Forget Norway!

According to the 2007 U.N. Human Development Index, the world's best place to live is Iceland. It's been Norway for so long. What happened?

Also, the US has gone from eighth place to twelfth. Maybe this will change when Bush is gone? *sigh* At least we have the First Amendment. For the time being, anyway.

refugee rights - 1, megalomaniacal imperialists - zip.

( Third-party asylum repugnant to Charter, federal court rules )

Original Globe and Mail article is here.



More about the Safe Third Country Agreement and why it's a bad idea.



In other news, I'm in my future home location tonight, where it's warm and there's a dishwasher and a working oven and a place to do laundry without leaving the house (and it's Massachusetts, which I dig). The trip took me an hour and a half in rush-hour traffic, which means around an hour during off-hours, when I'll actually be commuting. More yay!