It's science...

This article gives a *very* thorough explanation to anyone who can grasp basic physics of how the Twin Towers were taken down by controlled demolition. Or maybe you can go with the official theory? Not so thorough

Is it me?

SO we're all agreed on the problem we have of binge drinking, that it's a worrying trend, a disaster for the new policy of longer opening hours etc. However when the hero Freddie Flintoff decides to embark on a 24 hour booze marathon via the Number Ten swing with *some* of the England cricket team this is now to be admired and a wonderful thing. Look at his red eyes, isn't he a one? Should we maybe try and decide what we believe and then be consistent? Or is hypocrisy the prerogative of the God Squad?

The approach to New Orleans

This blog gives an extraordinary account of the approach of the hurricane to New Orleans over the 4 days before it hit. I think this sort of "micro" reporting is becoming increasingly more important than the vague, biased, exaggerated stuff we see in the newspapers. No agenda other than to be accurate.