"Buying an aggregator and calling it a content play is a little like a company’s announcing plans to improve its cash position by hiring a counterfeiter."

Zing! New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller on AOL’s buyout of Huffington Post. Excellent editorial on “meditat[ing] on the meta of media” vs. actual journalism. 

All the Aggregation That’s Fit to Aggregate

"What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hell’s Angels is currently unclear"

Puppy thrown at German biker gang (BBC World News)

"Protesters filled small Red Bull energy drink bottles with gasoline and then demonstrated their plan to propel them by swinging a golf club."

Red Bull gives Thai protesters wings. (NYT)

"The contrast of seeing these ordinary-looking men on trial in an orderly U.S. courtroom — where they’re accorded the right to a lawyer, the right to speak in their own defense and the right to call witnesses — could go a long way toward publicly revealing the absurdity of their cause, as well as the justice that a fair and functioning legal system can provide."

Daphne Eviatar, “The ‘Deboogeymanification’ of Terror Suspects”

"When a white guy shoots up a post office, they call that going postal,” said Victor Benjamin II, 30, a former member of the Army. “But when a Muslim does it, they call it jihad."

The New York Times (via iteeth)

a slice of history (.net)

Featuring appearances by Bill Clinton, Rick Van Hoose, and The Sacred Heart of Jesus — all set in Louisville, Kentucky.