...Wow.

I just posted a super detailed post at ontd_political on human rights abuses in China: 'China's human rights record isn't just terrible: it's monstrous'.

The post is here: http://ontd-political.livejournal.com/11315583.html

Also, I have another headache. Yuck.

Les morts continuent de s'empiler en Syrie et le monde ne fait rien.

Plus de quarante personnes sont mortes aujourd'hui en Syrie selon l'opposition Syrienne. Plus de 8,000 personnes sont déjà mortes depuis le début des répressions de la part de Bashar al-Assad. Dans un incident un groupe de 10 civils incluant trois enfants ont été tués alors qu'ils ( Read more... )

(From Reuters Canada ( Read more... )

One more day, and it is yet one more day of the world's politicians bickering over who is more to blame over the fact that we are doing nothing to help the people of Syria.

Today's news from Syria...(From BBC News ( Read more... )

The Russian and Chinese governments have a lot to answer for, IMHO.

A bit about the politics behind this: Russia and China have blocked recent UN attempts to provide binding resolutions on Syria. OTOH, if one considers the Iranian angle to this, I don't find myself blaming just the Russians and the Chinese, given the US and Israel's recent ( Read more... )

LOL!

Benetton (the clothing company) has found a new way to generate controversy and boost their sales. They now have an ad campaign which features various world leaders kissing each other on the mouth. (These were computer generated, I believe.)

Two of them feature Barack Obama (in one he is kissing President Hu Jintao of China and in a second ( Read more... )