Thorns and briars will come up on my people's land yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city

Both Mohammad Fahim Khairy and Vadim at neweurasia offer their mostly jubilant commentary.

Newspapers around the world dutifully wrote feel good stories about how engaged environmentalists celebrated as the lights went out around the world.

The third reason concerns the poor state of global policy dialogue, notwithstanding all the happy talk about global challenges and shared responsibilities.

This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me. How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

The image of joyful crowds and Spanish flags draped from cars and windows has given way to that of throngs of demonstrators holding banners protesting the government s latest austerity measures.

Popular support for the creation of a pan Asian security structure can be found not only in the election outcomes in Japan and South Korea, but also in the ecstatic crowds that greeted Obama in Myanmar (Burma) during his recent tour.

Amid a rough winter in Jordan with little optimism in the air, Ammanis found solace in getting snowed in on Thursday, making it a long white weekend joyfully hyper tweeting and photo sharing snow covered neighborhoods and some whacky snow creations.