» Jester’s Court — November 29, 2009 Foolocracy: Government by fools, silliness and unintelligent people

Posted in November 29th, 2009

Delhi, India, paid 22,853 employees $43.8 million over the course of a year. The only problem is that those employees did not exist. The mayor is seeking to find out who has been receiving the money.
Anwar Al-Aulaqi, the fundamentalist imam that was Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan emailed buddy and confidant to 9/11 terrorists, had a fondness for prostitutes.
This will make the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen interesting. Climate change denier Nick Griffin of the far-right British National Party will be one of the representatives for the EU.
An American run military detention camp in Afghanistan, known as the Black Jail, is holding detainees for weeks at a time without access to the International Red Cross.
Barack Obama’s Thanksgiving proclamation was unique from that of all his predecessors. Obama was the first not to directly refer to God.
Australian police will soon have the power to strip search without cause, including children and the disabled.
A county sheriff in New Hampshire made a campaign pledge that he would not bill the county for his civilian clothes. However, he may pass the dry cleaning bill onto taxpayers.
Switzerland is voting to decide if it will ban minarets.
Canada’s spending $25,000 to determine the best camouflage if its troops are ever deployed in its own cities.