17 July 2006

  • New York's currently: buttered
  • The reason Arab nations are blaming Hezbollah for the current Israel conflict: fear of Iran.
  • What they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this [expletive] and it's over," Bush said with his mouth full as he buttered a piece of bread.
  • Gunmen kill 42 in market south of Baghdad.
  • Sunnis, once opposed to the American presence in Iraq, now say U.S. troops are needed for protection from Shiite militias.
  • Washington Post's Dana Priest says the paper possesses better intel resources than the spooks.
  • Business reporters at big-wig conferences have little choice but to report the weather.
  • Video clips of newscaster gaffes.
  • Urine could hold and/or be the key to extended space travel.
  • List of villains unlikely to battle Superman in future sequels.
  • Head-buttering experts agree: Zidane showed pro form.
  • New proposal would offer $1 million to one lucky voter in Arizona.
  • Why do we dream? Scientists don't know, but they have some ideas.
  • Vive la Force! Star Wars in Paris.
  • Like movie studios, some restaurants chop up their reviews to sound scrumptious-er.
  • Publishers want higher billing in movies based on their books.
  • Robert Birnbaum on the week in books.
  • Mr. Coors caught drinking and driving--the real shame would be if it was after a Bud or five.
  • Saddam's nine-day hunger strike more of a "sweet coffee and other liquids" strike.
  • Nebraska no longer the progressive bastion of the midwest it used to be.
  • Because of global outsourcing, the Mumbai train bombings have companies around the world concerned.
  • Berlin Love Parade back after two year break/recovery period.
  • Ernst Choukula was born the third child to Estonian landowers in the late autumn of 1873. Count Chocula in Wikipedia.