5 August 2004

  • New York's still: making so hot right now jokes
  • Car bomb kills five in Baghdad; 12 dead in Mosul; local tribesmen in Falluja rescue four hostages in raid.
  • At the Times, Malcolmson says Obama isn't "black in the usual way." At the Post, Williams says, "Holy shit, what?"
  • White House hails progress in raising the deficit by $70 billion to become the highest ever.
  • It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting. Springsteen endorses, to tour for Kerry/Edwards.
  • Washington judge rules state law barring gay marriage is unconstitutional.
  • Three nearby banks robbed while police provided security for Kerry and Bush campaigns in Iowa.
  • If FDR and Lincoln did fine without seeing combat, is Kerry's military service all that valuable to a war-time President?
  • Left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers. Should New York secede from the union?
  • Guide to safe sex with animals, e.g., how to mate with a dolphin.
  • Watching the media: The Daily Howler, Media Matters, Opinion Journal, The Campaign Desk.
  • Buy tickets for The Booth Variations. Or, buy plastic toys because you're so impressed by the web design.
  • It is autumn, overcast and chilly. Girls find a red flower and bury it. Everyone speaks in the passive voice. Roger Ebert sees The Village so you don't have to.
  • Top 10 fictional detectives.
  • Photographer Cartier-Bresson dies at 95, master known for remarkable moments.
  • Weekly news as drawn into mash-note.
  • Waugh waugh waugh: Trailer for soon-to-come Bright Young Things.
  • List of famous born-again Christian laypeople.