Hoorah. Iraq – the world’s #1 worst place to be a journalist.

The Committee to Protect Journalists has compiled their annual Top Ten list, representing “the full range of current threats to press freedom”

“In all of these places, reporting the news is an act of courage and conviction,” said CPJ Executive Director Ann Cooper. “Journalism is essential in helping all of us understand the events that shape our lives, and our need and desire for information cannot be eliminated by violence and repression.”

Kind of shocking to see a ‘respected’ ‘superpower’ make the list. Overuse of “radar” quotes I know. I meant Russia when I said that, as if China isn’t a respected superpower? I worry me sometimes, especially when I think aloud and choose not to censor myself.

I will retreat to my corner now.

It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. Won’t you join me?

This time of day (5.15am without sleep) is generally one in which less than lucid opinions should be kept to yourself.

So I take a “break” from my “study” to comment briefly on the world around me.

It is dark. As it is before the sun rises. It’s also cold just before sunrise. But don’t take my word for it, it’s a proven fact. One which I will not be looking up to link for your lazy bum. So just take my word for it. It’s a bright, full moon out there in a cloudless sky… which would seem to contradict my previous assertion that it is dark. In fact it does. The moon is casting shadows. It’s not dark at all.

The world is, or this time zone is, waking up as I try to stay awake. My stomach is still unhappy with the coffee it’s trying to digest, and has no qualms about voicing that displeasure.
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Perhaps this mandarin will do the trick. Yes, nothing like a shot of citrus in they eye… huzzah. And I have avoided exclamation marks completely(shift+1) It’s a proud moment at The Earley Edition.