Headlines from November 26, 2008

The Bailout: now bigger than the expenditure for WWII and Vietnam combined.
"Traditional Publishing R.I.P." chronicles the daily death of print.
It's not really dismal. It's quiet here, you know. And there's no rats. CBGB's remains lay in a Williamsburg storage space.
Economic turmoil sparks innovation--mostly because it wipes out the competition.
Just in time for disaster, Google Books gives us War Vegetable Gardening and the Home Storage of Vegetables.
In France, many view a new "right" to work until 70 as an insult.
A great poet needs to leave open the door between the conscious and unconscious; Sarah Palin has removed her door from its hinges.
Included in this year's TMN Annual: Todd Levin's story of traveling to Disney World with his parents, year after year after year.
Ammunition for turkey-induced political arguments.
All the psychology, nutrition, and economics you need to understand Thanksgiving science.
A guide of online guides to preparing Thanksgiving dinner.
From 2003, Leslie Harpold's "How to Cook Thanksgiving Dinner."
The Morning News wishes you a happy Thanksgiving. See you on Monday.
On the state of Democracy in South-East Asia, with more info on yesterday's violence in Thailand.
Sean Penn interviews both Castro and Chavez (with some help from Christopher Hitchens).
Compendium of dead online services and companies.
Great Criterion top-10 lists, like Dennis Lehane's, or Jane Campion's.
David Leite wants a copy of your rumpled-up Thanksgiving shopping list.
Long before the Pilgrims arrived, French dissidents were drinking wine and ogling local women in Florida.
The velociraptor was actually just a big scary turkey, scientists say.
Science has super-sized your Thanksgiving meal, but that doesn't mean you'll savor it more.
Guide to the best fake turkeys on the market, and a fat batch of turkey-science stories.
Help hotlines for last-minute Thanksgiving crises.
Turkey doesn't make you sleepy--butter, cream, and wine do.
Why reading bad books is intellectually healthy.
Audio: TMN Rooster Champ Junot Díaz on becoming American.
Updike wins bad-sex lifetime achievement award.
James Fallows's two pdf recommendations for your Thanksgiving stupor.
Additional turkey-day browsing: rolling with Petraeus during his last days in Iraq.
Completely unrelated: Sasha Frere-Jones on being called to scrawl in Prince's museum.