As the US takes command of NATO forces in Afghanistan, Working for Change looks at how dire the situation for Afghanis is. Lot’s of links and information, including:
Afghanistan is just about the poorest country in the world. Only Burkina Faso and Niger sometimes get worse ratings. After nearly three decades of warfare and another of drought, [...]

Interesting discussion going on at Blogs Canada about climate change, with Jim Elve bouncing off Gwynne Dyer’s column on Global Warming and short/long term solutions, needs and current ramifications.

Ultimately, Turner may go down as the first “Internet politician” in Canadian history. But he might also go down as the first politician undone by the medium he embraces. - McLeans Magazine
Canadian political blogs are in an uproar after a rumour posted a couple of weeks ago on a conservative blog called What’s Right is Right was [...]

Can you see that footprint in the clouds? Is it God’s our ours, carbon or creation? One reason some the world’s leading religions might have appeared slow on the uptake on climate change might be because they’ve been preaching it all along, for thousands of years. Underpinned by doctrines of stewardship and creation, it is [...]

The ‘bride wig out’ video has been watched over 2 million times, more than most TV show viewers get, the past two weeks on YouTube.
The 6 minute video is not real.  Some people who viewed it were concerned and empathetic, and it also spawned parodies. Some viewers correctly assumed it was a hoax.
The ‘bride and the bridesmaids’ are actresses.
In the [...]

Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky and earth below, Over the housetops, over the street, Over the heads of the people you meet. Dancing, Flirting, Skimming along. - J.W. Watson
Through the sharp air a flaky torrent flies, Mocks the slow sight, and hides the gloomy skies; The fleecy clouds their chilly bosoms [...]

Khaled el Masri, a German citizen kidnapped by the CIA under extraordinary rendition has had German prosecutors file warrants for 13 CIA agents involved in his kidnapping and imprisonment.
They will only be prosecuted if they step off US soil, el Masri’s case has previously been refused by the US.
Mr. el Masri was kidnapped by a group of [...]