Thursday, July 26, 2007

Another losing entry to the caption contest

New Yorker



Why don't you borrow a real mouse from the bio lab?

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Record number of US soldiers killed in May

New York Times

Another superlative for the Bush era.

WI foreclosures up 23 percent

Treasury Secretary predicts global financial crash

Heated exchange in rare Iran talks

CA mortgage defaults hit 10 year high

Inman Real Estate News

Another superlative for the Bush era.

Heatwave kills 500 in Hungary in a week

US turning into a Police State

Soft waters of the Amazon draining away

Pig flu hits northern Vietnam

Bird flu strikes central Vietnam again

Teen with meningitis on passenger plane

CNN

Fortunately flight was to Atlanta, the capital of Biotech.

No end in sight to deadly China floods

Britain protects biggest heroin crop ever

Daily Mail



Another superlative for the Bush era.

Huge dust plumes from China pollute CA

Heavy rain floods Texas

CNN

Heaviest UK rainfall in living memory

Guardian UK

Another superlative for the Bush era.

Hail storm buries Mexican border town

Pentagon extends tours for 2200 Marines

Reuters



Draft alert.

Flesh eating bacteria put life at risk

Fourth child dies from mystery infection

Asian parasite killing western bees

West under highest wildfire alert

My Way News



Another superlative for the Bush era.

Glaciers contributing more to rising seas

CNN

Climate change action too little too late

CNN

1000 new wildfires reported

CNN

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Oxygen depleted dead zone in Gulf

CNN

Big Brother plan for UK road cameras

Guardian UK

Interstate panopticon.

Iraqis smuggled across Rio Grande

ABC News



"...and other Middle Eastern individuals..." Iranians? al Ciadas?

Senator wants to shoot unarmed border jumpers

CNN

One in four Israeli men dodges the draft

Telegraph UK

Involuntary conscription sneaks into your brain. Draft alert.

Dollar at record low versus Euro

Bloomberg



Another superlative for the Bush era.

National strategy for pandemic influenza

The White House

Good thing they wrote all that pandemic stuff into the US PATRIOT Act two years before the bird flu showed up.

Dow on record run

CNNMoney

Another superlative for the Bush era.

al Qaida likely to attack US

Breitbart



I always thought Al Qaeda was a guy.

US eyes direct talks with Iran

Breitbart



The photo I suppose depicts direct talks.

Large dust storm headed toward Phoenix

GOP winning over private equity

CNNMoney



Stop loss Bush

Lung tissue removed from TB traveler

CNN

None of the above leads GOP field

CNN



Stop loss Bush.

Oil hits fresh 11 month high

Reuters

Another superlative for the Bush era.

Blue chips on record run

CNNMoney

Another superlative for the Bush era.

Monday, July 16, 2007

Another losing entry to the caption contest

New Yorker


I ask you for Hamlet and all I keep getting are bad sitcoms.

Hurricanes may come to Mediterranean

Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran

Profit warnings highest since dotcom crash

Independent UK

Another superlative for the Bush era.

Briton becomes first to swim to North Pole

Daily Mail



Another superlative for the Bush era.

Flooding sends gasoline prices higher

UN warns it cannot afford to feed the world

Robot air attack squadron bound for Iraq

My Way News



Which is next to Iran.

Fear of a global coldening

Telegraph UK

Maybe we'll have climate stagflation.

Another record setting day on Wall St

CNNMoney



Another superlative for the Bush era.

Asian stocks rise most in 2 months

Bloomberg



Another superlative for the Bush era.

US Army misses recruit target

Reuters AlertNet

Draft alert.

The greatest economic boom ever

CNNMoney



Another superlative for the Bush era.

Largest squid washes up on Tasmanian beach

CNN



Another superlative for the Bush era.

CA grass too dry for goats to eat

CNN

Oily flood in OK

CNN

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

US Navy sends carrier to Persian Gulf

Turkey massing 140000 troops

World will face oil crunch in five years

Financial Times

The Maya calendar also runs out.

Time running out for Iran strike

Jerusalem Post



Hurry or we'll miss the chance for a nuclear World War.

US missile defense possible in 14 months

Reuters

In time for WWIII? Or are they terrorist missiles? Think you can keep the stock market propped up until then?

First snow in Buenos Aires in 89 years

AFP



Another superlative for the Bush era.

Record mortgage bill coming due

CNNMoney



Another superlative for the Bush era.

Tunneling near Iranian nuclear site stirs worry

Washington Post

We're trying anyway. I'd be tunneling myself about now. Looks like we're gonna need those tactical nuclear bunker busters after all. How foresightful of the Pentagon.

NY plans surveillance veil for downtown

New York Times

But not in the boardrooms. All the fish that's fit to wrap.

Homes destroyed as wildfires char western US

CNN

911 panel member says US still not secure

CNN



Get the shotgun away from Cheney.

Parent guide to sun safety

CNN

French official suggests Bush behind 911

Yahoo! News



More coming.

A message from the melting of Everest

EPA scales back rules on wetlands

Second al Ciada leader killed for second time

Records melt in West

CNN



More superlatives for the Bush era.

TX braces for more flooding

CNN

Heat nears records in West

CNN



More near superlatives for the Bush era.

Jobs growth could be hit

Oz Iraq deployment linked to oil

UK weather turns angry

Soldiers quitting overstretched UK forces

US wildfire 'could burn all summer'

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Another losing entry to the caption contest

New Yorker


Cowabunga.

Another losing entry to the caption contest

New Yorker


If I had a cloud to go to, I'd be there.