News – The UK Gets a Taste

Europe

At least seven explosions have occurred in London, targeting their underground trains and buses. The systems have been shutdown as authorities work to take in the scale of what has occurred, leaving some passengers stranded. There is a newsblog here that is being updated as developments manifest. The markets react as they will to such events as do people. Already on Cspan there are those who advocate going to war with nations over this, starting a third world war that has naught to do with the ones who actually did this..

Tony Blair will be leaving the G8 summit temporarily to personally get information on the aftermath. Here we have some eyewitness reports and pictures.

Middle East

Some militants have been targeting Baghdad barbers for ‘unislamic’ haircuts.

The scandal of Bremer and Iraq’s missing billions.

North America

The Time magazine caves over the Plame probe while the New York Times doesn’t. Judith Miller goes to jail over it, unwilling to give up her source.

Does the Pentagon’s new outlook on fighting wars mean things will change in how they spend money? Likely not.

Another short list of Supreme Court nominees.

General

Intel and Morgan Freeman are teaming up to launch an inline movie download service that aims to pull users away from illegal downloads of first-run films.

Today’s Papers has scientists warnign that Global Warming is killing off polar bears, the southern town of Basra becoming “a mini-theocracy under Shiite rule”, a record number of apartments going condo and more in the one page news.

Mark Fiore: Freedom of the Prosecution

Driver missing a tire, and large chunk of her right front rim tells police everything is fine and she wants to continue driving home

Today’s “naked bicyclist attempts to elude police” story brought to you by Chantilly, Virginia (with pic)

Warning labels to be inserted into physics textbooks

Man tries to buy house from woman at three times the asking price, contractually tried to get six sex acts in return. Pervert obviously not master of his eminent domain

Equifax chairman says it’s un-American for you to see what they know about you

Problem: Forty percent of death sentences are overturned in federal court. Solution: Eliminate appeals to federal court

Fark Photoshop Challenge: Theme: At the redneck country club…

Fark Photoshop Challenge: Theme: Marijuana advertisements, if they were legal

Fark Photoshop Challenge: Theme: Outdated weaponry in modern warfare