Random links
- Cairo regime change could make IDF boost forces in South
- The Muslim Brotherhood seems to be the largest organization opposing the government in the country, and it's previously said that the first thing it would do upon getting power would be to rip up the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty.
- Japan Credit Rating Cut by S&P on Absence of Strategy to Curb Debt Levels
- This one I'll put in large part to population aging. The S&P report said that Japan lacked a "coherent strategy" to address the nation's debt - what sort of politically viable strategy is there?
- Judge dismisses breathalyzer arrest over language
- "A northeastern New Brunswick man avoided a charge of failing to take a breathalyzer test after an RCMP officer failed to offer the service in both English and French." Might I say that the judge appears to be an idiot - the story notes that: "The officer heard Robichaud speak French, so the arrest was made in French."
- 20st man piles on pounds to qualify for NHS gastric band
- Gaming the system, 20 stone is 280 pound or 127 kg. It seems he needs to weigh a little more to qualify for a gastric bypass operation paid for by the UK's National Health Service.