26 June 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 26 Jun 2008 "The Republican Party is a dead rotting carcass...in a horror version of Weekend With Bernie, handcuffed to a corpse." Republicans endorse Obama. On the incredibly intricate wiretapping legislation that passed today, and why it's worse than you think. Nicaraguan leftists fight to reclaim the sombrero as a political symbol. Crafting the "Dream Prius": the secret subculture of "ecomodding." There are more semicolons in the New York Review of Books personals than balls in a gay bar. Video: Honda's Asimo robot directs the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Internet to loosen regulations on domain names, presenting huge opportunity for "cybersquatters" to buy up valuable URLs. In China, netizens mob against immoral bloggers, humiliate them, have them arrested. Maggie Mason's guide to the best sporks on the internet. Early paper-and-pen concept sketches for web apps like Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo. Tarantino "a real happy dude" after finishing script for new "in-your-face" WWII movie. New laws result in adults afraid to talk to children for fear of pedophilia labeling. Video: "Thou shalt not think any male over the age of 30 that plays with a child that is not their own is a pedophile, some people are just nice."
