Politics: Zimbabwe tries to fight hyperinflation by lopping off some zeros (making 10 billion zimbabwe dollars 1 dollar)
Religion: NO ONE EXPECTS THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND INQUISITION!!!!!!
Culture: A group wants Churches to train in defending their flocks from violence.
Everybody makes misstatements to the press. I am beginning to hope Obama wins the next American election though. The comedic value may indeed be greater than even under W.
“I’ve now been to 57 states, one left to go.”
-Campaign event, Beaverton, OR. May 10, 2008 (for the uninformed, the US has only 50 states, as none of Canada has yet been annexed)
“America has confronted constantly evolving danger, …from the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbour”
– Lafayette, Indiana. July 16, 2008 (while there was a bomb dropped on Pearl Harbour, the threat it posed was because it was joined by many many others)
“Let me be absolutey clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s. It will be a strong friend of Israel’s under a McCain…administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel’s under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.”
– Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008 (We are all glad that Israel is not suddenly going to start hating itself if the Americans elect Obama or McCain. In other news, Canada may eschew self loathing depending on the U.S. election)
Episcopal Church: The Bruhaha about the deposing of a sitting bishop continues.
Environment: This is kinda disturbing, but why am I thinking of a Seinfeld episode?
Weather: As I finish shovelling yesterday’s snow, I hear about another snowstorm. (at least it’s only predicting HALF A METER of snow over the next 24 hours).
American Politics: Mark Steyn celebrates universal victimhood.
(considering) 8:28 