Day August 2, 2004

Dumb and dumber “BOB” bag causes midflight hysteria. Bruce Schneier says, More stupid security, this time from Australia. Flight attendent finds air-sickness bag with the letters “BOB” written on it. In a dizzying feat of delusion, she imagines that “BOB”…

NY given al-Qaeda attack warning The authorities in New York are warning residents and businesses that al-Qaeda may be planning a fresh suicide attack in the city. Possibilities: a) This is just more crying wolf. b) al-Qaeda would not attack…

Saudi Arabia backtracks on sending troops to Iraq The Saudi Foreign Minister said today: Any Muslim and Arab troops will go to Iraq only if they “will replace the coalition troops currently in Iraq, and not be in addition to it.”…

Police arrest cheese-covered naked man Police say Monn smelled strongly of alcohol and wasn’t fully coherent. Maybe he’d spent too much time reading Modern Drunkard and Beerwalk magazines. Beerwalk’s slogan is “Inebriation. Ambulation.”