World of Stupid - open this weekend.

Hey dudes, remember when the Iraq war was great because it meant Iraqis could have trade unions (George Bush being such a BIG supporter of collective bargaining)? Well, now they can't:

The order, issued on 20 July, "prohibits all trade union activities at the [electricity] ministry and its departments and sites". It orders the police "to close all trade union offices and bases and to take control of the union's assets, properties and documents, furniture and computers". It also instructs the ministry to take legal action against trade union officials under anti-terrorism laws.

This decree follows an earlier one that means that Iraqi trade unionists who travel abroad to international events could face jail when they return.

Quick, to the AWLmobile!

Also, remember when the anti-war movement had blood on its hands for opposing war in Iraq (pre-war speech by Tony Blair)? You might have forgotten because I certainly can't find the speech on google. In further nostalgia, members of the current US government have lashed out at the Wikileaks website:

The US defence secretary, Robert Gates, claimed in Washington: "The battlefield consequences are potentially severe and dangerous for our troops, our allies and Afghan partners, and may well damage our relationships and reputation in that key part of the world."

Because, of course, if no one leaked those war logs then people would not notice how awful the Afghan war is, no one would be upset, especially the Afghans and we'd all be living in a land of sunshine and lolly pops. At least chutzpah's still in vogue.

Where does this leave us now, today, in 2010 and so forth? Well, one of the most effective ways to annoy a monkey is to place it in proximity to a flying squirrel.