6 February 2004

  • New York's currently: the new Dublin
  • Explosion in Moscow subway kills 39 during rush hour, officials open terrorism investigation.
  • Dean to quit race if he doesn't win Wisconsin, Gephardt supports Kerry.
  • Musharraf pardons nuclear scientist for selling nuke technology to Iran, North Korea, and Libya, says Pakistan will not allow inspections of its nuclear sites.
  • Tenet: Spies may have overestimated Iraq's weapon capacities, but we never portrayed Iraq as an imminent threat.
  • Krugman says Bush is rewriting history, the Journal wonders, can't we look on the bright side of things?
  • We feel we can predict this one, but: debating the odds on who'd win in a duel, Hamlet or Laertes.
  • 18 cockle pickers killed by rising tides.
  • Jackson, Timberlake, and a nipple star, the axis of corruption for prim conservatives and prim liberals.
  • Right up there with...Dublin: New York City ranked 51st top metropolis in the world.
  • Movies: New G.I. Joe PSAs: 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • Tennessee woman sues for pain from seeing Janet Jackson's breast. One questions what she'd make of blood baths and naked people crucified alive on Polish TV (see images here).
  • French truffles threatened by inferior Chinese specimens.
  • Photos of urban exploration, photos of the Moscow subway.
  • Super-bankers club initiates new members, roasts Richard Grasso, enjoys cigars around member Mayor Bloomberg.
  • 'Cunt' retains top slot in ranking of offensive language.
  • Journalism professor calls for Novak to reveal his sources. Related: All the Stewart-trial coverage you can take.
  • Mailing list for monkey news.