28 May 2004

New York's currently: grim but hot

Insurgents in Najaf attack U.S. forces, despite partial (farm league) truce between troops and Sadr's militia.

Nigerian drug chief battles counterfeit drug makers, including some of her country's wealthiest businessmen.

Nearly 1,000 dead in Caribbean floods, more rain predicted for Haiti and Dominican Republic.

There is a gigantic salvage operation, stripping anything of perceived value out of the country. Scraps of Iraqi infrastructure trucked to Jordan.

Scotland Yard grabs steel-hooked loudmouth al Masri, accused of trying to build an al Qaeda training farm in Oregon.

Amount of potential nukes material secured in two years after Sept. 11 was less than amount secured in two years prior to the attacks. Very not good.

If any Iraqi is "brokering" relations with Iran, I hope it's Chalabi. Christopher Hitchens makes defense for Captain Unpopular.

Travel journaling for the 21st century: Piperboy's Scrapbook.

Reuters investigates supposed A-list Hollywood actor blogging under pseudonym Rance.

New city parking tickets are easier to read, still difficult to receive. (Maybe you could pay to have them dismissed?)

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. Stephen Burt on new, disappointing revision to Philip Larkin's Collected Poems. (Did Larkin read much foreign poetry? No!)

Zito & Sons closes on Bleecker Street.

Big big image: Paris at night, city of light.

In light of new D.C. memorial, collected memories from WWII. (See also, George Orwell on Arthur Koestler's Darkness At Noon.)

Lions have been known to mate over 50 times a day. This is probably the sole criterion to become King of the Jungle. Revised dating tips from the animal kingdom.