Cherish the thought

Jay Nordlinger's last Davos post has some good stuff. Particularly, this thought:

I noted that the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, a dictatorship’s capital — just like in 1980 and 1936.

Many, many readers wrote in to say, “By 1945, the Nazis were finished. By 1991, the Soviets were finished. So can we expect the demise of the ChiComs about ten years from now?

Now, THAT would be the best thing the Olympics EVER accomplished.

Nordlinger is a great admirer of Queen Rania of Jordan - "smokin' hottie."

A reader wrote, “You think Queen Rania is all that? When it comes to wives of Middle Eastern rulers — check out Asma Assad.”

"Emma" is hot.

There's a nice bit about Sir Richard Branson too who has opened a Virgin store in Gaza just because.

Not everything he does is money-making — I mean, in his business ventures. He put a record store in the Gaza Strip. He figures it won’t make any money; it may even get blown up. But he thinks he should be there. He is a do-gooder who inarguably does good.