24 October 2007: Morning By The Morning News — 24 Oct 2007 Utter devastation in southern California; state's largest evacuation underway, though some evacuees are already returning home. L.A. Times blog tracks the developments, as does the New York Times. Burma junta tracked the protesters, and now is staging midnight raids to arrest organizers and participants. Russia struggles with integrating migrant workers into resistant society. Underground fires in China alone contribute as much CO2 to the atmosphere each year as all the cars and light trucks in the U.S. Meat-eaters, switch now: you can stop being the no. 1 cause of global warming by preferring chicken. Rwanda would prefer to be the Singapore of Africa. Laureate Lessing offers explanation for why Americans are "a very naive people," and why 9/11 wasn't so bad. Times public editor explains how the mysterious bestseller list works. Not explaining much, emergent model for swearing in the workplace turns out to be more hack "boxology." Video about a boy who "echolocates" (he can bike and play games without eyes). Lethal injection ban leads to rise in back-alley lethal injections. If sleep doesn’t serve an absolutely vital function, it is the biggest mistake evolution ever made. Quotes by experts and artists on sleep. Unrelated: Withnail and I reunite for a final bender.
