11/09 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

Check The Blotter throughout the day for continuing election coverage.

Demetri Martin, Six Strings & Chicken Wings, and Jeff D. Johnson are just a few of the acts playing around town tonight. Check out Chuck Terhark's City Planner at Culture To Go for a complete itinerary.

Diablo Cody's got a cheese sandwich post (with pix!) waiting for you at the Pussy Ranch.

THESE DAYS

The last volcanoes on the moon erupted nearly a billion years ago and meteor impacts were believed to be the only thing that could change its surface today. That belief is set to change.

Britain's Metropolitan Police is being sued by a Muslim officer upset he was removed from the force protecting dignitaries like Prime Minister Tony Blair.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Ballin, Kitty, Turbo, Bonus, Lutefisk, and Bug scour the internet for odd photos and news, publish the occasional poem, and muse on the benefits of comfort food at Best Friend at Work.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

One last negative ad: Frodo for King

Also at College Humor: Office Space as psychological thriller

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"Here is a known known: Your service has made America stronger."

— President Bush to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, on the occasion of Rumsfeld's resignation