Because I was lazy and didn't blog much today, here's the cheeky little things that I wanted to write about, but failed dismally to:


The picks of the day:

And another brilliant claymation of Peter Garrett. I wish the SMH just did claymation news, it would be so much better.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/blogs/rocco-bloggo/peter-garrett-unmasked-and-sings-again/20091104-hwdk.html

A great new index on threatened journalists and bloggers that outlines some of the

http://threatened.globalvoicesonline.org/

The weird and wonderful world of the CIA – Plots from Kittens with microphones and ear pieces, plans to bomb US targets in the 60s and then blame it on Cuba and pigeons as missile guided systems. Is it any wonder that Obama is trying to scale back the funding of these maniacs?

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-weirdest-cia-programs.php

New Protests occurring in Iran
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/nov/04/iran-student-day-protests

A fascinating history into the relationship between Abdullah and Karzai – It’s great to actually get a little more background on these characters rather than the token remarks usually seen.

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/abdullah-vs-karzai

and a disappointing find by the US house of representatives with regards to the Goldstone report – why are they pursuing war crimes issues in Sri Lanka, but not in Israel? I guess this shows the inherent contradictions in the human rights dimension American foreign policy.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/11/200911320434191455.html