Saturday, January 02, 2010

Headlines below the fold

Good News: Mayon Volcano is settling down...
Bad News: Another quake in Luzon...no we didn't feel it. Pretty far north of here.Closer to home: Huge firecracker stall fire in Munoz...

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Earth's magnetic pole traveling to Russia, at 65 miles a year.;; adjust your compass...

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The "I see nothing, noooothing" award of the year (so far) goes to Houston Police, who found an unarmed rocket launcher andjihadi writings in an apartment...

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Someone is swiping money donated to the MDC of Zimbabwe, and PM Tsvangirai is insisting they investigate the scam.

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Happy Birthday Ovidio y Onesimo...

my two adopted sons have official "Birthdays" on January 1...
this article notes it is a common practice for those who enter the US and don't have proper birth certificates.

... the article also notes that 80thousand refugees were allowed in the US last year.

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Confirming what was noted in an earlier post here, Planet Iran has photos and information about Chinese anti personnel weapons used against anti government demonstrators.

and, giving equal time to both sides, Tehran24 photo blog has photos of enthusiastic pro government demonstrators there:

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