If Mick and Keith can still do it, why not Robert and Jimmy?
- Vlad Putin dissolves the Russian government, and the Russian military tests a new bomb they claim is four times as powerful as the strongest U.S. conventional weapon. Bush has got to be jealous.
- In testimony to congress Gen. David Patraeus says he doesn't know if the war in Iraq is making America safer. Wait, is that why we're fighting this thing? I thought it was to find contraband WMD/eliminate Saddam/spread democracy/contain Iran/fight al-Qaeda/bring peace to the Middle East/Reduce the cost of gasoline.
- The price of crude oil: Up. The stockpile of gasoline: Down. Your wallet: Soon-to-be empty.
- More great news on the economy: You think I can get my paycheck in Euros?
- What's wrong with this headline? #1: "Small tsunami follows powerful earthquake in Indonesia."
- What's wrong with this headline? #2: "Led Zepplin Rises Again." (And no, it's not that Bonham is still dead.)*
- Even more fun with headlines: "Disney violates Chinese labour laws: report." China has labor laws? Who knew?
- Gee, I wonder why Bucs receiver David Boston passed out in his car?
- Jon Stewart's back as Oscar host.
*-UPDATE: Pollstar has fixed the spelling of "Zeppelin" in their headline. I should have taken a screen capture. My bad, folks.
This article appears in Sep 12-18, 2007.