The Surge against Bush: Chavez in Russia for Arms talks, then on to Iran

Whoa. News most Americans don't know about, don't care about, yet may change life as we know it.....Two of Bush's arch enemies, Hugo Chavez and Vladimir Putin (don't kid yourself, he hates Bush), met today in Russia to talk about arms. Yikes. That can't have a good outcome, especially since Chavez has been saber rattling lately about the Diablo (Devil), Bush, again. And THEN, Chavez goes to Iran....hmmmm.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has arrived in Russia, where he will meet his counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for talks on military co-operation.

Mr Chavez is expected to visit a helicopter factory and discuss the possible purchase of diesel submarines. This is Mr Chavez's second visit in under a year to Russia, which he has designated as a "strategic partner". At an international level, he wants to minimise Washington's influence in the world, especially in Latin America...But perhaps the symbolism of what follows Mr Chavez's visit is what matters most. After leaving Russia, he will travel to Belarus and Iran.

10 Things You Didn't Know About Kim Jong Il

Who's as weird as can be now?

"Yura" wears Platform shoes? What is it with dictators, anyway? They're always so strange, and not in a good way. The nutbag in Iran wears "Members only" jackets, Putin kissed some kid's stomach, yuck! Here's 10 things you didn't know about Kim Jong Il and don't really want to know now:

USNews:
Most people say he was born in Siberia in 1941, when his father, Kim Il Sung, was in exile. The "official" account states that he was born in 1942 in a log cabin on a mountain, and there was a double rainbow to mark the occasion. His name as a child was "Yura."

2. His younger brother drowned in a pond in 1948; his mother died a year later.

3. He rode a motorcycle to high school.

4. He graduated from Kim Il Sung University in 1964 with a degree in political economy.

5. He has allegedly written over 1,000 books and six operas and designed a tower to commemorate his father.

6. He did not allow his voice to be broadcast until 1992.

7. He has at least six children by three different mothers and perhaps more.

8. He sleeps only four hours per day.

9. He wears platform shoes to mask his short stature.

10. He likes movies. A lot. He is said to own over 20,000 and claims to have watched every Oscar winner.