AMF: Going Through the Motions

Fox: Pennsylvania Union Leader Criticized for Threatening Legal Action Over Boy Scout's Volunteerism

CNN: North Koreans escape to cold reality - Survival requires actual work? Communism and socialism (and the media) promote unrealistic perceptions of real life? Fascinating.

BBC: Alcohol 'protects men's hearts' - Father Time is the helathiest man alive.

BBC: Egypt recalls Algerian envoy as football row deepens - A diplomatic war, vandalism, and violence. Over soccer. Unreal.

Times: Karzai signals end for private security firms - With corrupt and inept police and military personnel? Good call for politics, bad call for the actual security that's necessary to win the war and stabilize the country.

Times: Brain-eating tribe helps mad cow research - Ha!

Times: Go home (early) and multiply, bankers are told - Japan has such huge issues with population collapse that some businesses are giving their employees additional family time, in order that they might breed like we all hope Mighty Mo and the Man of Steel will do soon.

Times: Ancient Greek worshippers showed inclination towards the Sun

Times: EU to seek special status at UN - First the International Olympic Committee, now the EU? Earth to the United Nations: these aren't countries. What's next, General Assembly seats for Greenpeace, the Arab League, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps?

UPI: Arabs go for air power to counter Iran

AFP: Afghan village armies fight the Taliban - The people in Afghanistan and Pakistan hate the Taliban. This war can be won, but President Obama needs to grow a backbone, and President Karzai needs to destroy corruption.

Wired Danger Room: In Nod to Global Warming, Navy Prepares for Ice-Free Arctic - The comments are priceless, holding the Wired blogger accountable for being a moron.

Just for Fun: Project Rho - Do you have nerdy tendencies? You may enjoy this website.

Have a great weekend, folks.