Video Digest: March 2, 2007
Ah, youth: Television shows from the psychedelic days, when Sid and Marty Krofft brought us Land of the Lost, HR Pufnstuf, Sigmund and Sea Monsters, The Bugaloos, and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl.
Archive
A collection of 14235 issues
2 March 2007: Morning
Tornado-related incidents kill 17: nine in Georgia, seven in Alabama, one in Missouri. Bush vows to bust up bureaucratic logjams preventing federal aid from reaching the Gulf. Former kangaroo skinner becomes first target of White House's special military commissions. Skinner's description of brutal treatment at
Two in the Hand
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we reveal the top contenders and the winner of the Non-Expert’s Contest for Total Idioms, with a way for you to save the world.
1 March 2007: Evening
Large Midwest storm system spawns tornadoes, leaving at least one dead in Missouri. Notorious ETA prisoner returned home to Basque region after 114-day hunger strike. U.S. finding it surprisingly hard to recruit Iraqis for Bavarian war games. When Colorado kicks out the immigrants, it's left to
1 March 2007: Afternoon
Pessimism and bad moods dump slump on world markets. Japanese whaling mothership crippled; anti-whaling nations vow to club the entire industry. Top Walter Reed officials have heard complaints about outpatient neglect for more than three years. Sleep deprivation has a particularly debilitating effect on decision-making processes that depend
1 March 2007: Morning
McCain tells Letterman he'll run for president. Despite his frozen freezer cash, Pelosi appoints Jefferson to the Homeland Security Committee. Iran and Sudan, which rhyme, make friends in face of foreign isolation. Did the U.S. encourage North Korea's nuclear build-up by overestimating its accomplishments
Comeuppance
An adolescent tragedy forever changed Laura Bush; but instead of appreciating the sanctity of life—publicly at least—she promotes the reality of death.
28 February 2007: Evening
Stock market creeps back up as the Fed reassures us all is well. Castro calls Chavez, chats about China, communism, Cuba; read the full transcript here. Police wonder whether it's "theft to order" as two Picasso paintings go missing from granddaughter's house. PETA'
Band Bashing and Guitar Smashing
That new Arcade Fire album sure does suck. Like you, I got it when it leaked, downloaded it while I was listening to other leaked music. (The next Arcade Fire album sucks as well, by the way.) So yeah, I listened to it in my iTunes a couple of times,
28 February 2007: Afternoon
Speaking of China's internet-blocking: Reporters Without Borders' list of 13 internet enemies. Op: Democrats bluster about Bush's Iran policy, but theirs is nothing to get excited about. Boer-pride radio anthem excites a generation of young Afrikaners who've lived under African government.