I’m happy to have been of service to our neighbour to the south.
(I know the video comes from a loony left outfit, but I appreciate good humour from any source.)

A horrific story of an “honour” killing in Pakistan has emerged. Seventeen-year-old Tasleem Solangi was murdered last March in a shockingly brutal and cruel fashion.
On March 7, 2008, Tasleem was killed with shocking ferocity: first, dogs were released on her, biting her legs repeatedly, until she fell to the ground. The dogs continued to [...]

Saudi Arabian officials have accepted a fatwa that originated in Turkey giving women permission to strike husbands in self-defence.
Sheikh Mohsen al Obeikan, an adviser to the Saudi Ministry of Justice and a member of the Saudi Shura Council agreed with some Islamic scholars in Turkey and Egypt in this regard. “This [issue] is acknowledged by [...]

The financial crisis began in the United States, but the effects on markets in developing countries have been far more devastating than in the US. Asia Times columnist Spengler says that the long-term fallout will be terrible to behold and, if Obama is elected, America will just stand back and watch events unfold.
The financial [...]

Former US ambassador to Canada Paul Celluci warns Canada about the likely consequences if Sen Barack Obama is elected president.
A Barack Obama presidency would present a “danger” to Canada because he could renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, imperiling the future economic integration of the continent, former U.S. ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci said [...]

The Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) of Nigeria has expressed serious concern about the condition of Jonathan Elendu (at right), the blogger who has been held incommunicado since his arrest on 18 October. HURIWA has been told that Mr Elendu is being physically and psychologically tortured by state security police.
Elendu has been held in [...]

Illinois congressional representative Jan Schakowsky has urged children to wheedle their grandparents to vote for Sen Barack Obama.
The one thing most grandparents have in common is that they have the most wonderful grandchildren in the world – so clever, so handsome, so pretty, ever so precious. Even if you are still unsure of your path [...]

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 provides $700 billion for American banks, savings associations, credit unions, security brokers and dealers, and insurance companies. They’re wallowing up to the trough, and other US firms are covetously eyeing the prize. Robert Higgs of the Independent Institute is following the action.
As the financial crisis deepens and [...]

The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Simon the Zealot and Saint Jude, Apostles, with Saint Jude the Brother of the Lord, from the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer:
O Almighty God, who has built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone; Grant us [...]