Sunday, June 7, 2009

Big Blow for Brown and the European Left

British PM Gordon Brown's Labour Party, already reeling from the MPs' expenses scandal, suffered major losses in the European Parliament elections. Other leftists suffered in this weekend's elections. Europeans disillusioned by the recession flocked to the right. While legit law-and-order mainstream conservatives prevailed, the whites-only, anti-immigrant British National Party won two seats. People who voted for those two seats voted for hatred and false conservatism.

Wiki Wars

The New York Times describes the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee, the "court of last resort" for the user-edited encyclopedia, which I have edited over 23,000 times:

Link By Link - The Wars of Words on Wikipedia’s Outskirts - NYTimes.com

Evening Trio--6/7/09

Voice of America: More Bodies Recovered From Air France Crash in Atlantic

Courier-Journal: Public corruption has found a home in Clay County

NY Times: Federer Completes Career Grand Slam, Winning Elusive French Title