April 19, 2009

* Pyrrhic victory for system that over-monetizes everything
* Film industry was founded on intellectual property piracy
* Shakespeare left no books, nor letters! missed coronation
* Stem cell outpatient therapy to treat cause of blindness
* Writer Eduardo Galeano has denied that he's an historian

* Rahm Emanuel's father fought for militant Zionist "Irgun"
* Obama cancels meeting scheduled during Netanyahu US visit
* Spanish attorney general would not prosecute the Bush Six
* NSA drew up plans to eavesdrop on US Congressman overseas
* California now takes DNA from everyone detained by police

* Texas legislature votes unanimously to increase budget 5%
* Letter from antigay group thanks Colbert for mocking them
* List of movie scenes where women accidentally lose a shoe
* John Madden announces retirement from sports broadcasting
* 20 million see British singer, Miss Susan Boyle [YouTube]

* Meghan McCain addresses meeting of "Log Cabin Republicans"
* Limbaugh: torture works because McCain said he was "broken"
* Maddow "will not be bullied by the offices of US Senators"
* Microbes beneath glacier evolve without oxygen or sunlight
* Thoreau hiked to Concord from Walden Pond almost every day

* Among my favorite headlines of alltime: "Sky Remains Aloft"
* Alberto Gonzales quashed investigation of Rep. Jane Harman
* H&R Block will do taxes for free in case of unpleasantness
* Foil of Taxes: Tea Baggers voted for Bush, and then Palin
* Mark Tully emerged from depression to breed rare chickens