This BBC story looks at how the growing middle class in China may be forcing the country's rulers to loosen controls on the mass media just a bit.

But don't get carried away and think it's a relatively free society: China reportedly has more journalists in jail than any other country.

A CP story talks about the high cost of benefits and the positives and negatives of contract work -- but to get the whole picture, you had to read yesterday's story too.

Not that I expect people to turn to this blog for weather news, but Environment Canada says there's a nasty thunderstorm cell moving across the northern part of the Greater Toronto Area that could spawn tornadoes.

Actually, most of southern Ontario is under a watch or warning right now.

Mom-meeee!! :)

Update:

The worst is over. Here's a CTV.ca story on the storm.

From Dan, the bartender at Southside Louie's: "Guantanamo all-inclusive."

Not bad, although I might go with "Crusader George and the Infidels" (which the aforesaid bartender dismissed as "not clever.")

While the handle sounds a bit 1950-ish, that's not entirely inappropriate.

Strangely enough, I can't find a U.S. punk band named "The Enemy Combatants" or "War President."

What's the deal? Are there no teenaged, snot-nosed, politically-minded Red State punks willing to take a musical stand? What is happening to America's youth? :)

I didn't bother searching on "Long-Term Struggle Against Extremism" because it just didn't have a ring to it.