T.G.I.F.

Laughter and humor are effective medicines for stress and depression while elevating mood, lowering blood pressure, and boosting the immune system. (What is funny in today's world?)

Steven Spielberg may resign as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Games in China.
In an open letter to President Hu Jintao in April Spielberg urged China to take a harder line against Sudan over the Darfur crisis. More than 200,000 people have died and 2.5 million have been uprooted in the ethnic conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan.
China, which imports two-thirds of Sudan's oil and sells arms to Khartoum, has been criticized for supporting the African nation. (Hooray for Mr Spielberg! Will USA follow the example?)

Bush administration began pressing for changes to the law after a recent ruling by the secret FISA court that barred the government from eavesdropping on foreign suspects whose messages were being routed through U.S. communications carriers, including Internet sites.
(This would be changing the law after it was broken.)

Politicians trying to account for one of the worst bridge collapses in U.S. history cast blame (repairs- $188 billion) ranging from engineering faults to the Iraq ($500 billion) war on Friday.
(Is this an indication of the crumbling infra-structure that we have allowed?)

POPE Benedict has said there is substantial scientific proof of the theory of evolution. Still no answer for the philosophical question 'where does everything come from?'“

In high income countries, programs that encourage abstinence from sex as the only method of preventing HIV infection are not effective in achieving this goal, findings from a review of trial data suggest.