And the World Cried "Never Again!" Again
Hyperlink. "Stark warning"? "Pressure"? What in the hell does that mean? The United States, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, the European Union, and the African Union have all proven themselves unwilling to take any action to actually stop the genocide; so, what, exactly, is Khartoum's motive to rein in their lackeys in the janjaweed? And make no mistake, the jihadist janjaweed are exactly as beholden to the Sudanese government as the Bosnian Serb rape brigades and death squads were beholden to the late, unlamented Slobodan Milosevic during the Bosnian civil war. The only thing that will stop the slaughter in Darfur is U.S. military intervention or an African Union force (primarily Nigerian) with some teeth and a U.N. mandate to use them.

African Crime Blotter
Hyperlink 2. Hee hee, they slipped away during lunch. I guess the South African judicial system is based on the honor system? That would certainly explain a lot of what I saw in the film Stander.

Countdown to Sympathy
One item I neglected to note yesterday: May 2 means that we are only three weeks away from everyone's favorite cetacean-based holiday, Narwhal Day. This Narwhal Day promises to be the biggest and bestest yet; so, take care to make your Narwhal Day reservations today. May 23 is coming!