2 December 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 02 Dec 2009 Profile of Alaska Southeast professor thought to be world's first and foremost Sarah Palin scholar. Video: Interviews with Sarah Palin supporters. Fearing populist mob, Goldman bankers begin packing pistols. If Americans are addicted to living beyond their means, the Chinese are too adept at living beneath theirs. America wastes 40% of its food supply, up from 28% in 1974. Wikipedia execs deny recent news that the site is losing droves of contributors. The legal high industry is hiring neuroscientists and "heavyweight lab pharmacologists." Finding a decent glass of wine in India is enough to drive a person to drink. Dubai fires Indian temp workers by text message. Baby, pray at my portal. Passages of exceptionally bad sex from recent books. Portfolio of interface design from recent films. Wonderful account of woman with Asperger's at the DMV; wonderful interview with Roberto Bolaño. Highbrow video: Bach's Passacaglia in C Minor; timelapse of the Alps at night. Rome hires experts to analyze starling inundation; Italians carry umbrellas to avoid rain of bird excrement.
