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Go check out this Riding Sun post about an Iranian daredevil who died trying a stunt on Saturday.

This Op-Ed from The Daily Telegraph sums up a lot of my opinions on the prospect for Democracy succeeding in Iraq (and also castigates BBC coverage.):
The Iraqis have a long way to go before their blueprint for a democratic future becomes a reality. But they are on their way to that goal. Hatred of President […]

Gregory Scoblete explains in this TCS article why economic carrots or sticks won’t have any effect on Iran or North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Military sticks still a possible deterent however. In Iran’s case, if they were convinced we would attack them if they did not abandon their nuclear intentions, they would in fact […]

MSNBC.com:
A decade after Saddam Hussein had them drained to punish their occupants, the marshlands of southern Iraq, said to be the inspiration for the biblical Garden of Eden, are recovering at a “phenomenal rate” since Saddam’s fall, the United Nations said Wednesday.
New satellite imagery shows a rapid increase in water and vegetation cover in just […]

Gib at Crosblog has been on a roll recently. I keep wanting to comment on his posts, but find he has already said everything that needs to be said, and in a hilarious way as well. So click through and enjoy!

Michael Barone writes about reasons to not worry so much about an Iraqi Theocracy emerging. He also adds this, which expands on what I was trying to get at in the previous post:
Some have argued that Iraq is a poor testing ground for democracy in the Middle East because it has multiple sects and […]

Guardian Unlimited:
Shiite negotiators have proposed a compromise to the Sunnis and Kurds to break the impasse over the new constitution and called it a final offer, a member of the Shiite committee said Friday.
“We have given the latest draft and we hope they respond today,” Abbas al-Bayati told The Associated Press. “We cannot offer more […]

Michael Yon once again shows what reporting is. Go read it now.

Instapundit has a good post up about SUVs that makes a point I hadn’t previously considered.
Modern requirements for child safety seats, and the inability of children to sit in the front seat because of passenger side air bags have probably made SUVs dramatically more popular for many families, especially if you have more than 2 […]

Seattle Post Intellgencer:
The Washington state Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a judge’s ruling that a recall petition against Spokane Mayor James West can proceed.
Just hours after lawyers for West argued that the petition by Shannon Sullivan was factually and legally insufficient, the high court issued a three-sentence order affirming a lower court ruling that the […]