22 October 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 22 Oct 2008 Records for the more than $150,000 the Republican National Committee has spent to clothe and accessorize Gov. Palin. The Atlantic's fantastic new project, "Think Again," asks interesting questions of Americans. The shortage in America isn't of scientists and engineers--it's of American-born scientists and engineers. Info on swing-states with high risk for voter suppression. Wearied by GOP attacks, Minnesotans push Al Franken ahead in the polls. Never in history has such an outpouring of independent posters been created for a single candidate. Video: Mos Def's very good ideas to improve America if he wins the election. Tricky's manifesto on why he's proud to be English. Instapaper for the commute: China's publicity engine is its own worst enemy. (China should study Yes We Can (hold babies).) TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin educates himself on perpetual motion. Unrelated to anything: Pictures of tiny people living inside broccoli. Solving a Texas mystery through pictures and the newspaper; mystery of Kim Jong Il's missing status solved by long-hair ban. The best thing we've seen in a very long time: John Hodgman's brief digression on lost time. The environmental case against having long-distance relationships.
