Vacation [Updated]

Family on our way to Ibiza in 2006, during my R&R leave from Iraq

I'll be on a much needed vacation for the next two weeks. I'm off to Dublin, Ireland, and then Saint Tropez in France. I will blog a little, but it will be light.

In the meantime, here are a few things you might want to check out. I haven't had time to discuss them in full:

Outrageously, an accused child rapist is set free because the court can't find an interpreter for him (even though he went to high school and college in the US!);

Anti-Semitism on the rise in the UK;

Turkey is complaining that Germany is finally getting realistic on immigration (240,000 Turks were allowed to enter as guest workers in the past, somehow there are over 2 million today).

The UK is finally having a substantial discussion on the immigration issue as well;

Speaking of the UK, new unpleasant details of a well-publicized honor killing;

On a different note, are you tired of using Photoshop to edit your photos? Here is a list of 10 free alternatives. I have tried half of them thoroughly now, and they are very good.

Update 07/27/2007 03:29:00 PM: Fixed broken link to the child rapist story.



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