What's Happening...

• Iran - okay let's take a deep breath before we begin... ready? Alright, so we've all seen the news coverage regarding the unprecedented protests against the recent election, or shall we say "re-election" of President Ahmadinejad. The opposition party has led the protests, claiming that the election results were rigged, however the turn out has been incredible with hundreds of thousands rebelling against the results. So vast have been the protests that they're impossible to ignore, hence drawing international attention. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei issued an ultimatum, more like a threat, calling for an end to the protests or be faced with strict resistance from the government. Basically a government crack down on the protests, I'm assuming. Go ahead and draw some pictures in your head of what that might involve. So far the police has started using water cannons on the protestors. Khamenei claims that the victory was so "great" for Ahmadinejad that there is no reason to believe that fraud was involved. Right... I'm wondering how the Int'l leaders feel right now. Just a few weeks ago Western leaders were speaking openly about the strong, almost definite probability that the world would be rid of the President that has been such a pain to the rest of the world with his aggressive behaviour. I guess we'll wait until the next election.

• Still no word on the black boxes for the Air France flight. However the carrier has started handing out $24,500 to the victim families. Authorities are reporting that the fact that the bodies have broken bones indicates that the plane began falling apart in the sky before impact. And that's really all that they've put together thus far. It is a very scary reality still that I'm sure many people are trying to piece together. Almost unheard of in this day an age that a plane could just fly into bad weather with faulty equipment and fall apart.

• On the Canadian front, don't expect a federal election until at least the end of summer. Ruby Dhalla seems to have escaped her controversy even though the Committee report called for a thorough investigation. People seem to be distracted at the moment with other things, namely other MP or MP scandals from around the country. When is anyone in this country going to do their job. I don't know why we hold inquiries to begin with when their recommendations are never followed. If they don't have anything to hold against her, then just say "innocent" and move on. If they see something, then enforce the investigation, but whichever it is, stop wasting my tax dollars!

• This is all I care to write about right now. I have to rip Stephanie Meyer apart - save that till the next blog post :p