News bits for today…

Alexander Litvinenko’s italian contact, Mario Scaramella, who was also poisoned, has been arrested. Scaramella was hospitalized for several days in London, and he said doctors told him he had received five times the lethal dose of polonium-210, although he showed no symptoms.

From the Chicago Tribune:

Scaramella said he showed Litvinenko e-mails at the Nov. 1 meeting from a confidential source identifying the possible killers of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya and listing other potential targets for assassination, including himself and Litvinenko.

Scaramella was arrested in Naples after returning from London. Rome prosecutors have accused him of international arms trafficking and slander.

James Brown dies at 73

The Queen of England does a podcast

The Pope’s Christmas address from the Vatican, Urbi et Orbi

The Archbishop of Caterbury’s Christmas Sermon

Iran pulls a Saddam with the UN Security Council over Nukes

IRAN has threatened to cut access to international inspections and accelerate uranium enrichment after the UN Security Council imposed sanctions over its nuclear program.

The Security Council voted unanimously to impose relatively light sanctions after prolonged negotiations with Russia, which supplies nuclear technology to Iran and is a major trading partner.

The resolution requires Iran to immediately suspend its enrichment program and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel within 60 days or face additional UN penalties.

UN Sanctions will do no good; Islamists are liars, they believe ‘war is deception’.

Blogs:

California Conservative: “Obama Fever”

Illinois Review: GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - Christmas, December 25, 2006

Marathon Pundit: 15 Christmases Ago The Soviet Union Ends

Chaotic Synaptic Activity: Using Antiquity To Find Your Way

Always on Watch: Christmas Memories

Adam’s Blog: The Carnival of Christmas

Kender says Good-bye

Moonbattery dot com “The Breck Girl is Back”

Part Time Pundit: John Bambeneck’s Radio Interview on Iraq

Right Wing Nut House “IG Report On Berger’s Theft An Eye Opener”

Rotty Pup’s Christmas Message

Smoke Signals Blog: A Very Tough Christmas

Jack Idema is supposed to have a Christmas Video message up at Rogue Radio Live, but I can’t find it yet. But he has a priceless picture of himself out in the snow with a big rucksack on his back, holding Brent’s dog, Nina.

Update: Here’s the link to Jack’s Christmas Video Message, or you can go to Rogue Radio Live and click on the picture of him and Nina to get to it from the Rogue Radio Live site. Thanks to Jo from Jo’s Cafe for giving me the heads up.

Michelle Malkin “For Unto Us a Child is Born”

Merry Christmas from Baghdad, courtesy, Hot Air

Thanks to Jo’s Cafe (even though it’s Christmas [after the weekend] and that’s a link to her weekend specials)