First, this one's for you, Reverend Billy: Video embarrassment for Wal-Mart. Sure they're a union-busting, employee-cheating, community-destroying, sweatshop-supporting corporate behemoth, but who's going to let that stop their world domination? Well, perhaps the firm they paid to maintain their surveillance video archives: the company is now making those videos available to all comers—trial lawyers, trade unions, the government agencies not directly connected to the Bush Administration—for a mere $250 an hour because Wal-Mart refused to pay them what may very well have been blackmail. Could this be an exhaust port on the W-M Death Star? I think it's important to remember that Capone didn't go to prison for murder, extortion or bootlegging—it was tax-evasion...
Next, there's the titillating story, Nude image of Carla Bruni sold. The story also appeared in the NY Times yesterday. The auction included an Avedon of Brigitte Bardot (if I had money, that's what I'd have bought—what's not to love about that item?!), and nudes of Lauren Hutton, Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss (oh, man: I don't want to see her clothed—please don't ever show me a photo of her naked!). Christie's stated that they thought the Bruni photo would go for $3-4,000: it went for $91K. Remind me not to get my art appraised at Christies...Strong euro behind cocaine flows: I couldn't imagine anything that could ease the sting out of the euro's ascension over the dollar... that probably says something good about my imagination...
Finally, there's France's Chirac gets pacemaker, which puts that argument to rest once and for all: apparently, he does—but then, of course, Dick Cheney has a pacemaker, too... so who knows?
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