Just a note to let everyone know that my computer is on its last legs and I won’t be getting another until month’s end. Rather than wait for this one to die in the middle of a post, I’ll just bid a temporary adieu right now. Besides, I can use the little hiatus to catch [...]

I’m not sure how many of you are aware of it but yet another traffic exchange geared specifically for blogs has appeared. They are called BlogTraffic and are currently in pre-launch mode, meaning most features are operational except for surfing. The “surfing for blogs” feature will be activated as soon as they build up a [...]

Well, next weekend is the big event. It’s when Conservatives from across Canada will gather in Montreal to discuss policies and strategies at the Tory convention. It will no doubt prove to be very interesting especially since Stephen Harper encourages debate and discussion within the ranks unlike the Liberals. Among the many items to be [...]

It looks as if Iraqi Kurds will be a part of a coalition government.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kurdish leaders said they were near a final agreement Sunday with the majority Shiites to form a coalition government when Iraq’s first democratically elected parliament in modern history convenes later this week.

Further talks are slated in Baghdad on Monday. [...]

A little dispute broke out between supporters of Hamas and Fatah.

HEBRON, West Bank - Hundreds of youths supporting the militant Hamas group clashed with backers of Mahmoud Abbas’ ruling Fatah party on Sunday, injuring at least nine people, during a Hamas campaign rally for student council elections.
The brawl erupted when several hundred Fatah supporters at [...]

How many times is Giuliana Sgrena going to change her mind about what happened? Among the many versions I’ve heard so far they were speeding, they were “…not going especially fast for a situation of that type”, they were swerving to miss pot holes, they were swerving to miss concrete barriers, they were slowing down, [...]

Yet more allegations of sexual misconduct by U.N. personnel have surfaced - this time in more places than just Congo.
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations is facing new allegations of sexual misconduct by U.N. personnel in Burundi, Haiti, Liberia and elsewhere, which is complicating the organization’s efforts to contain a sexual abuse scandal that has [...]

The nutbars of the Religion of Peaceâ„¢ are calling participants of an international conference in Spain a gathering of infidels.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda Organization in Iraq has slammed as a gathering of infidels an international conference to mark the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, and said Islam will prevail.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi [...]

The Giuliana Sgrena fiasco just keeps on getting better. Even the Italian government has had enough of her lunacy.
Italy’s justice minister urged former hostage Giuliana Sgrena on Friday to stop making “careless” accusations after being shot by US forces in Baghdad, saying she had already caused enough grief.
“She has created enormous problems for the government [...]

This is a story worth keeping an eye on.
Israel has drawn up secret plans for a combined air and ground attack on targets in Iran if diplomacy fails to halt the Iranian nuclear programme.
The plans have been discussed with American officials who are said to have indicated provisionally that they would not stand in Israel’s [...]