Let’s take a walk.

News

War Games: South Korea and the U.S. are conducting war games in an attempt to see just how friggin’ nuts Kim Jong-Il can get.

Wikileaks Documents: The largest intelligence leak in history shines a light on Afghanistan and puts Wikileaks in the crosshairs.

Corning Cocoa: Hedge fund managers weren’t hated enough, so one of them decided to corner the cocoa market and crank up the cost of chocolate.

Blogerty Goodness: If you used Blogerty, you’ll be getting your information back. Unless you’re a terrorist. Then you can suck it.

Hayward Out at BP?: Tony Hayward is likely a goner at British Petroleum after his PR effort helped make things work. Hope he’ll get by on whatever multi-million severance package he gets.

Today in History

The Cuban Revolution began on this day in 1953, led by an elite named Fidel Castro who figured the lesser people would be happier poor. Or dead if they bitched about it.

Blogs

News of the Restless: A thorough collection of F’n wankers.

Martin Wolf: The political genius of supply-side economics.

Paul Krugman: The only thing Republicans disliked about George W. Bush were his approval ratings, not his economics.

Media Matters: Social Security is a ponzi scheme, so kids today should put down the video games and get to work.

Word of the Week

Context.

–WKW

Crossposted at William K. Wolfrum Chronicles