September 2, 2011: Afternoon
- Berlusconi calls Italy a "shitty" country that sickens him, and vows to leave.
- Dutch game show pits failed asylum seekers in contest to show knowledge of Dutch culture.
- Detailing those who gained from 9/11.
- No guesses for when Gadhafi will show up at his vacation home, located in Bergen County, NJ.
- Six reasons why Brazil's fertility-rate graph looks "like a playground slide."
- Analysis of French tennis players Monfils and Tsonga: "What we love about them is what keeps them from winning more."
- Sartre's The Wall published as a Facebook wall, with comments.
- Miniature world attached to a logo.
- Unintentionally vulgar price tag placements probably unintentional.
- Camouflage going invisible, having held its modern form since World War I.
- Terrific "Thinking Allowed" segments find Laurie Taylor visiting people's homes to see how different families live.
- Round-up of must-see gallery shows around America this month.
- Charles Schulz draws Charlie Brown.
- Friday's web comic: "Family decals."
- Friday's poem: "To You," Kenneth Koch.
- "Who discovered E = mc2?" turns out to be a difficult question to answer.
- "Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire if I traveled back in time with a modern U.S. Marine infantry battalion?"
- Fuse to pipe bomb spells out "That's All Folks" prior to explosion.
- Pictures and notes from the set of Sherlock's next season.