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Image from BBC.com Pakistan isn't the only nation enduring a natural disaster of violent flooding. China has been ravaged in its northwest region by a tidal wave of flooding, leading to the perishing of thousands : More than 700 people are now known to have died in a massive landslide in north-west China - making it one of the deadliest incidents so far in the country's worst flooding in a decade. A frantic search is continuing for the more than 1,000 people still missing. Buildings were hit by a wall of mud so mighty that buildings seven storeys high crumpled like paper, says the BBC's Chris Hogg, in Gansu province. China has had shaky infrastructure with its buildings, and this is yet another painful reminder of how that drastically needs to change: The landslides came as China was struggling with its worst flooding in a decade, with more than 2,100 people reported dead or missing and millions more displaced nationwide. President Hu Jintao led a meeting of senior...

Okay folks, the Straight Jacket Award of the week, given to the nuttiest individual of the week with the most news impact, will be given later tonight. The two favorites for this award are clearly both Sue Lowden and Jan Brewer, with me favoring Lowden only because we can laugh at her "Chicken Bartering", while we can't laugh at Brewer signing "The Lou Dobbs" Bill into law two days ago. However though, there is one candidate that on other weeks would be a prime target for the prize. I still can't get over how we still give attention to this mean nutcase of an individual named Naomi Campbell .

She could smack someone in the face, and she still would get a camera and proper attention . It's truly amazing that in the always prevalent discussion of the "angry black woman" that seems to forever be ubiquitous no matter the time frame that she never is mentioned as a true proponent of that. Maybe simply because she's just an attractive individual (and British) that she will never get lumped into the asinine narrative and sentiments thought of towards her African-American counterparts in gender and race. But if there is one case for just an ungrateful, selfish, and consistently classless individual, no matter the color or the group, "Nasty Naomi" certainly is at the top of the list. At least she's always consistent though, with her meanness. And with that said, she is a deserving winner of...... ...The second Straight Jacket Award of the day. I guess those anger management classes over the years just haven't worked out well.