The real war on ChristmasEd Muskie called

Welcome back, Princess Leia

By Steve Poftak
December 19th, 2007

For the small (but highly vocal) group of readers of this blog interested in Ukrainian affairs, we salute Yulia Tymoshenko’s return to  the premiership of the country.  We look forward to a stable government free of corruption and backstabbing!!

Did you not get the headline reference?  The PM’s signature is her braided hair, first popularized by Carrie Fisher.

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