Sanity

Guy trying to bomb Times Square: One, glad we caught him; two, glad he was an incompetent bomb maker; three, oddly enough it does seem that reading the dude his rights and not trundling him off with a bag over his head to be waterboarded is paying off in terms of getting him to talk.

John Scalzi talks sense about full-service luggage handlers, oil spills, and terror

Sci-Fi Dreams II

Football and hockey have been described as activities that would get their participants arrested if they were done anywhere but on the playing field. Perhaps in a better future capitalism will be a spectator sport like that. Hostile takeovers, bear raids, comedies of errors like yesterday's stock market roller coaster--all would be great fun to watch if they didn't matter.

Jacksonville worries

Being bigoted assholes could be bad for business. I hope so.

Thanx to rm

Not the "suspicious package" in Times Square

Unforeseen hazards of airport screening

Thanx to james_nicoll

Alternative title: Hung worse than Parliament