30 July 2004

  • New York's currently: ready to shut down for a week of pandering and corporate blow-outs
  • Pakistan captures one of U.S.'s 21 most-wanted terrorists, wanted for role in 1998 bombings in Africa.
  • About 20 kidnapped--5 yesterday--in Iraq since Philippine troops withdrew last week; National Assembly conference delayed (and why that's bad).
  • Legality explored of Nicholson Baker's fact-based argument (in fiction) for assassinating Dub-Dub.
  • Report finds millions misspent or manipulated by U.S. in Iraq, millions worth of equipment lost, millions billed for nonexistent projects.
  • Texas press falls out of love with the President.
  • Yankees propose to build (on their bill) a new stadium, though with no retractable dome, across the street from current park.
  • African Union may send troops to disarm Arab militias in Sudan, first military intervention for AU in a member state.
  • How to play tennis in New York City.
  • 24-year-old political worker with 24 words and a cover photo in the Times magazine gets pilloried.
  • Full text of Kerry's acceptance speech.
  • 60 years after 200,000 civilians were killed in Warsaw and the city left in ruins.
  • The Pilgrims were basically like more into killing people and stuff like that. Community encyclopedia entries from Danville, Ill.
  • Classical music critics weigh in on the state of the serious genre.
  • Quiz: Which are you, red or blue?
  • Politicians wear blue ties, possibly because, as John Edwards knows, women find the color "friendly and attractive."
  • Video: Boy sings tribute to his robot who's off to war.