Nee and Non... and Si
Previously, I stated that the EU constitution had been approved in ten countries by parliamentary fiat and rejected in two countries by referendum. That is absolutely true, but let me be more precise: a consultative (non-binding) referendum was held in Spain prior to the constitution's ratification in the parliament. Spain is rightly counted among the ten countries that ratified the constitution in parliament, but the 42% of the Spanish electorate that voted in the referendum did overwhelmingly endorsed the EU constitution rejected this past week by the French and the Dutch.

And of course, you all know what I think of the Spanish electorate.

Evolution
Coal and Steel Community
Common Market
European Community
European Union

Here. Get minimally educated.

The Gulag
The director of Amnesty International USA is on The NewsHour right now, frothing at the mouth. He said that the "gulag" label Amnesty applied to Guantanimo was appropriate in some facets, and that the US government was the same as the PRC and the now-defunct Hussein regime in Iraq. I think he meant the response to Amnesty's criticism was the same, but that's not what he actually said.

Freedom: Fits and Starts
Georgia - Rose Revolution
Ukraine - Orange Revolution
Iraq - Purple Revolution
Lebanon - Cedar Revolution
Krygyzstan - chaos
Uzbekistan - massacre