Check out this video shot from a US Humvee as it makes its way through the crowded streets of Baghdad. (from Autoblog). On the one hand it's totally ridiculous that they get away with this shit, on the other hand I don't think I'd be too thrilled about waiting in stop-and-go traffic in the middle of Baghdad.

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I'm always disappointed with the quality of the women involved in political sex scandals. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is going in the right direction.

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There's a new tallest basketball player in North America, Sun Ming Ming.

Sun moved from his native China--where he played on a second-division team--to California about 1 1/2 years ago in hopes of making it in pro hoops. His career was put on hold last year while he had two operations for a pituitary tumor that led to his extraordinary size but threatened his life.

Sun said those procedures were successful and he's getting into shape. Doyle noted that his big addition needed extra training after taking time away from the court to shoot a fight scene in Jackie Chan's upcoming "Rush Hour 3."

"That was very fun," Sun said.

Given he's not really on NBA scouts' radar, it's pretty clear this guy has no basketball skills whatsoever. Check out the video at Deadspin to see him set new standards in immobility.

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It's on now--Baby Einstein and Slate are going at it. I'm hoping the Baby Einstein/State of the Union controversy really blows up, as it will provide the perfect media springboard for my new children's DVD series, Baby Mutombo. Maybe DVDs can't make infants smarter, but I'm confident that the Baby Mutombo DVDs (along with massive amounts of prescription growth hormones) can make infants taller.

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I've become strangely obsessed with bad-mouthing Bloc Party's new album Weekend in the City, especially given they were one of my favorite bands up until a few months ago. Anyway, the reviews are slowly trickling in, and Cokemachineglow hates it too.

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Justice haven't really made good on the "new Daft Punk" rep they seem to have, but this one's pretty good. And pretty Daft Punkish, in a stuttering electronica kind of way.

Justice / "Phantom Part I"

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Here's a dude jumping off a cliff into a ravine with a pile of boxes at the bottom. The backflip is a nice touch.

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If you didn't hear about it already, a 29-year old sex offender managed to pass off as a seventh grader and attend school for a few months before being caught. Once again proving my theory that middle school teachers aren't very smart.