“Your eyes, they deceive you.  Go home.  There is nothing going on here but the normal, every day bustle of the Lebanese market place.”

Reuters:  “Israel is likely to agree to hand control of the West Bank city of Jericho over to the Palestinians in the coming days, Israeli television reported on Monday.” […] Israel had promised to transfer five West Bank cities to Palestinian control in advance of a Feb. 8 peace summit in Egypt. But the handover has been delayed by disagreement over Palestinian demands to remove all roadblocks in the area.

Kerouac:  “So. Anybody feel like watching ‘Dragnet’ and maybe ordering in a pizza…?”

So says Washington Post Managing Editor Philip Bennett, in an interview with China’s People’s Daily Online: I don’t think US should be the leader of the world. My job is helping my readers trying to understand what is happening now. What is happening now is very difficult to understand. The world is very complex. There are various complex forces occurring in it. I don’t think you can imagine a world

Wilde:  “Why, thank you for the invitation, dear boy.  But one would no more climb in to a hummer than would a small child climb in to his lollipop…”

From the BBC: Nearly one million people have gathered for an opposition rally in Beirut, officials say – a month after the death of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The BBC’s Kim Ghattas in Beirut says the crowds have turned the city centre into a sea of red, white and green – the colours of Lebanon’s national flag. The protest is against the continuing presence of Syrian forces in Lebanon.

Social security, private accounts, and the gay community:  an economic consideration. **** (h/t Another Gay Republican; see also, Boi from Troy)