27 February 2003

  • New York's currently: unsympathetic to buck-passers
  • Fearing Dan Rather would have the upper hand, Our Bush says ousting Hussein would make the Middle East more stable, somehow extending to Israel. (the White House is still extremely pissed about the CBS interview with Saddam.)
  • Fred Rogers--'Mister Rogers'--died today.
  • North Korea fires up a reactor, a day after Powell said it wasn't operating.
  • Orange Alert sirens to blow 24 hours a day in major cities.
  • Libeskind design named winner of WTC-memorial.
  • U.S. promises to prevent Kurds from self-government in postwar Iraq, pleasing the Turks, who will also be pleased to send in their own troops behind, and possibly ahead of, the Americans.
  • A short, wide look at the dictator we've supported: Saddam, surrounded by 'yes' men, is very good at killing people who say 'no.'
  • Daily News investigation of the hell-tour that is the MTA's Access-A-Ride, transportation for the disabled. Related: The New York Post is gay.
  • Pitchfork on who to see at SXSW.
  • Ian McEwan: Your people don't appreciate you. We do. Move here. [ via bs ]
  • The sin wasn't to write the screenplays, the sin was to write them well. Richard Price on all details of the writing life.
  • Sing with cats in boxes.
  • A Reminder: You have until 3 March to receive up to $20 if you bought a CD between 1995 and 2000, because the Record Industry was busted implementing illegal Minimum Advertised Price policies.
  • Student says Stamford, Connecticut cop gave him wedgies, made him do a naked headstand.
  • New: Insert Silence.