Headlines from October 19, 2012
- The corner where Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan meet is a desolate, terrifying place.
- By the time Saturday Night Live rolls around, the web and Jon Stewart have already claimed the week’s political humor. #tv
- Campaigns want you to donate not for your money, but for your allegiance. #tmn
- There were 92 organized crime groups in the UK with known involvement in human trafficking.
- A 1967 Soviet animated film about dinosaurs predicts the end of humanity. #video
- Nobel member who lobbied for Mo Yan to win the lit prize will profit from Yan’s translated works.
- Neuroscientists declare “knife on a bottle” the most annoying sound in the world.
- What hurts is the steadily diminishing humanity of those fighting to hold jobs they don’t want but fear the alternative worse. Bukowski on the 9-to-5.
- Men in 19th-century baseball uniforms gather in Green-Wood Cemetery to honor the pitcher who threw the first fastball.
- Popkey on the Houston Texans: perennially disappointing even when they’re winning. #tmn
- In Britain, a bed and breakfast owner is fined for refusing to lodge a gay couple.
- CIA agents had to act like lost tourists, asking Iranians on the street for directions. The true story behind Argo
- K-Pop is not just a song or a genre, it’s an entire culture…you all get to know the same thing. #music
- Four thousand extra police required to control protesters in Athens during national strike.
- MorsiMeter releases infographic-heavy report on Egyptian president’s first 100 days.
- Chart compares various James Bonds in matters of drinking, killing, conquesting.
- Everyone please take your seats, otherwise Clint Eastwood will yell at them. Jokes told last night by Obama and Romney.
- Global intervention expected soon in Mali—aka, the next Libya, the next Afghanistan, etc.
- A couple who ran a cannabis factory and spent their fortune on helping poor African families and charities have been jailed.
- High on life: Your TMN Weekender reading round-up about overcoming the instinct for self-preservation.
- The October Trader Joe’s newsletter was only 27.71% pumpkin.
- Icelander says the best-tasting puffin is soaked overnight in milk, which then should be fed to your cat.
- Academic journal accepts nonsense mathematics paper created by jargon generator.
- Cartoon for those who think “curating” is a thing done by museum employees.
- Monster: HIV. Also known as “the Ninja.” Round-up of prison slang.
- Former Republican discovers that voter-ID laws are about racism, explaining that Republicans really don’t like to talk about racism.
- French president proposes banning homework, justified by inequality.
- Man purchases a pair of Comme des Garçons drop-crotch pants and defends them exuberantly.
- Tribute to the everlasting ‘90s style of Deee-Lite’s Lady Miss Kier.
- Panel of food stylists explain how to arrange spaghetti for photographs. #tmn
- Enormous collection of simply explained household tips.
- You see, I’m a big girl and I can only squeeze about 53% of myself into this binder. Amazon reviewers descend on binder that’s too small to fit women.