20 August 2010: Weekend By The Morning News — 20 Aug 2010 Pakistan's floods herald a potential regional catastrophe; coffers are empty, rampant violence continues. Burma's first girl group imports western influences; junta demands song about electricity failures be changed. Parents in Johannesburg renting children to beggars for $3/day. We have a system of tax brackets well suited to nineteenth-century New Zealand. Now that the BP oil rig is capped, big pictures of the Gulf. Scientists announce the Moon is slowly shrinking--about 200 yards over perhaps a billion years. "Bed Intruder Song" earns star enough money to leave the projects; wider web audience accused of "class tourism." Britons' ideas to save the government money include selling off the Queen's swans for meat. "Ferret legging," where competitors stuff ferrets down their pants, is making a comeback. For D-list stars, autograph-circuit conferences offer muted glory and easy income. With LeBron gone, Cleveland focuses on role as the birthplace of Clark Kent. Op: Fashion copyright laws will murder innovation in a field that's fundamentally based on borrowing. Historian argues Germany's 19th-century success due to lack of copyright law. Aesthetic analysis of National Geographic's "timeless beauty." Layer Tennis doubleheader today features TMN's non-brother Baldwins in the commenting booth. BlackBook interview with TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin regarding Bruce Willis's intrusive powers. For those who miss sliding down snowy mountains: Google Slope View (Whistler, for example).
