Earthquake.. still going…
Update: Well, that was a nice roller. Looks like it was a 4.7 in the desert.
Update: Scratch that, looks like it was a 5.1 off the coast of Baja. Interesting the two quakes happened so close to each other.
Update: Hmm.. looks like someone screwed up. The desert quake has now been deleted. Did they just get the shock of the 5.1 out there?
The Telegraph understands that four confidential Red Cross documents implicating senior Pentagon civilians in the Abu Ghraib scandal have been passed to an American television network, which is preparing to make them public shortly. We shall see…
Sunday afternoons are quite enjoyable with public radio. First up is This American Life, then The Next Big Thing, then Sounds Eclectic. An easy way to get your weekly recommended intake of stories, cultural examination, art, and great music.
Watched Saved! on Friday night. It was thoroughly enjoyable. I suspect my enjoyment of the movie had to do a lot with my past; I went to a christian high school. It was as if they took every ounce of absurdity, hypocrisy, and bureaucracy from that experience and turned it into a movie.
Managed to make it out to the Hillcrest Farmers Market. Everytime I go, I think, “why the hell are you not here every Sunday?” Great produce, good prices, nice interaction. I bought some dark roast mate, the sample was quite good. They even had bombias! I’m a tea ball kind of guy, so I passed on it. It is interesting to see mate become so common.
Few expected the gloss to be pierced by examinations of his past as an FBI informant, his support for the apartheid regime of South Africa, America’s covert alliance with Saddam Hussein, or the killing fields of Central America. Nonetheless, the sheer volume of media-stoked adoration has been a bit startling to those who are keepers of the flame of objectivity. Regan Porn from Salon.
Interest rates look like they are heading up next month.
A must see Daily Show clip over at everythingisnt.com. You can watch part of it on the Daily Show website here.