AT AMAZON, markdowns on Pet Supplies.

DAN FRIEDMAN: Why I like Donald Rumsfeld: “He gives you a straight answer.”

THE TRANSFORMATION of track uniforms.

AT AMAZON, markdowns in Home & Dining.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: The 5 Plastic Army Men Least Useful In Combat.

DAVID AXELROD: Military Voters Should Get Special Consideration In Voting.

SCIENCE: Survey Says Women Tend To Hide Spending Habits From Men.

NEW ROMNEY AD: It’s Just Not Getting Better.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Woman Assaults Boyfriend With Stripper Pole. At least it wasn’t a Festivus Pole. That would have been disrespectful of the holiday. Well, unless it was during the traditional Airing Of Grievances, I guess.

MARS ROVER SET TO LAND TONIGHT — or early tomorrow morning if you’re in Eastern or Central time. Hope it works.

SLOW DEATH: Cable TV Continues Slow Death, Losing 400,000 Customers This Year. “Are Roku, Netflix streaming, and the President’s weak economy facilitating the industry’s decline?”

SOMEHOW THIS REMINDS ME OF THE CHILDREN OF MEN: Finally, a Browser Extension That Turns Your Friends’ Babies Into Cats.

TEN THINGS you should be buying used.

AT AMAZON, Automotive Summer Clearance: Save Up to 56%, Plus Get an Additional 15% Off.

RUMSFELD: If I were Israel, I wouldn’t tell the US my plans. “Given leaks at White House, Rumsfeld says he would not notify U.S. of Iran plans if he were in the Israeli government.”

ER, BECAUSE THEY’RE BETTER? WHY CLASSIC ROCK ALBUMS ARE SELLING MORE THAN NEW ONES.

HARRY REID’S SOLAR BIZ LOOKING . . . SHADY: Solar Jobs Join Harry Reid to Chinese Billionaire in Price Drop. “ENN’s project highlights the growing clout of Chinese capital in this country.”

But do the Chinese know about those troubling Harry Reid pederasty rumors?

NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Nanozyme destroys virus in human cells and in mice.

A SHOOTING AT A SIKH TEMPLE IN WISCONSIN.

FEMINISM: A Woman’s Topless Fight For Equality.

A New York woman who spends her days walking around the city topless says she’s fighting for equality.

Moira Johnston, 29, a topless dancer from Philadelphia, says she is exercising her legal right to take off her shirt.

She became a bare breast activist after she was banned from a yoga studio after going topless in class, something men were freely doing.

Since May, she has been seen strolling around the city’s East Village topless to remind women that, under New York law, they have the right to bare their chests, just like men.

Ms Johnston says many people are unaware of that right – including the New York Police Department, which arrested her in May. She was later released without charge.

I’m glad to see someone standing up for freedom.

PROGRESS: Researchers Turn Home Wi-Fi Router Into Spy Device.

BRINGING AIR TRAFFIC RADAR INTO THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY, with phased-array technology.

COMING NEXT YEAR: DARPA’s Super Sniper Scope.

CHECK OUT SCIENCE FICTION WRITER JACK VANCE’S SITE, and download a free copy of his The Chasch.