did you guys hear...

...about the thai protesters that are using the hunger games fingerz?

shit is goin down in the midwest

democrats from wisconsin and indiana have both fled their state to the ussr illinois avoid voting on bills that would take powers away from unions. what a shit show. i am not a fan of unions being able to force workers to join and pay dues, so i say get back to your state and accept defeat. if the people want to keep being forced to join unions, then they can vote that way in november. that's why we have elections.

shit is going down in libya

and bahrain and egypt. ya herd. qaddafi is so weird. and a terrorist.

someone call the fashion police.

have y'all been following tunisia?

(it's right there across the street from italy)

this morning i saw a headline about protests against an authoritarian ruler in tunisia. last night he said he's stop using live ammo on protesters, which just made folks get on twitter and facebook to organize bigger protests. well, it seems they were successful. the corrupt leader was overthrown and fled the country, and get this -

"Some demonstrators also cited the evidence of cables from the United States Embassy in Tunisia that were released by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks providing vividly detailed accounts of the first family’s self-enrichment and opulent lifestyle."

this also marks the first time an arab leader has been overthrown through protests.

i had a feeling this wikileaks thing would turn out for the best somehow. way to go wikileaks. and america, we shouldn't be so shy when gossiping about other countries.

nytimes has all the coverage you need.