President Obama Should Keep His Cool And Do Absolutely Nothing. And Win In November.

More pearls of wisdom and witty observations from the boys at Stirring Trouble on politics, economics, culture and sport.

A hard look at the balance of forces in Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood announced it would field a candidate in the presidential elections. Islam is now dominant but will it concentrate on raising living standards?

Looking at the murder of Trayvon Martin and how it is being played out by some people in the court of public opinion.

Satirical look at an imaginary search for documents that prove that the West was sucking up to the late Colonel Gaddafi.

A satirical look at former IMF boss Dominique Strauss Kahn’s case involving charges of pimping in a vice ring.

How About Paying Blood Money In Advance? A New Concept In Waging Wars.

A satirical look at the mysterious case of the death of Neil Heywood. He got out of his depth in the politics of Chongqing. Hercule Poirot is on the case. Further developments will be reported on this website.

Katy Slice writes from London: Angry exchanges continue between the Tories and Labour over the cash for donors scandal, with both sides grousing about who was up for sale and what they could get for it. The undercover investigation by Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday Times exposed a cosy network of ‘dinners for donors’, with relief spreading in the City that yes, just as under Labour, influence could be bought for cash. Peter Cruddas, now former Chief Treasurer of the Tory Party, [...]

A hard look at rising Chinese naval power in South East Asia and the Indian Ocean. The US and Australia are forging a strategic partnership to check Chinese expansion.