The big one -- the only one, in NATO's eyes -- is the killing of civilians by ISAF forces.

In a country where only 0.1 per cent of the population has access to the Web, there are 4.6 million land lines and mobile phones in Iraq. That makes mobile phones the informal news medium of choice for Iraqis when it comes to stuff like ... oh, hanging videos. :)

From Salon (free with a day pass):

Big breasts for dummies Mannequins with giant bazooms are busting out in shop windows from coast to coast. More than just garment racks, they are a mirror of current beauty and fashion

I just checked the gmail account I have set up for this blog. There were 3,297 spam unread messages in the spam folder. Gmail deletes all spam after 30 days. So over the past 30 days, that account got pounded by a minimum of just over 100 spam messages per day.

Wacky.

In an attempt to hire better people, Google has tried to develop an algorithm to predict who'll be a great candidate. Have you written a book or own a dog? Bonus!

Democracy Now! interviews a professor who felt CNN and the NYT shied away from the connections between the United States and former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who was hanged early Saturday in Baghdad.

Now might be a good time to revisit South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut. :)

From the NYT review by Stephen Holden:

The Devil seems to be having romantic problems. Having succumbed to the charms of Saddam Hussein (portrayed as a smiling photograph attached to a tiny cut-out figure), who has died and gone to hell, he has become the Iraqi dictator's pining love slave. The Devil is shown poring over ''Saddam Is From Mars, Satan's From Venus'' for tips on how to improve their communication. But their troubled idyll is interrupted by the war above ground, which Satan realizes is his opportunity to put in an appearance and take over the planet. Armageddon is suddenly at hand.