by Andrew Morrison | If you haven’t noticed, Wikileaks is in deep shit everywhere. Check out this full synopsis of the corporate world’s rejection of the website that has been decking the halls of power with boughs of nerves for leaking bucket loads of stuff we weren’t supposed to know about. Mastercard, Visa and Paypal have suspended their dealings with Wikileaks, their Swiss bank closed their defense fund (it takes a lot to get to the Swiss!), and the site’s activist founder, Julian Assange, has had his named smeared (he’s such a foreign perv!) before being taken into British custody, pending possible extradition to Sweden for a proper tickling. For a side order of tasty context, watch Assange’s TED interview.

In ironically unrelated news, the US State Department has announced “World Press Freedom Day”. I’m not kidding. Under-Secretary of State for Scary Affairs George Orwell could not be reached for comment (this last part I just made up).

Bonus: if you’ve yet to see it, Stephen Harper’s senior aide Tom Flanagan weighs in on Wikileaks and reveals himself to be a flippant goof.

Deal near to cease tropical deforestation. “The concept is simple enough: Developing nations such as Brazil, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea would be paid to stop bulldozing their forests”. Such moral courage! Bravo.

World’s most expensive book sells for $11.5 million USD.

Egyptian official suggests Israeli intelligence might be behind the deadly Sinai shark attacks. Yeah, and aliens built your pyramids…

I was 7 and I walked into our living room to find my mom beside herself in tears. It was the first time that I saw her cry. A very shitty memory. Where were you when John Lennon died 30 years ago today?