"This is why we can't have nice things."

"Ms. Tubman and Desirée Rogers, then the White House social secretary, tried to plan an informal meal last year, with little or even no wait staff required. White House ushers reacted with what seemed like polite horror."

Obama speaks out against Uganda's anti-gay law.

"While there’s no shortage of pride over the Obama visit, there’s a darker tone as well to many of these conversations. This is the third US presidential visit to Ghana, and while Obama is a rock star to an extent that George W. Bush never was, there’s a sense of inevitability to some of these visits."

How did I not know this existed?

"Rahm Emanuel updated his Education and Work info to Undersecretary of Go Fuck Yourself."

Yay Kansas!

“To date, traditional religious practices of the Luo are judiac and jewish in origin” the author claims, adding that Luo names like Barak “spelt “Barack” means “blessed” in Hebrew.

"More American ambassadors have died violent deaths since World War II than our admirals and generals combined."

Oh my god, do I ever miss Aaron Sorkin.

clinton's role in foreign policy, torn apart. three cheers for obama

"A state official must at least have brains," he snapped at a press conference earlier this month when asked about Clinton's comment that former KGB officers do not have souls.