12 February 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 12 Feb 2009 Now that gas is cheap once more, ethanol plants can't make their federal mandates. If Obama's stimulus fails to prevent a depression, it will be because he didn't waste enough money. Why the press should take the non-profit model one step further and declare itself a religion. Tory leader caught altering Wikipedia in order to win obscure argument with Gordon Brown. Your new Facebook group: "Make Bankers Accountable." Video: Nouriel Roubini and Nassim Taleb embarrass glib CNBC hosts with eloquence. Half of Paris's public bikes have been stolen; Velib management says it can't afford the maintenance. Pennsylvania judges guilty of taking millions in payoffs to jail thousands of children. Instapaper for the commute: Analyzing the relationship between Grateful Dead concert behavior and usage statistics. Video now available of what Yo-Yo actually played during the inauguration. Synopsis and critique of the play Lincoln watched on the night he was shot. Speculating if Kadima benefited from bikini-babe Bar Rafaeli's late endorsement. Our new favorite blog is Stapler of the Week. See also: 406 bands who Twitter. Report on Slate's attempt to find the Patient Zero of Facebook's "25 Random Things About Me" phenomenon. To compete with Matthew Baldwin's "Mindfuck Movies", allow us to nominate Xavier Chassaing's "Scintillation."
