Quick scan of headlines below the fold

Today is housecleaning day, and Lolo is in the shower/bathroom giving our puppies their first bath...so just a few quick links.

Good News: VietNam has been removed from the list of countries that persecute religion...bad news: It's about opening Viet Nam for trade.
Worse news: Saudi is still on the list, but no one cares.

Good News:20 world leaders call to bridge Muslim/West divide and call for peace in the Middle East

Bad news: summary of their statement: It's all the Jews's fault...the difference between this group and Mel Gibson is that Gibson retracted his statement when he sobered up.

So now the new Palestinian president will be chosen by two terrorist groups, and Hezbollah is destablizing Lebanon...

Five Myths of Asian HIV. Summary: Good news: It's mainly in injection drug abusers and prostitutes. Bad news: Big shots acting as if it was Africa, where great white father aka NGO's takes care of you. In Asia, things work thru families, so civil society is not as developed, so you only need to target small groups of "Outsiders", and stop trying to push "they are innocent" on Asia, their behavior makes them outsiders.