The smoke clears

by Ezra Levant

Did you know that, when he was in high school, Barack Obama was a member of the Choom Gang?

Don’t worry. It wasn’t violent. Sort of the opposite. Choom is Hawaiian slang for marijuana.

Back then Obama was pretty laid back. He went by Barry, not Barack. His specialty was finding new ways to smoke dope — including in an enclosed van, so not a single whiff of smoke was wasted.

Barry Obama called that TA — total absorption.

Obama loved drugs so much, that’s what he wrote about in his comment published in the school’s yearbook.

“Thanks Tut, Gramps, Choom Gang, and Ray for all the good times.”

Ray was his drug dealer. Read more…

Mugabe welcomes you! UN cites Zimbabwe’s dictator as tourism leader

by Lorrie Goldstein

Now that the United Nations has asked Robert Mugabe to be a global leader for tourism, I’m trying to come up with a good ad campaign for Zimbabwe to help it attract more international visitors.

How about: “Zimbabwe: Come for the fixed elections, stay for the ethnic cleansing”?

Or, “You’ll leave your heart in Zimbabwe … along with various other body parts.”

Or, “Zimbabwe’s economy will surprise you … because it doesn’t have one.” Read more…