25 June 2004

  • New York's currently: wondering how long the media would chat if Britney and Madonna were both murdered within six months
  • Iran breaks agreement with France, U.K., and Germany, plans to resume building equipment for nuclear weapons program.
  • 105 killed, 321 injured in yesterday's coordinated attacks around Iraq, all within six hours.
  • Gunman frightens pedestrians on the Brooklyn Bridge before killing himself.
  • My mother says that since I am going to burn in the next life, it is her duty to set fire to me in this one. Interviews with Iranian prostitutes.
  • Supreme Court votes 7-2 to give Vice President Cheney another chance to shield 2001 energy task force dealings.
  • Tanker crash kills at least 90 in Iran.
  • Form & Truncheon: American architects puzzle with new awareness of defense, how to build pleasing structures that can't be bombed.
  • China stockpiling massive fireworks arsenal.
  • Baby Superman born in Berlin, with extraordinary strength due to genetic mutation. Someday, he may grow up to be a Superdude.
  • Video: Good clips of high school basketball stars.
  • Guide for Brits trying to understand Ray Charles's "Black American English," including exotic phrases like "Rachmaninov" and "put oneself into the mood."
  • Death penalty effectively suspended in New York.
  • Print and thrill: Hersh this week on Israel/Turkey/Iran/Syria relations, threatened by Israel seeking a bigger foothold in Kurdistan.
  • Evolution of New York's Asian Film Festival, screening latest "J-horror" sensations (e.g., man masturbating while biting through own arm, or, extreme fishhook penetration).
  • Last year's polio resurgence in Nigeria has now reached 10 other African countries, a triumph for clerics spreading flim-flam about the vaccination.
  • That crazy chef Jamie Oliver's photo blog.
  • (Newspaper) junkies can read 322 front pages from 43 countries. Or, have the NYC papers explained to you. Or, try a European summary.
  • Guide to freeganing, eating only food you steal or find in dumpsters.