3 May 2006

  • New York's currently: finding Greenpoint ashes in Fort Greene and thinking, seems familiar
  • Mexico's Fox to legalize nearly all popular drugs and narcotics for personal use.
  • The scale of this year's spring Taliban attacks alarms officials, though the Taliban doesn't make the U.S.'s list of terrorists.
  • State Department offers four Spanish versions of the "Star-Spangled Banner."
  • Republicans' $100 gas rebate is dead, and S.U.V. sales are sharply down, except for GM's new trucks.
  • NASA announces plan to launch $700 million into space.
  • Three convicted in 2004 Munch thefts; $121 million repayment to be dropped if paintings are found.
  • Research money may be cut for Bush's laser weapon.
  • Brooklyn fire that ripped through Greenpoint's waterfront yesterday was the largest in a decade, excepting 9/11.
  • All the signs point to blogspot--Bin Laden is a left-wing blogger.
  • Two-thirds of college-age Americans can't find Iraq on a map; half can't find New York.
  • Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby companies accused of false advertising.
  • Four out of 10 women in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, and Taiwan use skin-whitening cream.
  • Want to lose weight? Drink delicious unroasted coffee.
  • ABC fluff piece on Google promotes gagging by second paragraph.
  • Nearly a year into the Roberts court and procedure is more polite, less predictive, and perhaps more inquisitive.
  • Real-world ATM card offered for virtual online game.
  • His nipples are autographed. Really, I could just stop there. Hot chicks with douchebags.
  • The Great Gatsby by John Kenny, author also of White Noise.
  • The wisdom of street food.
  • The new right: whole-grain, crunchy aesthetic-minded conservatives.
  • Democrats use midterm ballot initiatives to split and stymie Republicans.
  • Tommy Frank says fire-breathing anarchy may be just what Dems need to embrace.
  • Videos: TV in Japan.