What does 'opprobrium' mean anyway?

Unfortunately due to my commitments in the real world posting is likely to be patchy over the coming few days. To bide you over until my next slice of incisive analysis I append below a few topical (if incoherent) observations for your delictation:

Prince Harry's a twat and I don't say that just because of this. I've thought so for a while.

Christian Voice is the bastard child of Mary Whitehouse and John Ashcroft.

Amidst all the attention on the consequences of the Indian Ocean Tsunami it's interesting how stories like this seem to have been largely ignored. Could it perhaps have something to do with this? (Links courtesy of Lenin's Tomb.)

In case anybody's missed it, the US has a new plan for bringing democracy to those recalcitrant Iraqis who have been so ungrateful thus far: Death squads. You couldn't make this shit up (unlike all that stuff about WMDs).

Yeah, I'm immature. I could do better. You're *so* offended. But, what makes you think I care? It's not like anyone can fire me for this stuff, is it?