1/9: Morning Communique

CITY PAGES BLOGS

Steve Monaco has the Monday Movie Quiz at Couch Pundit.

THESE DAYS

Wildlife experts in India have begun the largest census of the endangered tiger to prevent it from being poached to extinction.

Abortion would be illegal for most women in Indiana, including victims of rape and incest, under a bill filed last week in the Indiana House by Troy A. Woodruff (R-Vincennes).

MINNESOTA BLOG[S] OF THE DAY

Follow the local blog defamation lawsuit at Blois Olson's PR Blog and Michael Brodkorb's Minnesota Democrats Exposed.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

The Random Chuck Norris Fact Generator

The guy from the 80s TV show "Sledge Hammer!" and Doreen from Saturday Night Fever star in Paul Greengrass's 9/11 movie Flight 93.

The "right" (and stupid) way to pronounce GIF

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"During my time in Congress, I have always acted in an ethical manner within the rules of our body and the laws of our land."

-- Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX), abandoning his bid to remain as House majority leader in a letter to rank-and-file Republicans

"I don't want to be on the list. I want to fly and see my grandma."

-- 4-year-old Jamaican immigrant Edward Allen, currently on the Transportation Security Administration's "no-fly" list