Had a wonderful family Thanksgiving. Avoided the crowds this weekend and stayed home decorating for Christmas.

Only been partially following the news... what's happened in Mumbai is bad. Bad, bad.

Steyn said it best:

What strikes you, as the dust clears in Bombay, is that one assault provided an umbrella for manifestations of almost every strain of Muslim grievance.

Both of the above - Mark Steyn

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Police called over Thanksgiving dispute at Claremont school - Los Angeles Times

Multi-National Force - Iraq

Probe into LDS Church's Prop 8 donations going forward - Salt Lake Tribune

20,000 Muslims Attack a Church in Cairo

Israeli Hostages Rescued From Chabad House - Jewish World - Israel News - Israel National News

FOXNews.com - URGENT: Indian Official Declares Seige Ended at Mumbai Hotel; Hostages

Released at Three Sites; Indian Officials Probe Possible Pakistan Connection - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

FOXNews.com - 4 Killed in Blast Near U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

The Hindu : Front Page : “Full-scale war, let’s stay united”

Teacher Resources - Feature - Thanksgiving in American Memory: Founders

Cops say they defused N. Cotabato bomb - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Muslim rebels blast Christian site in S Philippines_English_Xinhua

Experts call for global network to prevent asteroid disasters

Russia building 'Berlin Wall' in Georgia: FM

Hostages said dead in Mumbai Jewish center - Yahoo! News

650 migrants in land on Italian island in matter of hours: coastguard - Yahoo! News

Staff emerge as heroes in Mumbai hotel sieges | International | Reuters

7 soldiers hurt in mortar shell attack | Israel | Jerusalem Post

British and Irish anti-piracy experts rescued - after pirates attack - Times Online

Massacre in Mumbai: Up to SEVEN gunmen were British and 'came from same area as 7/7 bombers' | Mail Online

HMS Apocalypse: Deep in the Atlantic, a submarine waits on alert with nuclear missiles that could end the world..... | Mail Online

Outbreak: could a million-killing superbug really happen? - Times Online

Environmentalist Suing National Governments for Crime Against Humanity : RushPRnews - Newswire & PR Distribution in U.S. & Canada

Political Punch The Return of Samantha Power

YouTube - Obama ex-adviser Samantha Power calls for invading Israel

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re Which History - John Derbyshire

Will biased FDR biographers mislead Obama

Kosovars protest against latest UN proposal

Amtrak appoints a new president, CEO

Currently Azerbaijan Considers Proposal of Russian Gazprom regarding Acquisition of Azerbaijani Gas

Deere's fourth-quarter profit drops 18%

Economic crisis decreases rail freight transport

FMG tells rail engineers to walk off job

Gazprom Neft to Buy 51% Stake in Serbian National Oil Company

Gazprom threatens Ukraine with price rise

GCC states eye joint company to build railway

German rail facing 'abyss'

High-Speed Rail Coming Down The Tracks

Kenya starts $99 million oil pipeline expansion

Korea Gas May Build Pipeline to Russia

New Joint Project Explores Plan to Pipe Oil, Gas to India

Russia pledges to complete South Stream gas pipeline through Serbia by 2015

Time for an electron superhighway

Underwater mines to be detonated during construction of Nord Stream pipeline

Iran 'More than 5,000 centrifuges operating'

Barak lets passage of supplies into Gaza

Cairo warns armed Bedouins endanger Israeli border

Guarding Israel's narrow waist

Jerusalem Rally Calling Obama to 'Keep it One, Keep it Ours'

Libyan Ship to Test Israeli Sovereignty over Gaza Coast

Egyptian students clash with police over Gaza

Russian bear and Spanish bull may yet come together

Russian officials say a navy blast shook region in Far East

Russian posturing falls flat amid Obamamania

Russian Rail says needs funds to play geo-politics

Greece, China seal huge port deal with Hu on hand

In US defeat, UN nuclear agency approves Syria aid

20 Injured in Mexico Prison Riot

60 feared dead, 200 injured in Mumbai terrorist attacks

Democracy teeters as Bangkok erupts

New York warns of possible al Qaeda attack

NKorea to evict hundreds of SKoreans from joint project

Police break up riot over logging

Thousands stranded as protesters seize Bangkok airport

Workers riot in south China over job losses- government

Zim police beat medics as cholera toll grows

Lightning strike at Sandown rocks Craig Newitt

Study- Attending prayers cuts risk of death

Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning!!!

British government's identity card plan begins

Deputies Block Czech Parliament Over Shield

Federal Reserve announces new $800bn boost to strengthen US economy

Is Britain going bankrupt

After Citi, is Bank of America next

Behind the Obama Agenda

Federal Europe needed for long-term stability

Gulf monetary union by 2010 a 'challenge' - IMF

Strengthen our systems of global governance

Haifa U. study- Iran waging misinformation war against Israel

India Seeking to Bolster Ties with Iran

Livni warns El Salvador against Iran

Masked men attack journalist in Iran’s West Azarbayjan

Supreme Religious Leader of Iran Calls upon Combat Preparedness

Turkey to invest $12 billion in Iran gas field

UN praises Iran's work with refugees from Afghanistan

US forecasts- Iran will have makings of 3 A-bombs by end of 2009

Iran claims arrest of Israeli Mossad spies

Iran Oil Industry Needs $145 bln Investment

Iran urges Lebanese to unite against Israel

Iran war on drugs to close borders

Iran, Syria Seek Expanded Nuclear Cooperation with NK

Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas Cooperation is Axis of Evil, Says Italian President

'US warns Israel against large IDF ops'

Arab peace or Durban war

Hizbullah pays Palestinians to attack

The military implications if the Gaza cease-fire collapses

US has never advised Israel against Iran strike- Olmert

Atomic agency head warns against condemning Syria

EU, Syria move closer to signing association agreement

Jordan seals nuclear deal with China

Syria Demands the inclusion of Israeli Siege on Gaza on Arab Foreign Ministers Agenda

India, Turkey and Israel to mull pipeline project

'Turkey should not be a part of the US plan'

China, Russia to enter final round of talks on oil loans

Crude Oil Rises as OPEC, Russia May Coordinate Production Cuts

India looks at Russia for assured oil supply

South Korea Woos Russian Investors

The Return of 'White Tights'- Mythical Female Snipers Stalk Russians

Ukraine - time to pay gas bills

Venezuela to hold joint naval exercises with Russia

U.S. says Georgia and Ukraine years away from NATO seats

RUSSIA SAYS NO PRE-CONDITION TO OVL'S ACQUISITION OF IMPERIAL

Russia suspends power grid pricing reform

Russia to explore offshore Cuba

Russia wants high-tech cooperation with Brazil

Somali Pirates want $2m for Yemeni freighter

Holy Land retrial ends in sweeping guilty verdicts Up to 10,000 stranded

'Lost history' of Christianity unveils Eastern church empire

Was Russia's gift to British queen bugged

Magnitude 2.0 - SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
Magnitude 2.2 - ARKANSAS
Magnitude 5.0 - MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
Magnitude 5.0 - MOZAMBIQUE
Magnitude 5.3 - TONGA REGION
Magnitude 5.4 - ALAMAGAN REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Plume from Rabaul Volcano
Slip into something a little more devastating
Earthquake in Fiordland
Earthquakes too common for comfort

The greed of man and the wrath of God

Attacks on Roma suggest slump is fomenting racism

Suizhou cabbies on strike

Brazil floods kill at least 59, uproot thousands

Lake Chad is vanishing –Minister

Murray-Darling future grim, says report

Sweden digs out from snowstorm - UPI.com

Weather apocalypse hits Europe

Attacks on Roma suggest slump is fomenting racism

Britain is in no position to laugh at Iceland’s problems

Czech mayors urge Obama to drop missile shield plans

Georgia Presidential convoy shot near S. Ossetia

Bush- Treasury 'working closely' with Obama team

Citigroup Gets U.S. Rescue From Losses, Cash Infusion

Citigroup, U.S. in bailout talks- reports

Obama wants economic rescue approved 'right away'

UBS Overvalued Property by $100 Million, Fired Executive Says

Arch Coal Attracts Soros as Peabody Lures Citadel

Azerbaijan is ready to open a corridor for carrying Turkmen gas to Europe

Erdogan to India- Forget Russian oil alternative, use BTC

Geopolitical Diary- High-Stakes Talks Between Kiev and Moscow

Kurdish rebels blast Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline again

Oil, Copper, Corn Climb on Citigroup Rescue, Weaker U.S. Dollar

Turkey offers to ship oil, gas to India via Israel

23 Pakistanis arrested on border

Analysis- Is it too late to stop Iran's nuclear drive

Commander- Iran to stage a naval war game early December

Lebanon seeks weapons, aid from Iran

Turkish delegation due in Iran

Iran gears navy with new warships

Iran Launches Civil Defense Drills, Warns It Will Close Straits Of Hormuz If Attacked

Iran Rejects Turkish Mediation for Talks with US

'Don't obey Golan evacuation order'

8 Israeli neo-Nazis sentenced to jail

A New Land-for-Peace Proposal

Ex-Muslim Nonie Darwish- Muslim Hate for Jews Worse than Nazis'

Israeli defense paper calls for peace with Syria

Olmert wants to generate 'final tailwind' on Syria, says aide

Palestinian police to soon enter Bethlehem

Rice- Peace deal delayed due to political situation in Israel

The same old movie

Ya'alon quoted suggesting Israel should mull killing Ahmadinejad

'Ayatollah, we will do our best…' - Lebanon's scout masters drill shock troops of Hezbollah jihad

'Iraq not to be base to attack others'

Muslims Attack Christians in Egypt

Fast track the new president

Time for Him to Go

[ *headdesk* ]

We Found the W.M.D.

Obama selects more staff

Russian Navy Increases Activity in Foreign Waters

Rattles Saber in Caribbean

Somali pirates hijack Yemeni cargo ship

Somali pirates lower ransom

Somali pirates use Indian dhows in Gulf of Aden

Ethiopia, Somali joint forces kill 164 insurgents

EU to use force against piracy

Freed sailors- Pirates are animals

‘Pirates took drugs all night, slept whole day’

Hong Kong grain ship hijacked by Somali pirates

Pirates fast becoming Africa's nouveau riche

Shippers want naval blockade off Somalia

Uganda sends fresh troops to Somalia

IAEA chief, West clash over nuclear aid for Syria

Kuntar Visits Golan, Gets Syria's Highest Medal

U.S. alone critical of Syria at Iraq conference

Police Searching for Gunman in Seattle-Area Mall Shooting

Sword-Wielding Man Fatally Shot at Los Angeles Scientology Building

Wife Fatally Shot During Services at New Jersey Church

Explosion in Crossville

Magnitude 2.3 - ARKANSAS
Magnitude 4.3 - OFF THE COAST OF JALISCO, MEXICO
Magnitude 4.5 - OFFSHORE MICHOACAN, MEXICO
Magnitude 4.6 - OFF THE COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
Magnitude 4.8 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
Magnitude 4.8 - PUERTO RICO REGION
Magnitude 4.8 - VERACRUZ, MEXICO
Magnitude 5.0 - SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Magnitude 5.1 - CENTRAL PERU
Magnitude 5.1 - TONGA
Magnitude 5.2 - NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Magnitude 5.3 - BIO-BIO, CHILE
Magnitude 5.6 - SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
Magnitude 5.7 - WEST CHILE RISE
Magnitude 6.3 - NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND
Magnitude 7.3 - SEA OF OKHOTSK
4.1-magnitude earthquake jolts central China county
5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off Puerto Rico
Colombia volcano claims 10 lives
Earthquake of over 7 pts registered off Sakhalin's coast; no destruction reported
Earthquake Triggers False Alarms In The US
Three quakes strike Indonesia, Caroline island
Two miners die after earthquake
Underwater volcano found off Wash. coast
Rio Páez evacuation continued amid fears of new mudslide

I spent two hours working on a post last night and it disappeared into the ether. Blogger makes me cry. :(

So, I give. I'll do the export-copy-paste thing and expect you to have sense enough to know what I'm getting at without comment. Until I hear otherwise.


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Assad- Israel never asked Syria to cut ties with Hezbollah, Iran

Bush and Olmert to meet over Iran's nuclear ambitions

France ready to support Lebanon elections

Has Obama got the mettle for the Middle East

IAEA warns UN about possible activity in Syria, Iran

Iran to Attend Meeting of Iraq's Neighbors

ISF defends Rifi's phone calls with Islamist militant

Israel displays airpower it could use against Iran

Israeli leaders in visit to Jordan

Lebanon, Syria- Cutting Strands in a Militant Web

Miliband challenges Israel on settlements

Obama advisor a 'Palestinian sympathizer'

'Syria must give up its Lebanese bases'

EGYPT- CHRISTIANS ARRESTED, SHOPS LOOTED IN VILLAGE

Haniyeh slams Arab League, Egypt for failing to invite Hamas to meeting

Hizbullah Backs Restoration of Lebanon Synagogue

Iran Blocking Access to 5 Million Websites

Scowcroft was advising Obama, too -- not just Brzezinski

Shouting At Israel

Syria all but rules out more U.N. nuclear inspection

Syria has clear and comprehensive vision of Peace, Sha'aban Says

The mullahs should embrace Israel

Toward a 'grand bargain'

US warns Syria against nuclear pursuit

Abbas urges Obama to back Arab peace plan

Iran rejects demands beyond Non-Proliferation Treaty

Iran ups worldwide dam construction

Iran's Christian Call for Fasting, Prayer

Iran- Scores Arrested in Anti-Baha’i Campaign

Lebanese President to visit Iran

Minister- Gasoline rationing saves 20 million litre daily in Iran

Mosul Christians Reluctant to Return

One killed in army-gunmen clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli

Secretary-General, in message for Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People, calls on all parties to respect calm brokered by Egypt

Syria troops buildup along Lebanon border

UN to Mourn 60 Years of Israel's Existence

1 killed in shootout between army, gunmen in north Lebanon

Analysis- Duplicitous Assad is getting away with murder

IDF hits terror cell after three rockets launched towards Israel

Israel to Jordan- We don't plan to topple Hamas in Gaza soon

Jordanian king asks for Israeli restraint over rocket attacks

Man Hanged in Iran for Spying for Israel

PA to target wider audience with Arab peace plan ads

Prince El Hassan calls for world cooperation on Global Commons

Thousands of Jordanians protest Israeli Gaza blockade

Thousands protest US-Iraqi security pact

Austria may accept Guantanamo detainees

EU report sets up Arctic turf war- expert

Europeans resume talks with Russia over Georgian objections

GCC dollar standard poses a challenge

Global crisis to cast shadow over Rudd's push for Asian union

In 2025 oil, dollar out … Russia, Islam in

Iran raises profile in Latin America

Japanese Investors Invited to Iran

Leaders meet in Peru for crisis talks

Libya's LAIP, Russia's Technopromexport to Build Power Plants in Africa

‘To do’ list for first global president

‘UK, Syria to Share Intel’

Lisbon hosts Iran Culture Week

More On the New Monetary System …

New hope for Sudan A gleam among the ruins

No Russian missile sale to Syria for now

Russia Plans to Sell Missile System to Iran

Russia threatens to block gas deliveries to Ukraine over debt

Russia, Brazil Increase Military Cooperation

Russia’s Demographic Demise- The People Lose Faith in a Corrupt System

Solana hopes Obama tackles Mideast peace from day one

U.N. agency faces shortfall

U.S. warship docks at Georgian port

Wall Street and the Rise of Obama

At least 11 insurgents killed in Mogadishu fighting

Blast in Bangkok Injures 8 Thai Anti-Government Protesters

Bomb blast hits central police station The Zimbabwe Times

Civilization walks the plank

Colombia police tear-gas investors

Congo child soldiers say they forced to fight, kill

Congo rebel leader slams extra UN deployment

Congo refugees suffer shooting, rape, looting

Defiant Congo rebels stage rally in captured town

Ethiopian army claims to kill 164 Islamic insurgents in Somali capital

Government, leader deaths reshape apocalyptic sect in Mexico

Hindu extremists' reward to kill Christians, as Britain refuses to bar members

Iran makes contact with hijacked ship

Islamists say they'll fight Somali pirates

Nigeria- Militancy and Niger Delta Environment

No word on Somali pirate ransom demand

Piracy may hit Egypt's Suez Canal revenues

Protest saves woman from forced abortion in China

Seven countries meet in Egypt to discuss piracy in the Red Sea

Somali Pirates Release Greek Ship

Chris Parry- Promising new waters for al-Qa'ida

Not so easy for pirates in S-E Asia

Parliament to brace for siege

Piracy pushes ship owners to opt for Cape of Good Hope

Stolt Valor captain and crew make way back home

Supporters protest Taiwanese ex-president's detention

The Biggest Haul by Pirates Since Sir Francis Drake's Day

Thousands protest in Iceland against IMF bailout

Two killed, 30 hurt in fresh Kashmir protests

UN imposes sanctions against pirates in Somalia

We'll fight back, Somali pirates warn

$45 million North Dakota gas pipeline proposed

Alaska may delay construction of $30B natural-gas pipeline

China plans to build major oil, gas pipeline across Myanmar

Dubai Chamber discusses boosting economic ties with Mexico

Fire At Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline Under Control

Gas pipeline blast kills 2, injures 3 in Shanghai

Georgia cedes its natural gas network to Azerbaijan

Iran targets 50% rise in steel production by March 2009

Moscow backs Sofia on Black Sea energy forum

Oil pipeline fire kills six Nigerian workers-Shell

Refinery Explosion Felt Like An Earthquake

RUSSIA SAYS IT MAY ABANDON NORD STREAM PIPELINE AND SWITCH TO LNG

Russia to build gas pipeline to Georgian region

Russia's Lukoil to open 150 gas stations in Croatia

Russia, Syria may establish joint bank

Serbian segment of the South Stream- main parameters fixed

Syria courts Russian mobile operators

Turkey to explore natual gas in Iraq, signing deal with Shell

Turkey to invest $12 billion in Iran

US seeks 300 billion dlrs from Gulf states report

ConocoPhillips, Gazprom in Alaska talks

Gazprom cuts gas production

Gazprom Export extends gas contract with Slovakia until 2028

Gazprom eyes stake in Fogáz – paper

Gazprom Inks Slovakia Gas Deal

Gazprom- Exxon, Conoco could join Yamal LNG

Goldman, Morgan Stanley May Want Citigroup, CreditSights Says

AIDS official- HIV spreading fast in Russia

Cobequid impasse

Household water rationing likely by spring

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Meteor sighted over Canada

New Type of Ebola Virus identified

Russia has some two billion tons of toxic waste on its territory

Witnesses- Large meteor streaks across Canada sky

10,000 displaced by Indonesia quake

Comoros sees future in 'volcano economy'

Earthquake damages homes along Panama-Costa Rica border

Earthquake fault discovered offshore of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant

Earthquake on Mexico-California Border

Earthquake scenario would see heavy loss in Miss.

Earthquake study shows Tenn. would suffer greatest

Homes, crops damaged by Colombian volcano eruption

Magnitude 2.6 - ARKANSAS

Magnitude 3.6 - NEVADA

Magnitude 4.5 - HUBEI, CHINA

Magnitude 4.6 - OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO

Magnitude 4.7 - OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR

Magnitude 4.8 - WEST CHILE RISE

Magnitude 5.0 - ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

Magnitude 5.0 - BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

Magnitude 5.0 - NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Magnitude 5.0 - NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

Magnitude 5.0 - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

Magnitude 5.1 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Magnitude 5.2 - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

Magnitude 5.3 - NORTHERN PERU

Magnitude 5.4 - NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

Magnitude 5.6 - SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

Magnitude 5.7 - SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

Magnitude 5.7 - SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

Magnitude 6.0 - SOLOMON ISLANDS

Magnitude 6.2 - PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION

Magnitude 6.3 - SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

Magnitude 6.8 - SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

Major earthquake looming to strike Southern and Midwestern U.S

Moderate earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

Mystery rumbles on over strange sounds

Nevado del Huila volcano erupts; thousands evacuated

New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Earthquake Planning

STUDY DECLARES EARTHQUAKE POSSIBLE IN DEKALB

Volcanic Eruptions To Be Radio-Controlled

Archaeologists say they've found body of Copernicus

Biblical City Where David Battled Goliath Found

Greek archaeologists find 6,500-year-old village

Lavish 1,800 year-old bronze chariot unearthed in Bulgaria

Neolithic settlement unearthed in Greece

Owning a gun a disqualification in Obama administration

Skeleton uncovered in Kurdistan is said to be 3,000 years old

Tomb of King Herod's wife unearthed, Israeli archaeologist says