Pundit Country

From the always entertaining Paul Krugman. Might the creepiest thing I’ve ever read from him, though.

Maybe you were feeling a bit safer now that evil megalomaniacs were no longer running U.S. foreign policy. Wrong! Be afraid, be very afraid: Catherine Ashton, who will be the EU’s new foreign minister, has a full-size Dalek — a gift from her husband — in her sitting room.

If the husband’s pet name for her is Davros, we’re all completely screwed.

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