Thursday roundabout

Vodkapundit points to some background on last year's Israeli airstrike in northern Syria.

Tim Blair commemorates Anzac Day.

Oliver Kamm: "Labour is no longer even a credible prospect, let alone a dominant political force".

Tim Worstall has a video showing how the European Union works.

There's a dialogue on games at Normblog.

And finally,

Language Log unearths the early history of txt spk.