29 October 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 29 Oct 2008 Profile on the power and nationalism of Yuri M. Luzhkov, Moscow's mayor. Instapaper for the commute: Fish on the power of "passive" campaigning. To complement Errol Morris's "People in the Middle", the filmmaker's favorite "real-people" commercials from the past. Joe the Plumber: Yes, "a vote for Obama is a vote for the death of Israel." Thought experiment from January: What if polls were banned during election season? Related: What a grueling, two-year campaign does to a journalist's soul. Nicely done survey of electoral maps from previous presidential elections. Map of 2008's newspaper endorsements for president; map to arctic shipping routes. Video: Joaquin Phoenix announces he's quitting movies to focus on his music, storms off after interviewer innocently takes it for a joke. In closed circles, Sarkozy calls Obama's approach to Iran "utterly immature." Friedman on how the next president should handle Iran, now that oil prices are falling. Gallery of bicycles found in Tokyo. Your update on Cascadian Farm's tiny people hiding in its broccoli packaging.
