And with all the vagaries and change of the world, it's a sign of stability to see that the Colonel of Libya might still be up to his old crazy tricks, this time plotting to assassinate Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. But it's interesting to note that he wanted to do it to hike oil prices yet higher, not spread the cause of Islamo-Marxist revolution has codified in his unreadable "Green Book".

My, how times have changed.