21 October 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 21 Oct 2009 Audit says taxpayers are "extremely unlikely" to earn any return on TARP's $700 billion bailout. Examples of the media's Biden madlib, wherein the Veep travels to reassure world leaders. Success of Marines' F.E.T. units--female engagement teams--should encourage Defense Dept. to review its rules about women in combat. Op: Legalizing marijuana is both prudent and profitable--just ask soccer moms. N.A.S.A. scientist arrested for espionage, planning to sell missile secrets to Israel. The "mystical super-cliché" of cliché studies is that no one can say with certainty what a cliché is. Op: Super Freakonomics isn't just a shoddy statistical mess; it could actually kill someone. Anthropology of the checkout experience, and notes on how self-serve stations are eroding culture. Video: Grocery store musical. Barnes & Noble releases the Nook to compete with Amazon's Kindle; publishers grant lending rights of e-titles. Readers say Kindles make them read more; publishers say it's all hoopla manufactured by Amazon. I made comments about her ass, and then Mischa Barton cried. Incredible Bronson Pinchot interview. Photo pool of Braun/Dieter Rams's industrial design; photos of birds killed by plastics. Photographer creates a forest of soundwaves. Daily figurative studies.
