Holy Mother Church

Stolen entire from the ever-entertaining Charlie Pierce:

However, and I say this in all Christian love and fellowship, the Clan of the Red Beanies has got to go, and that means everyone up to and including the guy who got elected by all the other red beanies to wear the big white beanie and sit in the Chair of Peter. The institutional Church is corrupt, root and branch, and it needs to be taken to pieces and sold for parts. At this point, it is little more than an elaborate international conspiracy to obstruct justice that also happens to have a really good art collection.

Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/occupy-vatican-city-6519264#ixzz1bHnl9k17

Fidel is Dead rumour!

From the incomparable Boz:

Update: I decided to include "Fidel is dead" in the title so that people searching for the rumors can read about the more important news on the island. I should just put "Rumor: Fidel is dead" into the title of everything I write. Apparently it draws attention.

 Priceless

And his blog is well worth following if you want an eccentric & interesting summary of political news & stories from Central/South America.