rewind obama speech versus mccain speech

you can watch both speeches on c-span’s website. or here:

inbev looks for new head, but does he have a passport?

is it true that inBev, the belgian-brazilian company that just forced anheuser busch into submission, might be considering someone to head their north american division who according to an unconfirmed rumour may not even have a passport. or is everyone doing a song and dance with the media considering, according to the wall street journal, that inBev-anheuser busch (or is that anheuser busch - inBev) will be axing about 1,000 employees before the merger officially goes through. usa today estimates that anheuser busch spends $378M on advertising. maybe they should consider trimming that figure a bit.

man forgotten in st. louis jail

this guy has set in jail for 2 years.

mccain’s new ad featuring biden

here we go. the mccain campaign has produced a pretty good commercial. but the real question is, does the campaign have enough money to get it on t.v.?

bruce ivins grass recycler

bruce ivins, the science geek who committed suicide last week by downing a bottle of tylenol (insert free ad here) prior to being formerly charged with the anthrax case from 2001, is described in this washington post article by a former neighbor: “That’s not the Bruce we knew. He was sweet, friendly. I mean, he was into grass recycling.” on the flipside, you’ve got his ex-psychiatrist blurting out her client’s mental history to the court, the audio of which has been obtained by the associated press and is now beingcirculated to the media. let the x-file-esque conspiracy theories begin.

my daddy’s name is donor

this article in the london times is about 8 months old, but it’s topical, don’t you think? this article raises debates how contemporary methods take into account only the wishes of the parents, not ivf (aka petri-dish) children.

the heart of poland in a bottle of cognac

the heart of frederic chopin, the 19th century romantic pianist, has been lying in a jar of alcohol, which looks an awfully lot like cognac, in poland since his death in 1839. the native son’s heart was removed from the holy cross church in warsaw during ww2.

dna experts are keen on examining chopin’s heart to find out if perhaps chopin died from cystic fibrosis as opposed to tuberculosis. as yahoo tends to move their links around, if you read this post after 26 july, perhaps you’ll have to do a search for the original article.

berlin fashion week more images

berlin fashion week ended last night. here’s a longer and better video of vivenne westwood and kim cattrall. cattrrall selectively made the rounds this week. she turned up for hugo boss’s opening show.

would you use germany to research happiness

according to the bbc, economists from france, the uk, and the u.s., studied a group of germans for 20 years. and found that for germans, happiness is immune to life events. perhaps the economists should’ve take a look at this 2005 report fromthe bbc about germany and depression.

american expat faces murder trial in italy

this story is about 9 months old. although it seems like it’s from 2 years ago. amanda knox, from seattle washington, had been in a italian jail since last november or december waiting to be charged for along with her italian boyfriend an a guy from the ivory coast with the murder of her roommate, british student meredith kercher.