July 14, 2009

* House public option initially pays at Medicare rates
* US Justice Dept probing "credit default swap" markets
* Wall Street trading California IOUs, issued this month
* Israel testing long range missile off California coast
* Israeli warships pass southward through the Suez Canal

* Seymour Hersh reported on Cheney death squads in March
* Corporation uses Utah law to name town council members
* Oxford English Thesaurus out in October; took 42 years
* Book titles that "exist" only on pages of other books
* Inhaling M. vaccae soil bacterium increases seratonin

* Iranians boycott Nokia after government collaboration
* Bush blocked investigations into Afghanistan massacre
* "Dove World Outreach Center" defends anti-Islamic sign
* 352-371-2487: A young lady took my call at Dove Center
* Postal Service changed 1300 servers to Linux this year

* Video of 2009 All Star Game ceremonial first pitch
* President in announcers booth at the All Star Game
  [Willie Mays traveled to the game on Airforce One]