I can't believe it's not a democracy!

Wow, you know you must be an evil rank piece of shit, when

an organization that manages assets for Catholic institutions worldwide thinks that you incapable of proper corporate governance: Rupert Murdoch must step down as News Corporation chair – shareholders.

More arreststs, good, but baby wants to see some convictions soon:

Six more former News of the World whores get unhappy knock at the door: Phone hacking: two current Sun staff among six new arrests. Note that two of the formers currently work in editorial positions at the Sun, and, more importantly, the arrests come from a "new line of inquiry." Excellent. Now we need to see Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks convicted and sentenced (throw the book at them, m'lord!), and the computer hacking investigation needs some bodies, too. With these arrests, there will only be even more law suits by victims, more legal fees for the filthy fucking Murdoch family. Not bad.

Ironic:

David Petraeus resigns from his position as head of CIA, citing "extremely poor judgment" over extramarital affair. He was promoted for exercising poor judgment with regard to Iraq and Afghanistan, but I guess no one was making any money from Patraeus playing hide the salami with some underling. Or maybe someone wanted him out and finally got their way? I mean the timing is interesting.

WOW!!! Maybe there is a god, after all? No, just some justice, finally:

Silvio Berlusconi sentenced for tax fraud. Ok, his four-year sentence was reduced to one-year in jail because of some fucking amnesty law, but this filthy asshole might finally serve jail time. Yeah, he should die in jail, but in a world were Pres. Obama calls Lloyd Blankfein and Jamie Dimon "savvy businessmen," I'll take whatever I can.

Put 'em all in a cage and declare the last one standing the winner:

Cops pissed at Tory minister who revealed what the elites really think. Aw, the poor police are upset because a Tory minister used the F word and, more insultingly, called them plebs. Cops are used by the self-appointed elites to crush the will of the rest of us. Always have been, always will be. Ok, sometimes they see it and say no, but usually they do as they told. Takes a certain personality type to do that. Just saying. And, finally, you know the Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition is shit when the public trusts the cops more than the government.

Hey, I have an idea: Why not call it Lesbos?

Saudi Arabia plans new city for women workers only. I'm sure there will still be plenty of those moral police or whatever the fuck they call them, but there is also the possiblity of unintended fabulousness.

If true, excellent news:

NYC throws Anthony Bologna under the bus. Long and short, according to the Wall Street Journal (don't click or Rupert fucking Murdoch gets another shiny penny) "New York City has distanced itself from a high-ranking police official accused of firing pepper spray at Occupy Wall Street protesters, taking the unusual step of declining to defend him in a civil lawsuit over the incident." This is excellent news. I mean, if the city won't discpline these rogue cops (or are they rogue?), then the next best way to ensure that thug cops will stop violating our constitutional rights is if they think they will suffer for their criminal acts. Knowing that Tony Baloney might have to piss through every goddamn cent he has squirreled away might finally make these mooks show the kind of respect to their fellow citizens that we are due. Personally, I hope the civil suits destroy that bastard and he spends the rest of his miserable fucking life in a gutter. Sociopaths cannot be rehabilitated, so the best we can hope for is that he serves as an example of what not to do.

Thanks for JDM for the link.

Tick, tock:

Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks to be charged over phone hacking. Another day, another 8 people charged with 19 counts of conspiracy to hack the phones of over 600 people, including murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. My, it's starting to look like those two evil fucks might actually see some real jail time. Brooks will be fine--hell, she'll probably be running the place a few weeks after she gets there. But have you seen a photo of Coulson? He won't do well at all. Oh well, reap what you sow, motherfuckers.

Wow, this has to hurt:

George W. Bush skipping Republican convention. But whom? I mean, why would W skip unless a) he hates Romney or b) he's too drunk to stand straight. My guess is the answer is "c": Romney doesn't want his stink in the place. If true, that means W is considered the equivalent of Sarah Palin, who has not been invited to attend. But I bet Cheney shows up. Unless, that is, the human heart they put into him a little while ago fails in disgust.

Time to short Microsoft:

Steve Ballmer hires Mark Penn to lead “Consumer Initiatives” at Microsoft.. Hahahahahahahahahahaha. That is a more certain sign to short than hearing Jim Cramer squeal "buy, buy, buy!" Via Atrios.