15 September 2004

  • New York's currently: crisping up for sweaters and such
  • Thousands in New Orleans flee the path of Hurricane Ivan, a storm that, with the help of federal budget cutbacks, could literally sink the city. [PDF of Times-Picayune]
  • Even if the Bush memos are forgeries, says the secretary who would have typed them in 1972, the originals said the same thing.
  • Bush reiterates how proud he is to have served in the Guard. But: We want him to at least admit his privileged status there, and Dan Rather would like some answers.
  • Gripped by an anti-American fervor, dozens of men rushed at a Western cameraman and chanted, "Bush is a dog, Bush is a dog!" Iraqis react to the car bomb that killed 47 yesterday.
  • North Korea wants to wait out U.S. election before beginning nuclear talks.
  • "There are no other jobs. Joining the police and the army is the only choice." Why prospective cops brave car bombs in Baghdad.
  • If only every recipe were drawn like this… Cooking for Engineers.
  • Kazakhstanian press secretary disputes Borat's (Ali G's) claims about his country: Wine is not made from horse urine, and all that.
  • Man packs Soviet-made explosives in baggage for cool souvenir that could have blown up his plane.
  • Decoding the names of cars. [via things] And: World's largest SUV ready for market, and it's pretty much a semi.
  • Entrepreneurship, Cement Work, Atomic Energy, Computers: Boy Scout Merit Badges, past and present.
  • One thousand troops dead in Iraq: their photos.
  • Couldn't bring yourself to dissect a frog in high school? Now you can, no scalpel required.
  • "The Pseudo-Elizabethan Place Name Generator," also known as "The Suburban Subdivision Placename Generator."
  • Video: Satan knocks down hapless pedestrians, says vote for Bush.
  • Worldometers.