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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

News Morning News

Posted by Jen Graves on Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:26 AM

Options in Afghanistan: 'Bad, worse, worst.'

Palin Has Incisive, Insightful Criticism for Obama on Afghanistan: On Facebook (9,809 people like this!).

Europe v. Microsoft: Antitrust deal in the works.

New Evidence of Awesomeness of Insurance Companies: Domestic-abuse victims denied coverage.

Pirates Make Mistakes Too: Sorry, French navy ship.

More Stonehenge Discovered: Part of a funeral complex?

Nobel Week Continues: Today, ribosomes. Yesterday, digital photography! (Literature, peace, and economics are next.)

Does This Need Saying?: Get the swine flu vaccine.

From Abstraction to 'Black Like Me' to Truman Portrait to Model of Telegraph as Sculpture: Art at the White House is more broad-minded than ever.

Headline of the Day: FBI probed Anna Nicole Smith in murder plot.

Brag About Your Sex Life, Get Five Years and a Thousand Lashes: In Saudi Arabia.

Steven Spielberg, Norman Rockwell, and Stolen Art: Oh, and George Lucas, too.

Ring Around Saturn: Dust and ice, scarlet.

Did the Art Even Exist?: Police question collectors who say they've been robbed of millions in Pollocks, Rembrandts, and Renoirs.

McDonald's at the Louvre: MaMais non! (Via Culture Monster.)

Books are awfully decorative, don't you think?

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Europe v. Microsoft: World-class Assholes bitchslapping each other

Posted by More of a USA Apple guy, myself... on October 7, 2009 at 8:43 AM

I LOVED Aunti Mame!!!

Life's a banquet!!!

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on October 7, 2009 at 8:47 AM

Thanks for the Auntie Mame clip, a truly top drawer choice. This and Cukor's The Women are my favorite Rosalind Russell films.

Posted by madamecrow on October 7, 2009 at 8:49 AM

(mais non)

The most disgusting thing about the denial of insurance coverage for victims of abuse is that even in states where there is a law against it, it still happens. The woman in the story was initially denied coverage, and had to file a complaint to get the insurers to obey the law.

Posted by Irena on October 7, 2009 at 8:53 AM

Mais non.

Not to pick on you, but any writer should think twice before trying to use a foreign phrase. The vast majority seem to get them wrong.

Or just use Google.

Posted by bigyaz on October 7, 2009 at 8:57 AM

I took an archeology class in college to fulfill a requirement.

The professor jokes that whenever they couldn't identify what the true function of an artifact was, they called it a "ceremonial object".

Same with "burial sites". Even when there's zero evidence of anything funereal associated with the place, they call it a "burial site".

I mean, what stone age civilization would spend 90 percent of their GDP building a monument to bury people in? Especially when the life expectancy was like 30 years old...

Posted by Mary Leakey on October 7, 2009 at 8:57 AM

The SLOG now has 666 subscribers to it's RSS feed. Just sayin'

Posted by wilbur@work on October 7, 2009 at 9:28 AM

"Get the (rushed, undertested) swine flu vaccine."

You first.

Posted by Matt from Denver on October 7, 2009 at 9:46 AM

I'd be happy to go first, Matt. If I could get the stuff. Which I can't. And God only knows when I'll be able to.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on October 7, 2009 at 9:52 AM

@9. Just show that virus your gun, that should scare if off.

Posted by Shooting blanks on October 7, 2009 at 10:08 AM

I would like to congratulate France on their 1st solo military victory since Joan du Arc.

Posted by The Amazing Jim

on October 7, 2009 at 10:47 AM

@6,

Maybe you should ask the ancient Egyptians.

Posted by keshmeshi on October 7, 2009 at 11:12 AM

@10: Guns don't work on viruses, dumbass.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on October 7, 2009 at 11:17 AM

If you don't adore Auntie Mame, there is something seriously wrong with you...

Rosalind Russell is a Master Class in comedic acting...makes Lucille Ball look like dogfood.

Posted by michael strangeways

on October 7, 2009 at 11:36 AM

Maybe the Somali pirates were attracted to the ship because of the big white flag flying from the stern.

Posted by Joe M on October 7, 2009 at 11:39 AM

@14 You beat me to it. Lucille Ball getting the part in the movie/musical version instead of Angie Lansbury remains a travesty.

Posted by jimmy

on October 7, 2009 at 11:42 AM

@13 - they do if they're frickin lasers.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on October 7, 2009 at 11:55 AM

That Auntie Mame clip pretty much sums up the left/right dichotomy in this country. Her long, unflinching pause is just about how I feel most of the time.

Posted by shotsix on October 7, 2009 at 12:25 PM