240 PROTESTS against the Iranian regime this month. Wow.

GLENN IS SPOT ON, sadly: Zapatero's administration response to the threats from Syria over the extradition of al-Kassar is a dog-bites-man story. Alas.

¡MERRY CHRISTMAS to all the readers of Barcepundit!



By the way, I think Santa put some time to write in my sock, so hopefully I'll be able to post more often...

UPDATE. If you prefer stronger stuff, this is for you:



(Thanks, Allison)

WHERE ARE Islamic moderates when we need them? Do they really exist? Ayaan Hirsi Ali is looking for them.

DID THE IPCC falsify sea level data?

ETA KILLS AGAIN:

ETA suspects shot and killed a Spanish Guardia Civil policeman in France on Saturday, French police said, the Basque separatist group's first killing since it abandoned a ceasefire in June.

A second Guardia Civil was seriously injured in the shooting in the French resort of Capbreton, 20 km (12 miles) from the southern city of Biarritz.

The two plain-clothed officers were taking part in a surveillance operation with French police when they were shot at point blank range as they were getting into their cars around 0830 GMT, a police source told Reuters.