Speaking of Switzerland, both the Swiss and for some strange reason, Chilean embassies in Rome were hit by bomb attacks. Why Chile? I have no idea. Frankly, I'm not sure the bombers do either.
More delightful legislation out of Venezuela. Honestly, the news coming out of that country is just getting increasingly depressing. To begin with, Venezuelan NGOs will no longer be able to accept foreign funding. Having done fundraising professionally, I can say confidently that this will have severe repercussions for any group that has an international scope such as Amnesty International or for that matter, Habitat for Humanity. Second of all, lawmakers that leave their party will now be suspended if they do so while in office. It's clearly a move to prevent defections from the Chavista movement.
It's really, really starting to look pretty ominous over there. All this because of a guy named Hugo that believes he can channel the dead.
I'm lazy soooo..... Yet another year in pictures.
North Korea took two whole days off from being crazy! But now they're back in the saddle and threatening a "sacred war". Previously, I was unaware that their religious tradition equated the divinity with nuclear weapons. But I guess that just goes to show what a vile Yankee bastard I am.
I'm going to post more on the idiocies of the new TSA procedures shortly. But here we go again...Once again, the agency is doing a great job of humiliating diplomats. One thing I would note: The diplomat in question is an observant Sikh and wears a turban. TSA policies on "bulky clothing" (read as: anything an ill-educate thug would assume relates to Islam), require a mandatory pat down beyond the x-ray machines that supposedly can detect anything.
Here's how the daughter of an American citizen of South Asian extraction that serves as an official at the UN recalled her flight:
He said his youngest daughter recently recalled her memories of a flight: "I remember, we go on the airplane, and I take my shoes off, and you take your shoes off, and the men take Papa away and touch him everywhere," the girl told her mother.
I have to give it to the President, this has been a pretty productive lame duck session. Whether or not you think that's a good thing is of course up to you. Personally, I'd have liked to see the Dream Act go through, I'm neutral on the tax policy and shamefully, I'm just not up to speed on START.
Because it's almost Christmas.
I love yearly round-ups. Here are 2010's strangest tax laws. My personal favorite? The unnecessarily complex bagel tax.
Next year is the "Year of the Rabbit". And for personal reasons, I think that's totally awesome. However, I just can't condone dressing up rabbits in sparkly tiaras. Not cool, Japanese ladies! Not cool!
A novel method is being used to detect tuberculosis in Africa. That's a good thing. But for the love of God! Must they use these horrible monster rats? I mean seriously, look at the size of this bastard!
Dear God...Those things need to be wiped off the planet!
Speaking of monsters: Here's a dose of dinosaurs!
Your Tax Dollars at Work: Thank God this terror was apprehended and taken off the streets!
Quoth the Girlfriend:
"Jesus, what assholes!"
Despite China's precipitous rise as a power, it's important to remember: They have some REALLY, REALLY big problems to deal with!
Why not? I mean the whole "Spiderman" musical thing has worked out swimmingly.
Let's end things with a mash up of other stuff from today shall we?
More giant rodents. More Japanese. More video.
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