Six In The Morning

1 BIRTHERS, BIRTHERS EVERYWHERE Seriously, a huge swath of America is completely, utterly, batshit crazy. Eleven per cent of Americans--and 28 per cent of Republicans!--believe that U.S. President Barack Obama isn't constitutionally eligible to be president? Yeah, whatever. If it wasn't for the efforts, vigilance and, well, existence of everyday, sensible, not-psychotic Americans, that country would slide into a Shirley Jackson world of magic spells and ritual baby-eating faster than you can say "wicker man". Anyway, Salon has a guide to battling the birther menace.

2 THE PREMIERS ARE HERE! THE PREMIERS ARE HERE! And they're talking reforms to Employment Insurance. (Globe And Mail)

3 THE PREMIERS ARE HERE! And Sask Premier Brad Wall's talking about innovation and climate change and unhelpful critics. (Leader-Post)

4 PHONEY DOUCHEBAG SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad takes the oath of office. There are protests. But the country didn't totally explode into howling violence as one over-caffinated Dog Blogger predicted. (Guardian, Dog Blog)

5 CORPORATE CREEPS GET OUT OF MY KINDLE A petition is launched against Amazon's Digital Rights Management (DRM) software which, as you may recall, was recently used to remotely delete books purchased by the company's customers. (BoingBoing, Dog Blog)

6 PANHANDLERS ARE PEOPLE TOO I could not agree more with University of Regina prof Garson Hunter: panhandlers have a right to approach you (and me) and ask for money. Regina's begging ban is ridiculous and shameful and evil. (CBC)