16 June 2005 By The Morning News — 16 Jun 2005 New York's currently: shivering because it forgot to bring along a coat in the middle of June House defies Bush veto threat, votes to halt Patriot Act snooping at libraries and bookstores. Iraqi troops raid Baghdad house, free two hostages. Republican Senators signal that they want out of the Social Security reform quandary. Attacks across Iraq yesterday leave more than 50 dead, including five U.S. Marines. Christina Aguilera breaks Guantanamo detainees. British schoolkids learn they've been studying the wrong poets all year. Intriguing old-fashioned photos of Civil War re-enactors. (You, too, can become a historical re-enactor!) What the Republicans believed and what the Terri Schiavo autopsy proved otherwise. "How does Hans know what Chewybacca is saying?" Conversations with my wife about Star Wars; how to fast-forward through The Phantom Menace. Video: This android is kind of freaking us out. (More about it here.) David Sedaris on why the New Yorker's fact-checkers are not to be tangled with. Japanese tie makers concerned that a new casual dress code discriminates against ties. Plans for new Yankee Stadium unveiled--just like the old one, but improved. (Images here.) Why are MetroCard vending machines asking you for your ZIP code? "Some of the songs in this book are like the silence of flooded houses." Richard Brautigan's forwards and blurbs.
