6 August 2004

  • New York's currently: making the show
  • Heavy fighting in Najaf as Sadr either did or did not call for an uprising against the U.S.-backed government in Iraq.
  • Two Albany mosque leaders arrested in sting operation that involved assassinating a Pakistani diplomat using a shoulder-fired missile.
  • McCain goes on the offense, asks White House to condemn ad that denies Kerry's war record. And: The major discrepancies and errors in the spot.
  • Sudan government says it is cracking down on the militias that have been enacting genocide upon black inhabitants, then offers up a team of petty criminals as militia members.
  • Big states, big misperceptions: George W. Bush's co-opting of Texas spawns film attack against the state; Alaska wants New York to know that it doesn't consider its precious wilderness so precious.
  • Suicidal teenager jumps off Brooklyn Bridge, survives.
  • Just So You Know, Your Dad Was Standing Naked in My Kitchen, Facing My Kids' Room. Man of the Week George Saunders preempts terror in the home.
  • Morph the electoral college, play with the election results with the Times, and track the battleground states' polls with the constantly updated Journal.
  • There is a way, it's another way, and it's the zine way.
  • Boat crew finds hindered seagull, grafts Barbie parts for a leg.
  • Post-dating terrorist arrests for political advantage, but for the Democrats? Or for whom?
  • The story behind how the Internet Movie Database began, and how it continues to operate.
  • The anarchist-driven Wall Street explosion of 1920.
  • Barney, frankly, is the finest staff member at the White House, and definitely has the best hair (and an awfully nice blog).
  • Perhaps the most famous involuntary expression is what Ekman has dubbed the Duchenne smile. Malcolm Gladwell on how to read minds with faces, though densely.
  • MP3s: Brad Neely's hilarious Harry Potter spoof, Wizard People, Dear Reader.