Not Intent on Arriving

1) Foxy Knoxy Coming to Lifetime: The infamous American will be played by Hayden Panettiere in a Lifetime movie, scheduled to air next year.

2) No One Liked It: Italians also hate Julia Roberts’ “Eat, Pray, Love.” They’re not alone.

3) Republicans Aren’t Alone in Hating Immigrants: Democrat Walt Minnick bucks that trend in Idaho. He attacks his opponent for his work as an immigration attorney.

4) Five Billion Pictures Later: Flickr hit that milestone earlier today when user “yeoaaron” uploaded this picture.

5) An Inside Job: Recently unearthed evidence suggests that a mass murder of Native Americans in the American Southwest was committed by ethnic rivals. 

6) Incredible Pictures: Photographer Thomas Hawk took some amazing pictures of the San Bruno aftermath. The Californian pipeline explosion killed at least 7 people. Now, some fear that New York City could be at risk, as well.

7) Next “Avatar” Will Be (Filmed) Deep: James Cameron wants to explore the Marianas Trench for the sequel to the hit film. I guess he has no budget. Only two people have ever been down to the deepest point in the ocean before.

8) Uhh… Consumer Service: A new website provides regional prices for marijuana. Don’t pay too much.

9) Scary Stuff: The anti-whatever-new-and-scary movement has struck again. In Sweden. This time an anti-immigration far right party won 20 seats and upset generations of political thought in the country.

Sorry, this one comes from Seattle.  I was in Fremont last night, checking out the murals of graffiti artist who goes by the name “Henry” and finding the hidden troll under the Aurora bridge (he’s eating a VW Bug):

The area is really cool, and pretty darn unique. I’m a huge fan of the sign to everywhere in the world, located in the center of Fremont. Another cool landmark is the statue of Lenin, located in the center of town.

Located right behind Lenin is a gelato shop. They had a wide variety of odd, and some traditional, flavors. Seeing how I just came from Italy, I opted for the unusual. I tried Strawberry-Jalapeno gelato, which was delicious. Then, remembering that we’re outside of the Lenin statue, we were allowed a Lenny scoop, or a small dab of ice cream right on top of everything else.  With that, I tried Pineapple-Basil, which was also delicious.

All and all, a great hit.

1) Check Your Sources: Another embarrassing slip-up for a member of the news media.  A Washington Post commentator referenced a tweet from Rep. Jack Kimble of California.  Too bad… he doesn’t…exist.

2) I Wanna Find Some Equality: I’ve been really impressed with Slate, of late.  This story about income inequality in the United States is extremely well-done.

3) Go Anywhere…for free: Want to travel around the world, but don’t have any money? Globe Genie will use those creepy Google Street Views to take you anywhere for free. Really cool.

4) More Bad News for the Dems: One incumbent senator is down 30 points in her reelection bid. It could make for one of the worst losses for an incumbent ever.

5) Military Opposes Koran Burning: General David Petraeus opposes an organized burning of the koran on September 11. Thank god.

6) New Movie Idea: The 106-year-old virgin.

7) What Will You Do for $5?: A site where people offer services for $5.

1) How the Homeless Might Spend Money: An article I meant to share with you earlier this week.  One reporter gives out 5 gift cards to homeless people and asks for them back.  [Freakonomics]

2) News of the Obvious: D.C. drivers are the nation’s worst. Wait, what does that mean about me?

3) Nailin’ Palin: An unflattering piece in Vanity Fair about the ex-governor emerges.  Long, but worth the read.  Could be worse for her, the author claims.

4) Apple’s Ping Struggles: Along with the launch of several new Apple products, the company unveiled its music social networking tool, Ping.  Now the reviews are out.  Not good for the company.

5) New Facebook Stalker Button: They aren’t calling it that, but the company has plans for a feature that lets you “subscribe” to a friend’s feed.

6) Epic Sports Fight: No, not the Washington Nationals/ Florida Marlins brawl.  This sport is much more vicious.  Tennis.

1) Disaster For Arizona Governor: Owing to the strange fact that Arizona has no lieutenant governor, Jan Brewer became governor when Janet Napolitano joined President Obama’s cabinet as Secretary of Homeland Security.  In April, she gained national attention by signing a tough immigration law. Since then, she’s gotten weird. Recently, she has claimed repeatedly that illegal immigrants are beheading people in the desert. Yesterday, she debated her democratic challenger for the governorship, Terry Goddard, on live television. The results were horrid. First, she offered one of the worst opening statements ever (one article joked, “Jan Brewer was unaware that debates often include opening statements“). After the debate, she shrugged off reporters, who asked her clarify her remarks on those “beheadings.” Are you okay, Jan?

2) Bad News for the Chilean Miners: Some more than others.  First, comes the news that the miners may not be paid during their ordeal (let’s hope someone steps in here). Then, no alcohol and cigarettes while they’re stuck. Finally, it may be a rough reunion for one of the men.  His wife and his mistress are both waiting for him on the surface. One happy note: a marriage proposal was accepted by one woman.

3) Another Study That Proves the Obvious: We check our e-mail too much. Not as shocking as a survey that revealed that 1 in ten people under 25 would text during sex.

4) Strange News From London: Apparently, Prime Minister Cameron (check out his new baby) takes the phrase “special friendship” to include Twitter as well.  The PM’s official twitter account has been banned from following anyone else on the social networking site after becoming the third highest follower in the world. The government blames a bug that caused the profile to auto-follow people. Also, ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair almost ordered a plane shot down on 9/11.  From his book:

A passenger jet had been out of contact for some time and was heading over London. I had the senior RAF commander authorised to get my decision. The fighter jet was airborne. For several anxious minutes we talked, trying desperately to get an instinct as to whether this was threat or mishap. The deadline came. I decided we should hold back.

5) Dangerous Sport: 18 people have died over the past ten days while mushroom hunting in Italy.

6) Epic Fight: With water balloons. Also, the music video for Kyle Andrews’ “You Always Make Me Smile.”

7) New York, New York: Two German producers give us this awesome short about the city.