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Okay, if you're unlike me and dying for political news today, it's all arranged in neat little bullet points to your left. Enjoy. However, I don't have any great desire to comment on these issues at length. The line between "news" and "long-running historical fact" is notoriously blurred. It is only the unique and questionable skill of headline writers that keeps newspaper readers from realizing that they have been reading the same newspaper article for the past two years.

Running with this thought for a few sentences more, let me suggest some alternate headlines for the news today. "US: Friend of Israel, Not of Hezbolah." "Lebanon: Still A Mess" "Robert Fisk: Not A Huge Fan of America"

Anyway, check out the contestants forYoutube's Best Video Awards. I know you have no intention of being productive on Friday, so just give in. Earthgoat pointed me towards this entry, where a man takes a picture of himself in the same way for over six and a half years. He then merges them together in a movie, so you can see the gradual changes in his appearance. Do you think, at some point, he regretted the dopey expression he chose? I vote yes.