Archive for 2008

WELL, OF COURSE: “The iPhone is definitely a sexy phone. It’s also the perfect vehicle for bringing mobile porn to Americans, according to adult content producers at the annual AVN convention in Las Vegas.”

VOTE SUPPRESSION EFFORTS in Nevada?

WILL BLU-RAY EARLY ADOPTERS GET SHAFTED? Hey, wait — that’s me!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ann Althouse.

ASTEROID LIKELY TO MISS MARS after all. Well, it was always likely to miss, of course, but the risk has been revised downward tremendously.

THIS SEEMS LIKE PROGRESS: Iraqi Lawmakers Pass Key Benchmark De-Baathification Law: “Iraq’s parliament adopted legislation Saturday on the reinstatement of thousands of former Baath party supporters to government jobs, a key benchmark sought by the United States as a step toward national reconciliation. The bill was approved by a unanimous show of hands on each of the law’s 30 clauses.”

UPDATE: More thoughts from Ed Morrissey.

RUDY GIULIANI responds to rumors about his finances.

OUCH:

IN 2006 EMI, the world’s fourth-biggest recorded-music company, invited some teenagers into its headquarters in London to talk to its top managers about their listening habits. At the end of the session the EMI bosses thanked them for their comments and told them to help themselves to a big pile of CDs sitting on a table. But none of the teens took any of the CDs, even though they were free. “That was the moment we realised the game was completely up,” says a person who was there.

Like I said.

APOLOGIZING TO Fred Thompson.