I don’t collect stamps, but this set caught my eye. First there’s the irony that the USPS is celebrating American diplomacy at a time when, well, there’s not much to celebrate. Then I get a further chuckle when I notice the postal service can only scrounge up six examples to celebrate, but found 40 “superlatives” [...]

Posted June 24, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: america, american, diplomacy, Distinguished American Diplomats, stamps, superlatives, usps, Wonders of America. One Comment.

Principality of Sealand is a WWII-era gunnery platform — called Roughs Tower — in the North Sea, outside Britain’s pre-1968 three nautical mile claim of sovereign waters. Founded by Roy and Joan Bates in 1967, over time, Roy wrote a constitution and named himself and Joan as prince and princess.
The Wikipedia article on Sealand tells [...]

Posted July 3, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: data haven, datahaven, diplomacy, gunnery platform, havenco, independence, international relations, micronation, north sea, politics, prince roy, principality of sealand, prisoners of war, roy bates, roy of sealand, sealand, sean hastings, sovereignty. 8 Comments.