1) OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS!!!! And people are gonna gimme stuff! I particularly look forward to Christmas Eve when the Girlfriend and I will be exchanging gifts via the magic of long distance communication. Love ya Little Bug! You guys keep quiet about this but I got her like a whole mess of myrrh.
2) Ever notice that crappy, sub-par animals tend to congregate in flocks? Pigeons gather in flocks, whilst crows collect themselves in murders. Sheep do their thing in flocks whereas lions hang tough in a pride. If you're in a flock, chances are your life's chief aspirations are either breadcrumbs or sweaters. If you're interested, here are more names for gangs of animals.
I particularly like a 'quiver of cobras'.
OK, that's out of my system. Onto more serious things...
Guys....Maybe don't take pokes at the crazy people next door. South Korea is staging their largest military drill yet. It's their right to do it of course but it seems like they might be pushing the issue here. For those of you that read yesterdays Morning Blog, you're aware of course, that Kim Jong Il has magical yelling powers. And a white horse.
Obama is taking steps to formalize indefinite detention for prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Trying to figure out where I stand on this...On the one hand, it seems to be a very modest improvement over the current system. It at least provides prisoners with an opportunity to contest their internment under adversarial conditions. Almost like a real trial! On the other hand...It's still indefinite detention. Quoth the ACLU:
"Indefinite detention without charge or trial is wrong, whether it comes from Congress or the president's pen," said Laura W. Murphy, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington legislative office. "Our Constitution requires that we charge and prosecute people who are accused of crimes. You cannot sell an indefinite detention scheme by attaching a few due-process baubles and expect that to restore the rule of law. That is bad for America and is not the form of justice we want other nations to emulate."
How bad is the war against drugs getting south of the border? Guatamala has seen fit to declare a state of siege in order to reclaim cities under the control of Mexican drug gangs. And they're doing it just in time for the holidays!
Venezuela has passed a new law banning online disrespect of public officials. Better not say anything mean about your mailman. In a baffling move, Chavez is touting it as a measure to shield citizens from messages promoting amongst other things, prostitution. Clearly, this confirms my view that politicians are whores.
The Vatican has further clarified the popes approval of condoms for rent boys. Sorry folks, but he really feels that condoms are only even slightly appropriate when used during gay prostitution. Using a bit of latex to prevent an unwanted pregnancy will still land you in hell.
And it's done!
Our Saudi friends have taken a stand against a sit in. Good thing they're our partners in spreading democracy.
Whoops!
I like my news in nuggets. So here are Reuters top videos for 2010.
Acronyms, acronyms, acronyms! The CIA has put together a special group to assess damages done to intelligence interests by Wikileaks. Their acronym? WTF.
France evidently, is bedeviled by roving bands of dastardly truffle thieves. I don't really know what else to say about that.
I do know what to say about this however! Calligraphy is gorgeous. Follow the link for an interesting video discussion focusing on Arabic letters.
This is a good example where laws protecting intellectual property can be abused. I think that it's important to note, that the original purpose of 'copyrights' was to actually encourage the spread of literature and knowledge rather than restrict it.
Wrasslers. Worth flicking through the pictures from the link just to see the awesome specimen that is Juicy Juicy Jimmy Fletcher.
Good news for the bees! Bad news for the neanderthals.
Again with the French! The Mayans (who as we all know, are well known for being super accurate about things), predicted the world will end in 2012. This has proven to be a bit of a headache for the picturesque village of Bugarach.
Finaly...
Because it's almost Christmas.
You know, when my father was very young he actually got picked up by the cops for something very similar.
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