news that bugs me

I suppose I'm one standard deviation too far removed from the athlete's mind, but I'm just not getting this doping stuff. Two Greek athletes got screwed for being drugged. Big national controversy. But, if you know you're going to be tested, how is it that you can be sooooo terrifically dumb as to get yourself into national controversy when the olympics are going to be on your home turf after decades and decades? Even so, you're actually allowed to miss the first drug test. These folks missed the second, and in the process let down a nation.
[Oh well, nobody cares about the olympics anyhow.]

It's come to my attention that 60% of companies doing business in the US pay no income taxes. This, I do not understand either.

The whole "Christmas in Cambodia" story annoys me. John Kerry is a flaming exaggerator. I'll still vote for the man, but I was hoping I'd lose faith in him after the election, rather than before.