Headlines of the day

Good news: Taheri lists improvements in Iraq, from the 1.5 million refugees who have returned to the emergence of 100 independent newspapers...
Bad news: Press yawns and quotes Murtha saying he was told by God in a vision that Marines killed a bunch of civilians in cold blood...
Oh sorry, that was Pat Robertson having a vision of a tsunami.
Good news: Murtha is running for reelection, and this time, he actually has someone running against him. ConfederateYankeeBLog has a discussion here....

Worried about governments snooping into your overseas calls? You know, the one where Bill Clinton's administration authorized ? Here is the REAL threat to free speech: the possibility that private companies will take over the internet...FILM...especially since much of the Chinese internet censorship was done with help from Google...and European censorship on certain issues is discussed by George Weigel HERE

Worried about Snakes on a Plane?
What you should really worry about is Parrots on a plane...(via FARK)

Good News: They might actually find Jimmy Hoffa.
Bad News: BBC couldn't find Guy Kewney...they accidentally interviewed a cab driver by that name instead of the renowned technology expert...guess the bimbo they chose as a newsreader couldn't tell the difference...

Need a gift idea? How about a Talking Jesus plush doll? Diogenes at CWNBlog proposes changing the phrases to more politically correct "AmChurch" (AKA CHURCH OF OPRAH) phrases, such as

"Thank you for sharing." (Matt 25:41), "Go with your heart." (John 8:44), "Deep down, I'm me." (Luke 18:8)

And then go to Manolo, who is covering the Pop Apocolypse called the Eurovision contest...

Hmmm...maybe the end of the world IS nigh...