25 September 2006

  • New York's currently: the land of Silk and Splenda
  • Pentagon prepares for showdown after telling Rumsfeld the 2008 budget is billions of dollars short.
  • The FBI's investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks continues, though slowly, and with an endless list of suspects.
  • Life in Thailand after a coup--the same for tourists and residents alike, but with less traffic.
  • Power outage in Pakistan sparks false rumors of a coup; when the lights go out in Iraq, everybody curses "Generator Man."
  • Top Chinese Communist official fired over misuse of city's pension fund.
  • Chinese involvement in local business becomes an African election issue.
  • The Superdome will host its first post-Katrina game tonight--pre-game performances by U2, Green Day, coin toss by Bush Sr.
  • In Fox News interview, Bill Clinton defends record, wipes smirk off interviewer's face. (Video here.)
  • British soldiers allegedly smuggled guns out of Iraq, traded them for cocaine, smuggled that back in, then sold it to soldiers.
  • After 34 years in operation, a single-screen theater shutters, considers The Last Picture Show for its final showing.
  • Begin the clamor for a Sampras comeback.
  • Paul Ford rides his bicycle here and here.
  • Today in Digest: Robert Birnaum on the week in books.
  • In the average American home TVs now outnumber people.
  • Ventriloquist Jay Johnson (Soap) on our "wooden Americans."
  • New colonoscopy robot uses snail technology to surf on mucus.
  • In a Herzog-like stunt, German director Uwe Boll boxes his critics.
  • Miss Cleo not just real, also a lesbian.
  • Every one needs Jesus regardless of their ethnic background.
  • Time for pancakes, but too early to read.