MetaFilter posts tagged with corrupt

Traffic Drives Nigerians Nuts, but a Trip to a Shrink May Go Too Far

reenum — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:32:07 -0800

People often think that other drivers are nuts. The Nigerian authorities have taken things a step further, now requiring drivers accused of going the wrong way down a one way street to get psychiatric exams.

Officials Say The Darnedest Things

reenum — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:50:48 -0800

ProPublica now has a tumblelog.

African Bloggers

Surfin' Bird — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:13:42 -0800

Internet in Africa is more than just Nigerian spam. There are honest African bloggers who fight corrupt government and police to go where mainstream journalists dare not. Compare their blogging experience with your own. Imagine the government calling you over the phone at night and questioning about a particular post you just wrote.

Brother, you have a disconnect -- the president is elected, I was selected.

Sticherbeast — Thu, 11 May 2006 15:40:37 -0800

HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson told an audience that he'd cancelled a loan because "a minority businessman" didn't like the President. He later claimed to have been joking. [via]

A little fiefdom, like Valkenvania.

Sticherbeast — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:52:05 -0800

Vernon Shoo-Ins Shoo Outsiders. A little town in which 44,000 work, but only 93 live, fights against holding its first election in decades. [bugmenot for the LA Times]

Lincoln Bedroom, anyone? and Kitchen and Living Room and Office and Hallways...

amberglow — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:18:25 -0800

The Pimping of the President --Jack Abramoff and Grover Norquist Billing Clients for Face Time with G.W. Bush: ...He had just concluded his work on the Bush Transition Team as an advisor to the Department of the Interior. He had sent his personal assistant Susan Ralston to the White House to work as Rove’s personal assistant. He was a close friend, advisor, and high-dollar fundraiser for the most powerful man in Congress, Tom DeLay. Abramoff was so closely tied to the Bush Administration that he could, and did, charge two of his clients $25,000 for a White House lunch date and a meeting with the President. ... Jack Abramoff, in the news due to his shady dealings with DeLay, and Grover Norquist, and the White House. Norquist has not responded to inquiries about using the White House as a fundraiser.