WORD OF THE MONTH: Sham

This has to be the word for this past month of August:

Let's look at the evidence:

SHAM DIPLOMACY:      The Julian Assange debacle handled by the UK; and especially their
                                 threat to usurp international law and 'storm' the embassy to get him

SHAM DETAINMENT:   Julian Assange stuck inside the Embassy of Ecuador - he has been
                                 granted political asylum by Ecuador yet languishes on

SHAM DETAINMENT:   Bradley Manning. Has the United States government absolutely no
                                shame at the shocking treatment of this whistleblower?

SHAM TRIAL:              Pussy Riot trio jailed for three years in Moscow for anti-Putin punk
                                 dance in Moscow's largest cathedral

SHAM TRIAL:              Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab jailed for three years for anti-
                                 government posts on Twitter

SHAM ECONOMICS:     The ongoing LIBOR banking scandal - I don't profess to understanding
                                 it all, but its greedy bankers up to their usual sinister tricks

SHAM POLITICS:         The entire US Presidential election farce - on both sides, and in
                                every way

Sham - the only word that can describe the month that has been.

Do you get my point?