Headlines from February 22, 2012
- Mugabe vows to cling to power, says he has died and been resurrected more times than Jesus Christ.
- “BBC Transcript to Be Used in Wake of Nuclear Attack.”
- “Jerusalem Syndrome,” or why some people go crazy in Jerusalem.
- “Paris syndrome” mainly affects Japanese who are unimpressed with the real city compared to the advertised product.
- Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down, inspired by the TMN series (forthcoming May 2012), gets starred review from Kirkus.
- “Honeytrapper,” paid to test wives’ faithfulness, adjusts price to location.
- Graph: Number of times Lindsay Lohan has hosted Saturday Night Live compared to number of times Aziz Ansari has hosted.
- Pictures of coonhound balancing on things across America.
- Useful: How to travel internationally with an iPhone 4S.
- Layman’s guide to analytic vs. continental philosophers.
- Fun guide to two competing dictionaries of American slang includes history of slang dictionaries.
- With The Artist’s small pleasures in mind, David Denby reviews the best of silent cinema.
- Mark Ronson records, mixes athletes’ noises to create Olympics soundtrack. #video
- Story of the abandoned alcohol caves built into the anchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- Pictures of the day: Abandoned Austin house explodes into the street.
- FDA addresses cancer drug shortages: temporarily allows import, approves new supplier.
- Journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Rémi Ochlik killed during rocket attack in Syria.
- On paper, Santorum is a GOP dream, and a draw for many swing voters, but look closer and he doesn’t add up.
- Ignoring his unelectable qualities, conservatives are enjoying Santorum’s willingness to say anything.
- Meet a third-party candidate: former Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode of the Constitution Party.
- I miss him already. Mourning MSNBC’s first Pat Buchanan-less election.
- Putin: The probability of a global war between nuclear powers is not high, because that would mean the end of civilization.
- U.S. Army creates Pinterest to reach out to women.
- Web companies need to provide “reputation insurance” in case of online disasters. #opinions
- The U.S. shouldn’t be shocked when recipients of its pro-democracy efforts bite back—they have different political battles to win.
- National survey suggests Libyans prefer “strong leadership” to democracy.
- On the metaphysics of the international dateline, and how Samoa lost a day forever.