Juliana’s been urging me to put this up, and it seems like a good idea, so here are some of the articles I’ve read online recently:

• Republicans urge minorities to vote Nov. 3, The Onion: http://theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4043&n=1
• Firefox countdown, The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/25/firefox_countdown
• Culture of coverups, NYT/Krugman: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/26/opinion/26krugman.html?ei=5090&en=e88d3e34f85757e3&ex=1256529600&partner=rssuserland&pagewanted=print&position=
• Newsom joins picket line, SF Chronicle: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/27/MNGLE9H2T11.DTL&type=printable
• Howard Stern calls in during Michael Powell interview (transcript), buzzmachine.com: http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/2004_10_26.html#008280
• Howard Stern calls in during Michael Powell interview (article), SF Chronicla: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/27/MNGJE9H10O1.DTL
• Bush website blocked outside US, BBC: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3958665.stm
• 419er hoaxed with Cthulhu story: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:voxN-JZPC1cJ:www.geocities.com/steerp1ke/David_Ehi.html+&hl=en
• US Military often lets rapes go unpunished, Salon: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/25/female_assault_victims/print.html
• Troubleshooting Cults, Atheists, and Skeptics, wayofthemaster.com (includes the classic line, “If you have touched the heater bar of God’s love and forgiveness…”): http://www.wayofthemaster.com/sysp_troubleshooting.htm
• How to Preach at a Funeral for Someone You Suspect Died Unsaved, livingwaters.com: http://www.livingwaters.com/witnessingtool/howtopreachatafuneral.shtml
• “Specialization is for Insects” discussion, c2.com: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SpecializationIsForInsects
• Jonathan Schell on Bin Laden’s illusions and ours, tomdispatch.com: http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=1926
• The New York Times and the Bush “disaster”, World Socialist Web Site: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/oct2004/neyt-o25_prn.shtml
• Senator Bunning unaware of Iraq story (only watches Fox News), Louisville Courier-Journal: http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2004/10/22ky/A1-senate1022-8036.html
• Fear and Loathing, Campaign 2004, Hunter S Thompson in Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/6562575?rnd=1098687953734&has-player=true
• Sixth Circuit Reverses Provisional Ballot Ruling Out of Ohio: http://electionlawblog.org/archives/002148.html
• Republicans Challenging Voters in Ohio, NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/politics/campaign/23vote.html?ei=5090&en=649b5c012f3d326b&ex=1256184000&partner=rssuserland&pagewanted=print&position=
• UK Navy approves first ever Satanist, BBC: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3948329.stm
• Insurance, security costly for Iraq contractors, iraq.net: http://www.iraq.net/printarticle2651.html
• Whistleblower on Halliburton paying the price, Time: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1101041101-733760,00.html
• Secret Rewriting of Military Law, NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/international/worldspecial2/24gitmo.html?ei=5090&en=f44afefe0e8217ce&ex=1256270400&partner=rssuserland&pagewanted=print&position=
• Senators “concerned” about removing detainees, warandpiece.com: http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/001235.html
• Advanced Water Purification, Salon: http://www.salon.com/mwt/the_big_idea/2004/10/22/big_idea_10_22/print.html
• Skull vs. Bones—Two pampered children of wealth, Socialist Worker Online: http://www.socialistworker.org/2004-2/517/517_06_StClair.shtml
• Nader voters must be determined, pittsburghlive.com: http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/newssummary/print_263443.html
• Guantanamo Detainees “abused” too, underthesamesun.com: http://www.underthesamesun.org/content/2004/10/index.html#000230

That’s what the bottom of the ninth was for the Giants in LA today. They had shut down the Dodgers for eight innings, leading 3–0. I watched it from the seventh on. And in the bottom of the ninth, the Giants: gave up a single, allowed a walk, struck out a batter (Alex Cora), allowed a walk, allowed a walk (3–1), gave up a single on an error (getting no outs from what could have been a double play) (3–2), gave up a single (3–3), gave up a home run (3–7). This in a game that they had to win to keep their postseason hopes alive—now they can only make it if the Astros lose tomorrow and the Giants win.

(It’s a Wonderful Life) x (-1) = The Butterfly Effect