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- North Korea is not content to let the world forget that it is bat**** crazy

- There are grumblings and speculations about the US losing its AAA sovereign debt rating after the UK was threatened with a downgrade last week. I'm inclined to agree with Felix Salmon on this one: credit rating agencies have lost so much credibility in recent months that their opinion doesn't count for much. Nevertheless, that doesn't take away from the huge challenges facing the US economy (and its currency) as the government loads up on debt.

- Please leave the UK: a message that's not just for immigrants anymore! (via The Browser)

- The Canadian winter olympics committee has unintentionally revealed the secret weapon to be used by their olympic snowboarders in 2010. Slow learners, those Canucks.