And another Syrian leaves the Dark Side

Syria's deputy oil minister, Abdo Hussameddin, says he is resigning to join the anti-government revolt. He announced his defection in a video posted on YouTube, and is the highest level political figure to abandon the government of President Bashar al-Assad since the uprising erupted a year ago. I support his decision, as long as he doesn't switch back. Assad is definitely getting what's coming to him. That bellend is already unpopular even without losing his deputy oil minister, and I won't be surprised if he becomes the fifth Arab leader to be toppled by the people. And speaking of people, people should be impressed about the new iPad. It does have a faster chip, Retina display, and (with the obvious exception of Wi-Fi only models) 4G connectivity (even though we don't have 4G networks in New Zealand). And speaking of things we don't have in New Zealand, I found out that tonight's episode of The Cleveland Show (it's the one where Rallo's friend Murray gets married and Cleveland pretends to be thinner for his wife) had already aired in Australia. I feel bowled underarm knowing that Australia gets all the good stuff before we do. And speaking of good stuff, I will most definitely get an iPad 3 when it gets a bit cheaper.