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Pope ticks off Muslims: It appears that the Pope’s lecture at Regensburg University has stirred Muslim anger. So what’s new? The pope calls on people to use reason in discourse and instead of reading and understanding Muslim leaders react by instigating violence.

Poland to supply troops: Poland will supply an additional 900 troops for the NATO mission in Afghanistan. The Polish politicians still think that generosity and cooperation will garner them friends. As former Polish President Kwasniewski found out at the White House —“ Too bad, so sad; thanks for the help, now shut up.

Polish workers held in “concentration camps”: Chasing the almighty dollar or Euro can get you into trouble —“ or get you killed.

Kimveer Gill, goth, blogger, gamer, killer: The usual stuff will follow as to how games and the Internet are all at fault. No one will look to his upbringing nor to his experiences with bullying in school (how does that mesh with Canada’s liberal ideals) which, while not an excuse, certainly didn’t help.