Hugo Chavez goes on “moral crusade” to curb “bad behavior”
The Associated Press reports that Hollywood’s newest favorite Socialist is cracking down on drinking, smoking, and materialism:
BBC’s love affair with Che Guevara – and Cuba – continues
Mike at The Monkey Tennis Centre has the story on the latest BBC puff piece on Cuba – this time, specifically on the murderous Che Guevara. The occasion? The 40th anniversary of when he was shot and killed.
Citizen journalists helping to bring news of the revolution in Myanmar to the world
The WSJ reports today on how bloggers and other citizen journalists are keeping the world informed about the situation in Myanmar:
Bush-Aznar pre-Iraq war conversation exonerates Bush, contrary to the claims of the usual suspects
The leftosphere is erupting in predictable outrage after the publishing of a transcript of a conversation between the President and then-Prime Minister of Spain José MarÃa Aznar, a conversation which took place about a month before the war in Iraq began. Spain’s El PaÃs daily newspaper published it, and the Editor and Publisher has a translation of it, which is, as you’ll soon discover a very poor translation.
The revolution taking place in Myanmar
I’m a bit busy this morning, but wanted to link up quickly to Michael Goldfarb’s post at the Weekly Standard on the revolution happening in Myanmar, as he’s got the latest news. If you’ve read up on this story the last several of days, you’ll see how nasty it’s getting there, with the military beating up and firing on – and in some cases, killing monks and others who are protesting. Malkin’s covering the story as well, and has several links of interest related to what’s happening.
Canada’s Stephen Harper steps in it again
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a speech before the Australian Parliament on the 6 year anniversary of 9-11 in which he wrongly suggested that the 9-11 attacks were brought on by America’s alleged “abandoning” of “our fellow human beings to lives of poverty, brutality and ignorance, in today’s global village.”