Old Holborn reports Freedom of the Press alive and well in Pakistan.

The following from the Pakistan Daily:

For our US and Canadian visitors, the twat in question is our current incompetent UK Prime Minister. Also known as the *Enron Chancellor. Can I just state I don't think he's a murderer. (I'll let the other two descriptions stand).
(*h/t Verity via Coffee House.)

If - like English Guy - you think someone else can do a far far better job of running the country and managing the recession than Gordon Brown, then you can sign the following petition requesting his resignation for being so hopelessly crap at managing our economy. Period.

"Not an Iron Chancellor. More an Enron Chancellor". (Kudos and credit to Verity via CoffeeHouse)

You can sign the petition here. You must be a UK citizen or a member of the UK Armed Forces to sign this petition. You can even have voted Labour in the past. You now recognize your mistake.

Sign the petition here.

Wall Street Fighter reports on the demise of those loopy New Year Glasses. Obviously they won't work for 2010! 2090 Maybe.

A really, really close shave. Via らばQ:巨大な倉庫の棚がドミノ倒しのように崩落

Spotted at somethingfishy. Worth sharing.

Does make you smile doesn't it. Here's an excellent related joke. Good one.

Image from Secular Apostate.

I don't want to see kids hurt. No sane human would.

Directly from DizzyThinks:

By the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit

The Israelis have been warning you that this was coming if you continue your cross border rocket attacks. Egypt has been imploring you to stop firing rockets into Israel, but you ignored our words. We have been urging you to renew the cease-fire with Israel, but you refused. You have brought this upon yourselves. You are responsible for what is happening to the people of Gaza.

 At least not this Senior Chief Petty Officer

Via JWalkBlog.

One of the most concise "gripping" explainations I've ever seen. H/T to Not a Sheep who saw this at Theo's

Not a Sheep titled his post "Better Looking than Robert Peston and more intelligible." Spot on. Even with a East-European accent she still enunciated better than the gamboling Pesto.

Mentioning Economics worth pointing folks back to the Collateralized Debt Obligations by Paddy Hirsch video here.