27 October 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 27 Oct 2009 Bush is back, this time as a softshoe motivational speaker. Op: Torturing dogs or humans engenders compliance, not truth-telling. Comedian jokes about amputee soldiers; pols and editors outraged on soldiers' behalf; soldiers laugh, distrust pompous pols and editors. Political activists fulminate because it provides "so many of the requirements for human happiness." The science of rug wrinkles: moving bumps travel at around one meter per second. Mushroom-hunting urban-dwelling Russians get lost in the woods this time of year. Op: Every Indian novelist is a kind of translator. Google street view of Paris as modern photography. Chart of the world's various internet speeds and costs. From the perspective of science, there isn't--and has never been--anything natural about farming. Whole Earth founder praises cities and genetically modified crops. Blog dedicated to 19-century dust jackets. Videos: Kuroshio Sea; Rémi is a bat; Star Wars: Uncut. Photos of New York's waterfront. In case you need to know: How many people are in space right now? The more exclamation points used in an email, the more likely it is a complete lie. 10 natural laws of the internet.
