Day August 18, 2004

From the Land of the Clueless Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg thinks he’s found a way to pin down rowdy protesters at the Republican National Convention — by offering them a powder-blue button that labels them “Peaceful Political Activists.” Wearers of…

Queztal & Hummingbirds I bought this beautiful pencil drawing a few months ago at an art show at the late, sadly missed, Midnight Special Bookstore in Santa Monica. They asked if they could keep it for the duration of the…

Iraqi police threaten to kill reporters in Najaf Iraqi police have threatened to kill every journalist working in the holy city of Najaf, where US forces are locked in a tense stand-off with Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mehdi Army.

AP Poll Numbers on Iraq War Opinion The first number is the current poll, the number in parentheses is from a Dec. 2003 poll. United States Made the right decision, 48 percent (64) Made a mistake in going to war…

eBay buys 25% of Craigslist Online auction giant eBay has acquired a 25 percent stake in Craigslist, the wildly popular online trading site that lets users find anything from jobs to event tickets to dates. The eBay investment comes on…