News Jog: 2007-10-28

Friday, November 2, 2007

News Jog 11/02/07

The Jog is certain the kid pulling the No-Veto anti-Bush wagon made up his own mind by weighing the pros and cons of this issue. We're certainly not cynical enough to believe any adult told him what he should believe. Exactly when did debate in this country get dragged down to the level of morning radio show stunts? We're all screwed- the dumbos have taken over.

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U.S. Senate Approves Children's Health Bill

The latest D.C. Dance:
It's Mukasey or No One, Bush warns
Bush Scolds Congress for its Treatment of Mukasey

"We knew it was going to kill people right and left. But my one driving interest was to do the best job I could so that we could end the killing as quickly as possible."

U.S. Pilot who Dropped Hiroshima Bomb Dies at 92

Enola Gay Pilot had No Regrets Over Dropping First A-Bomb
On the Death of 'Hiroshima Bomb' Pilot Paul Tibbets

Iraq Neighbors to Counsel Turkey Against Invading

Tiger Attack!
Attack Kills Tamil Tiger Leader

Jog Heroes of the Day:

Troops Clash With Venezuelan Protesters

Hillary Clinton: Wellesley College Prepped Me for 'Boys Club'
Iran Letter Sparks New Fight Between Clinton, Obama
If Elected ...Obama Envisions New Iran Approach

e.Coli Update:
Totino's, Jeno's Pizza Recalled Due to E. coli

Noel Becomes Hurricane, Moves Away from Bahamas
NASA Delays Spacewalk to Fix Broken Solar Wing

When voodoo meets science wacky hijinks ensue:
South Florida Haitians Decry HIV Report

Listen up- you fat pigs!
Six Good Eating Habits That Will Help Prevent Cancer

Hingis, 27, denied using drugs, saying in a statement that the substance may have been in a spiked fruit drink ``that someone in my environment gave me viciously without my knowledge.''

Martina Hingis Tests Positive for Cocaine, Quits Tennis Again

Perfect Bowl hype:
Big Game Breakdown: Patriots at Colts
Patriots-Colts `Perfect Bowl' Could Turn Out to be a Dud
Hey, Stop Sniping; This Game is Worth the Hype
Coaches' Contrasts Stark in Clash of the Unbeatens

Stealing Yankees Thunder, Joe Torre Agrees to L.A. Deal

[Oh no! What would the world do without another Deuce Bigalow movie?]

Harris Goldberg, screenwriter of Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo, said: “The guild has never had the resolve to go the distance. They feel that if they don’t do it now, they’re never going to be able to do it again.”
Hollywood Under Threat as Writers' Strike Looms
Hold Onto Your Couch Cushions: The Strike is Here
Q & A: How a Writers Strike Would Play Out

...the book will be auctioned at Sotheby's on December 13. Starting price will be $62,000.
JK Rowling Finishes First Post-'Harry Potter' Book

Surprise, surprise- Brit makes more money than K-Fed:

Britney's Bills Show She's the Breadwinner

Aging Geek Alert!

Second 'X-Files' Movie Set for July 2008 Release

Will this breakthrough finally lead to the technology that will stop our cats from peeing on the most expensive furniture in Jog Central?
Cat Joins Exclusive Genome Club

Your editor has to admit to a slight amount of jealousy and feelings of WTF?
Don Imus Signs Deal to Return to Radio

And finally-
News Shocker- random idiotic violent outburst from rapper:

Da Brat Busted for Rum "Punch"

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

Thursday, November 1, 2007

News Jog 11/01/07

Whether you realize it or not- this is the most important story of the day:
Cal Physicists Make a Radio 10,000 Times Thinner than a Human Hair
Listen to the Beginning of the Future- 'Layla' on Nanotube Radio

Now for today's WWIII report:

'08 Dem Prez Candidates Spurn AG Nominee Over Torture
Church Ordered to Pay $10.9 Million for Funeral Protest
Taliban Overrun Another Afghan District
Diplomats Upset Over Possible Iraq Assignments
Russia Urges Turkish Restraint on Kurdish Rebels
Turkish Official Denies Reports that Airspace Over Iraq Closed
Madrid Bombing Defendants Sentenced to Over 42,000 Years

Bomb on Russian Bus Kills Eight and Injures 56

How long before it just falls in the ocean and drifts away?
Second Quake Hits California
Shook-Up San Franciscans Prepare to Crack Open Earthquake Kits

Fed Cuts Rates Again In an Effort to Stave Off Recession but Keeps Wary Eye on Inflation

Yawn:
Bush Selects New Agriculture Secretary
Last of the Texans Departs From the Bush White House

The pilot poll found issues such as near- collisions occur more often than thought.
NASA Yields to Congress, Will Release Aviation Safety Data

Another Gay Republican insisting he isn't Gay:

He didn't seem to hold anything back, though he waved investigators away from the bag with the nylon rope and toy stethoscope in it, saying it had nothing to do with the matter at hand.
Curtis Told Cops a Lot, but Tried to Keep Tryst Quiet
Rep. Richard Curtis Resigns in Wake of Gay Sex Scandal

Clean-up Time!
NASA Delays Spacewalk, Shifts Mission Priorities at International Space Station

China says Lunar Exploration Not for Military Use

Obesity, Red Meat Now Closely Linked to Cancer

SuperBug Update:
MRSA Found at City College

Drought Talk:
Corps: Release of Water Can Ease
Lack of Ga. Drought Plan Riles Critics
Blaming Mussels Won't Solve Water Woes

The Jog is an NFL fan. The Jog is as excited as everyone else about the match up this weekend between the two best teams in pro football. The Jog wants to see an old-fashioned throw down- a real classic. But the Jog can't help but think the Pat's are gonna stomp 'em. Fingers crossed for an exciting game:
CBS Expects Pats-Colts to Set Ratings Records
Dungy, Belichick are Polar Opposites
Role Reversal: All the Presure is on Patriots
Colts Will Show Up -- but Even They're Impressed by Pats

"If a blow-up sex doll could sing, this is what she'd sound like."

Review: Britney Spears' new CD 'Blackout' is Terrible!
Review: Britney Spears' new CD 'Blackout' is Great!

When asked how often she would see her children, after a judge ruled yesterday that she would have two supervised visits and one overnight stay per week, Spears said: "That's, like, all in the court. Stuff like that, my lawyers know all that stuff."
Britney Needs Mental Help' says Former Assistant

The interview finished when Spears' current assistant Ali Simms took the phone and said Britney was taking a shower.
Britney Stops Radio Interview ... to Take a Shower!
Audio: Ryan Seacrest Radio Interview with Britney

Underwood Rides to Top of Pop Charts

Meat Loaf Tells Crowd "I Can No Longer Continue"

For those who care about such things:
Designer Says Jennifer Lopez Is Pregnant

Life imitating art?

'Prison Break' Actor Going to prison for 40 Months!

“Do you fear for your life?” she was asked in a British Broadcasting Corp. television interview. “Yes I do, yes I do,” she said. “And you are saying that Paul McCartney does not protect you and your child?” “I’m afraid not,” Mills McCartney said.

Heather Mills Blames Media for Death Threats

“We’ve had death threats, I’ve been close to suicide. I’m so upset about this,” she said on the ITV show. “I’ve had worse press than a pedophile or a murderer, and I’ve done nothing but charity for 20 years.”
Media Responds to Mills Outburst

There's loads of sensational details, including Keith Richards pulling a gun on Wood when he discovered Wood freebasing cocaine.

Stones Guitarist Ron Wood Comes Clean in Book

How will we manage without new episodes of CSI: Roanoke?
Hollywood Writers Could Strike by Friday
Fox in Best Shape to Weather Writers' Strike
Our Long National TV Nightmare is...On Hold?

Technologically Speaking and all:
Fox and NBC Unveil 'YouTube Killer'
Google's OpenSocial Opens New Can of Worms
Sprint in Talks with Google on Mobile Apps -Source
FCC Bans Exclusive TV Deals for Cable
New FCC Regulations May Give Students Options
AOL to Help Consumers Opt-Out of Online Ads
Networked PS3s Break World Record
Western Digital Rolls Out 320GB Notebook Hard Drives

The Mac just officially became too popular:
Mac Trojan Prowls Porn Sites

Konami Delays Metal Gear Solid 4
Microsoft Threatens to Terminate Xbox Live Cheaters
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Review

And finally-
The Jog always knew this guy had the intelligence of a salad fork:
‘Bounty’ Show Is Suspended after Dog's Racist Remarks

Amazing!
Audio: Listen to 'Dog' Chapman Tank His Career Exactly the Way He says He Fears it Will be Tanked Within This Conversation

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

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

News Jog 10/31/07

Today featuring Zero Halloween coverage!

Your faithful editor's little brother once started their house on fire while playing with matches when he was four years old. It's a good thing the family lived in Ohio at the time:

Child Playing with Matches Started California Blaze
California Considers Charging Boy Firestarter

Fireworks fly at Dem's 13,000th presidential debate:

Obama, Edwards Go After Clinton During Debate
Poll: Stephen Colbert Would Beat Ron Paul

All things WWIII:
Iraq says Curbing PKK Movements
Iraqi Cabinet Votes to End Security Firms’ Immunity
PM Brown in Talks with Saudi king
AG Nominee Mukasey Draws More Heat on Torture
Bhutto’s Return Brings Pakistani Politics to a Boil

What doesn't stir Israel's political cauldron?
Olmert Cancer Diagnosis Stirs Israel's Political Cauldron

From the 'things you thought were true but aren't true' file:
Vitamin D Does Not Prevent Death from Cancer

A doctor- who'da thunk?
Bush Picks Army Doctor as Veterans Secretary

Scumbag Gets to Live!

Supreme Court Blocks 3rd Execution

If you're craving a news story that features a guy named Romuald Rat- today's your lucky day:
Paparazzi Reluctant to Appear at Diana Inquest

Accidents will happen:

Solar Wing Ripped on Space Station
Space Station Solar Panel Repair May Extend Shuttle Mission

There's a storm a brewin':
Tropical Storm Noel Turns Northward Toward Florida
Tropical Storm Noel Puts Temporary End to Inquest Over Death of Anna Nicole's Son

Dalai Lama says Hatred and Fear Eating our Immune System, Blames Media
Monks in Burma March for First Time Since Crackdown

Series Fallout:

Boston Red Sox Lead City in World Series Celebration
Schilling says Goodbyes to Red Sox Mates
Eye on 2008, Rockies Empty Lockers
Yankees Give Girardi a 3-Year Deal to Manage
Joe Torre May Join Dodgers After Grady Little Quits as Manager

What will happen to Will Ferrell's act?

Singer Robert Goulet Dies at 73

Beaten, never stirred:

Pierce Brosnan, Alleged Batterer?

All Things Britney:

This is why we need experts- to state the obvious:
Selfish Britney Spears a Bad Mom, says Court Expert
Britney: Gimme Less Drug Testing

Catholics Slam Britney Spears Pix as 'Bottom of Barrel' Stunt

What's so difficult about enlightenment?
Potter Author Hit by Hate Mail

NBC: Leno Still Leaving in '09

Forbes: Elvis is Top Dead-Celebrity Earner

All that technological stuff:
Apple's Leopard leaps, but Will Mac Sales Follow?
Security Geeks say Leopard Needs Fixing
Google Phone Could be Tough Sell to U.S. Carriers
Google Opens Up Social Networking

And Finally-

No Charges in Kid Rock-Tommy Lee Scuffle

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

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

News Jog 10/30/07

Just a few headlines & oddities today:

In the Jog's opinion it is proper to grant immunity to security firms like Blackwater USA who are protecting our diplomatic corp in Iraq. Our people should never be allowed to be put on trial by a government whose ineptitude is the main reason any of our people are still in the country to begin with. If they get their collective act together and begin competent governance they'll soon be rid of all private U.S. security firms and the troubles associated with them.
Immunity Deal Hampers Blackwater Inquiry

Who needs reporters?
FEMA Director Lashes Staff for Fake News Conference

Leaky pipes... Full of Radiation!
Radiation Leak at Russian Plant

McCanns Used Madeleine Fund to Pay Mortgage

Strange Bedfellows:
Girlfriend: FBI Used Mob to Crack Civil Rights Case

From the 'what you're hearing ain't true' file:
The Adoption vs. Abortion Myth

Travelogue of death:
AIDS Virus Traveled to Haiti, then U.S., Study Says

Stay away from plastics, Benjamin:
New York May Join Crackdown on Plastic Bags

Who knew Robert Culp had such an elephant fetish?
Actor Doesn't Want Zoo to Build Exhibit

Is there a victim here?

Man Who Had Sex with Bike in Court

Vincent & Liz- Portrait of the sacred & the profane:
Court Lets Liz Taylor Keep Van Gogh Painting

Nobody Does it Better:

Favre's 82-Yard TD Stuns Broncos in OT

No good deed goes unpunished:
Oprah Sorry for Abuse Scandal

When Performance Artists Attack!

Burning Man Suspect Held in Grace Cathedral Arson Attempt

New Eagles Album Lands

The Eagles Raise Their Voices in Harmony after 28 Years
Eagles' 'Long Road Out of Eden' is a Bit too Slick
Eagles' New CD: Crisp, Reminiscent, Socially Conscious

And finally-
This latest video dispatch from Britney's last days on earth is simply bizarre. The kid shaking his ass at the car window is surely a sign of the coming apocalypse:
Britney Pulled Over -- Insanity Ensues
Video of Bizarre Traffic Stop

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

Monday, October 29, 2007

News Jog 10/29/07

How bout we slow down the 24 hour news cycle just long enough to remember a legend. This is the guy Dolly Parton was singing about when she wailed "I will always love you" in the song Whitney Houston later turned into a huge hit. Yes, that's right. The original lyrics weren't written about Kevin Costner- they were written about this dude: