24 June 2011: Weekend
By The Morning News
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Zimbabwe general calls Tsvangiari a national threat, says he will die to keep Mugabe in office.
Op: Obama sounds so much like Lincoln, he may as well grow a beard and buy the hat.
A gentleman should take domestic politics slightly less seriously than backgammon.
Arrest status of Mexican cartel kingpins.
Twelve degrees of Whitey Bulger, or, how a crime boss connects to John Kerry, Mitt Romney, and LSD.
Wildfire analysts called "fire whisperers," "Dr. Phils for a fire" who "communicate through its flames."
Lovely Tumblr: Life of a summer developmental-league baseball player.
Horrible story finds Andy Baio screwed by photographer Jay Maisel for cover art to Kind of Blue tribute.
Brief inquiry into "bagelheads" and Japan's body-modification culture.
Taiwanese blogger jailed for calling restaurant's food too salty; judge argues she didn't sample enough dishes.
Saturday morning read: Stomach science owes much to shotgun accident.
Survey of Poetry after $200m injection: magazine is fabulous, new building is fabulous, everyone has headaches.
Four theories behind evolutionary reasons for masturbation.
Beer archaeologists tour spice markets, slaughter goats to recreate libations of old.
SlutWalk goes to Delhi, where women are eyed like meat.
Editors and publishers reveal summer reading lists.
If we wouldn't describe a book to someone we wanted to sleep with, we shouldn't write about it. Time to stop writing--and reading--reviews.
Related: Book for the future: "Baby's First Internet."
