11/10: Morning Communique

CITY PAGES BLOGS

Elaine Cassel discusses the trial of Ahmed Abu Ali at Civil Liberties Watch.

Steve Monaco adds Good Tough Guy Dialogue, this week featuring Jack Webb from Pat Novak for Hire, to Couch Pundit.

Lemony Snicket's director tackles Diablo's screenplay, and more New York stories at Pussy Ranch.

THESE DAYS

Alexander Cockburn at CounterPunch busts on the Guardian for fabricating Noam Chomsky quotes in a bid to smear him.

A Vatican cardinal said that the faithful should listen to what secular modern science has to offer, and warned that religion risks turning into "fundamentalism" if it ignores scientific reason.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Hatin' on Doodlebops and lovin' the election results, read a Radio K volunteer's blog entitled XOPL.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

The F.C.C. Song from Family Guy

Alternate Endings to Famous Literary Works as Written by a 15-Year-Old with a Grudge from McSweeney's

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"Your sacrifice appears to be nothing."

-- Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), to oil company executives during yesterday's Senate hearings on high energy prices

"Demagoguery and demonization will not reduce energy prices or solve supply problems in the long run."

-- The head of the National Association of Manufacturers and former Michigan Governor John Engler responds