Bread and circuses

The world we live in is becoming more and more like a cartoon strip. On the one hand, there is Brigadier General Salami orchestrating the Great Prophet III war games in Iran. On the other, there's Gordon Brown (happy to be out of the country at the G8 course Summit) lecturing us about food waste whilst his Labour Party colleagues are considering giving away free doughnuts as an incentive to vote in the local elections. I think they call them "donuts", however, following the Clinton tradition.