3 June 2004

  • New York's currently: nearing the point when celebrities are burned in the streets
  • All U.S. soldiers deployed in the future may face extended terms, despite expired contracts.
  • Thousands of Congolese attack U.N. offices after rebels (alleged to be controlled by Rwanda) seized town of Bukavu.
  • Five Iraqis killed by car bomb in Baghdad.
  • Footage from Curb Your Enthusiasm frees man accused of murder; Larry David does one decent thing with his life.
  • Former Abu Ghraib Chief Karpinski wages one-woman PR battle to defend herself.
  • With Chalabi, we paid to fool ourselves. In other times, it might be funny. But a lot of people are dead as a result of this. Must-read Jane Mayer piece on Ahmad Chalabi.
  • Virtual walking tours of Manhattan.
  • One advantage of not taking orders from God, you can change direction when things go bad. Though the theory doesn't seem to hold true for TV's slippery slope.
  • MP3: Every Beatles song, in alphabetical order.
  • Anti-Kerry ads: French people are stupid, and, Clowns are unpatriotic, says professional voiceover.
  • Tips for better freezer use.
  • Interview with John Kerry documentarian, trying to complete his movie about the candidate by Labor Day.
  • Swedes may now call on ambulances (#696969) to deliver condoms, packets selling for 50 crowns.
  • More people are calling themselves "liberal," fewer people calling themselves "conservatives."
  • Avast Ye Thar, English Majors! Other names for band "The Decemberists."
  • Sexual assault on the rise in the Army, and the numbers probably understate the problem.
  • Video: Dirigeable's artificial sea creatures.