Saturday digest

- Another wrestler has passed away. Bam Bam Bigelow, pictured above laying into the One Man Gang as Andre the Giant looks on, was found dead in Florida yesterday. I remember seeing this guy at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium about twenty years ago, taking on Paul Roma. The way overmatched Roma tried to do a high-cross body on Bigelow, who simply caught him in mid-air and dropped him flat on his back for the three-count. My dad thought it was hilarious. As for my 13-year old self, I was pretty impressed.

- Charles Krauthammer makes a compelling argument that Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki doesn't really deserve an infusion of American troops, given his mutually beneficial relationship with radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr - notwithstanding the recent arrest of one of al-Sadr's cronies. Maliki better rein al-Sadr because with Sunni Saudi Arabia making noise about getting involved and Iran's continued interference despite its poor economy at home, the time for a made-in-Iraq solution is now.

- If Stephen Harper disproportionately favours Quebec rather than promoting fairness for all Canadians in the upcoming budget, I'm going to have to consider drastic measures: voting for Dalton McGuinty this fall.