John McCain devours Dubya crony and SEC chairman Robert Pitt (whom Dubya has ill-advisedly embraced despite the calls for his resignation) on Meet the Press.
Fortunate Son.
In the wake of WorldCom, industry experts doubt FCC Chairman Michael Powell’s ability and desire to put the brakes on the telecom meltdown.
Oh well.
Director Paul Anderson (Event Horizon, Mortal Kombat) is given the reins of Alien vs. Predator, which will no doubt make Jeunet’s outing in Alien: Resurrection look good.
Rescue attempts.
While Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan tries to assuage the market (something Dubya is seemingly incapable of), the Senate and House pass measures to stifle corporate malfeasance (and the stock market free-fall), thanks to a Republican “deathbed conversion.”
Paul Rudd?
Early casting rumors for Wolfgang Petersen’s Superman and Batman have Christian Bale as The Man of Steel and Paul Rudd as the Caped Crusader. Paul Rudd…That’s horrendous.
What it Might Mean.
Congressional Quarterly analyzes the possible impact of McCain-Feingold.
Weekend Off.
Well, with Day of Defeat 3.0 coming out at 7pmEST tonight, and my flying to Norfolk, VA for a family reunion tomorrow morning at 7am, updates will be intermittent this weekend. (Berk will be here with dogsitter, but alas, he cannot type.) So, see y’all next week.
The bluff is called.
The US backs down on its earlier threat to remove peacekeepers from Bosnia and is now trying to negotiate a 12-month exemption from the ICC.
Beren and Luthien Pas de Deux.
Artists and dancers from Butler University have composed and choreographed a Tolkien ballet, The Simaril. (More here.)
Do as I Say, Not as I Do.
Dubya calls for the end of a corporate loophole he himself profited from back in his Harken days. Meanwhile, this being an election year (and since I’m sure their profiles aren’t doing so hot right now), the Senate voted unanimously on several measures to curtail corporate malfeasance, a number of which go further than Dubya desired.