Rule Britannia
I am not endorsing Michael Savage's views. I am, however, gravely concerned about Great Britain. For too long the United Kingdom granted total immunity and complete freedom of action for too many radical jihadist imams inciting terrorism around the globe, and taking steps to stop providing cover to the very people trying to bring down Her Majesty's Government is a good thing. But, in too many cases the laws against promoting hate and fostering extremism are being applied not against those who recruit and exhort suicide bombers, but against those who voice uncouth views objectionable to delicate British sensibilities. Banlink. Freedom as we understand it was first conceptualized on the island of Great Britain, and the world entire will be a poorer place if the subjects of and visitors to the United Kingdom are denied their inalienable right to basic freedom of expression.

Dieu Et Mon Droit.

Operation AXIOM
I take my fair share of potshots at the United Mexican States, but of late Mexico has gotten a raw deal. First, those jackals in the press make asses of themselves by casting baleful assertions about Mexico tottering perilously close to being a failed state over drug cartel violence, and now the Red Chinese are rounding up and quarantining every Mexican they can get their filthy Marxist-Leninist-Maoist hands on in a bid to combat the *ooo scary* swine flu… even if the Mexicans they are rounding up haven't been anywhere near anyone with the swine flu! Mexico's been getting a bum rap, and Cinco de Mayo seems like the perfect opportunity to express solidarity with our friends south of the border. Plus, who doesn't love a holiday that celebrates the thwarting of France's imperial ambitions?

Happy Cinco de Mayo to one and all! If nothing else, it's a fabulous excuse to gratuitously reference the Maximilian Affair, one of our best named affairs. Though, really, is there such a thing as a poorly named affair? Affairs are sublime!

Alcohol
The Official Beer of The Last Angry Man: Guinness
The Official Beer of The Last Angry Man, Memorial Day to Labor Day Subcategory: Red Stripe
The Official Cocktail of The Last Angry Man: gin & tonic
The Official Shot of The Last Angry Man: Dead Nazi

Of course, it has been years and years and years since I had a shot, and I am wondering, sitting here on the cusp of my thirtieth year, if I should decommission the Official Shot. After all, a thirty-year-old man really shouldn't drink shots, it seems terribly juvenile. On the other hand, the raison d'être of the Official Shot has never been the booze, it's always been all about the name. What's better than a Dead Nazi? "The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi," with thanks to Phil Sheridan. On the gripping hand… actually, I'm not sure what the gripping hand position is on this one. Hmmm, a puzzlement. Anyway, I've got almost three months until my birthday, plenty of time to weigh the variables, devise the gripping hand, reweigh the variables, and reach a decision.

Until then, raise your glasses, lads and lasses, and let us toast. To crime!