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After coming back a week ago, I briefly had another mini-vacation to try a news-fast and rid my system of unwanted wear due to so many negative news. I know it sounds a bit like a selfish thing, and yes - it is. I would recommend this to anyone that is constantly on the wire for interesting news to feed on.

So, with a refreshed mind, and a refreshed body to go along with it, let’s get to the big boy topics around the Philippines. And to my surprise, the inq7.net has formally moved to inquirer.net, and now we all have to refresh our bookmarks as well. I’m still thinking as to why it took them so long to move to inquirer.net, but I’m guessing that maybe they were still in negotiations with the previous owner of the domain name, or maybe not. A domain name such as inquirer.net is big bucks in the domain real estate industry, and from my guess, probably commanding a million or so dollars, depending the valuation… but let’s not get further into that.. just go to sedo.com if you want to learn more on that subject.

But, remember, before I went on my second mini-vacation, we did sort of break the news on the Saddam Hanging / Lynching. Which, I’m glad that the controversy over that matter has finally died down… even during my news-fast, I heard a waiter mention it to one of her customers, as if she knew I was trying to rid myself of that kind of news (talk about getting a spoon when all you need is a knife)

Apparently, the controversy broke because of - you guessed it - youtube, and the instant news media we call a video phone and all it’s video capturing glory! Frankly, I’m still surprised that the Iraqi government is still standing considering it’s made so many idiotic blunders with regards to this lynching of Saddam. I’m not a supporter of Saddam, but clearly this was not a controlled hanging, and that the backers of Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr were present, were taunting Saddam, were carrying out revenge, and should never have been in there in the first place.

This is just another example of the weak leadership of this current Iraqi government that is caught in between a current civil war in which they are clearly taking sides.

And of course, shifting our focus on our own Islands, the big news of the day is certainly the Asean Summit and all the hoopla, politicians, dignitaries, and protesters surrounding the event. But, let’s dwell on that subject on the next post!