That's right-- the Almana Group is bringing Winston-Salem's finest donuts to Turkey. According to the Charlotte Business Journal, the Qatar-based firm, which is also responsibly for introducing KFC and Pizza Hut to Turkey, plans to open 25 locations in Turkish cities over the next five years. Absolute scam*.

I for one cannot wait to eat a dozen Blueberry Old Fashioned donuts in Konya. Here's to globalization, eh.

*Note: In this context the word "scam" means anything ridiculous that comes from the developing world. Please see the "Scam Watch" category or consult our good friend Dimitri Lemos for details.

In honor of our good friend Dimitri Lemos, we are starting a new category- "Scam Watch."  In Dimitri's parlance, a scam can refer to anything ridiculous that comes from the Third World.

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has ruled Libya unchallanged for the past 40 years. He moved past conventional dictatorial behavior--murdering dissidents, dying his hair, banning independent social organizations--and developed a fondness for ridiculous outfits and international terrorism in the 1980s. Gaddafi infuriated Britain and Israel by funding the IRA and the PLO, and offended the world by senselessly bombing Pan Am 103 and the lesser known French UTA 772.

In a country that exports nearly as much oil per capita as Saudi Arabia, one must wonder what Gaddafi does with all his money now that his international terror and nuclear proliferation days are over.  Now we know: the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation. What a scam.