“Gideon Burrows asks why British government representatives are at this year’s Sofex arms fair when countries known to be ‘sponsors of state terrorism’ – such as Iraq – are also there” The right to fair arms

“Dija heya tha onea baht…” I find it depressing that there is an overwhelming bias to the right amongst bloggers. People like wit and levity and left wing writing has a tendency to appear whiny and over sincere. The PJ O’Rourke’s can scoop up all the laughs, ‘cos lets face it, they can afford to be frivolous and decadent. But there are plenty of precedents for left wing humor, from Swift to Michael Moore, so where are they all in weblog land. (oh – and please don’t forward any libertarian examples, I’ve just eaten)

As if things weren’t already complicated enough for the cerebrally challenged Bush administration, the North Korean’s admit to telling porkie pies, and have been working on a nuclear weapons program while the US has helped them build power reactors. The main problem, however, is that cash starved North Korea has shown willingness to sell some of its more threatening weapons technology. “The Bush administration has relayed information to U.S. allies in Asia that North Korea has tested key parts of the intermediate-range No-Dong missile in Egypt. Officials said tests were designed to determine whether North Korean components and technology could help complete missile programs in Egypt and other Middle East countries.” Middle East Newsline –