Heads and tales

Back from sick leave -- not the bird flu! ;)

The highlights and lowlights of the headlines for October 16, 2005:

• Pakistan Quake Death Toll Nears 40,000, AP -- I must have missed the star-spangled Hollywood relief telethon for this disaster. Was there something that made the tsunami a more chic calamity, when the Pakistanis need help just as bad?
• Emergency Declared After Anti-Nazi Riots, AP -- Actually, the best way to prove the two dozen neo-Nazis wrong would have been to ignore their little march. But I guess we're past that point now.
• Richardson to Play Role in N. Korea Talks, AP -- Why? Is he bored running New Mexico? Or does he just want to beef up his international street cred to take a stab at Hillary in '08?
• Nazi hunter says top war criminal may be in Spain, Reuters -- Catch 91-year-old Dr. Death quick before he dies.
• Al-Qaida barber arrested, Reuters -- In what was more than just a close shave with authorities, man was nabbed day before Abu Azzam got arrested...
• Bird flu in Europe confirmed, Gulf News -- The real question is, will this brouhaha help or hurt the box-office take for Disney's "Chicken Little"?

"Jesus -- the sky really IS falling!!! The CDC told me so!!"

Comments

[RFTR]

Glad you're back--I've been worried, and I've desperately missed the Heads and Tails segment...

[Geoff]

Helo there,
Where the hell have you been all my life? Loved your comments in NR today. Blog is great, keep up the good work.