Depressing day.

I'm still out on my back and there's nothing all that exciting in the news. In Canada alone, between the flood in St Jean sur le Richelieu in Quebec, the flooding in Manitoba & Saskatchewan, and the fires in Alberta, it's all human tragedy of some sort. Then there's the devastation in tornado alley in the US.

Beyond that, it's not sure how things are going to proceed in Yemen. Just that the loss of human life is increasing there, not as fast as in Syria but increasing nonetheless.  Things in Syria - all I can say is that there is darkness before there is light. I think they have almost managed to completely silence news trickling out of the country.  But I doubt the resolve of the people has changed.  Very unimpressed with Nasrallah, head of Hezbollah supporting Assad's government. No surprise, mostly disappointment.

In Libya there is a potential deal between the rebels and the allies but does this mean Gadafy steps down? Hard to tell.  I won't even begin to talk about Palestinians, and some of the stupid comments that have been flying around them in the past few weeks.

Here's hoping Saudi Arabia frees Manal al-Sherif for defying ban on women driving vehicles in Saudi Arabia. Several other women have come forward and also put video's of themselves driving around the KSA since she's been arrested.  Manal's arrest is really putting a lot of pressure on Saudi Arabia, the last country in the world where women cannot drive.