And what if the rebels do win? Foreign Policy notes:
You may recall the last time the United States and its allies used military force to overthrow a hated Arab dictator.
Interesting bit of news from Venezuela: During a recent hunger strike at universities to protest a lack of resources, some students sewed their mouths shut. Might make you feel a bit better about that stupid piercing your kid got when they went off to college.
Berlusconi had what will probably be, one of many days in court. This one was merely for fraud. The juicy ones involving bribery and sex with an underage prostitute are still coming up. I'm not quite sure how he finds the time. I'm also wondering when he's going to come to his senses and realize that turning this whole thing into a made for tv movie would be gold for one of his networks.
If you're looking for a good deal on a crock-pot, you might consider swinging by this yard sale.
How big is too big for a class action lawsuit? Is there a point where there are so many claimants that one has to wonder if their grievances are related? The Supreme Court will be considering that in a case pitting Wal-Mart against...well, pretty much every woman in America it seems. Frankly, it looks as though the science being used to defend the suit is...shoddy. But then, it's sociology so nobody should be overly surprised by that.
In other legal news, I sincerely hope that this woman's probation doesn't interfere with her marriage to Arab royalty.
I would guess that she's probably lying about the whole Dubai marriage thing...amongst others. However, should lying be illegal? Are there circumstances where it can be considered protected speech?
USA: World Cop.
I'll probably never get the chance to string these words together again so: The curious cases of the missing bronze moose and the cobra. Probably a bit more urgent than that lost dog I keep seeing signs for.
Well, at least he managed to stick around for awhile.
I think this is an interesting analysis about the price of art. How value can corrupt value:
For now, this Picasso is all about its price tag, and the display at Tate Modern is poisoned if you know its damned value. The painting has a gold frame, unlike the other Picasso works in the room, as if to stress its expense. But when you look closely it is not a gold frame at all: it has simply been painted gold.
Even in a small display of just four Picassos, the Expensive, Special, Luxury Picasso is not the masterpiece in the room. That is Three Dancers, part of the Tate collection – that's right, it's in public hands – and one of Picasso's most powerful, complex creations. In this painting, Picasso's cubist attack on pictorial space is electrified by passion, sex, and anger. The result violently recalls his early painted manifesto Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
Speaking of value, I can't even begin to comprehend what the cost is of all these missiles, lasers and rail guns that the good scientists at DARPA are fiddling with might be. A laser on a plane sounds super but does it really offer more value than say, a rocket?
Naturally, all these lasers and things will occur in a wonderful, high tech future. A future that the Europeans may apparently reach by horse and buggy.
Uh... good to know.
Words of the Week.
I am pleased to announce that actual girl scouts should shortly become irrelevant. And I love it. I'm sick to death of annually kow-towing to those pixies in order to get my hands on their delicious baked things!
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