a Chinese man savaged by a bear and the other to a man with a massive melanoma growing on his facial nerves.(BBC News 26-8-08; more)
by Cockney Robin | THE GOOD NEWS: According to The Wall Street Journal, the Bush administration has made a number of concessions to the Iraqi government which may mean the draft security agreement will soon be signed.
The Education of McCain Because Barack Obama refused to meet him at town halls, John McCain, the lovable maverick, has been forced against his wish to run a nasty, mud-slinging, no-holds-barred campaign. Fortunately, it seems to be working.
by Cockney Robin | Apparently two men from Georgia (USA) have recovered the frozen 7'7, 500 pound body of a creature they believe is Sasquatch---or rather a sasquatch (NYT; click to see photo), since they claim they saw other similar creatures in the same area. (CNN) One of the finders is a former police officer and another is an ex-corrections officer. (CNN) They won't say where they found it so as to protect those other creatures. I call that very wise of them---and no, I'm not being sarky here.
Mr. William (Bill) Kristol is at it again (in an op-ed disturbingly entitled 'Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid'). He is striking fear into my guileless British heart by his claim to have been frightened into an attack of moroseness. As the world now knows, nothing is more dangerous then a frightened, morose neocon. Think of Dick Cheney and you'll see what I mean. They're even scarier than the cheery, clueless types (George Bush) who spout neocon policy---getting every other word wrong---as if it's been drilled into them, or the jeering, strutting types like Karl Rove.
by Cockney Robin | I am increasingly entranced with the American right. Even as the US Congress considers the the Bush Administration's possible war crimes and such, Fox News presenter Bill O'Reilly can't see any stretch in comparing MoveOn.org---which I believe is a rather outspoken progressive political advocacy group---to the Ku Klux Klan, home of 'White Pride TV' (forgive me if I don't link to their site). He said:
'Obama must condemn organizations like MoveOn and DailyKos if he truly wants to run without a race component....It is not a stretch to say MoveOn is the new Klan.“
by Cockney Robin | Damozel already covered the Berlin speech, but a quick review shows that right-wing bloggers are under-represented. With the help of the indispensable Memeorandum, I thought I'd spend a little time gauging the reaction on the right --- always a fascinating excursion for a simple Brit. [The views expressed here are mine only etc.]
Ann Althouse: Thousands of Germans cheering for an American candidate might be construed by some less sophisticated person to be a big red flag.
The Malkinator:
The venue and staging of Obama's Berlin speech and cheering Germans are rife with Nazi
symbolism (<see clever!!!!! poster created by malkinizing graphics boffin)!!!!! Big red flag!!!!
by Cockney Robin| In Britain, Obama's election was greeted with relief, great joy, and a renewal of all the respect for the US (and Americans generally) that the last eight years had eroded. 
by Cockney Robin | In an area of the upper Xingu in Brazil, in an area once believed to be "virgin forest", anthropologists from the University of Florida have discovered the traces of an Amazon civilisation that predated European explorers. (
Posted by Cockney Robin | Lancet has reported on two successful facial transplants: one to a Chinese man savaged by a bear and the other to a man with a massive melanoma growing on his facial nerves.
by Cockney Robin | THE GOOD NEWS: According to 
by Cockney Robin | Apparently two men from Georgia (USA) have recovered the frozen 7'7, 500 pound body of a creature they believe is Sasquatch---or rather a sasquatch (
by Cockney Robin | Somebody hold me. 
by Cockney Robin | I am increasingly entranced with the American right. Even as the US Congress considers the the Bush Administration's 
by Cockney Robin | Damozel 
