Tag: CORRUPTION

Vladimir Putin is none too pleased with a YouTube video celebrating the glamorous lifestyles of Russia's government employees. As Reuters reports, the faux rap video was created by a group of customs officers and features many of the luxuries you'd expect most oligarchs to enjoy: champagne, expensive cars, and topless women. "You can't even imagine how the customs officials have fun," the ...

Following the shooting of two teenagers in Puerto Asís, Colombia, an anonymous "hit list" was posted to Facebook detailing the names of 69 young Colombian men, including those murdered just two days prior. Sixteen-year-old Diego Ferney Jaramillo and 17-year-old Eibart Alejandro Ruiz Muñoz were killed on a motorcycle while traveling between Puerto Asís and Puerto Caicedo on ...

What do you do when your anger at the corruption of government officials boils over? Post satirical auctions on eBay of course! In reaction to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's mind-boggling betrayal of public trust and human decency, a bunch of Internet jokesters flocked to eBay to post offers to sell president-elect Barack Obama's senate seat. Several offers were on eBay within hours of ...