Photographic Poser?

North Korean officials have released the photo of their "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il. His health has been the subject of intense speculation after a reported stroke in September and because he has not publicly nominated a successor to run the nuclear-armed nation. Closer inspection of the photograph suggests his shadow is somewhat different to the soldiers accompanying him, leading to suggestions it has been the victim of Photoshop. News? Photoshop? Outrageous!

This year’s presidential election made history in several ways and it appeared that news networks were also in a competition to show off the most elaborate technology to explain polls and other election events. It all started with fancy Surface tables and a “Magic Wall”, but if there was one technology that completely stood out form everything else, it was certainly CNN’s holograms. Above Will.i.am, Obama suporter and "We We Can" viral video creator and Jedi Run-da Nesan, frontrunner for Secretary of Galaxy in Obama's cabinet, are "beamed in" to discuss the election with Anderson Cooper.

Christain Science (now read on your computer) Monitor

After a century of continuous publication, The Christian Science Monitor will abandon its weekday print edition and appear online only. The cost-cutting measure makes The Monitor the first national newspaper to largely give up on print. John Yemma, editor of The Monitor (above), said it was “making a leap that most newspapers will have to make in the next five years.”

Feel Like 150 Million Dollars

Barack Obama has raised more money for his presidential bid than all candidates combined raised in the open 2000 presidential race and is on track to top the joint sum raised by President Bush and John F. Kerry in 2004. The Illinois Democrat’s September haul of more than $150 million brings his overall contribution total for the 2008 raise to more than $600 million. Republican rival John McCain has raised about $250 million. Obama is the first presidential candidate in history to forgo public financing despite stating he would accept public financing.

Obama Stirs Up Votes, Drudge Stirs the Pot

Barack Obama was out stirring up votes on Sunday in Ohio. Matt Drudge, of the Drudge Report, is stirring up controversy with a picture from Obama's the door-to-door initiative. Many believe this is an attempt to instill a "To Kill a Mockingbird" fear of Obama. Had the photographer taken a picture of the next politically conscientious citizen kissing Obama, Drudge could have evoked fear of a "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" magnitude.

They Tie Thier Shoes in Little Nazis

Members of an ultra nationalist movement look at Serbian riot policemen during an anti-Nazi rally march in central Belgrade. Some 2,500 policemen were deployed amid fears the neo-Nazis could clash with some 500 anti-Nazis who staged their own protest in the center of the Serbian capital.

In other Nazi news:

Play 'Taking Sides' distorts Nazi history

Book Review: Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe by Mark Mazower

Anti-Semite greeted with Nazi Salutes

Tracksuit of Evil

The Bush administration announced Saturday that it had removed North Korea from a list of state sponsors of terrorism in a bid to salvage a fragile nuclear deal that seemed on the verge of collapse. You just have look at the tracksuit of evil he made me wear to know Kim Jong Il is at least a bully.

Ar Rustamyah must be Iraqi for bored stiff

Iraqi chief of staff, Lt-Gen Babakr Zebari (left) and some guy who didn't get the "casual dress day" memo attend a staff qualification course at the Iraqi Military Academy in Ar Rustimayah. NATO’s Junior Staff College graduated its third class of Iraqi officers from a comprehensive staff qualification course. The 11 month course prepares officers from all branches of military service. Security and prevention of unauthorized access are key lessons learned by the officers.

Ground Control to Major Wong

China's three-man spacecraft shifted from an oval orbit to a more stable circular orbit 213 miles above Earth today in preparation for the country's first attempt at a spacewalk. China's offical Xinhua News Agency was so excited about the event it ran a story on Thursday announcing ground controllers were tracking Chinese astronauts, complete with details and quotes from the astronauts, 12 hours before the astronauts blasted off.