This week "Tom Paine" remains at the anchor desk, as Brian of London's new baby seems to be taking up a surprising amount of time and energy from two grown adults, especially for such a small package.

The feature interview is with Professor Raphael Israeli, of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, who caused a ruckus in Australia when he suggested Muslim immigration be capped. He gets a chance to explain himself at some length on SNN.

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In this week's blog news, Senator Hillary Clinton blacks up, goes down on one knee and belts out a rousing chorus of "Mammy". Next week she's expected to issue a press release insisting that Barak Obama not throw her in the briar patch.

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard General with half the secrets of the Mullahs in his head has managed to defect and is currently helping teams of mysterious men from the Department of Certain Things, with bulges under their arms and wires in their ears with their inquiries. Approved, proceed, action this day.

Now hear this, now hear this. Ann Coulter is an idiot.That is all.

Australian Chapter of "Jews for Genocide" formed. Founder and guiding inspiration, Anthony Lowenstein unable to comprehend when someone is making fun of him in Hebrew. Cries of silenced dissent deafen entire population

SNN senior Canadian Affairs correspondent Damian Penny has some kind words for a BBC program about 9/11 denial. Believe it or not!

Meryl Yourish scores another exclusive interview, this time with the Emeritus Professor of Advanced Studies at Princeton, and visiting scholar-in-residence at Oxford University's Department of Extreme Cleverness, Pamela Anderson. Turns out the crazy lady thought Ugg boots were made from, I don't know, Uggs, or something. Every time I read anything Pamela Anderson says, I can feel my brain cells dying.

Laurence Simon, SNN chief Texas field correspondent, reports in from an imaginary world about how John Edwards got his virtual campaign HQ in Second Life vandalised. Jeez, the guy even gets beat up in imaginary worlds! Needless to say evil Rethuglicans are being held responsible, although there's no evidence to support that. Conservatives are just evil man, everyone knows that.

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