Author: night owl

Readers please note: The Internet Godfather series is best read while listening to this music. Our story so far:In Part I, Don Telco tells you to ‘wet his beak’ by paying him a fee for ‘protection’ of...

Let’s say you own a nice, well-kept, little Internet store.   Because you have worked hard and played by the rules to build up your shop over the years, you enjoy a steady stream of traffic and have managed to...

(Originally posted at: Hoot at the Dark.) The joint statement by the United States, European Union, Russian Federation, and the United Nations (the Quartet) on the Palestinian elections is a strong repudiation of the initial US...

Let’s face it folks. We were conned. When Bush nominated John Roberts for Rehnquist’s seat on the Court, the establishment Dems told the rank and file not to put up a stink.  They told us we should ‘keep...

The Saddam Hussein show trial has been a farce from it’s inception.   Today, however, the ‘trial’ reached a new level of ridiculousness: Chaos as Saddam trial chief judge replaced again: The trial of...