Interesting reads for Jan.17

1) I got a feeling we will be hearing a lot more from this brave young woman. She was young, foolish and naive when she ventured into Somalia.... but then how many of us can say we have never been foolish, naive and stupid sometime or the other in our own lives?   Amanda Lindhout gives an interview.

2) Hold on to your gold, folks. Canada has many blessings. Oil, gold, silver and other metals and minerals. Many seem to think that that The fact that a Fed leader, .   h/t: Barrythe highest-ranking American official in international economics, and a potential presidential candidate are talking up the gold standard indicates that floating money is running out of political cover, and that the obstacles to gold replacing it are narrowing




vid via http://www.moonbattery.com/

4) This makes lots of sense to me. ....More significantly, these revelations not only bode ill for U.S. security; they also suggest that American efforts in the Muslim world are doomed to failure. Consider: if American Muslims, who enjoy Western benefits—including democracy, liberty, prosperity, and freedom of expression—are still being radicalized, why then do we insist that importing these same benefits to the Muslim world will eliminate its even more ingrained form of "radicalization"?

5) Voting started Jan 9 ... Count underway for the birth of a new nation ....South Sudan.

6) Stuxnet worm was approved by several nations when USA under Prez Bush ?   Hmmmmm.      via:Drudge

7) Some sneaky Republicans tried to change USA's Constitution?    h/t: Irene

8) Nice new trend. and spreading quickly. I wonder if this new trend is supposed to get the trend-setters their 72 virgins too ?