Friday, October 26, 2007

News Jog 10/26/07

We here at the Jog marvel at the hysteria Fox News engenders on the Left:
With No New Evidence, Fox Continues to Ask: Did al Qaeda Burn California?

Just for fun- two quick examples of Bill Clinton getting agitated with conspirators & hecklers:



WWIII Watch:

Report: Fatah Instigating Conflict Between Islamic Jihad, Hamas
Al-Qaida Anger at Jazeera on Laden Tape
US Slaps New Sanctions on Iran
Iran Condemns 'Doomed' Sanctions
Israeli Troops Raid Gaza, Kill 6 Militants
Clashes in NW Pakistan Valley after Suicide Attack
FBI Warns Again of Shoe Bomb Danger

List of Stalin Terror Victims Published

What would the Wright brothers think?
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World's Largest Passenger Plane Carries Passengers for the First Time
'Every Penny Worth It' for Giddy Passengers

Congress Demands Release of Air Safety Data

The Jog believes the following story is much ado about nothing. In fact, it's possibly a good idea to allow air traffic controllers to play cards in their down time. The game probably provides stress relief in a way that keeps the mind focused. This is a good idea that will be treated by the press as excess. But the press is wrong- as usual:
'Poker Table' Fuels Air Traffic Controller, FAA Firestorm

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Former Illinois Governor Ryan Has no Hope, Going to Jail

Even really smart people say really stupid things:
DNA Pioneer Quits after Race Comments

SuperBug Update:
Staph Infection Cause of Boy's Death, City Health Officials Say

Relax people!
One day you'll be dead and all this stuff will go away.
Try to enjoy the ride:

Nearly 1 in 3 Adults Feel Extreme Stress

Florida trash update:
Mother Acquitted in Piercing Case

Halloween can still be scary:
'Purple' Boy Found Near Death In Halloween Spider Web

Series Banter:
Sox Win Tight One to Take Command
Out of Control: Rockies Walk 15 in Losing First Two Series Games
Rockies Hope Shift to Colorado Will Shift Momentum
Pardon Rockies if They Seem Mopey; They Can't Deal with Oki-Doke

Matt Ryan Leads Way as Boston College Stuns Virginia Tech

Flutie Unsure about NFL in Toronto

Wouldn't it be great to live in a world where no one ever apologized for inoffensive jokes?
Ah- the Jog can dream:
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Halle Berry Apologizes for Joke on Leno
Halle Berry Frightened By Mother Nature
A Career So Strong it Survived 'Catwoman'

Apparently she still has enough cash to buy her way out of some of her troubles:
Hit-and-Run Charge Against Britney Spears Dropped

Blackout Drunk: We Binge on New Britney

What the hell?
Third 'Lost' Star Nabbed for Alleged DUI

Hollywood Studios Make New Offer to Screenwriters

The latest gasp from a dying program:
Space Construction One Giant move for NASA

Is this really a surprise?
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Some Neanderthals May Have Been Redheads

Sexual Orientation Hard-Wired in Worm Brains

Even the Zune & Vista aren't enough to put a dent in Bill's wallet:
Microsoft's First-Quarter Earnings Turn Heads
Microsoft Playing Nintendo's Game?

Intel Opens Plant, Starts Production of 45nm Penryn Chip

Inside Leopard: 10 Overlooked Gems of the Apple OS

Our favorite headline of the day:
OINK Founder Speaks: 'I Haven't Done Anything Wrong'

And finally-
The latest from the story that wouldn't go away:
Dumbledore's Outing: Why it Matters

There's plenty more News,
but there's no more News Jog.
We're done.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

NJW Podcast #6 (Recorded 10/24/07)

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Eric, Jimmy, & Tim gab on and on about the latest topics of interests- including, but not limited to, hemorrhoids, Levitra, E Street politics, David Copperfield, Amsterdam, Marie Osmond, & how to bomb in front of a London audience.

Leonard Sharing took the week off.

Click Here for Podcast #6

News Jog 10/25/07

Left Coast Inferno Update:
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The Fire This Time
Bush Flying to California to See Damage Caused by Wildfires
Decision Due Today on Chargers Game

Stories for those with a WWIII fetish:
U.S. Will Cut Off Iran's "Malignant" Actions
Turks Bomb Kurdish Rebel Targets on Iraq Border
Lead Detective Quits Bhutto Attack Probe

The immigrant obsession continues:
Immigration Bill Blocked in U.S. Senate
McCain Skips a Key Vote on Immigration

The Castro death-watch continues:
Bush Reaffirms Cuba Embargo
Cuba Accuses Bush of Inciting Violence

A Filipino Nixon?
Former Philippine President Estrada Pardoned

Rudy News:
Giuliani: Blind Should Be Able to Carry Guns
Mob Families Considered Killing Giuliani, According to Testimony

Want to play a game?
The 2008 Candidates- Democrat or Republican?

Asians in Space!
China Sends Its First Probe for the Moon Into Space

Lunar Lander Teams Compete for $2 Million in Prizes This Weekend

HERETIC!
Global Warming: Let's Rely on Science Instead of Hysteria

SuperBug Update:
Experts Tout Hygiene to Battle Staph in Schools
Governments Urged to Make Killer Bugs a Priority

Panel Recommends FluMist for Young Kids

Glow-in-the-dark shrimp -- it's all a little fishy

Sox Fan Stephen King Bored at Game
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Series Banter:
Fall Classic that Really Fell Flat
Red Sox win World Series game 1 in 13-1 Rout of Rockies
Opening Rout May Not Carry to Game 2

Another TV hero falls
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Gary Collins Busted for DUI Smash Up
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Let's get something straight. There is no such thing as quality vodka. Vodka is vodka... you can choose to pay a premium price for slick packaging- but that's all you're getting:
Diddy Unveils $100M Vodka Deal

[Another awfully good British author, the late Douglas Adams of the successful Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy series, confronted a comparable question a few years back. One of his fans asked about the kind of computer one of his characters used. He replied, in part:

"The book is a work of fiction. It's a sequence of words arranged to unfold a story in a reader's mind. There is no such actual, real person as Arthur Dent. He has no existence outside the sequence of words designed to create an idea of this imaginary person in people's minds. There is no objective real world I am describing, or which I can enter, and pick up his computer, look at it and tell you what model it is, or turn it over and read off its serial number for you. It doesn't exist."]
Harry Potter and the Author who Wouldn't Shut Up
Gay Dumbledore Ruckus Follows Rowling into Canada

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It seemed like a good idea at the time:
Dad's Tattoo Dumble-Doh!

We are still talking about a dog here... right?
DeGeneres' Pooch Has New Foster Parents

Maybe it was Global Warming!
Osmond Blames Allergies and Bad Air Quality for Faint

Still the Boss:
Springsteen's "Magic" - No. 1 on US Charts

The latest from the trial of the 21st century:
New Charges Filed in O.J. Simpson Case

Microsoft Buys into Facebook

HD DVD Inside an Xbox 360? Toshiba Says "Nothing To Do With Us"

Gmail Now Has IMAP Support

And finally-
The latest dispatch from Britney's last days on earth:
Britney and K-Fed Reunite For Parenting Class

There's plenty more News,
but there's no more News Jog.
We're done.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

News Jog 10/24/07

Try not to be so snotty when watching footage of the left coast inferno. It's not just rich people being displaced, it's their servants as well. Have a heart:
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California's Wildfires Rage into Fourth Day

How about some good news from Iraq:
The Iraqis Know We Want to Leave and This is Working In Our Favor

How about some bad news from Iraq:
Turkey "Cannot Wait Forever"; Will Attack On Rebel Kurds Anytime
Turkey Attacks Kurdish PKK Militants Inside Iraq

Non-Arab zealots in the news:
Haredi Youths Assail Woman on Bus

As Pakistan Turns:
Bhutto Reports New Threat
Pakistani Agencies Question 15 Over Bhutto Bombing, Officials Say

Missile Shield Dance:
President Maintains Need for Missile Shield
US Tries to Placate Moscow with Offer of Missile Delay
U.S. Looks for Way to End Missile Plan, Russian Lawmaker Says

Are China's totalitarian days numbered?
China's Syndrome of Lawless Growth

Oral & anal are now legal- but only for heteros:
Singapore Retains its Gay Sex Ban

GOP Congressman Asks Immigration to Raid Democratic Senator's News Conference

Gaffe of the Day- Romney Confuses Obama with Osama:
"Actually, just look at what Osam, uh, Barack Obama, said just yesterday. Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq. That is the battlefield. That is the central place, he said. Come join us under one banner."
Mitt Romney Makes Obama-Osama Gaffe
Watch: Mitt Romney's Obama Gaffe

Giuliani is pandering for votes here but the Jog knows many sports fans who feel the same way. It's not uncommon to want the team that beat your team to win it all. It feels a little better to lose to the best than to lose to second best:
Rudy says He's Rooting for the Red Sox

Anti-war Republicans are beginning to wear out their welcome:
Redstate.com Bans New Ron Paul Supporters

Some people just can't stay out of trouble:
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‘Preppy Killer’ at 19, Accused of Drug Sales at 41

Enlightenment?
Foster Child to be Taken Away Because Christian Couple Refuse to Teach Him About Homosexuality

Latest notes from a useless program:
Shuttle Blasts Off Safely
George Lucas "Uses Force" Helps Space Shuttle Launch On Time

SuperBug Update:
One THS Student Contracts MRSA

Rockers against solutions! Are musicians in favor of anything? There are an endless supply of atoms in this world. It would seem you might want to harness that energy somehow if you want to actually get off fossil fuels anytime soon. Is there anything more ignorant than a protester with a guitar?
Raitt, Browne & Nash Rerock Against Nukes

Series Banter:
Five Reasons the Rockies Will Win
Five Reasons the Red Sox Will Win
World Series View from the Press Box
Who's On First? Ortiz, Red Sox Wait to Find Out

NFL Blotter:
Bills Fans Behaved after the Win: Only 11 Arrests

Latest on the Trial of the 21st Century:
O.J. Codefendants Cop Pleas

Shocker! Rap Star in Solitary Confinement:
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Foxy in the Hole

"I'm a little bit woozy- I'm a little bit rock & roll..."
Marie Osmond "Feeling Fine" after Fainting on TV
Aliens Kidnapped Marie Osmond and Stretched Her Face

He's still alive?
Robert Goulet Needs a Lung Transplant

Sellouts?
Radiohead to Sign with Indie Label?

DeGeneres Hopes Dog Drama Won't End Adoptions

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Put Dumbledore Back in the Closet

Trivial Pursuit on TV- who'da thunk?
Viewers Get Chance to be "Trivial"

Beauty sleep is good for face & mind:
Lack of Sleep May Cause Psychiatric Disorders

Still good for 'ya- Still tastes like crap:
Broccoli Extract May Help Prevent Skin Cancer

Xbox 360 Arcade Officially Debuts
Microsoft adds 100+ TV shows to Xbox Live Video Marketplace

AT&T Profit Surges 41%, With Help From iPhone

The P2p War rages on:
Police Shut Down Website after Two-Year Music Piracy Inquiry

And finally-
The Jog assumed all magician's were gay.
Guess we were wrong:

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Why FBI May Have Seized Copperfield's Stuff

There's plenty more News,
but there's no more News Jog.
We're done.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

News Jog 10/23/07

You know your Jog. The Jog always has its editorial priorities screwed on straight. We know the top story when we see it:

Marie Osmond Faints On 'Dancing With The Stars'


Fire continues to harass celebrities:
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Massive California Wildfires Burn Through the Night
260,000 Flee Raging Calif. Wildfires
The Inevitable Ignorant Global Warming Tie-In

Now the latest from a world on fire:
Turkey Rejects Kurdish Cease-Fire

As Pakistan Turns:
Official: 2 Bombers in Bhutto Blast
Bhutto Receives Threat from Female Suicide Bombers
Bhutto Considers Telephone Election Campaign After Bombings

Big Issues- in brief:
FACTBOX: Iran's new atomic negotiator Saeed Jalili
Bush Wants $46B More for Afghan, Iraq War Funding
Mistrial for Muslim Charity Leaders Facing Terror Charges

Shocker! Al Gore wins award:
Gore a Winner at Oscar-Style Quill Awards
Continent-Size Toxic Stew of Plastic Trash Fouling Swath of Pacific Ocean

Sky is falling update:
4 States to Sue For Tougher Emission Rules

I Want My Voodoo TV!
CNN's "Planet in Peril" Confronts Tough Issues

Feed the World... w/ Plumpynut:
A Life Saver Called "Plumpynut"

Huckabee declares most signers of Declaration of Independence were clergyman. Huckabee is wrong:
1 Out of 56 Equals 'Most'? No, it Doesn't

What a surprise- Rights group demands censorship:
Gay Rights Group Urges Obama to Cut Gospel Singer from Event

NJ town leaves Republicans high & dry:
Lyndhurst GOP, Nearly All of Them, Switching Parties

Air Safety Poll Kept Secret to Avoid Scaring Passengers

Bummer:
Emotional Well-Being Doesn't Affect Cancer Outcome

Double or nothing:
More Women Remove Both Breasts in Cancer Fight

Miracle buzzkill of the day:
Did Jesus Walk on Water - or Ice?

"We've all taken our HIV-AIDS test and we're going on a hunger strike!"
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Bolivian Prostitutes' Hunger Strike Over Closures

NY Taxi Drivers Strike Again Over Tracking System

He was a treat:
Inventor of Rice-A-Roni Dies Near San Francisco

Series banter:
Ten Reasons to Watch the World Series
Leaders Lifting Red Sox
Colorado's Infield Fuels Tough Defense
Rockies Suspend World Series Ticket Sales After Computer Crash

There are now officially Two great teams in the NFL:
Colts Remain Perfect
Colts Just as Good as Pats -- Minus All the Attention

"Wanna see my magic wand?"
Copperfield's Magic Tour Goes Poof
A Dark Accusation Hangs Over an Illusionist's Magical World

Should have learned a lesson from 'Cop Rock':
Hugh Jackman TV Show Axed in US

Doggie-style sex scene has actress blushing:
Marisa Tormei Begs Parents to Skip Her New Movie
Ailing Lumet Skips "Dead" Premiere in Rome

The two "got on like a caldron on fire"-
Most Fans Applaud Rowling's "Outing" of Dumbledore

Britney Behind the Wheel- Episode 27:
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Britney Seen Out Driving with Sons
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Now Steve jobs will be happy...right?
Apple Profit Surges on Strong Mac, iPhone Sales
Apples Estimates 250K IPhones Sold to Unlockers

Yeah right:
Comcast says Not Blocking Internet Downloads

NBC Pulls YouTube clips Ahead of Hulu Launch

Soon you'll be able to 'play' with all your 'friends':
MySpace Partners with Oberon Media to Create Gaming Channel

And finally-
We love it- When Soap Stars Attack!
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Actor Arrested after Fight

There's plenty more News,
but there's no more News Jog.
We're done.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Happy Monday! Welcome to another week featuring hard news, trivia, squabbling politicians, and plenty of pictures of Britney behind the wheel of her automobile. Enjoy-

War drums or geopolitical bluff?
Cheney Raises Anti-Iran Rhetoric

Why does the world have to be so complicated?
Turkey Urges U.S. to Act Over PKK

The latest in Pakistani intrigue:
Afghan Taliban Deny Link to Bhutto Attack

Pissed off monks!
Dalai Lama Award Prompts Tibet Clashes

This Year's Model:
China Shows Off Future Leaders

The inconvenient truth about Al Gore's theories and awards:
Peace Prize of Dubious Value

Repubs not ready to make nice:
Republican Candidates Engage in 'Demolition Derby' at Debate

Colbert says His U.S. Presidential Run is No Joke

Latest sign of the apocalypse?
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Jindal Wins Louisiana Race, Becomes First Indian American Governor

Fires menace arrogant Hollywood celebrity-types:
35,000 Flee as Wildfires Rip Through Southern California

Stop with the SuperBug hysteria!
This article is chock full of objective info on MRSA:
Staph Cases On Rise in U.S.

Latest sign of the apocalypse? Pt.II:
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Japanese Soccer Robots!

How did the Indians let it all slip away?
World Series is Set: Super Sox vs. Hot Rocks
Indians Finish Off a Complete Collapse

Weekend Box Office:
Vampire Film "30 Days" Crushes Competition

Rock & Roll trash update- Singer scattered & smothered:
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Kid Rock Jailed in Georgia Waffle House Brawl

It wasn't rape- it was an Il-Lus-Sion!
Magician Copperfield Denies Rape Claim
Copperfield Did Not Have $2 Million in Warehouse
Sex Suspect Copperfield Calls off Bangkok Tour

Wake up call for religious nuts- that satanic wizard book has a gay guy to boot:
Outing Gives Potter Passages New Meaning

Hey Ellen, get 'em a new dog. They're kids. They'll get over it!
LAPD May Have Made Mistake in DeGeneres Dog Case
More Vital to Homeland Security: Oprah's Thyroid or Ellen's Iggy?

"Them's my babies, y'all"
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Spears Regains Her Visitation Rights
Timberlake's Mum Desperate to Help Spears
Spears Fails to Return Bass' Calls
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Has Britney Spears Had a Lip Job?

Arrests Over Reggae Star's Murder

Ministry/ Killing Joke Bassist Paul Raven Dead At 46

What will we do without gay dancers engaging in interpretive dance?
Stagehands Vote to Strike; Broadway Could Go Dark Dec. 1

What will we do without hilarious new episodes of Two and a Half Men?
Writers Guild Authorizes Screenwriters' Strike

A virtual hit- or just annoying?
MySpace Original Series 'Roommates' Debuts Today

SanDisk to Debut USB Drive, Video Service

AT&T, Napster to Unveil Direct Mobile Music Download

The P2P war rages on:
Comcast Screws with File-Sharing Traffic

And finally-
The Jog loves violent senior citizens!
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Cable Rage Pushes Granny Over the Edge

There's plenty more News,
but there's no more News Jog.
We're done.