I found a new blog I think I like. It's called Iraq the Model and it's written by two brothers who have lived in Baghdad all of their lives ( Read more... )

Being on hiatus from lj means that I miss out on commenting on a lot of political/social events. But not this time! I finally get to post about something.

Large Explosions hit Red Sea resort in Egypt

(also on bbcnews and yahoo/reuters. I just liked the first article better ( Read more... )

16 year old kid runs over the gas station attendant who tried to stop him from stealing gas, and drags the guys body for almost 5 miles and it's called a "tragedy" for the kidMaybe it's just my built up rage and bitterness from being a gas station attendant, but this story has made me incredibly angry ( Read more... )