Obama leaves Russia
Death penalty for rioters in China
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Google announces operating system based on browser.
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Busy day for us, so light posting, and a light wrapup. Big ups to ShortFormBlog for finding the best clip of yesterday’s exciting car chase, featuring the killer play-by-play of Shepard Smith.
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How the hell do you pronounce Syfy anyway? See-fee? Si-fi? Syuff-fuff? Sikkle-fickle? Series premiere of a new Soff-foff original tonight, be there!
Many like to pan the Coen Bros. when they dabble in comedy, but how can you not adore Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s performances in this film? And J.K. Simmons!
It’s been a rough day on all of us what with the Michael Jackson Memorial and, more importantly, the Michael Jackson Memorial Coverage. Unwind with a little time in the cruder parts of Colorado.
Samuel Motherfucking Jackson and Entourage’s Kevin Connolly are on Conan (with Andrew Bird), Brüno desecrates Letterman’s set, and then I hope you liked last week’s Stewart and Colberts the first time, because they’re on again!
Massive rioting in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang region in northwest China, has left more than 156 dead and more than 1,000 injured. The whole thing is confusing and uses a lot of words I can’t pronounce, but it is generally kind of like Nepal without the adorable monks. Here are a few bullet points to guide you through it:
For now rioting probably continues and there are disputes over whether most of the deaths have been caused by the rioters or by the police. The Internet has been cut for large areas of China and where it is still on sites like Facebook and Twitter are blocked. Read more about this issue here. If any of our many readers (Ok well, two) who are China experts want to correct me, I welcome their thoughts in the comments.
The running of the bulls kicked off in Pamplona, Spain with no serious injuries and only a few bumps and bruises. So, good for them?
The President signed an agreement on Monday to cut American and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals by at least one-quarter. It looks like the treaty signals a warming between Russia and the United States and could lead to more significant arms control talks next year.
There were 7 new U.S. casualties in Afghanistan yesterday, reflecting the intensified fighting there. With more U.S. soldiers in the region and with those soldiers pushing out into areas that had been largely written off to Taliban or tribal control, this is probably only the start of increasing casualty numbers.
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