Hillary is right

Deary me, there's been some drivel written about Hillary Clinton's remarks about Iran. Here's what she said:

Mrs Clinton, who on Monday released a television commercial using images of Osama bin Laden that ended with the question “Who do you think has what it takes?” made her comments about Iran during an interview with ABC.

“I want the Iranians to know that if I’m the president, we will attack Iran,” she said after being asked what she would do if Iran launched a nuclear attack on Israel. “In the next ten years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.”

Is this really the type of president Americans want? One who so demonises Iran that she's prepared to go to war at the first

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Pluck your twangers

Never let it be said that this site doesn't offer elevated commentary...

The Rainbow 'clip' below reminded me of this. For anyone of a certain age, it's simply the best:

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Bungle...

(Via Three Line Whip)

I haven't laughed so much in ages:

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Affordable homes ain't no crisis

I rarely disagree with Eamonn Butler but, vaualble as his piece in today's Times is, I think he's got one fundamental point wrong:

[T]he blame for our present mess cannot be pinned on the greed or profligacy of bankers. It lies squarely at the doors of governments. It's for them to fix, and the Bank of England's extraordinary move in swapping bank assets for £50 billion of government-backed bonds is probably the right one.

...The authorities' very anxiety to keep customers safe has made them introduce more and more detailed and onerous regulation. The only banks that can afford to deal with this bureaucracy are the big ones. Regulation has made the banks fat - and their customers complacent. It would be much healthier if the banks were competitive and customers eyed them up more carefully before trusting them with their savings.

Indeed, not even the regulators

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Useless at everything

So Prescott wasn't just a useless minister.

It looks like he was a useless bulimic, too.

(I realise that the phrase 'pot calling kettle black' is particularly apposite here, but then no one - least of all me - has ever called yours truly a bulimic.)

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