Russia Goes to War

Ivan's marched into South Ossetia in support of the separatists against Georgia. Given the state of the world, one might ask "so what?"

Well, this isn't just another G-8 war machine rolling on a relatively helpless country full of brown people; Georgia's a US ally with about 2,000 troops in Iraq right now (half of which are being recalled to fight the Russians), and their arsenal actually consists of more than 20-year-old Kalashnikovs. Considering there are plenty of other former Soviet Republics turned US Allies in the region with their own little Russian separatist problems (some of which have actually weighed in on the latest conflict by launching rockets into Georgia), it looks like things are set for an old fashioned brawl between well armed caucasians in none other than the caucasus.

George W. Bush: Pimp

AP's caption:

President Bush playfully taps the lower back of U.S. women's beach volleyball star Misty May-Treanor at her invitation while visiting the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Grounds at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday. May-Treanor's teammate, Kerri Walsh, enjoys the moment.

I'm sure we can think of something a little more fitting.

Amen

The Wii's brought the pastime to the proles. Some lessons in etiquette might be in order.