WTF headlines of the day

ATF agents let Mexican cartels buy US guns.

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Osama's demise has led Pakistan to...arrest those who spilled the beans that he was hiding there?

The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says dozens of people have been arrested and released by the security agencies since the death of the al-Qaeda leader - and at least five of them have not yet been released.

Our correspondent says that the Pakistani authorities appear to be making every effort to unearth CIA informants while showing little interest in arresting Taliban and al-Qaeda sympathisers.

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Spratlys background.

The Chinese are starting to put markers to enhance their claim, and the Philippines is taking them down.

but Vietnam isn't likely to fall for that nonsense..and unlike the peaceful Philippines, they actually fought a war against Chinese aggression back in 1979...
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Archeology is romantic: Now they're analyzing the sewers...
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If earth enters into a solar minimum, does this mean a new mini ice age?
(headsup Instpundit)
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Factoid of the day:

America is not as dependent on Middle Eastern oil as most people think. The U.S. uses about 20 million barrels of petroleum per day. Domestic production satisfies 49 percent of that demand; the balance comes from about 90 other countries. Nearly half of those 11.7 million daily imports (43 percent) come from Canada, Mexico and Venezuela. Oil-producing nations in the Persian Gulf account for just 17 percent.

Read more: 10 Fixes For the New Energy Crisis - Popular Mechanics

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Typhoon season coming...time to check the illegal billboards.

and they are starting to enforce "no outdoor smoking" laws.

Yeah, the garbage clogs the sewers, the politicians still take bribes, but the real sin is smoking a cigarette on the street.

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Factoid of the tay take two:
Lightbulb still burning after 110 years.

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I support the rebels in Libya, but Obama's refusal to ask a congressional Okay might spark a constitutional crisis in the USA...

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and Khadaffy ordered women to be raped, and now these women face being killed as an "honor killing"
Presumably the UN will send in their abortion teams, like they did in Bangladesh, when rape was part of the punishment of the rebels.