The names of four aid workers kidnapped in Iraq have been made public.
The Jawa Report has the video and other information. Two of the four workers are Canadian. They are members of The Christian Peacemakers Teams.

James Loney, 41, is a community worker from Toronto, Canada. He has been a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams since August 2000, [...]

After a small blog convention was held in the US and I took some flack for my observations, a post appeared on a US blog by someone who took exception to my observations, and my lack of understanding regarding a bad joke made by another organizer that targeted a couple of mild critics.
I thought I’d let John Schroeder, [...]

Ar arr arrrr! Rick Mercer’s Letter from the Prime Minister.

Hello Fellow Liberals and Merry Elexmas one and all.Wow! Can you believe it’s holiday Newsletter time again?As you know, today the Governor General dissolved the 38th parliament of Canada. It seems like barely 18 months ago we were celebrating the birth of our recently deceased minority [...]

Ganns Dean of Superblessed has a breakdown of  finalists in the Philippine Blog Awards in the four categories - Filipino Blogger of the Year, Most Informative Blog, Blog Site of the Year and Best Photo Blog.
Over 650 blogs were submitted, the semi finalists are waiting, winners will be announced on December 5th. This is the second year this show [...]