Poodle

• Bushco's New Poodle?

  2007-10-26 21:08:13

  So Aussie PM John Howard has said “the surge” has "been more successful than many of its critics wanted it to be or believe it would be," huh (from here – h/t Thers at Eschaton).Well, according to here, our buds down under have about 820 troops total in Mesopotamia at this moment, and this story from last February tells us that Howard acted like a real pal for us and send over an additional 50 to 70 troops (in advance of a visit from Dark Lord Dick Cheney, who no doubt threatened to “accidentally” shoot Howard in the face if he didn’t pony up).That’s nice, but somehow I don’t think that’s going to make much of a difference since, according to the Wikipedia link, we have about 168,000 over in that pit at this moment.On the other hand, Rep. Jan Schakowsky went over to Iraq about two and a half months ago and tells a very different story here; call me a skeptic, but I’m inclined to believe her over the head of a country that has decided to send what qualifies as a toke
• Carry on poodle

  2007-06-28 05:24:50

  Tony Blair, no longer PM of Great Britian, is now a special Middle East envoy backed by the US, EU, UN, and Russia charged with a mission to “stabilize” Palestine. I’m guessing his idea of stabilization means Palestinians will be allowed to lie on the ground in a prone, quite stable position as Israelis point guns at their heads. BlairWatch and Lenin’s Tomb have more.
• Sheep v Poodle

  2007-04-27 09:07:09

  Thousands of Japanese have spend $1,600 each on a poodle only to discover the animal they have received is, in fact, a sheep. Japanese moviestar Maiko Kawamaki went on a talk-show and wondered why her new pet would not bark or eat dog food. Not that strange if YOU ARE A SHEEP. Japanese police believe there could be 2,000 people affected by the scam, which operated in Sapporo and capitalised on the fact that sheep are rare in Japan, so many do not know what they look like. For those Japanese amongst the readership, the sheep is the one on the right. The Green Man had a sheep for a pet for a while, her name was Ewe-nis. She was a good pet but the person we got her from didn't tell us she was a house-sheep. The Green Man had ideas that she would live in the paddock and eat grass, sadly Ewe-nis had other ideas about where sheep lived and what they eat (which was in the house eating "wild bird mix" seedmix). She eventually went to live on a hobby farm but at no point did The Green