Whitey Bulger Captured in California
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Whitey Bulger has been arrested.
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A New Caravaggio Means More Caravaggiomania
A rediscovered painting thought to be by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is being exhibited for the first time as part of the show “Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome.” The painting is currently on exhibit at the National Gallery of Canada.
36 People Playing a Radiohead Song
Congratulations to YouTube user OHADI22 for this edit of the song “Paranoid Android” by the U.K. band Radiohead:
It’s Going To Be A Long Presidential Campaign
It’s hard to keep track of who is running for president in 2012 among the Republicans. In part because there seem to be so many of them, but also because these days there are a dozen stages of announcing your candidacy before you actually announce your candidacy.
And to think we have 19 months to go! Just this week, the slate of candidates and maybe-candidates have been in the news more for their wacky ideas and missteps than for any policy proposals. Let’s take a look:
Ed Sullivan Tribute from Woot
Sixty-three years ago, on 20 June 1948, the first program from TV host Ed Sullivan was aired.
We can’t improve on this post from Woot.com.
Check it out. And thanks, Mike Duffy!
Jackie Robinson Is Not Mrs. Robinson
I recently passed by a bus stop advertisement from Values.com that gave me pause:
Rebecca Black Pulls “Friday” From YouTube
What kind of world is it that won’t let me see what some people consider the worst music video in the world?
Fox News Calls Ayman al-Zawahiri “Number Two”
According to news reports, the guy replacing Osama bin Laden as the head of al-Qaeda will be his old physician pal Ayman al-Zawahiri. Al-Zawahiri is said to have helped plan …..
Where’s Buzz? Getting a D-I-V-O-R-C-E
The action figure couple known as Buzz Aldrin and Lois Driggs Cannon are getting divorced after 23 years of marriage.
Anthony Weiner Resigns From Congress
New York Representative Anthony Weiner has resigned from office, after announcing that he was going to announce his resignation.
You can read the details here, in the New York Times. The Times avoids puns and titillating discussion, of course. They summarize the story — about Weiner’s use of modern technology to network socially (wink, wink). About as racy as it gets is when they refer to Weiner’s “tight-fitting underpants.”