Iranian politics, eh. First the all-powerful Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tells the president to fire his vice-president, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie. Then, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fires his Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie, probably because his name is too long. And then, Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi quits because he says the government is weakened. and his name and his title are too long. And then, the president goes and appoints his former vice-president as his chief of staff (probably to piss off the ayatollah). It’s a lot easier to follow politics in North Korea where everyone has the same last name and easy first names like Un and Il. Just to bring you up to date on North Korean politics, Il is ill and Un is in.
Check this out. A rodent-eating snake in Japan has made friends with a hamster that was originally presented to the snake last October as a meal. The snake refused to eat the hamster and now they share a cage. The hamster even sleeps on the snake’s back but , if you look closely, he has one eye open.
Let’s face it, Sarah Palin is the most interesting women in US politics, even though she has left the Alaska state governor’s mansion. No longer governor, she can now prowl the national stage, or not, depending on which way the winds and fortunes and currents take her. Whatever happens - a book and a movie and/or a run for the Republican nomination in 2012 - we’ll watch everything she does because everything she does seems to keep us on her oddly baited fishing hook. Even if she is tarnished in one of the many inquiries into spending and behaviour during her term as governor of Alaska, she will always be a media catch . . . and not just the catch of the day. Her 15 minutes of fame is going to last a lifetime. You betcha!
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