Headlines from July 24, 2008
- China has more smokers than the United States has people. The week in China facts and news.
- Rundown of presidential analogies from the press this year, and why they're all meaningless.
- How the candidates are nicknamed in the press (Mac vs. Bam).
- A free society would not shut down your blog. Blogosphere goes nuts after a soldier's blog is banned.
- Your opinion sought: what is the most racist city in the States?
- Do burglars read Ask Metafilter?
- Lock-picking hobbyists reveal trade secrets on YouTube, worrying locksmiths about their jobs, homeowners about their locks.
- Interactive guide to prosecutable offenses made by the Bush White House.
- To defend yourself against the powers of advertisers, turn to the wisdom of wizards.
- Google competes for Wikipedia wisdom with Knol; remembering your Google virginity.
- I can still see Henrik standing on the track, awaiting the inevitable. Account from subway driver who killed a man.
- Examples of what you can buy for five bucks.
- Download for the commute: Martin the tailor.
- Man mows Mona Lisa into suburban garden lawn.
- She got the better arc, and her journeys were always more intricate and moving. Ode to Scully.
- Months after McCain, Obama visits the same rocket-destroyed house in Israel, enjoys their support.
- No reporters left behind: McCain camp appreciative for those not traveling with Obama.
- McCain makes historic "FIRST!" visit to the internet.
- American voters may be uninformed, but they're consistent--and that's why their candidates love them.
- "That giant of a nation is like a Cyclops, with but one eye, that can focus only on one problem at a time." Providence P.D. fights terror, funding threats.
- "Free speech zones" set up in Beijing, protesters should expect food, drink, arrest on departure.
- Gun-hating family thrilled for son on Olympic shooting team; Lebanese Olympian has difficulty acquiring shotgun.
- China hangs its Olympic basketball dreams on the very tall hook of Yao Ming.
- "Don't ask about personal experience." China issues list of things locals should not ask tourists.
- French factory finally meets clean-air guidelines, profits more from selling carbon credits than manufacturing.
- Beirut's terrorist-themed restaurant may be tasteless, but is it worse than a hospital- or jail-themed eatery?
- "It's been like Coca-Cola." After some image problems, Blackwater decides to quit the mercenary business.
- The most controversial library books in America--Huckleberry Finn is still racist.