Japan is scaaaary.... I sincerely hope that a nuclear disaster isn't to Japan what cholera was to Haiti. I imagine though that this is the sort of thing that would garner intense and fast support from the international community. Good luck guys...
Fukushima vs. Three Mile Island.
The Arab League has asked the UN to impose a no-fly zone over Libya. I might be ignorant but when is the last time the Arab League asked that humanitarian measures be taken in response to oppression coming from an Arab state? This might be a first. Certainly don't remember them saying much about Sudan...That said, I think that this might buy some of the regimes a bit of time with their own protesters. If they appear to sympathize with the Libyan rebellion, their own insurgencies might choose to give their governments the benefit of the doubt. I also wonder why they can't go ahead and impose this no-fly zone on their own...I'm quite certain they have air forces. I'm also certain that unlike NATO, they aren't involved in two different wars.
I gotta give it to Qaddafi though: It's pretty cliched for dictators to put their face on their countries currency. But when you use a portrait in which you're wearing shades? Now that's class!
All this makes the problems faced by golfers seem a bit less extreme.
PERSONAL NOTE: The Girlfriend tells me that she's absolutely fabulous at Wii Golf (got her a Wii for her birthday). We shall see...We shall see...
Wait... there are still video game arcades? Well, there was at least one...Personally, I really miss the days of trying desperately to survive for more than six seconds playing "Dragon's Lair".
My personal favorite list of charges: Marijuana possession, public intoxication, escape, public urination. If you're gonna do St. Paddy's Day, you might as well do it right.
Pretty sad story here about an autistic teen who could be sentenced to as much as 10 1/2 years in prison for assaulting a police officer. Evidently, the number of children being diagnosed with autism is exploding. I hope that that's just over-diagnosis, sort of like with ADHD. Otherwise, this sort of thing is just going to happen more and more. One parent took this precaution:
Juan Navarro of Waldorf has long been aware of the dangers of having children who are growing older and larger and craving independence they may not be ready for. After moving moved to Charles County five years ago, he took photos of his autistic sons, Omar, now 17, and Sebastian, now 25, to the police station so officers would know their faces.
Which is sensible. And pretty heartbreaking honestly. I would hate to be a parent that felt the need to give local police mug shots of his children.
Old School Bling: Don't know if he could set up your grill, though.
State department spokesperson PJ Crowley who called the military's treatment of alleged Wikileaker Bradley Manning "...ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid..." has quit probably to no one's surprise. While I don't know that Manning's treatment necessarily rises to the level of torture, I do agree that he's obviously being coerced. The treatment he's receiving is well beyond what's been recommended by the prison psychiatrist to prevent him from injuring himself. Daniel Ellsberg slams the administrations handling of the affair here.
Looks like Britain might have a bit of soul searching to do on this issue as well.
Man, I sure do wish that "The Mystery of Nunnery Money" rhymed better. It's so close to being a beautiful headline.
A different sort of nun here.
Here's a DIY for making your cellphone even more distracting and obnoxious.
The British forces in Afghanistan are coming under sniper fire. My first thought was that surely...SURELY there must be a better way to deal with a sniper than to present yourselves as target to lure him out. Unfortunately, my second thought was that the British can't afford to be too confident about this. Snipers are good at what they do. Very, very good.
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