Burma’s Junta decides that a three-party talk would seem to offer the wrong idea about just how the ruling party feels about democracy. I guess the message is not just no, but “hell no, we won’t go!”

Pat Robertson says Giulianni is an “acceptable” candidate for President. Wait, religious right thinks that a pro-gay, pro-abortion candidate is acceptable?

A student opens fire at a Finnish high school, killing eight and wounding himself. This is the first school shooting in Finland’s history, a nation with the third largest gun owning population in the world.

Wall Street Watchers were a bit disappointed today, oil did not reach the much vaunted $100 a barrel mark. For the record, the price of oil in March 2002 was around $25 a barrel, the price of oil during the oil shortage in the 1970s was around $15. (These prices are not adjusted for inflation.)

New French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he likes the US and is thankful for the liberation of France from the Nazis. All jokes aside, it was rather touching.