News Jog 8/16/07

The Jog is tempted to suspect that most of the hundreds dead in the Peruvian earthquake that hit last night will turn out to be disproportionately poor. Peru has two very distinct classes- very poor and very rich with not much in between. This usually means that the rich have homes that will hang in there through a quake, while the dilapidation that surrounds the lower class collapses upon them. That being said- it's early on in this story and it was a 7.9 on the Richter Scale which is enough to shake well built homes off their foundations. But we won't be surprised to find the dead are mostly poor at the end of the day.

Wake up the Global Warming alarmists! We've got our first big tempest of the season. Ladies and gentleman, please welcome Hurricane Dean...

Who needs Al-Qaeda? More and more U.S. soldiers are killing themselves.

There is still some, but not much, hope for the trapped miners in Utah.

The Jog is mindful that too many bad guys perched upon the world stage are hysterically compared to Hitler. Hitler was a uniquely evil man and that legacy shouldn't be watered down by comparing every tin-pot dictator with der Fuhrer- so we'll stray delicately here and simply point out that Hugo Chavez's latest power grab looks a lot like the head Nazi's oft-forgotten early works.

Please some journalist with the power to get the interview just has to ask- what Sean Penn thinks of Chavez now? Does he really think Hugo should be President-for-life? Please someone ask the question.

Again the Jog will proceed with caution- but isn't afraid to publicly suspect that this clearing from every store shelf and home nursery of 'dangerous' toys made in China may just be a wee bit of an overreaction. But don't hold us to that. This is China were talking about. The source of every flu virus, the next worldwide pandemic- and most recently, dog food that kills dogs. This strange commie/capitalist hybrid may be reaching its breaking point.

That gambling NBA Ref plead guilty to the charges facing him. Hindsight is 20/20 but the Jog can't help but notice what a jerk the guy appears to be in the B-Roll footage that accompanies every TV story about this case. He just looks like a bully.

Vick-Tock, Vick-Tock, Vick-Tock

Ever change a Wikipedia entry just to make yourself look better? Well, now your Busted!

In the age of ubiquitous internet porn where gynecology is always only a few clicks away- does anyone still care about the Miss America Pageant? Apparently not. The once-revered ass-showcase has changed channels yet again.

We're getting antsy here at Jog Central. Something about this Shuttle mission doesn't feel right:NASA 'Mulling Over' Repairs

The coolest thing in the universe today: Shooting Bullet Star

Elvis is still dead and people are still excited about it. For its part- the Jog doesn't understand the persistent worldwide fan mania around this guy. We get 1956- but who cares after that?

Don Imus, the man fired for no good reason- is now being sued for no good reason.

The Spector trial just gets curioser and curiouser.

The words perverts have been waiting years to hear: Olsen Twin In Lesbo Scene

And while we're on perverts and lesbo scenes- we leave you once again with the latest from Britney's last days on earth: Spears Into Girl-Girl Romps!

So much News- So little Time.

That's the News Jog.