Iran's Two Slogans: “Death To The Dictator”&“Death To America”
Today in Tehran, the Police violently broke up an opposition rally. The Riot Police used batons and tear gas as a separate demonstration was staged to mark the storming of the US embassy 30 years ago. The green movement demonstrators were chanting “Death to the dictator”, while pro-government hardliners were chanting the familiar “Death to America”. The violent clashes between the opposition supporters and the Police occurred at the central Haft-e-Tir square, where Riot...

White House Official's Praise for Mao--Whose Policies Led to Death of 65 Million--Was -Pathetic,' Says China Expert: PHOTO
White House Communications Director Anita Dunn told high school students in May 2009 that one of her favorite political philosophers was Mao Tse Tung, the Communist dictator responsible for the death of millions of people.

Sean Penn & Castro to Come Face to Face in Cuba?: PHOTO
HOLLYWOOD star Sean Penn is turning journalist for his latest role — he’s arrived in Cuba, where he hopes to interview its dictator, Fidel Castro . The actor has already been spotted walking in the town of Nueva Gerona on the Isle of Youth with local painter Alexis Leyva. Penn is apparently writing a story for Vanity Fair magazine about how the Obama Administration has affected Cuba. Since he became president in January, Barack Obama has eased rules about visits and money transfers...

Krugman: "I Was Kind Of Hoping Obama Might Be FDR, But Maybe Not" (VIDEO)
On "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said that while the American dream is not totally dead, it is "dying pretty fast," particularly when it comes to social mobility. Krugman made this statement during a lengthy discussion with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and host Bill Maher about the troubled state of the American economy and where we are in terms of reforming the system. Both Krugman and Spitzer expressed optimism that America could...

Bruno Says Obama's Like Spitzer: 'Glib, Articulate, Fancy, Dancey, Prancey'
MINNEAPOLIS—At a breakfast for the New York delegation to the R.N.C., Joe Bruno called Barack Obama a “wimp” and implied that, like Eliot Spitzer, there may be a side to him voters don't know yet. The attack by the former State Senate majority leader got a standing ovation. Bruno called Spitzer “glib, articulate, fancy, dancey, prancey, all of those kind of things,” and said it was those qualities that helped him earn 70 percent of the vote when he was elected governor in 2006. “Broke a recor

Dr. Horrible Fights Batman, And Commander Riker Helms Dollhouse [What To Watch]
Neil Patrick Harris finally sings for Batman, Jonathan Frakes directs Dollhouse , and Wil Wheton guests on Big Bang Theory ! It's dreamy geek-chic week. Monday: House - A police officer with a fear of Heart Disease heads to Princeton General on FOX at 8 PM. Because that's what apparently killed the last three generations of men in his family at age 40, he's terrified of the same. But was that really what it was? Also, the Darth Vader dictator's case is still hanging over Chase's head (I love...

The Associated Press: Russian court hears Stalin's grandson's libel case
Moscow — A Moscow court began hearings Thursday in a Libel suit brought by Stalin's grandson against a Russian newspaper that he claims called into question the Soviet dictator's honor and dignity. The grandson, Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, is demanding 10 million rubles ($340,000) compensation from the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta. He contests its claims in an April 22 article that Josef Stalin personally signed execution orders for thousands of Soviet and foreign citizens. The article,...

Kids think Adolf Hitler was a ‘German football coach’, shock survey reveals: PHOTO
ONE in 20 British schoolkids thinks war-mongering dictator Adolf Hitler was a German football coach, a shock survey has revealed

Ashley Alexandra Dupré (aka 'Kristen') in Photos
Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a 22-year-old woman from New Jersey, was caught in a firestorm of controversy after it was revealed that she was 'Kristen,' ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer's prostitute. Ashley wrote in her blog that she hoped to become a singer. She left her New Jersey home at 17, where she claimed she was abused, and moved to New York City to pursue her dreams.

Photos: Kim Jong Il Look-Alike - Was Clinton Tricked?
North Korea dictator Kim Jong Il is said to have more than one look-alike, many believe he has several, but a report from Fox News claims that "Critics question whether an August 2009 photo of Kim Jong Il is really him."  He is seated with former President Bill Clinton of the United States.  Did the former president get tricked? Kim Jong Il in 2005 (Image: WENN)

Rick Raines of George Salon: D.C.'s Gatekeeper to Glamour: PHOTO
Rick Raines reigns over the George Salon at the Four Seasons like a benevolent dictator. As the salon's manager for the past 13 years, Raines controls the schedule, aka "the book," and thus which politicians, media elite and celebrities can get a last-minute beauty appointment. George Salon has long been the favorite salon of D.C. insiders -- both for its convenient location in the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown, as well as for the talent of the long-term staff and for the confidentiality...

Nerdgasm! The First 'Expendables' Trailer Is Online: PHOTO
Aww, yeah! Millenium Films and Lionsgate have debuted the first full trailer for Sylvester Stallone 's The Expendables – you know, the movie starring just about EVERY awesome action star of the last few decades in some plot about overthrowing some dictator or another while amassing the biggest body count imaginable . In short: pure awesomeness captured on celluloid. What's that noise, you ask? Why yes, it is the sound of the entire Internet experiencing what is known as a collective...

Court rules against Stalin grandson in libel suit - Yahoo! News
Moscow – A Russian court ruled against Josef Stalin's grandson Tuesday in a Libel suit over a newspaper article that said the Soviet dictator sent thousands of people to their deaths. A judge at a Moscow district court rejected Yevgeny Dzhugashvili's claim that Novaya Gazeta damaged Stalin's honor and dignity in an April article that referred to him as a "bloodthirsty cannibal." The case essentially put Stalin on trial more than 50 years after his death. A ruling against the newspaper...

US Homeland Security Sec. defends move to impose $10 travel fee for visitors to US
Brussels — European Parliament lawmakers on Friday demanded that U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ease restrictions for Europeans traveling to the United States, saying plans to impose a new $10 (euro6.73) entry fee are unfair. Citizens from many European Union countries already have to fill in an online visa waiver form before they travel to the U.S., but could face an additional charge when they arrive, which many EU officials and lawmakers fear amounts to a new visa...

Think Tank's Trans-Atlantic Advice: Europe Must Stop 'Fetishizing' American Relationship: PHOTO
In a week when European affairs are prominent, a study by an influential Brussels think tank suggests the EU is going about things the wrong way. The Europeans must stop being so submissive, they must present a united front on Foreign Policy and they must work toward a "post-American" state of affairs, the study says. It's Europe Week in Washington. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been asked to speak to a joint session of the United States Congress on Tuesday as part of celebrations marking...

'ER' veteran tries life as 'Good Wife': PHOTO
Time has been kind to "The Good Wife" (9 p.m. Central Tuesday, CBS). Robert and Michelle King, the creators of the new Julianna Margulies drama about the wife of a disgraced politician, first pitched their show in May 2008, not long after former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned his position in the wake of a Prostitution scandal. Any fears the Kings may have had about "The Good Wife" losing its relevance have long since been laid to rest, as a number of politicians,...

Okay So I’m a Little Obsessed with This Whole Thing About Sarah Palin’s Pregnant Teen Daughter
There are very few things that can get me genuinely interested in anything political. In fact, I had previously believed that there was nothing that could get me genuinely interested in anything political. This year, however, has proven me wrong. There are two things, at last count, that can get me genuinely interested in politics: hookers and teen pregnancies. Since the Eliot Spitzer scandal has died down, I am now thoroughly obsessed with Sarah Palin’s 16-year-old daughter, Bristol, and the child

No Shame in Cambridge -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez: PHOTO
An e-mail from Harvard: I thought your readers would enjoy this very ironic announcement that I just got in my Harvard email announcing a forthcoming lecture: HARVARD UNIVERSITY EDMOND J. SAFRA FOUNDATION CENTER FOR ETHICS Eliot Spitzer, former Governor and Attorney General of New York, will deliver a public lecture as part of the 2009/10 Labs Lectures on the Question of Institutional Corruption. Thursday, November 12 at 4:30pm Emerson Hall, Room 105 25 Quincy Street, Cambridge This is a...

Eliot Spitzer Steps Out, Consults Brain [Snap Judgment]
[New York, September 25. Image via INF]

AP wonders: In hindsight, wasn't it hypocritical of Letterman to mock politicians for infidelity?: PHOTO
Why … yes . Yes, I suppose it was. Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards and Larry Craig came in for their share of abuse, as did the governor of South Carolina. “Gov. Mark Sanford didn’t really enjoy this year’s Fourth of July. He left his favorite firecracker in Argentina,” Letterman wisecracked… Not that Letterman falls into quite the same category of unfaithful officials who hypocritically spouted Family Values. After all, comedy