Just back from Best Buy, where I picked up Lady and the Tramp for the kid (he especially likes the stuffed Tramp that comes along with it) and Threat for myself.  I’m interested to see what a bunch of teens and twenty-somethings (the oldest, who wrote the script at 21, turned 22 on the day filming began) can do with an indie project that is purported to make Kids look

Okay, not quite.  But still. From the WSJ/AP:  “New York Times Sues Department of Defense For Eavesdropping Records”:

From the UK Telegraph comes this story of a Punjab anti-abortion/choice campaign that, ironically, is designed to shame pregnant women into carrying girl babies to term:

From the Economist: A wave of cross-border mergers is sweeping across Europe. But as globalisation and no-holds-barred capitalism gather strength on the continent, France and others are trying to stiffen the barriers to economic integration on “strategic” grounds. The latest example of this is the attempt by Dominique de Villepin, the French prime minister, to prevent an Italian bid for Suez by merging it with another French utility. Reached for

me: “Wow.  You’re really heavy on the sodium, aren’t you?” ramen:  “You’re right, I’m sorry.  Should I give you back your fucking dime, Mr. Rockefeller?”