Shooting Paintballs at Hobos

Happy Monday, folks. I swear that this week will not be as obnoxiously bad as last week was, even if it requires me to shoot paintballs at hobos. First, the news.

Fox: New Al Qaeda Book on 'Muslim Spies' Paints Picture of Weakened Group, Experts Say

BBC: 'Rude' French are worst tourists - *snicker*

BBC: Destination Tripoli: Is Libya ready for an era of mass tourism?

BBC: Economic crisis boosts Dutch Calvinism

Guardian: Obama and Sarkozy check out woman's butt

Guardian: Steven Spielberg's HBO mini-series, "The Pacific"

Guardian, Times: Gaddafi demands return of Lockerbie bomber in first meeting with Brown - I think Crazy Uncle Muammar is finally losing it... More... Than he had already... Okay.

Wired Danger Room: Amid Arms Race, US Trains Up South Sudan Army

AFP: Russia asks Kyrgyzstan for Second Airbase

Failblog: Reading Fail - Why would that woman ever need to know how to read?

Today's video is alternately titled "Saving Private Ryan Prank" and "Saving Private Ryan on $100 Budget". It's hilarious, but they botched it: "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones was at the end of Full Metal Jacket. Even so, it's hilarious. The smoke grenades? Priceless.

Yup.