Today's Enduring America Contribution to Britain's Anti-Terrorism Campaign

CNN on Top of the World: Porn Beats Out Pakistan

UPDATE (5:20 p.m. BST): CNN has now put in a new Number 1 story, "Obama: US Auto Industry Must Not Vanish", which (as far as I know) has nothing to do with pornography whatsoever.

CNN's international website now has "Pakistan police academy attack kills 8" as its Number 2 story.

Number 1? "Husband's porn threatens [British] minister's job".

Next up: Christiane Amanpour puts the tough questions to Afghan President Hamid Karzai --- Playboy or Penthouse?

Today's Enduring America Contribution to Britain's Anti-Terrorism Campaign

In the spirit both of vigilance against Shifty-Looking Foreigners and a helping hand to the chronically fearful:

Enduring America Joins Britain's Anti-Terrorist Campaign!

Our colleague Steve Hewitt ("Canuckistan") was on undercover duty in a London tube station when his sharp eyes noticed this poster:



We were quite jealous that Dr Hewitt had gotten the jump of us so, as we searched for chemicals, fertilizer, my wife's hydrogen peroxide, we also kept a lookout for other inspirations in the Fight Against Evil Terrorists Amongst Us.

Our first discovery:

Scott Lucas on BBC World Service: Barack Obama and Gordon Brown

I spoke with BBC World Service's Newshour last night about President Obama, British Prime Minister Brown, and the presentation of bad news, especially in a time of economic crisis. Conclusion? Each, in his own way, is suited to the role he is playing publicly (and, yes, this is far different from when President Franklin Roosevelt was having "fireside chats" during the Depression).

The discussion is now on-line, about 20 minutes into the programme.