Peter Van Buren | TomDispatch | 9 February 2012 Obama administration has launched an "unprecedented assault on government whistleblowers". Van Buren should know; he's one of them. Still employed at State, though his career has been destroyed. At least he's not a "hall walker" Comments Warren Buffett | Fortune | 9 February 2012 The Oracle of Omaha lays out some clear investment advice. "Gold has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative. If you own one ounce of gold for an eternity, you will still own one ounce at its end" Comments SL Price | Vanity Fair | 10 February 2012 Barry Levinson's 1982 comedy Diner had no special effects or stars, was about nothing much. But Price makes the bold claim that no movie from that decade was more influential. Would Seinfeld have happened without it? Comments Katherine Laidlaw | Maisonneneuve | 9 February 2012 Crocodiles are abandoned at the Toronto waterfront. Pythons go rogue. Zebras sell at auction for $6,000. All part of Canada's boom in exotic pets. "Walk down the street with a tiger on a leash, and you’re going to get attention" Comments Eric Ellis | Global Mail | 8 February 2012 Fourteen years after its inception, and almost $1bn later, the International Criminal Court has yet to complete a case. It's had more judges than defendants. And some of those judges have had no formal legal qualifications Comments Kathleen McAuliffe | Atlantic | 8 February 2012 Jaroslav Flegr believes a parasite in his brain has manipulated his personality for the past 20 years. He says the microbe in question is T. gondii, which comes from cats and causes toxoplasmosis. Sounds bonkers, but he may be right Comments | 
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